Real or Fake Festival Quiz
Some festivals are too wild to be real — or are they? Test your festival knowledge
Real or Fake Festival Quiz: Test Your Knowledge
La Tomatina in Spain involves 20,000 people throwing approximately 150,000 tomatoes at each other in a single hour each August. This quiz presents 50 questions about bizarre, hilarious, and sometimes unbelievable festivals from around the world — and some that are completely made up.
How It Works
Each round randomly selects 10 questions from a pool of 50. You'll see a festival name and description, then decide whether it's a real event or a convincing fake. Pick the correct answer from four options, get instant feedback, and see your final score at the end.
What You'll Learn
You'll discover the wildest real festivals on Earth, learn about cultural traditions that sound too absurd to be true, and sharpen your ability to spot plausible fakes among genuinely outrageous celebrations.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is La Tomatina?
La Tomatina is an annual tomato-throwing festival held on the last Wednesday of August in Buñol, Spain. Around 20,000 participants hurl approximately 150,000 tomatoes (about 40 metric tonnes) at each other for one hour. It began in 1945, possibly from a street brawl near a vegetable stall, and has grown into one of the world's messiest festivals.
Is the Wife Carrying Championship a real event?
Yes. The Wife Carrying World Championship has been held annually in Sonkajärvi, Finland since 1992. Male competitors race through an obstacle course while carrying a female teammate. The winner receives the wife's weight in beer. The most popular carrying technique is the Estonian style — the woman hangs upside down on the man's back.
What happens at the Cheese-Rolling festival?
At the annual Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling near Gloucester, England, a 9-pound round of Double Gloucester cheese is rolled down an extremely steep hill, and competitors chase it. The cheese can reach speeds of 70 mph. Injuries are common — but so is the glory of winning a wheel of cheese.
Last updated: April 2026