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About how many chocolate bunnies are produced each year?
A) 100 thousand B) 50 million
C) 75 million D) 90 million
D!
Over 90 million chocolate Easter bunnies are produced every year.
100
After ______________, Easter is the top-selling candy holiday.
A) Christmas B) Halloween
C) National Candy Day D) New Years Eve
B!
Easter, surprisingly, makes up more than a third of that seasonal candy, according to the data. Halloween is still the biggest holiday from the manufacturer's side.
100
Where is the Easter bunny from?
A) Virginia B) Pennsylvania
C) Italy D) Germany
B!
According to some sources, the Easter bunny first arrived in America in the 1700s with German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania and transported their tradition of an egg-laying hare. Their children made nests in which this creature could lay its colored eggs.
100
What is the most popular jellybean flavor in America?
A) Buttered Popcorn B) Very Cherry
C) Grape D) Tutti Frutti
A!
Very Cherry remained the most popular flavor of Jelly Belly beans for two decades until 1998, when Buttered Popcorn moved into first place.
100
What is the Friday before Easter usually called?
A) Ash Friday B) Black Friday
C) Good Friday D) Happy Friday
C!
Good Friday commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary. It is observed during Holy Week and may coincide with the Jewish observance of Passover.
200
In the 13th century, the church prohibited eating what during Holy Week?
A) chocolate B) rabbit
C) eggs D) toast
C!
The church prohibited the eating of eggs during Holy Week, but chickens continued to lay eggs during that week, and the notion of specially identifying those as “Holy Week” eggs brought about their decoration.
200
The biggest, most famous Easter parade is held in:
A) New York City, NY B) Miami, FL
C) Dillsboro, NC D) Chicago, IL
A!
The Easter parade is most closely associated with Fifth Avenue in New York City, but Easter parades are held in many other cities. Starting as a spontaneous event in the 1870s, the New York parade became increasingly popular into the mid-20th century—in 1947, it was estimated to draw over a million people.
200
Where did CHOCOLATE Easter bunnies originate from?
A) Germany B) Italy
C) Ohio D) Pennsylvania
A!
The tradition of chocolate Easter bunnies dates back to 19th-century America, which borrowed it—and the Easter Bunny in general—from Germany. Sales started to take off around 1890, after a Pennsylvania man named Robert L. Strohecker featured a 5-foot-tall chocolate rabbit in his drugstore as an Easter promotion.
200
How many Marshmallow Peeps are produced each year?
A) 1 million B) 15 million
C) 2 billion D) 25 million
C!
Every year, about 2 billion Peeps candies are produced. That's enough to circle the earth two and a half times.
200
What was the purpose of the Easter Act of 1928?
A) To banish Easter forever
B) To make Easter last 4 days
C) To make Easter a national holiday
D) To set a fixed date for Easter yearly
D!
The purpose of the Act was to set a fixed date for Easter, but it has never been enforced.
300
How much did the world’s largest chocolate Easter egg weigh?
A) 5,425 lbs B) 12,554 lbs
C) 15,332 lbs D) 15,873 lbs
D!
Tosca (Italy) created the largest chocolate Easter egg ever, weighing a whopping 7,200 kg (15,873 lbs 4.48 oz) and with a circumference of 19.6 m (64 ft 3.65 in) at its widest point. It was measured at Le Acciaierie Shopping Centre, in Cortenuova, Italy, on 16 April 2011.
300
The first Easter eggs were colored _____:
A) blue B) green
C) red D) purple
C!
According to many sources, the Christian custom of Easter eggs, specifically, started among the early Christians, who took the egg symbolism from Judaism and stained them with red colouring "in memory of the blood of Christ, shed at His crucifixion".
300
What is the most popular Easter color worldwide?
A) blue B) green
C) purple D) pink
C!
The color most commonly associated with the Easter season (or more specifically the season of Lent that precedes Easter Day) is purple. It is the color found in church sanctuaries throughout the world during the season.
300
Eggs contain nearly every nutrient known to be essential to humans.
True or False?
True!
Eggs also contain small amounts of almost every vitamin and mineral required by the human body, including calcium, iron, potassium, zinc, manganese, vitamin E, folate and many more.
300
In Sweden, kids dress as Easter ________ instead of Easter bunnies.
A) Easter Wizards B) Easter Chicks
C) Easter Eggs D) Easter Scientists
A!
In Sweden, kids dress up as wizards and witches rather than bunnies. Apparently, this was all a big mix-up, as German immigrants brought the idea of the Easter Bunny with them to Sweden, only to find that the Swedish word for the Easter Bunny, sounds very similar to 'the Easter Wizard'.
400
How many jellybeans do Americans consume each Easter?
A) 12 billion B) 700 million
C) 90 million D) 16 billion
D!
Americans consume 16 billion jellybeans at Easter, many of them hidden in baskets. If all the Easter jellybeans were lined end to end, they would circle the globe nearly three times.
400
The rabbit is an ancient symbol of _______.
A) luck B) fertility
C) fortune D) health
B!
The past all described the rabbit as one of the most fertile of animals. It thus became a symbol of vitality, sexual desire and fertility.
400
What percent of American's were proven to unintentionally bite the ears off of the chocolate bunny first?
A) 50% B) 24%
C) 76% D) 66%
C!
Studies also prove that 76% of Americans will eat the ears on chocolate bunnies first.
400
Easter celebrates the ________ of Jesus Christ.
A) birth B) death
C) resurrection D) baptism
C!
Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.
400
What were the original Marshmallow Peeps?
A) yellow bunnies B) pink chicks
C) yellow chicks D) purple bunnies
C!
The yellow chicks were the original form of the candy (hence their name) but the manufacturer would go on to introduce other colors and, eventually, the myriad shapes in which they are now produced.
500
What’s the most popular Easter candy nationwide?
A) Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs
B) Cadbury Eggs
C) Marshmallow Peeps
D) Chocolate Bunnies
A!
Reese's mini peanut butter chocolate eggs took the top spot nationwide.
500
What flower is associated with Easter?
A) rose B) daisy
C) lily D) pansy
C!
The lily, which is said to grow with its head down to honor Jesus.
500
While Easter remains a movable feast, the official observance of National Jelly Bean Day takes place every year on ______________:
A) April 22nd B) Feb. 4th
C) September 22nd D) Dec. 4th
A!
While Easter remains a movable feast, the official observance of National Jelly Bean Day takes place every year on April 22nd.
500
How long does it take to make a Marshmallow Peep?
A) 59 seconds B) 12 days
C) 11 hours D) 6 minutes
D!
In 1953, it took 27 hours to make one Marshmallow Peep. Today, it takes six minutes.
500
Which bread product is associated with Easter?
A) buns B) pretzels
C) donuts D) croissants
B!
According to some sources, the twists of the pretzel are meant to look like arms crossed in prayer.