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Easter Facts
100
What does 'in the doghouse' mean?
in trouble with somebody
100
What two words were combined to make the word scientist?
science + artist
100
to become gradually less
diminish
100
What does matrimony mean?
marriage
100
The Easter Bunny legend began in... (location)
Germany
200
What deos it mean to "go out on a limb"
to take a risk or a guess
200
Clement Wragge, an Australian meteorologist, was famous for...
naming hurricanes
200
state of noisy, confused activity
commotion
200
A restaurant with rooms to rent upstairs.
An inn
200
How many creme eggs does Cadbury make each year? (closest answer wins)
500 million
300
What does 'short end of the stick' mean?
to suffer the bad effects of a situation
300
To sneak out of a party without telling anyone is known as a...
Fench exit
300
to cause to move faster
hasten
300
the layer of soil closest to the surface, contains essential nutrients for crops
topsoil
300
The act of painting eggs originates from a (nationality) tradition
Ukrainian
400
What is the idom for "stop what you are doing and go home"
call it a day
400
The refractive index refers to...
...how much a substance bends light as it passes through something
400
something (often a drink) created for the first time
concoction
400
the resistance that one surface or object encounters is called
friction
400
In Germany, it is illegal to (verb) on Good Friday (the Friday before Easter)
dance
500
What a product has all the extra gadgets we say it has
all the bells and whistles
500
Pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune
Schadenfreude
500
trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion
grueling
500
A practice farmers use to prevent errosion on slopes
terracing
500
The holiday was named after...
the Anglo-Saxon Goddess, Eostre. She was honoured at Pagan festivals celebrating the arrival of spring, further highlighting the blend of Pagan traditions with Christian holidays.