subject: summer festivals around the world

1. In what state does the Telluride Bluegrass Festival take place?

a. Utah; b. Tennessee; c. Colorado

2. Which city hosts a well-known annual pierogi festival?

a. Rome; b. Krakow, Poland; c. Athens, Greece

3. Which festival in India began in 2013 to help support small farmers?

a. Diwali — Festival of Lights; b. Ooty Flower Show; c. Uttar Pradesh Mango Festival

4. The Sundance Film Festival is relocating in 2027 from Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah to

a. Chicago; b. Spokane, Wash.; c. Boulder

5. If you were to run with the bulls in the San Fermin festival, you would be running through the streets of which city?

a. Madrid; b. Venice, Italy; c. Pamplona, Spain

6. After which festival in Gilroy, Calif., would you want to avoid standing too close to anyone?

a. Garlic festival; b. Onion festival; c. Rose festival

7. The ________ festival in Port Austin, Mich., celebrates one of Michigan’s beautiful and rare wild flowers.

a. Lady’s slipper; b. Tulip; c. Columbine

8. Which festival at the end of May is celebrated both in Jessup, Pa., and its sister city of Gubbio, Italy?

a. Labor Day/ Festa dei Lavoratori; b. Saint Ubaldo day: Race of the Saints/Festa dei Ceri; c. Mimosa Fest

9. The Beautiful Festival of the Valley, celebrated in ancient Egypt for many years, took place in which city?

a. Port Said; b. Cairo; c. Thebes

10. Albuquerque is known for a colorful festival featuring

a. displays of roses; b. hundreds of hot air balloons; c. whitewater rafting

Answers

1. Colorado; 2. Krakow, Poland; 3. Uttar Pradesh Mango Festival; 4. Boulder; 5. Pamplona, Spain; 6. Garlic festival; 7. Lady’s slipper; 8. Saint Ubaldo day: Race of the Saints/Festa dei Ceri; 9. Thebes; 10. hundreds of hot air balloons

Diane Jensen Valvano is a social worker and reader of The Denver Post who loves travel and geography and learning about new places.