EASTER
WHERE DID EASTER EGGS ORIGINATE FROM?
FROM A PAGAN TRADITION
WHAT YEAR WAS THE VERY 1ST EASTER EGG ROLL AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND/OR WHO WAS THE PRESIDENT?
1878 AND RUTHERFORD B. HAYES
WHAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE FLOWER OF EASTER?
EASTER LILIES
WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR CANDY FOR EASTER?
CHOCOLATE AND JELLYBEANS
HOW BIG WAS THE LARGEST EGG EVER LAID
LAID BY AN OSTRICH IN SWEDEN, 5 POUNDS
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 AND THE EMPTY TOMB
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 TRADITION DID START WITH PEOPLE LEAVING EASTER SERVICES AT CHURCH ?
EASTER PARADE
WHO BROUGHT THE EASTER BUNNY TRADITION TO AMERICA?
GERMAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE 1700'S
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?
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
WHICH A TRADITIONAL EASTER FOOD?
LAMB
WHY IS EASTER CELBRATED?
FOR CHRISTIANS IS HONORS THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS.
EASTER EGGS HAVE BEEN A SYMBOL OF NEW LIFE AND THEIR CONNECTION TO SPRING AND CHRISTIANITY
HOW DO YOU KNOW IF IT'S A TRUE LILLY FLOWER?
WHEN THE FLOWER BLOOMS WITH 6 PETALS AND ARE LARGE, COLORFUL AND FRAGRANT
WHEN DID PEEPS BEGIN TO BE SOLD?
1950'S
WHICH SEASON STARTS IN EASTER?
SPRING