In Christian calendar Tłusty Czwartek is the last Thursday before...
Lent
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.
In Greater Poland Tłusty Czwartek used to be called POMYJKA because...
Only POMYJKI were eaten - leftovers from the day before.
You were not allowed to help any neighbour.
Everybody helped each other.
People used to wash the floors in the whole house.
Tłusty Czwartek begins the time called zapusty, mięsopust lub ostatki in Polish. True or false?
True!
How many callories does a 50 gram doughnut have?
300 -350 kalorii
Martedi Grasso is a holiday celebrated in...? (give the name of a country)
Italy
During Mardi Gras the French eat mostly...
pancakes
Chrusty is a different name for...
faworki
On Tłusty Czwartek you can eat doughnuts or... (name the second sweet Poles mostly eat)
faworki
Sweet doughnuts have been eaten since...
always!
XIX century
X century
XVI century
Mardi Gras is another name for Tłusty Czwartek - it's used in... (name at least two countries)
France, the UK, the USA, Canada, Australia
How many millions of doughnuts do Poles eat during Tłusty Czwartek?
200
50
100
10
Those doughnuts are called ZEPPOLE. They are eaten on 19th March in...
Italy
You need yeast to make doughnuts - true or false?
True! Yeats make doughnts plump :)
Those doughnuts are called Spanish or Viennese or simply...
nests
During ancient times peolpe celebrated Tłusty Czwartek by...
cleaning their houses.
making big fires and setting up fireworks.
organising parades with dancing and singing.
organising dances at midnight.
Sweet buns with almond filling and whipped cream are eaten by...
Italians
Germans
the Irish
Scandinavians
What fat do you traditionally use to fry doughnuts?
lard
Tłusty Czwartek started to be celebrated hundreds of years ago. Doughnuts were made with ... dough then.
French
bread
yeast
potato
In the past doughnuts were filled with...
mint sauce
honey
vegetables
pork fat, bacon or meat
Combrowy Czwartek is celebrated in Lesser Poland. The name comes from...
a word 'combr', which means 'fat' in Lesser Poland's dialect
Cracow's mayor's surname
the name of a dish eaten once on Tłusty Czwartek
the name of a doughnut traditionally eaten in Cracow
Is Tłusty Czwartek a herald of the beginning or the ending of the carnival?
Ending!
Where do people call doughnuts kreple?
In Silesia
The tradition of frying doughnuts comes from... (give the name of the place)
Rome
Oliebollen are doughnuts which come from...
the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Tłusty Czwartek is a movable holiday - true or false?
True!
Tłusty Czwartek celebrations are observed only in Poland - true or false?
False! Such tradition is observed in many countries in the world.
What is the English equivalent of our Polish Tłusty Czwartek in England?
Pancake Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday