Round 1
General Easter knowledge
Five questions on the history of Easter and Lent.
- Pick answer
Easter quiz
Twenty questions on Easter traditions, zoomed-in pictures and customs from around the world. Good for families, classrooms and mixed groups.
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The rounds
Round 2
Zooming into Easter
Five heavily zoomed-in pictures. Type what you think each one is.
- Short answer
Round 3
Easter around the world
Ten questions on how other countries celebrate.
- Pick answer
All questions and answers
Every question, grouped by round. Answers stay hidden until you tap.
Round 1: General Easter knowledge5 questions
Question 1 路 Pick answer
How long is Lent, the period of fasting before Easter?
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Answer:
40 days
Fun fact: Lent is counted as 40 days of fasting and prayer. It runs from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday, and the Sundays in between are not counted as fasting days.
Question 2 路 Pick answer
Select the 5 real days that relate to Easter and Lent.
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Answer:
- Holy Saturday
- Ash Wednesday
- Good Friday
- Shrove Tuesday
- Easter Sunday
Fun fact: Palm Monday and Grand Thursday are invented. The real days nearby are Palm Sunday and Maundy (Holy) Thursday.
Question 3 路 Pick answer
Easter is associated with which Jewish holiday?
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Answer:
Passover
Fun fact: In the Gospels the Last Supper is a Passover meal, and the Easter date is still worked out partly with reference to the spring full moon. Many languages call Easter by a name from Pesach, such as P芒ques in French.
Question 4 路 Pick answer
Which of these is the official flower of Easter?
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Answer:
White lily
Fun fact: The white Easter lily is the flower most linked with Easter, as a symbol of purity and new life.
Question 5 路 Pick answer
Which iconic British chocolatier made the first chocolate egg for Easter in 1873?
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Answer:
Fry's
Fun fact: J. S. Fry & Sons of Bristol made the first British chocolate Easter egg in 1873. Cadbury followed with its own in 1875.
Round 2: Zooming into Easter5 questions
Question 6 路 Short answer
What's this?
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Answer:
Easter Bunny
Also accepted: The Easter Bunny, Bunny, A bunny, A rabbit, Rabbit
Fun fact: The Easter Bunny came to the United States with German immigrants in the 1700s, as the egg-laying hare Osterhase.
Question 7 路 Short answer
What's this?
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Answer:
Hot cross bun
Also accepted: Hot cross buns, A hot cross bun, Easter teacake
Fun fact: Hot cross buns are traditionally eaten on Good Friday, and the cross on top stands for the crucifixion.
Question 8 路 Short answer
What's this?
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Answer:
Lamb
Also accepted: Roast lamb, A roast lamb, Leg of lamb
Fun fact: Roast lamb is a classic Easter Sunday meal in many countries, linked to the Passover lamb and to Jesus as the Lamb of God.
Question 9 路 Short answer
What's this?
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Answer:
Chick
Also accepted: A chick, Chicken, Baby chicken
Fun fact: Chicks hatching from eggs stand for new life, which is why they sit beside bunnies and eggs on Easter cards.
Question 10 路 Short answer
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Answer:
Paschal candle
Also accepted: A paschal candle, Easter candle, Candle
Fun fact: The Paschal candle is lit at the Easter Vigil as a symbol of the risen Christ and stays lit through the Easter season.
Round 3: Easter around the world10 questions
Question 11 路 Pick answer
The traditional 'Easter egg roll' happens at which iconic U.S. site?
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Answer:
The White House
Fun fact: The White House Easter Egg Roll has been held on the South Lawn on Easter Monday since 1878.
Question 12 路 Pick answer
In which city, where it is believed Jesus was crucified, do people carry a cross through the streets at Easter?
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Answer:
Jerusalem (Israel)
Fun fact: On Good Friday pilgrims walk the Via Dolorosa, the route tradition says Jesus took to Golgotha, and many carry crosses.
Question 13 路 Pick answer
'Virvonta' is a tradition where children dress as Easter witches in which country?
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Answer:
Finland
Fun fact: In Finland children dress as witches on Palm Sunday and go door to door with decorated willow twigs in exchange for sweets.
Question 14 路 Pick answer
In the Easter tradition of 'Scoppio del Carro', an ornate cart with fireworks explodes outside which landmark in Florence?
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Answer:
The Duomo
Fun fact: The 'explosion of the cart' takes place in front of Florence Cathedral on Easter morning, and a good show is said to bring a good harvest.
Question 15 路 Pick answer
Which of these is a picture of the Polish Easter festival '艢migus-dyngus'?
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Answer:
The photo of people splashing each other with water pistols
Fun fact: 艢migus-dyngus, also called Wet Monday, is celebrated on Easter Monday in Poland, when people douse each other with water.
Question 16 路 Pick answer
Dancing is banned in which country on Good Friday?
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Answer:
Germany
Fun fact: Most German states restrict public dancing and loud entertainment on Good Friday, a rule called the Tanzverbot. The details differ from state to state.
Question 17 路 Pick answer
To raise awareness of an endangered native species, Australia offered which chocolate alternative to the Easter bunny?
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Answer:
Easter Bilby
Fun fact: Chocolate Easter bilbies have been sold in Australia since the 1990s, with part of the money going to bilby conservation. Rabbits are an invasive pest there.
Question 18 路 Pick answer
Easter Island, discovered on Easter Sunday in 1722, is now part of which country?
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Answer:
Chile
Fun fact: Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen reached the island on Easter Sunday 1722. Chile annexed it in 1888 and the Rapa Nui people still live there.
Question 19 路 Pick answer
'Rouketopolemos' is an event in which country where two rival church congregations fire homemade rockets at each other?
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Answer:
Greece
Fun fact: The 'rocket war' takes place on the Greek island of Chios, in the village of Vrontados, on Orthodox Easter night.
Question 20 路 Pick answer
During Easter in Papua New Guinea, trees outside churches are decorated with what?
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Answer:
Tobacco
Fun fact: Travel writers report that, because chocolate melts in the heat, churches in Papua New Guinea decorate small trees with tobacco and cigarettes and hand them out after the Easter service. This comes from popular travel sources rather than a primary study, so treat it as a reported custom.
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