carnival
Carnivals often combine amusement rides, games of chance or skill, food, and live shows. This topic is part of Festivals within Arts & Culture. This page currently draws on 9 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
carnival trivia questions
A carnival commonly features rides, games, food stands, and what kind of live entertainment?
Answer: Performances
Bonus fact: Carnivals often combine amusement rides, games of chance or skill, food, and live shows.
The word “carnival” is especially associated with celebrations held before which Christian season?
Answer: Lent
Bonus fact: Traditional carnival celebrations often culminate just before Lent begins.
Which Brazilian city hosts one of the world's most famous Carnival celebrations, especially known for samba parades?
Answer: Rio de Janeiro
Bonus fact: Rio de Janeiro's Carnival is famous worldwide for elaborate samba school parades.
Who composed The Carnival of the Animals?
Answer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Bonus fact: Musical suite by Camille Saint-Saëns.
Rio Carnival is held in which country?
Answer: Brazil
Bonus fact: Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival is one of the world’s largest and most famous pre-Lenten celebrations.
Which dance and music style is most closely associated with Rio Carnival parades?
Answer: Samba
Bonus fact: Samba schools spend months preparing elaborate costumes, floats, percussion, and choreography.
Which New Orleans musician arranged the horns on the "Cahoots" track "Life Is a Carnival"?
Answer: Allen Toussaint
Bonus fact: Toussaint's brass arrangement gives the track a distinctly New Orleans flavor; Levon Helm, Rick Danko, and Robbie Robertson share the songwriting credit.
Black Orpheus relocates the Orpheus myth to celebrations associated with which city?
Answer: Rio de Janeiro
Bonus fact: BFI describes the film as incorporating the music, costume and dance of Rio's Carnival.
Which song from "Strange Days" begins with the title phrase "People are strange"?
Answer: People Are Strange
Bonus fact: The song’s carnival-like arrangement matches its theme of alienation and feeling like an outsider.