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Wedding Traditions Around The World

In a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony, what is the ritual of the couple taking seven steps together called?

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Saptapadi

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Wedding Traditions Around The World

In a traditional Chinese wedding ceremony, what hospitality ritual has the newlyweds serve tea to their elders?

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Tea ceremony

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Wedding Traditions Around The World

In German wedding customs, what pre-wedding event involves guests smashing old crockery for good luck?

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Polterabend

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Wedding Traditions Around The World

In a traditional Jewish wedding, what glass is broken at the ceremony’s conclusion?

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Glass

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Wedding Traditions Around The World

In a traditional Nigerian wedding reception, what do guests often shower the newlyweds with to celebrate prosperity?

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Money

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Wedding Traditions Around The World

At a traditional French wedding celebration, what cone-shaped pastry is often served as the centerpiece dessert?

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Croquembouche

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Spider Man Brand New Day

Which Marvel vigilante does Jon Bernthal portray in Spider-Man: Brand New Day?

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The Punisher

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Labor Day

Which U.S. city’s 1886 Haymarket affair became an international labor-movement symbol linked to May Day?

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Chicago

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Labor Day

Which U.S. city gave its name to the 1886 labor protest remembered on May Day?

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Chicago

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Labor Day

Which U.S. city hosted the first Labor Day celebration in 1882?

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New York City

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Labor Day

Which U.S. president proclaimed Labor Day a national holiday by signing legislation in 1894?

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Grover Cleveland

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Memorial Day

What type of flag display is commonly used at U.S. military cemeteries on Memorial Day?

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Flags on graves

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Memorial Day

What television network has traditionally broadcast the National Memorial Day Concert from Washington, D.C.?

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PBS

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Memorial Day

Which composer wrote the patriotic march “Stars and Stripes Forever,” often heard at Memorial Day events?

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John Philip Sousa

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Memorial Day

What was the original common name for the U.S. remembrance holiday before it became known as Memorial Day?

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Decoration Day

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Memorial Day

What is the name of the large U.S. military cemetery where Memorial Day ceremonies are held near Washington, D.C.?

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Arlington National Cemetery

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Memorial Day

Which war most directly prompted the creation of the U.S. holiday that became Memorial Day?

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The American Civil War

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Memorial Day

In what year did the Uniform Monday Holiday Act move U.S. Memorial Day to the last Monday in May?

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1971

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Carnival In Rio De Janeiro

Which Brazilian musical instrument produces the distinctive high-pitched squeak heard in Rio Carnival samba?

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Cuíca

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Superstitions Around The World

In European and North American horseshoe superstition, what is a horseshoe traditionally believed to bring when hung above a doorway?

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Good luck

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Superstitions Around The World

In Jewish wedding tradition, what object does the groom traditionally break underfoot at the ceremony's conclusion?

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A glass

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Superstitions Around The World

In Spanish New Year's Eve tradition, what fruit is eaten at each of the 12 midnight chimes for luck?

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Grapes

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Superstitions Around The World

In a traditional birthday superstition, what should a person do with all the candles in one breath to make a wish come true?

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Blow them out

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Superstitions Around The World

In a widely known Western superstition, what animal crossing a person’s path is often considered unlucky?

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A black cat

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Superstitions Around The World

In British superstition, what is traditionally believed to happen if a person puts new shoes on a table?

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Bad luck

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Superstitions Around The World

In British superstition, what is traditionally thrown over the left shoulder after spilling salt?

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A pinch of salt

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Superstitions Around The World

In Japanese superstition, which number is considered unlucky because its reading can sound like “death”?

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4

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Superstitions Around The World

In British and Irish folklore, what is traditionally said to happen when a person sees a lone magpie?

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Bad luck

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Superstitions Around The World

In British superstition, what is traditionally thought to happen if someone opens an umbrella indoors?

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Bad luck

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Superstitions Around The World

In American superstition, what animal's foot is carried as a good-luck charm?

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Rabbit

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Harvest Festivals Around The World

What is the traditional English first-fruits festival held on 1 August called?

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Lammas

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Harvest Festivals Around The World

Which Polish harvest festival is traditionally called Dożynki?

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Dożynki

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Harvest Festivals Around The World

What is the annual British celebration of apples and orchards called?

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Apple Day

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Harvest Festivals Around The World

What is Assam’s winter harvest festival, also called Bhogali Bihu, called?

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Magh Bihu

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Harvest Festivals Around The World

Which Korean harvest holiday is also known by the name Hangawi?

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Chuseok

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Harvest Festivals Around The World

What is South Korea’s three-day harvest festival, observed on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, called?

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Chuseok

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Harvest Festivals Around The World

In the United States, on which weekday is Thanksgiving Day observed each year?

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Thursday

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Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving)

Which of Korea’s traditional major holidays is commonly grouped with Chuseok and Seollal as the country’s three principal festivals?

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Dano

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Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving)

Which Korean lunar-calendar month contains Chuseok?

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Eighth month

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Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving)

In the Korean holiday name Chuseok, which Hanja character means “autumn”?

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秋

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Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving)

In which Korean city is the National Folk Museum of Korea, a major museum for Chuseok traditions?

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Seoul

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Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving)

Which Korean festival food is made from glass noodles stir-fried with vegetables and sometimes meat?

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Japchae

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Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving)

Which ancient Korean kingdom is named in the traditional Gabae origin story of Chuseok?

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Silla

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Baby Shower Traditions

In the United States, what pre-birth gathering traditionally celebrates a first-time mother with gifts and games?

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Baby shower

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Baby Shower Traditions

In baby-shower games, what item do guests traditionally avoid saying in the “Don’t Say Baby” game?

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Baby

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Baby Shower Traditions

In Ireland, what ceremony traditionally introduces a baby to the Christian faith through water?

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Baptism

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Baby Shower Traditions

In Hindu tradition, what ceremony formally gives a baby its name?

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Namkaran

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Baby Shower Traditions

In European folklore, what bird is traditionally shown delivering a newborn baby?

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Stork

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Baby Shower Traditions

In American family tradition, what is a post-birth gathering where friends meet a new baby called?

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Sip-and-see

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Nobel Prize In Economics

Which Austrian economist shared the 1974 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for pioneering work on money, economic fluctuations, and interdependence?

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Friedrich Hayek