Figures that make up the sculptures

What is the mascletà?

A loud daytime firecracker display

What is built during the flower offering?

A giant floral mantle for the Virgin

Las Fallas Quiz: Valencia's Giant Burning Sculptures

This Las Fallas quiz joins the crowds in Valencia each March. Play 10 interactive questions on the giant fallas and their ninots, the March 19 burning called la Cremà, the one ninot saved by vote, the deafening mascletà in the city hall square, the flower offering to the Virgin, carpenters' spring bonfires, St Joseph's Day and UNESCO recognition.

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

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

City
Which city holds Las Fallas?
Month
When does Las Fallas peak?
Fallas
What are the fallas?
Ninots
What are ninots?
Burn
What happens on the night of la Cremà?
Saved
How is one ninot saved each year?
Noise
What is the mascletà?
Flowers
What is built during the flower offering?
Saint
Which saint's day ends the festival?
UNESCO
When did UNESCO recognize Las Fallas?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which city holds Las Fallas?
Answer: Valencia
It is on Spain's east coast.
Q2: When does Las Fallas peak?
Answer: March
It welcomes spring.
Q3: What are the fallas?
Answer: Giant satirical sculptures
They tower over squares.
Q4: What are ninots?
Answer: Figures that make up the sculptures
They are often funny caricatures.
Q5: What happens on the night of la Cremà?
Answer: The sculptures are burned
Firefighters stand by.
Q6: How is one ninot saved each year?
Answer: By public vote
It goes to the Fallas Museum.
Q7: What is the mascletà?
Answer: A loud daytime firecracker display
It shakes the city hall square at 2 p.m.
Q8: What is built during the flower offering?
Answer: A giant floral mantle for the Virgin
Thousands carry bouquets.
Q9: Which saint's day ends the festival?
Answer: St Joseph
Carpenters' patron saint.
Q10: When did UNESCO recognize Las Fallas?
Answer: 2016
It is intangible cultural heritage.

Giant Sculptures, Firecrackers and a Night of Flames

Las Fallas fills Valencia each March, ending on 19 March, St Joseph's Day. Its roots are said to lie in carpenters burning old wood and scraps at the start of spring. Neighborhood groups spend all year building fallas, giant sculptures that satirize politics and daily life.

Each falla is made of figures called ninots. Every day at 2 p.m., a deafening mascletà of firecrackers shakes the city hall square. During the flower offering, thousands of people in traditional dress carry bouquets that are woven into a huge floral mantle for a statue of the Virgin.

On the final night, la Cremà, the sculptures are set on fire as crowds cheer and firefighters stand by. One ninot is saved each year by public vote and placed in the Fallas Museum. In 2016 UNESCO recognized Las Fallas as intangible cultural heritage.

What This Quiz Teaches

Festival fans will enjoy these questions.

When the festival happens
What the fallas are
Which events fill each day
How the festival ends
Which traditions survive

Did You Know?

Buñuelos are fried treats eaten during the festival.
Some fallas cost huge sums to build.
Children's fallas are smaller versions.
Streets glow with decorative lights at night.
Paella is said to come from the Valencia region.