Is Tłusty Czwartek a herald of the beginning or the ending of the carnival?
Ending!
Tłusty Czwartek begins the time called zapusty, mięsopust lub ostatki in Polish. True or false?
True!
In Christian calendar Tłusty Czwartek is the last Thursday before...
Lent
Tłusty Czwartek is a movable holiday - true or false?
True!
On Tłusty Czwartek you can eat doughnuts or... (name the second sweet Poles mostly eat)
faworki
Tłusty Czwartek started to be celebrated hundreds of years ago. Doughnuts were made with ... dough then.
bread
French
yeast
potato
In the past doughnuts were filled with...
pork fat, bacon or meat
mint sauce
vegetables
honey
During ancient times peolpe celebrated Tłusty Czwartek by...
organising parades with dancing and singing.
making big fires and setting up fireworks.
cleaning their houses.
organising dances at midnight.
In Greater Poland Tłusty Czwartek used to be called POMYJKA because...
Everybody helped each other.
Only POMYJKI were eaten - leftovers from the day before.
You were not allowed to help any neighbour.
People used to wash the floors in the whole house.
Tłusty Czwartek celebrations are observed only in Poland - true or false?
False! Such tradition is observed in many countries in the world.
Mardi Gras is another name for Tłusty Czwartek - it's used in... (name at least two countries)
France, the UK, the USA, Canada, Australia
The French celebrate Mardi Gras on the same day we celebrate Tłusty Czwartek. True or false?
False! Mardi Gras is celebrated a day before Ash Wednesday so few days later than Tłusty Czwartek.
During Mardi Gras the French eat mostly...
pancakes
Sweet buns with almond filling and whipped cream are eaten by...
Germans
Italians
Scandinavians
the Irish
What is the English equivalent of our Polish Tłusty Czwartek in England?
Pancake Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday
You need yeast to make doughnuts - true or false?
True! Yeats make doughnts plump :)
