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Easter Celebrations around the World
Easter Celebrations in the UK and USA
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Czech Traditions
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Why do we celebrate Easter? It has something to do with the life of Jesus Christ.

His resurrection and crucifixation.

100

Where does the Egg-hunting originally come from?

Germany

100

Americans purchase more than 700 million marshmallow Peeps during the Easter season. What is the most popular color?

Yellow
100

How many Jelly Beans do the Americans consume during the Easter? It´s in millions.

16 millions

100

What should we eat on the Green Thursday?

Something green

200

In what century was the Easter celebrated for the first time?

In the second century.

200

In what country do kids dress up as witches and go from house to house to get candies?

Sweden

200

What do people typically eat on the Easter Sunday Dinner in the UK?

Roasted Lamb

200

What coulour symbilises the Easter?

Red (as the blood of Jesus Christ)

200

What is a wooden rattle?

Řehtačka

300

What do we call the period of 40 days before Easter in English? The Christians do not eat meat.

Lent

300

What are "pisanki"? In what country can we find them? 

Hint: It´s the same country where boys pour water on the girls on the Wet Monday.

Poland

300

In what century was the first Easter Parade in NYC?

In the nineteenth century
300

What do the Easter eggs symbolise?

Fertility

300

What is the most popular Czech Easter meal?

Sweet dough version of the lamb called "beránek".

400

What does the lamb represent?

Jesus Christ

400

Who or what gives chocolate to the kids in France?

Flying bells on their way to Rome.
400

Where did the Americans take the eggs-dyeing from?

From the Dutch people.

400

What do easter baskets symbolise?

Birds´ nest and new life.

400

Is there any English word for "pomlázka"? If so, what is it?

There is no English word for "pomlázka". 

500
In what time period can the Easter be? Between what dates?

March 22 and April 25

500

In what country people usually fly kites on Good Friday?

Bermuda

500

Hunting and rolling eggs are popular Easter traditions. The first official White House egg roll occurred in 1878. Who was president at the time?

A. Rutherford B. Hayes

B. James A. Garfield

C. Ulysses S. Grant

D. Andrew Johnson

A - Rutheford B. Hayes

500

The concept of the Easter Bunny originated in Germany during the 1700s, but the mythical creature wasn’t a rabbit initially. What was it?

Hare

500

What was celebrated during the Easter before 1989? It was not the resurrection and crucifixation of Jesus Christ.

The end of winter and the beginning of spring.
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