Q 01/05

Albania's holiday law ranks Eid al-Adha, the Arabic world's 'Greater Eid', as which of its two Eids by size?

A) The great one

B) The sweet one

C) The long one

D) The little one

Answer · why

D) The little one

The little one — Bajrami i Vogël — is Eid al-Adha in Albania, where Eid al-Fitr is Bajrami i Madh, the Great Bajram, the opposite of Arabic usage, in ...

Q 02/05

Singapore's Hari Raya Haji fell twice in 2006; what lets one Gregorian year hold two?

A) Lunar years run 11 days short

B) A leap month is inserted

C) Time zones split the date

D) Parliament sets dates each year

Answer · why

A) Lunar years run 11 days short

Lunar years run 11 days short of solar ones, so Islamic dates creep earlier every year and a feast that falls in early January can come round again be...

Q 03/05

Which Caribbean nation gives Eid al-Fitr a public holiday but not Eid al-Adha?

A) Jamaica

B) Trinidad and Tobago

C) Saint Kitts and Nevis

D) Antigua and Barbuda

Answer · why

B) Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago has kept Eid al-Fitr as a national holiday since 1967, a day for serving sawine, a sweet milky vermicelli, while Eid al-Adha is no...

Q 04/05

Which West African country, over 90% Muslim, calls Eid al-Adha Tabaski yet lines its capital with Christmas trees?

A) Guinea

B) Niger

C) Senegal

D) Burkina Faso

Answer · why

C) Senegal

Senegal is about 95% Muslim, yet Dakar's squares glow with Christmas lights each December, and one street seller of plastic trees there says his buyer...

Q 05/05

Turkey's Feast of Sacrifice holiday runs four full days; what extra time off precedes them?

A) A full day the day before

B) A half-day the morning before

C) Two full days before

D) A half-day the afternoon before

Answer · why

D) A half-day the afternoon before

A half-day the afternoon before, the arife, is written into Turkish law alongside the four full days, so offices empty at lunchtime on the eve of the ...