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This Jewish holiday shares its timing and some traditions with Easter.
What is Passover?
This American city has held the longest-running Easter Parade in the U.S., famously along Fifth Avenue.
Where is New York City?
Jesus was crucified at this place, whose name means "Place of the Skull" in Aramaic.
This marshmallow treat, shaped like chicks and bunnies, is the best-selling Easter candy in the U.S.
What are Peeps?
Chocolate bunnies are typically manufactured by this chocolate company.
What is Lindt?
Easter's date changes each year because it's tied to this lunar event.
What is The Full Moon?
This chocolate egg brand releases limited edition flavors every Easter and is famous for its foil-wrapped eggs.
What is Cadbury?
One week before Easter, Jesus rode into Jerusalem on this animal on Palm Sunday.
What is a donkey?
During the Last Supper, Jesus commanded His disciples to eat these two things in rememberance of Jesus.
What is Manna and Red Wine?
This specific Cadbury candy, with a hard shell and a fondant center mimicking a real egg's yolk and white, has been an Easter basket staple since 1963.
What is the Cadbury Creme Egg?
Jesus was buried in a hurry on Friday because the next day was this 'take-off-work' day.
What is the Sabbath?
This classic rabbit is one of the most recognizable cartoon bunnies in history.
Who is Bugs Bunny?
This woman was the first person to discover the empty tomb on Easter morning.
Who is Mary Magdelene?
Ham became a traditional Easter meal partly because pigs were slaughtered in fall and cured through this season.
This handheld spring toy, invented in 1943, became a classic Easter basket gift for decades.
What is a Slinky?
The Council of Nicaea in 325 AD established a uniform date for Easter for this religion.
What is Christianity?
In this 1971 film, Easter Bunny loses his voice and tries to find a replacement to go deliver eggs.
What is Here Comes Peter Cottontail?
Jesus was betrayed by Judas for this many pieces of silver.
Hot Cross Buns are traditionally eaten on this specific day of the Easter weekend.
When is Good Friday?
Roughly this many pounds of chocolate are purchased by Americans each Easter season, making it the second largest candy holiday after Halloween.
How much is 90 million?
This ancient spring goddess is often cited as a possible origin of the name "Easter."
Who is Eostre?
The term "Easter egg" in movies and TV refers to hidden secrets left by creators — this blockbuster franchise is arguably the most famous for loading their films with them.
What is the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Because it is customary to release a prisoner during Passover, this criminal was released instead of Jesus.
Who is Barabbas (aka the Other Jesus)?
This Italian Easter cake, shaped like a bird, is called Colomba di Pasqua, Colomba meaning this in English.
What is Dove?
Before commercial Easter baskets became mainstream, children in Germany traditionally made nests out of this material in their caps and bonnets for the Easter Hare to fill overnight.
What is moss?