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Can you name the Bank Holidays (England and Wales)?
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Bank Holidays (U.K.) Quiz
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jon:
Nov 27th, 2008 at 22:28 GMT
13 points
The second May one is traditionally known as the Whitsun holiday. Dont know many people who call it anything else!
iamthedancefloor
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Dec 10th, 2008 at 17:24 GMT
4 points
Yeah, it's only really called Spring Bank Holday in schools.
jen:
Jan 6th, 2009 at 16:33 GMT
3 points
the holiday in August is not called summer bank holiday. Generally known as late summer bank holiday.
leSporc
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Jan 18th, 2009 at 16:59 GMT
7 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
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Mar 4th, 2009 at 15:10 GMT
13 points
4/8, but im from the US. I think the US/UK should pool their holidays. I want more mondays off :D.
pbrown
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Apr 6th, 2009 at 01:30 GMT
2 points
pretty similar to the US bank holidays
bleech128
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Apr 18th, 2009 at 17:46 GMT
5 points
yeah i agree with archicello, i always have a "case of the Mondays" (from Office Space)
lavraiemusicienne:
Apr 27th, 2009 at 18:59 GMT
5 points
or, if you can't name the holiday you don't get it?! us sporclers will be fine.
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The_Snakes
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May 2nd, 2009 at 15:03 GMT
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Dani
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May 7th, 2009 at 16:34 GMT
6 points
What is "Boxing Day?" I know Canada has one, too, and I've always wondered...
help1234
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May 18th, 2009 at 19:56 GMT
2 points
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
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May 25th, 2009 at 16:18 GMT
8 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
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May 27th, 2009 at 15:34 GMT
7 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
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Jun 9th, 2009 at 11:22 GMT
1 point
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
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Jun 27th, 2009 at 03:37 GMT
3 points
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
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 17:36 GMT
2 points
why doesn't it accept 'spring' or summer'?
RunHardTurnLeft
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Sep 27th, 2009 at 02:13 GMT
0 points
American here only got 4/8. I knew boxing day cause its in Canada as well and its my mom's bday.
misc
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Nov 25th, 2009 at 19:50 GMT
4 points
wow don't you have boxing day in america? I assumed everyone called it that haha. Do you still get the day after xmas off? I couldn't cope with going straight back to work the next day
mhrjh14
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Jan 3rd, 2010 at 17:07 GMT
3 points
May has always been Whit Monday(not to be confused with Whitsun, though sometimes called that as that means Whit Sunday!) and August was known as August bank holiday back when I was a lass!
The_Snakes
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Feb 22nd, 2010 at 19:42 GMT
-1 points
Boxing day is so called because of all the fistfights between drunken relatives.
A_Trep
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Apr 7th, 2010 at 13:28 GMT
1 point
@misc: No, government employees in the USA are expected back at work on the day after Christmas. However, we do have ten bank holidays to the British eight so I guess it evens out somewhat.
itsnotme
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Jul 31st, 2010 at 09:58 GMT
-2 points
Whitsun / Whit are very old-fashioned terms for the Spring bank holiday - it's not generally been referred to as Whitsun since the 1970s. It's been called the Spring Bank Holiday for years.
lpw88
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Sep 7th, 2010 at 09:46 GMT
2 points
@thesnakes the title of the quiz is bank holidays ENGLAND & WALES. not the UK
Pogues
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Sep 27th, 2010 at 20:42 GMT
-3 points
Can't please the Brits. They complain about quizzes being too Ameri-centric. Then they complain about bank holiday names in their own lands. YEESH!
dancingmum
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Mar 30th, 2011 at 23:19 GMT
1 point
Luckily I was just working on a timetable for a friend for next term, so learnt the names of the 2 bank holidays in May. I'd forgotten that the Spring Bank Holiday used to be known as Whitsun. Thanks, I enjoyed this one :) Nice not to have to stress to get the answers in time!
glitch200x
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May 29th, 2011 at 00:07 GMT
1 point
Good quiz, I'd suggest accepting "May Day" as "Mayday" though, that one really frustrated me. Other than that, really good
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