Easter Basics
What we celebrate at Easter
What is Jesus' Resurrection?
The Sunday before Easter
What is Palm Sunday?
Jesus was given a crown of these
What are thorns?
The part of the chocolate bunny that most Americans eat first
What are the ears?
Another name for Easter Sunday
What is Resurrection Sunday?
The number of days between the crucifixion and the resurrection
What is Three?
What we remember on Good Friday
What is the Crucifixion?
The man who betrayed Jesus
Who is Judas?
Easter is the second largest holiday for eating candy; this holiday is the first
What is Halloween?
The approximate amount of time Jesus was on the cross
What is 6 hours?
The day of the week when Jesus rose from the dead
What is Sunday?
What we remember on Holy Thursday
What is the Last Supper?
What the sign on the cross said above Jesus
What is "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews"?
Americans eat more than 16 million of these during Easter.
What are jelly beans?
(Fun fact: That's enough to fill a plastic egg the size of a 9-story building.)
The number of days Jesus spent on the Earth after His resurrection
What is 40 days?
The first person to see Jesus after the Resurrection
Who is Mary Magdalene?
What Jesus rode on when he entered Jerusalem
What is a donkey?
The man the Jews wanted Pilate to release instead of Jesus
Who is Barabbas?
Americans eat about 1.5 million of these during Easter.
What are Peeps?
The 2 disciples who went to Jesus' tomb
What are Peter and John?
Another name for a sepulcher
What is a tomb?
The city that Jesus entered on Palm Sunday
What is Jerusalem?
The Jewish holiday that was being celebrated the week of Jesus' death and resurrection
90 million of these are made each year
What are chocolate Easter bunnies?
What were the names of the women who went to Jesus' tomb?...name at least 2..
Mary (mother of Jesus)
Mary (mother of James and Joseph)
Mary Magdalene
Joanna (wife of Chuza)