1
What ancient Roman festival involved role reversals between masters and slaves during December?
Liberalia
Floralia
Saturnalia
Lupercalia
2
What Japanese festival used to involve throwing roasted soybeans to drive away evil spirits?
Setsubun
Okinawa Day
Kodomo no Hi
Matsuri Matsuri
3
Why did some medieval brides carry garlic instead of flowers?
To scare away local wildlife
To ward off evil spirits
To mimic the style of ancient Romans
As a good luck charm against rainy weather
4
Which ancient Indian practice involved widows throwing themselves onto their husbands’ funeral pyres?
Dharma
Veda
Jataka
Sati
5
Before modern medicine, what dangerous practice involved draining a patient’s blood to “balance the humors”?
Vampire transfusion
Meridian cleansing
Purging techniques
Bloodletting
6
What 19th-century fashion trend required women to wear tightly laced garments that could crush organs and deform ribs?
Suffragette sashes
Ballet shoes
Tightlacing
Flapper dresses
7
In Elizabethan England, women dyed their hair and eyebrows red using a mixture that contained what toxic ingredient?
Mercury
Arsenic
Sodium
Bismuth
8
Before Santa Claus took over Christmas, who was the jolly figure in English folklore that represented the spirit of Christmas?
Frosty the Cheer
Jack Frost
Father Christmas
Mother Yule
9
Among the Apache of North America, what physically demanding multi-day ceremony marked a girl’s transition to womanhood?
The Desert Ritual
The Dawn Gathering
The Twilight Ceremony
The Sunrise Ceremony
10
In Renaissance Europe, what unusual wedding tradition involved throwing shoes at newlyweds for good luck?
Shoe-throwing
Flower slinging
Cake throwing
Grape splashing
