Statistics for A Quiz on Carnival

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
City with the largest Mardi Gras in the United States	New Orleans	100%
City that hosts the world's largest carnival celebration	Rio de Janeiro	78%
Notting Hill, a district of this city, is known for its multicultural carnival	London	67%
This city on the French riviera changed its parade route after a 2016 terror attack	Nice	67%
Carnival is held in many cities on this river, such as Basel, Cologne and Rotterdam	Rhine	67%
This day after carnival heralds a period of abstinence	{Ash} Wednesday	56%
The celebrations in this world region are linked with calypso music, steel drums, and limbo	Caribbean	56%
Christian holiday that ends the period of abstinence	Easter Sunday	56%
Name for the period of abstinence	Lent	56%
These are famously worn during the Venice celebrations	Masks	56%
Think hard: at what specific time does the carnival season officially begin in Cologne, on November 11th?	11:11 a.m.	33%
What does the French word Mardi Gras mean?	Fat Tuesday	33%
The word "carnival" derives from a Latin expression, roughly meaning "get rid of ___"	Meat	33%
The world's largest LGBT mardi gras is held in March, during this city's summer	Sydney	33%
Roman festivity where social norms were turned upside down, named for a God	{Saturn}alia	22%
What long piece of clothing do women cut off from men in a German tradition?	Their ties	22%