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Can you name the Bank Holidays (England and Wales)? Enter a holiday in the box below Correctly named holidays will show up in the table below Answers do not have to be guessed in order You have 4 minutes to guess after you click the button below.	Search: Popular trivia games today 4 Letter Capitals 2811 TV Shows (U.S.) 2293 Broadway Opening Lines 2270 You Do Know Jack 1008 Lousy descriptions of Tom Hanks movies 915 Same Last Name 833 And more...
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Date	Holiday
January 1st
The Friday before Easter Sunday
The day after Easter Sunday
First Monday in May
Last Monday in May
Last Monday in August
December 25th
December 26th

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There are 17 comments for this game.
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	jon:	Nov 28th, 2008 at 02:28 GMT	8 points
	The second May one is traditionally known as the Whitsun holiday. Dont know many people who call it anything else!

	Beks:	Dec 10th, 2008 at 21:24 GMT	2 points
	Yeah, it's only really called Spring Bank Holday in schools.

	jen:	Jan 6th, 2009 at 20:33 GMT	2 points
	the holiday in August is not called summer bank holiday. Generally known as late summer bank holiday.

	leSporc:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 20:59 GMT	3 points
	i completely agree, i couldn't get "summer" and "spring" bank holidays until i cheated and read the comments. suggest that Whitsun be put as an alternative answer for spring bank holiday.

	archicello:	Mar 4th, 2009 at 19:10 GMT	5 points
	4/8, but im from the US. I think the US/UK should pool their holidays. I want more mondays off :D.

	pbrown:	Apr 6th, 2009 at 05:30 GMT	2 points
	pretty similar to the US bank holidays

	bleech128:	Apr 18th, 2009 at 21:46 GMT	1 point
	yeah i agree with archicello, i always have a "case of the Mondays" (from Office Space)

	lavraiemusicienne:	Apr 27th, 2009 at 22:59 GMT	3 points
	or, if you can't name the holiday you don't get it?! us sporclers will be fine.

	The Snakes:	May 2nd, 2009 at 19:03 GMT	3 points
	WE SHOULD GET MORE BANK HOLIDAYS, EVERY COUNTRY IN EUROPE GETS MORE THAN US, INCLUDING SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND WHICH ARE SUPPOSEDLY PART OF THE SAME COUNTRY!

	Dani:	May 7th, 2009 at 20:34 GMT	4 points
	What is "Boxing Day?" I know Canada has one, too, and I've always wondered...

	help1234:	May 18th, 2009 at 23:56 GMT	1 point
	Its not Spring Bank holiday its Whitson. People only call it that because of schools and they are too stupid to know the proper name.

	lulubelles:	May 25th, 2009 at 20:18 GMT	2 points
	Took me ages to figure out an alternative name for whitsun, please sort it sporcle! I always thought 'Boxing day' was named after the practice of taking unwanted gifts or leftovers to the poor in boxes, or maybe it's just families having a punch up over the charades. Who knows!!!

	ruth:	May 27th, 2009 at 19:34 GMT	2 points
	hi, don't usually comment much, but i would say it was whitsun and august bank holiday - never heard anything else. @dani: i think it's called that because on the day after christmas churches used to open the collection boxes and hand out the money to the poor. but there are lots of different explanations.

	foyherald:	Jun 9th, 2009 at 15:22 GMT	2 points
	When I was growing up the holiday in late May was known as the Queens Birthday holiday, as the holiday was established in Queen Victorias time, and then remained as the Monarchs official birthday.

	Alexis:	Jun 27th, 2009 at 07:37 GMT	1 point
	According to the UK Government (and my calendar) "May Day" is formally known as "Early May Bank Holiday". This should be an accepted answer. http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/LivingintheUK/DG_073741

	peaceanddoug:	Sep 5th, 2009 at 21:36 GMT	1 point
	why doesn't it accept 'spring' or summer'?

	RunHardTurnLeft:	Sep 27th, 2009 at 06:13 GMT	1 point
	American here only got 4/8. I knew boxing day cause its in Canada as well and its my mom's bday.