EASTER
WHERE DID EASTER EGGS ORIGINATE FROM?
FROM A PAGAN TRADITION
WHAT IS THE MOST COMMONLY USED COLOUR TO PAINT EASTER EGGS?
RED.
WHAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE FLOWER OF EASTER?
EASTER LILIES
WHAT ARE THE TWO MOST POPULAR EASTER SWEETS?
CHOCOLATE AND JELLYBEANS
WHAT DAY/DATE DOES EASTER FALL ON IN THE YEAR OF 2024?
SUNDAY MARCH 31ST, 2024
WHAT DO YOU TYPICALLY USE TO COLLECT EASTER EGGS?
AN EASTER BASKET
WHY WERE EASTER EGGS A SYMBOL FOR HOLY WEEK?
BECUASE THEY REPRESENT JESUS RESURRECTION
WHAT DO EASTER LILIES REPRESENT?
HOPE AND REBIRTH
WHAT COUNTRY DID THE IDEA OF THE EASTER BUNNY GIVING CANDY AND EGGS COME FROM?
GERMANY
WHICH EASTER EVENTS HAPPEN ON THE CITY STREETS ?
EASTER PARADE
WHO BROUGHT THE EASTER BUNNY TRADITION TO AMERICA?
GERMAN IMMIGRANTS
IN WHAT CENTURY WAS IT SAID THAT THE 1ST EASTER EGGS WERE DECORATED?
THE 13TH CENTURY
WHERE DID THE 1ST BLOOM OF EASTER LILIES ORIGINATE FROM?
JAPAN
HOW MANY JELLY BEANS ARE MADE EACH YEAR FOR EASTER?
16 BILLION JELLY BEANS
WHAT STATE AND CITY HAS THE MOST FASHIONABLE EASTER DAY?
NEW YORK
WHAT HOLIDAY DOES EASTER ALWAYS COMPETE WITH FOR CHOCOLATE SALES?
HALLOWEEN
WHEN DID THE EASTER BUNNY COME TO THE UNITED STATES?
THE 1700'S
ARE EASTER LILIES A RELATIVELY NEW TRADITION?
YES
WHICH OTHER NON-CHOCOLATE CANDY HAS BECOME POPULAR THE LAST YEARS?
THE MARSHMALLOW PEEP
WHAT IS THE TRADITIONAL EASTER FOOD?
LAMB
HOW DO WE CALL THE FRIDAY BEFORE EASTER?
GOOD FRIDAY
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE GERMAN HARE FROM THE 1700'S?
OSTERHASE OR OSCHTER HAWS
WHEN WERE LILIES BROUGHT TO ENGLAND?
IN 1777
WHEN WERE THE FIRST PEEPS SOLD?
1950'S
WHICH SEASON STARTS AROUND EASTER TIME IN THE US?
SPRING