Froggy Jumps Pancake Day QuizOnline version Choose the correct answer. by Boglárka Kozári 1 Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, is the traditional feast day before the start of ______ on Ash Wednesday. a Lent b Groundhog Day c Easter 2 Lent – the 40 days leading up to Easter – was traditionally a time of _______ and on Shrove Tuesday, Anglo-Saxon Christians went to confession and were “shriven” (absolved from their sins). a debauchery b fasting c sadness 3 Traditionally during Lent, Christians would give up rich, tasty foods such as butter, _____, sugar and fat. a bread b eggs c pasta 4 Unlike pancakes, crêpes are much _______. a thinner b thicker c tastier 5 Pancake Day ALWAYS falls on a ______. a Monday b Tuesday c Friday 6 A pancake _______ has been held in Olney in Buckinghamshire since 1445. It supposedly originated when a local woman heard the church bell while she was making pancakes and ran there, frying pan in hand. a fry off b singing competition c race 7 The object of the race is to get to the finishing line first, carrying a frying pan with a cooked pancake in it and ______ the pancake as you run. a eating b flipping c frying
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