A busy Fringe hub with venues and food stalls

Adelaide Fringe Quiz: Australia's Biggest Arts Festival

This Adelaide Fringe quiz heads to South Australia for weeks of comedy, cabaret, circus and music each summer. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on its 1960 beginnings, open-access rules, the Garden of Unearthly Delights, Gluttony, the opening parade, Mad March, Edinburgh's festival and how the Fringe became annual.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

City
In which city is the Fringe held?
When
When is the Adelaide Fringe held?
Start
In which year did the Fringe begin?
Open
What does open access mean for the Fringe?
Garden
Which pop-up venue fills a park with tents and rides?
Gluttony
What is Gluttony?
Rank
Which fringe festival is the Adelaide Fringe often compared to?
Annual
When did the Fringe become an annual event?
Parade
How does the Fringe usually begin?
Mad
What do locals call the busy festival season?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: In which city is the Fringe held?
Answer: Adelaide
It is the capital of South Australia.
Q2: When is the Adelaide Fringe held?
Answer: February and March
It is a late summer festival.
Q3: In which year did the Fringe begin?
Answer: 1960
It started alongside the Adelaide Festival.
Q4: What does open access mean for the Fringe?
Answer: Any artist can register a show
There is no selection panel.
Q5: Which pop-up venue fills a park with tents and rides?
Answer: The Garden of Unearthly Delights
It sits in the Park Lands.
Q6: What is Gluttony?
Answer: A busy Fringe hub with venues and food stalls
It is in Rundle Park.
Q7: Which fringe festival is the Adelaide Fringe often compared to?
Answer: Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Both are among the world's largest.
Q8: When did the Fringe become an annual event?
Answer: 2007
It was held every two years before.
Q9: How does the Fringe usually begin?
Answer: With an opening night parade
Crowds line the streets.
Q10: What do locals call the busy festival season?
Answer: Mad March
Several big events run at once.

Adelaide Fringe Quiz – Australia's Biggest Arts Festival

The Adelaide Fringe began in 1960 when artists left out of the Adelaide Festival staged their own shows. It grew into Australia's biggest arts festival and is often compared with the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

The Fringe is open access, so any artist can register a show, from comedy and cabaret to circus, music and theater. It became an annual event in 2007 and runs across February and March.

Hubs such as the Garden of Unearthly Delights and Gluttony fill parks with tents, bars and food stalls. An opening parade starts the season, and with other events running at the same time, locals call it Mad March.

What This Quiz Teaches

Arts fans will enjoy these questions.

When the Fringe began
How open access works
Which venues to visit
How it compares worldwide
What Mad March means

Did You Know?

Shows appear in pubs, churches and parks.
Many comedians try new material there.
Ticket sales run into the hundreds of thousands.
Street performers fill Rundle Mall.
WOMADelaide is held in the same season.