He Is Risen
This event is celebrated on Easter Sunday, marking Jesus’ return from the dead
What is “the Resurrection”?
Peeps come in various pastel colors, but this color is the first color of the original chick, and remains the most popular peep color to date
What is yellow?
From Zootopia, this popular bunny was the first bunny to ever become a police officer (and Isabel’s favorite Disney character)
Who is Judy Hopps?
This part of the chocolate bunny is statistically the first part to be eaten
What are the ears?
The largest Easter egg hunt had a whopping 501,000 eggs hidden in a park in this US state
What was Florida? (Winterhaven in 2007)
This is a 40 day season of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter weekend
What is “Lent”?
What were wings?
This popular rabbit, adorn in a blue jacket, causes trouble in gardens and headlines many popular children’s books and nursery rhymes
Who is Peter Cottontail/Peter Rabbit?
Fry’s Creme Eggs were the original name for this popular Easter candy today
What are Cadbury Eggs?
Historically, this is the most popular jelly bean flavor
What is very cherry?
These three holy days from Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday are known by this name collectively
What is the Triduum?
It takes 6 minutes from start to finish to make a marshmallow peep, but originally it took this long to make them in 1953 (in hours- must guess within 2 numbers)
What is 27 hours?
This bunny character from Warner Bros uses the catchphrase “what’s up doc?”
Who is Bugs Bunny?
Eggs and rabbits are set to be the symbols of Easter due to both being symbolic of these 2 themes
What are fertility and new beginings?
This European country made famous the Easter Bunny
Who is Germany?
This garden is where Jesus prayed before being arrested
What is “the Garden of Gethsemane”?
Peeps are now a year round seasonal candy- coming in as pumpkins, snowmen, and even Valentine hearts. In one year, the Peeps company makes enough peeps to circle the earth 2 times. This is roughly this many peeps in a single day (Riley will award points based on closeness but it won’t be within a specific number amount, you’ll understand when you see the number
What is 5.5 million?
This saucy female rabbit wears a hot red dress and bright red lipstick
Who is Jessica Rabbit?
Despite pastels being associated with the Easter holiday, the first ever Easter eggs were actually dyed this color
What is red?
The White House Easter egg roll tradition began with this US President
Who is Rutherford B Hayes?
This is the Roman governor who ordered Jesus’s crucifixion
Who is Pontius Pilate?
This company is who produces Peeps candy
Who is Just Born?
Oddly enough, despite having absolutely nothing to do with rabbits, these 2 popular brands (and competitors) both feature pink bunnies as their mascots
Who are Duracell and Energizer batteries?
In Switzerland, this animal delivers Easter eggs to children, not a bunny.
Who is the Cuckoo bird?
In some European countries, your Easter best doubles as a costume. Children in Sweden dress as this on Easter sunday
What are witches or wizards?