Quiz: Traditions from English speaking countries

1. What are these men doing?

a. Fighting against each other

b. Demonstrating their tribe’s power

c. Dancing a folk song.

2. Where is this traditional English folk dance from?

a. England

b. England, USA and Australia

c. Australia and USA

3. What do dancers usually wear in their knees?

a. Chickpeas

b. Bells

c. Colourful buttons

4. Why is there an odd dancer?

a. He is supposed to be a lucky man

b. He is a learner dancer

c. He is the leader and guide of the dancers

5. What is this man doing?

a. Smoking a long cigarette made from tree leaves by aboriginal tribes

b. Eating an indigenous banana called Kanhannataa

c. Playing an aboriginal instrument called Didgeridoo

6. Where is this aboriginal tradition original from?

a. England

b. Australia

c. Canada

7. What is this instrument made of?

a. Wood

b. Plastic

c. Stone

8. What kind of sound does the instrument make?

a. High-pitched, even shrill

b. Low-pitched, depending on the lenght

c. Most of them don’t make any sound because they are very old

9. Who are these girls?

a. Hostesses at a tourist fair wearing traditional customs

b. High school students at their graduation ceremony

c. Young dancers at a dance competition

10. What are these girls doing?

a. Waiting in a typical school graduation ceremony

b. Dancing a folk song

c. Doing a traditional greeting

11. Where is this traditional dance from?

a. Ireland

b. USA

c. New Zealand

12. What does this traditional dance consist of?

a. Individual “solos” made with rapid movements of the legs, arms tight to the body

b. Group movements around a central dancer

c. Pair or group jumps and heel hits into the floor.

13. What is this man doing?

a. Trying to catch the bull through the rope

b. Sitting on the ground for the bull to come for him

c. Trying to stand up after falling from the bull

14. What are the other men around the bull doing? How are they called?

a. Rodeo clowns stay near the bull in order to aid and protect the rider when the ride ends.

b. Cowboys lead the bull around the bullring with a rope during the show

c. Bullfighters distract the bull’s attention until rider falls to the “arena”

15. Where is this tradition from?

a. Canada and USA

b. New Zealand and Canada

c. USA

16. What does this tradition consist of?

a. Riding a bull for as much time as possible

b. Fighting against the bull until it dies

c. A bull race around in the “arena”