Easter Bible
This happened on Easter Sunday and is the reason we celebrate the Easter holiday.
What is Jesus' Resurrection.
This was proposed by farmers to use at The White House Easter Egg Hunt instead of eggs.
What is potatoes?
This is the capital of Ireland.
What is Dublin?
This city dyes their river green in honor of St. Patrick's Day. Bonus points if you can name the year this began.
What is Chicago? What is 1962?
This holiday happens 40 days before Easter and is the beginning of Lent.
What is Ash Wednesday?
This is what the Easter basket represents.
What is fertility and new beginnings (the start of spring)?
This beverage is famously associated with Ireland (extra points if you can name the brand).
What is beer (specifically, Guinness)?
This is the belief of the reasoning behind leprechauns.
What is the Celtic belief that leprechauns were used to mend the shoes of fairies (leprechauns were known for their trickery, which was utilized to protect their small fortunes)?
This was the first person to arrive at Jesus' grave on Easter Sunday.
Who is Mary Magdaline?
This is the baked good that is traditionally eaten in England for Good Friday.
What is Hot Cross Buns?
This is the reason Ireland is associated with St. Patrick's Day.
What is because St. Patrick was the patron saint of Ireland?
This is why St. Patrick was famous and later became a saint.
What is because he was brought to Ireland as a slave, escaped, and then returned to bring Christianity to the people of Ireland?
This is the reason we are given palms on Palm Sunday.
What is Jesus arrived in Jerusalem and his followers presented him with palm leaves?
Easter always falls between these two dates.
This is the event that made Ireland's people suffer from starvation and mass diseases. Bonus points if you can state the years they were affected.
What is the Great Potato Famine? What is from 1845-1849?
This is where the first St. Patrick's Day was celebrated. Bonus points if you can state what year.
What is St. Augustine, Florida? What is 1601?
Eventually, the celebration was brought to New York City in 1772 by Irish soldiers serving in the English military.
These are the days leading up to Easter Sunday are their significance.
What is Holy Monday (Jesus purified the temple), Holy Tuesday (Jesus cursed a fig tree because it was not producing figs), Holy Wednesday (the day that Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus, which led to his arrest and crucifixion), Maundy Thursday (the day of The Lord's Supper), Good Friday (the day that Jesus was crucified and buried), and Holy Saturday, also known as the Blessed Sabbath (the Chief Priests and Pharisees went to Pilate to ensure that the villagers did not take Jesus' body and encouraged the city of Pilate to secure the place where Jesus was buried- they sealed it with a stone)?
This is how many chocolate bunnies are produced each year for Easter. This is how many jelly beans that are consumed each Easter by Americans.
What is 90 million? What is 16 million?
This is another holiday associated with Ireland- traditions for this holiday began being celebrated in Ireland.
What is Halloween? (the Gaelic festival of Samhain, modernly known as Halloween, was celebrated to recognize the end of the harvest season, the transition from fall to winter)
This is the reason we have modern day St. Patrick's Day parades.
What is because Irish Aid societies (such as the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and the Hibernian Society) held annual parades to provide aid to the less fortunate Irish immigrants in New York City? Because these Irish Aid society parades became so popular, they continued them which eventually led to the modern celebrations held today.