May Day Quiz

Quiz for May Day

Try out this fascinating May Day Quiz and check your knowledge about the day. You gain one point for each correct entry. That is ten points for ten correct answers. Get going!

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1. May Day was a major national holiday in the Soviet Union. During the Cold War, President Dwight D. Eisenhower tried to take back the holiday and called May 1 by what name?
select answer Americanization Day Law Day United States Day Democracy Day

2. What dance is associated with May Day?
select answer Lindy Twist Maypole dance Waltz

3. What day does May Day fall on?
select answer May 1 May 10 May 15 May 30

4. May 1 is also a day to celebrate the ...
select answer National Day of Laughter National Day of Penance National Day of Song National Day of Prayer

5. Hawaiians call May Day by what name?
select answer Lei Day Aloha Day Komo Mai Day May Day

6. In the Celtic calendar, May Day is known as which of the following?
select answer Lammas Samhain Maius Beltane

7. It is traditional on May 1 to give ...
select answer Flowers May baskets Fruits Cash

8. The Pilgrims of the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies celebrated May Day by which of the following methods?
select answer Cutting down maypoles May baskets Planting seeds Going to church

9. Not content with one new designation for May Day, Eisenhower also proclaimed May 1 as which of the following?
select answer Patriotism Day Freedom Day Human Rights Day Loyalty Day

10. Which Roman goddess inspired May Day celebrations in pre-Christian times?
select answer Juno Bellona Flora Vesta