Mardi Gras Trivia Questions and Answers
Question: What is the day before Mardi Gras called? Answer: Lundi Gras Question: What day comes after Mardi Gras?Answer: Ash Wednesday Question: Where was the first known carnival celebration?Answer: Nice, France Question: What famous father and son were each crowned King Bacchus at New Orleans Mardi Gras?Answer: Alan Thicke and Robin Thicke Question: When was the earliest known carnival celebration?Answer: 1294 Question: What is the signature Mardi Gras dessert?Answer: King cake Question: What is traditionally hidden inside a king cake?Answer: A plastic baby Question: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, when was the most recent cancellation of New Orleans’ Mardi Gras parades?Answer: 1945 Question: A man dressed as whom was credited with popularizing throwing beads during Mardi Gras?Answer: Santa Claus Question: What are the groups that organize New Orleans Mardi Gras parades called?Answer: Krewes Question: What was the first all-female New Orleans Mardi Gras krewe?Answer: The Krewe of Venus Question: Bacchus is the Roman god of what?Answer: Wine Question: What states recognize Fat Tuesday as a holiday?Answer: Louisiana, Florida and Alabama Question: What is Mardi Gras called in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada?Answer: Shrove Tuesday Question: What is the most popular food for Shrove Tuesday?Answer: Pancakes Question: How many king cakes are sold during an average carnival season?Answer: 500,000 Question: What time does New Orleans law require masks to be removed on Mardi Gras?Answer: 6 p.m. Question: How many pounds of beads are thrown during an average New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration?Answer: 25 million Question: What is the most popular Mardi Gras saying?Answer: “Laissez les bon temps rouler.” Question: What song is the anthem of Mardi Gras in New Orleans?Answer: “If I Cease to Love” Question: What does purple signify during Mardi Gras?Answer: Justice Question: What does green signify during Mardi Gras?Answer: Faith Question: What does gold signify during Mardi Gras?Answer: Power Question: What foreign ruler was honored as the King of Carnival?Answer: Russian Grand Duke Alexis Romanoff Question: When was the first known New Orleans Mardi Gras parade?Answer: 1837 Question: When were floats first introduced to New Orleans Mardi Gras parades?Answer: 1857 Question: On average, how many people typically visit New Orleans for Mardi Gras every year?Answer: 1.4 million Question: What is the oldest African American krewe in New Orleans?Answer: The Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club (Krewe of Zulu) Question: How many times have Mardi Gras parades been canceled in New Orleans?Answer: 13 Question: New Orleans canceled Mardi Gras parades in the 1870s due to the outbreak of what disease?Answer: Yellow fever Question: Mardi Gras beads used to be made of what material?Answer: Glass Question: What is the traditional phrase used to request beads during Mardi Gras?Answer: “Throw me something, mister!” Question: When did Louisiana declare Fat Tuesday a state holiday?Answer: 1875 Question: The Krewe of Zulu tosses what coveted Mardi Gras trinket during their New Orleans parade each year?Answer: A golden coconut Question: Who is credited with coming up with the official Mardi Gras colors and anthem?Answer: The Krewe of Rex Question: What day kicks off carnival celebrations each year?Answer: The Epiphany (Three Kings Day) Question: “Carnival” comes from the Latin phrase “carne vale,” which means what?Answer: “Farewell to meat” Question: Where was the first Mardi Gras parade in the United States?Answer: Mobile, Alabama Question: Which onscreen Batman was King Bacchus?Answer: Michael Keaton Question: Which Italian city is famous for its carnival celebrations?Answer: Venice Question: Which all-female krewe is named after the daughters of Zeus?Answer: The Krewe of Muses Question: “If I Cease to Love” was featured in what musical?Answer: Bluebeard Question: Which krewe has a Star Wars theme?Answer: The Krewe of Chewbacchus Question: Which krewe’s parade was the first to roll in New Orleans’ first Mardi Gras after Hurricane Katrina?Answer: Krewe du Vieux Question: Which krewe opted to stop their parades rather than racially integrate their ranks?Answer: The Kreme of Comus Question: In which year did Mardi Gras move its New Orleans celebration dates to not interfere with the Super Bowl?Answer: 2013 Question: Mardi Gras may have links to what Roman celebrations?Answer: Lupercalia and Saturnalia Question: King cake is typically made with what sort of dough?Answer: Brioche Question: Special coins thrown during Mardi Gras parades are called what?Answer: Doubloons Question: The average float rider in New Orleans spends how much for their costume, beads and other souvenirs for Mardi Gras?Answer: $500 Question: The success of a Mardi Gras parade is measured in what?Answer: Trash Question: Early Mardi Gras celebrations in Mobile, Alabama, featured what kind of animal?Answer: Bull Question: Ivrea, Italy, marks Mardi Gras celebrations with a battle of which famous fruit?Answer: Oranges Question: Germany starts their carnival season at what time on what day?Answer: Nov. 11 at 11:11 a.m. Question: The Krewe of Tucks famously rides in a float shaped like what?Answer: A toilet bowl Question: Germany traditionally marks which day before post-carnival fasting as “Greasy?“Answer: Thursday Question: If you get the baby in your slice of king cake at a Mardi Gras party, you traditionally have to what?Answer: Buy next year’s cake or host next year’s party Question: Which NFL quarterback served as King Bacchus in New Orleans Mardi Gras?Answer: Drew Brees Question: When was Mardi Gras first declared a holiday in general?Answer: 1582 Question: After Mardi Gras parades were canceled for 2021 in New Orleans, what did krewes decorate instead of floats?Answer: Houses Want more great trivia? 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