EASTER JEOPARDY

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FOOD

COUNTRIES

FUN FACTS

TRIVIA

100

What season is Easter celebrated in Canada?

a) Winter

b) Summer

c) Spring

100

What dried fruit do you find in Hot Cross Buns?

a) Apples

b) Beetroot

c) Raisins

100

How many countries celebrate Easter?

a) 95

b) 32

c) 66

a) 95

100

Which holiday is more candy sold for?

a) Easter

b) Valentine's Day

c) Halloween

Americans purchase nearly 600 million pounds of candy each year for Halloween. Equivalent to the weight of 6 Titanic ships.

100

Why do Christians celebrate Easter?

a) It is when Jesus was born.

b) It is when Jesus was resurrected.

c) It is when Jesus ate a lot of chocolate.

b) It is when Jesus was resurrected.

200

Easter takes place on the same day every year, TRUE or FALSE?

FALSE

200

What meat is traditionally eaten at Easter time?

a) Lamb

b) Chicken

c) Beef

a) Lamb

200

Where did the idea of the Easter bunny come from?

a) USA

b) France

c) Germany

200

Easter Island is a real place in the world, TRUE or FALSE?

TRUE

Easter Island is an island and special territory of Chile in the Pacific Ocean. The name Easter Island originated with the European explorer Jacob Roggeveen, who first saw the island on Easter Sunday, 1722.

200

What is the 40-day period before Easter?

a) Advent

b) Lent

c) Spring

b) Lent

Lent is the time of year when Christians prepare and remember the events leading up Easter.

300

What day of the week is Easter usually celebrated?

a) Saturday

b) Sunday

c) Wednesday

b) Sunday

300

What's the most popular Easter candy in America?

a) Cadbury Mini Eggs

b) Marshmallow Peeps

c) Lindt Chocolate Bunnies

b) Marshmallow Peeps

Marshmallow Peeps are shaped like baby chickens and made of a soft marshmallow rolled in coloured sugar, with eyes made of edible wax

300

In what country is it traditional to eat hot cross buns at Easter?

a) China

b) Brazil

c) The UK

Hot cross buns are a staple at Easter time as the cross is seen here to represent Christ on the cross.

300

Where is the most popular Easter parade held each year?

a) Las Vegas

b) New York

c) Toronto

b) New York

300

The first Easter eggs were dyed what color?

a) red

b) blue

c) purple

a) red

Easter eggs were initially dyed red to represent the blood of Christ, whose resurrection is celebrated on Easter.

400

Easter always falls between which two dates?

a) March 22 and April 25

b) February 14 and March 15

c) April 27 and May 14

a) March 22 and April 25

400

In the 13th century, the church prohibited eating what during Holy Week?

a) Eggs

b) Chocolate

c) Pancakes

a) Eggs

In the early Christian church, Church leaders encouraged Christians to avoid eating any animal byproducts, including eggs, in preparation for Easter.

400

What country has the largest chocolate Easter Egg in the world?

a) America

b) Italy

c) Australia

b) Italy

In 2012, an Italian chocolatier presented the Pope with a 6.5-foot-tall chocolate Easter egg weighing around 550 pounds

400

What holiday is celebrated on the last day before Lent begins?

a) Valentines Day

b) Mardi Gras

c) Good Friday

b) Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras is also known as Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day, which marks the close of the pre-Lenten season. The French name Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday, from the custom of using all the fats in the home before Lent in preparation for fasting.

400

What hat is traditionally worn during Easter?

a) Easter Bonnet

b) Easter Wooly Hat

c) Easter Baseball Cap

a) Easter Bonnet

An Easter bonnet is any new or fancy hat worn as a Christian headcovering on Easter. It represents the tail end of a tradition of wearing new clothes at Easter, in harmony with the promise of spiritual renewal and redemption.

500

What determines the date of Easter?

a) The sun

b) The moon

c) The year

b) The moon

Easter is the first Sunday after the full Moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox.

500

In England, what is the name of the fruitcake with marzipan balls traditionally served at tea time on Easter?

a) Simnel cake

b) Marzipan cake

c) Fruit cheescake

a) Simnel cake

Simnel cake is a fruitcake widely eaten in the United Kingdom associated with Lent and Easter.

500

Dyeing Easter eggs is a tradition that began in which country?

a) Germany

b) America

c) Ukraine

500

In Switzerland, what animal delivers Easter eggs to kids?

a) A chicken

b) A cuckoo

c) A kangaroo

b) A cuckoo

In Switzerland, Easter eggs are delivered by the Easter Cuckoo. The Cuckoo is the country's symbol of growth and rebirth. The bird is very prevalent in Switzerland and is actually where the cuckoo clock originated.

500

Easter is associated with which Jewish holiday?

a) Hanukkah

b) Passover

c) Yom Kippur

b) Passover

Passover is a Jewish holiday that celebrates the freedom of the Jews from slavery in ancient Egypt.