Easter History
Things I made up about Easter (some true some fantastical)
Easter Science
Easter in Culture
Omeggaverse
100
Which elements of Easter most likely originate from the ancient pagan holiday associated with the Godess Eastre?
Eggs and Hare imagery
100
What's the best way to beat the Easter blues?
Egg hunting of course!!!
100
What is the term for the act of holding a light up to an egg to see the silhouette of its contents (typically to track the development of an embryo or chick)?
Candling
100
What is the Friday before Easter called?
Good Friday
100
The occupation in which one collects eggs from Omeggas.
Egg Collector
200
When was the first White House Easter Egg Hunt? (I will give you credit for any date +- ten years from the answer)
1876
200
Other than the celebration of Jesus, what is one of the cutest and best parts of Easter?
All those beautiful pastels.
200
How fast can a hare run?
Up to 45 miles per hour.
(Answers between 40 and 45 acceptable - I have seen sources for both online)
That's why you never see them hide the eggs!
200
What is the most popular non-chocolate Easter candy in the US?
Peeps
200
Who is the most notable Omegga in the popular Witcher IP?
Yakko
300
What is the traditional name for Easter Egg Painting?
Pysanka
300
We all know that each country / culture has a designated Santa (AKA Genie) to deliver its Christmas presents. How does the Easter system work?
The "Easter Bunny" is actually an organization of egg-delivering rodents (typically Hares) and the occasional industrious hen. In a fashion very similar to Hallobetween*, each egg distributor has a district of homes it delivers eggs to. This system is subject to gerrymandering.
(*There are drastically fewer Hallowbetween Representatives than egg distributors, as there is less funding and awareness of the scarier holiday. For example, you could have as many as a thousand easter hares in Huntsville alone; however, we only have one Mr Hallobetween for all of North Alabama and the Tennessee valley).
300
Which is healthier - brown eggs or white eggs?
"Science" indicates no difference between the two - they are nutritionally identical.
I am pretty sure it's brown ones, though.
300
Is more candy sold for Easter, Christmas, Valentine’s Day or Halloween?
Halloween
300
Is the Easter Bunny the Omegga or the Alpha?
Omegga. He lays them right in the yard for convenience.
400
What is the Christian liturgical reason that eggs are associated with Easter? (Hint - unrelated to pagan origins)
Eggs used to be a food that was forbidden to eat during Lent, the season immediately before Easter. Eggs were hard boiled as a preservation technique, and then handed out at the end of Lent as a symbol of the ressurection of Christ breaking out of the tomb (the eggshell!) (But also for convenience because they had a toooon of eggs they had to do something w all those eggs)
400
What was first, the chicken or the egg?
According to the bible, the chicken came first. Genesis 1:20-22: So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.”
Also the chicken would have to incubate the egg! So definitely the chicken!
400
What is the thin layer of goo surrounding an egg when it is laid?
The bloom or cuticle
400
Australians have snubbed the Bunny as a symbol of Easter in favor of what rodent?
The Bilby!
(This is true)
400
What is the approximate size of an OmEgg?
Size of an adult hand
500
Eggs enclosed in a silver case to be given as gifts were known as what? (fun fact - the Vatican sent one of these to Henry VIII!)
Eggsilver (take notes carolyn)
500
What is the prize held within the world's most valuable Easter Egg?
We still don't know what - or rather, who - is incubating in the Moon, but it is predicted to hatch by the year 2049 (this is why the Artemis missions are so urgent)
500
What is a baby rabbit called? (Hint - it's not bunny, which is a term used for a rabbit of any age)
A Kitten!
500
In Greece, Mexico and Spain, what is burned during Easter bonfires?
Effigies of Judas
500
What do they call the ward where Omeggas are treated at the hospital?
They don't, as there is no ward for this. Omeggas typically have home birth unless disastrous health issues occur (AKA eggbound or other issues). Healthcare for omeggas is often minimal at best and 90% of omeggas die in eggbirth by the age of 32.
please call your representatives!