1
What ancient Roman festival involved role reversals between masters and slaves during December?
Lupercalia
Saturnalia
Cerelia
Pomona's Feast
2
What Japanese festival used to involve throwing roasted soybeans to drive away evil spirits?
Tanabata Festival
Okinawa Day
Doll Festival
Setsubun
3
Why did some medieval brides carry garlic instead of flowers?
To ward off evil spirits
To attract positive attention from suitors
To scare away local wildlife
To mimic the style of ancient Romans
4
Which ancient Indian practice involved widows throwing themselves onto their husbands’ funeral pyres?
Jataka
Dharma
Sati
Bhakti
5
Before modern medicine, what dangerous practice involved draining a patient’s blood to “balance the humors”?
Bloodletting
Nerve severing
Purging techniques
Leech therapy
6
What 19th-century fashion trend required women to wear tightly laced garments that could crush organs and deform ribs?
Suffragette sashes
Tightlacing
High-waisted trousers
Breeches with suspenders
7
In Elizabethan England, women dyed their hair and eyebrows red using a mixture that contained what toxic ingredient?
Cyanide
Asbestos
Bismuth
Mercury
8
Before Santa Claus took over Christmas, who was the jolly figure in English folklore that represented the spirit of Christmas?
Christmas King
Saint Nicholas
Father Christmas
Jack Frost
9
Among the Apache of North America, what physically demanding multi-day ceremony marked a girl’s transition to womanhood?
The Harvest Festival
The Sunrise Ceremony
The Moonscape Festival
The Sunset Tradition
10
In Renaissance Europe, what unusual wedding tradition involved throwing shoes at newlyweds for good luck?
Ring tossing
Flower slinging
Toy catapulting
Shoe-throwing
