History of Easter
Where is the World...
Major Players of the Easter Story
Basics/Easter Traditions
By the numbers...
100

Name the event or tradition that we participate in as the modern Christian (Adventist) church that originates from Passover?

What is Communion?

100

Name the location of Jesus Crucifixion? 

Where is Golgotha? 

100

Who led the leaders of the Sanhedrin/Pharisees to Jesus at night to betray him for just some pieces of silver, later regretting it and committing suicide? 

Who is Judas Iscariot? 

100

Which foreigner carried Jesus cross, following behind him to as he walked/stumbled to the place of crucifixion?

Who is Simon of Cyrene (modern Lybia- Continent of Africa)
100

Jesus had how many disciples?

What is 12?

200

Immigrants from this country brought the tradition of intricately decorated eggs primarily in black, red, orange, and white?

1) Germany

2) Britan 

3) Ukraine

4) Switzerland 

Where is Ukraine?

200

Where were Jesus and the disciples when Peter cut off the ear of the High Priest Servent, Malchus?

Where is the Garden of Gethsemane?

200

Who was warned not to have anything to do with the execution of Christ by his wife?

Who is Pilate

200

This religious observance starts about 6 weeks prior to Easter... it starts on Ash Wednesday and goes until Easter Sunday. It is celebrated by Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, Methodist, Moravian, Presbyterian, Oriental Orthodox, Reformed, and Roman Catholic. It is supposed to prepare the believer for Easter through prayer, doing penance, mortifying the flesh, repentance of sins, almsgiving, and self-denial. What is this religious observance?

What is Lent?

200

The rooster crowed after Peter denied Jesus _____ times. 

What is 3?

300

What is the secular origin/holiday celebrated around the now Christian holiday of Easter, from which we draw the name "EASTER"?

Easter was originally a celebration of Eostre, goddess of Spring, otherwise known as Ostara, Austra, and Eastre; One of the most revered aspects of Ostara for both ancient and modern observers is a spirit of renewal. 

Celebrated at Spring Equinox on March 21, Ostara marks the day when light is equal to darkness, and will continue to grow. As the bringer of light after a long dark winter, the goddess was often depicted with the hare, an animal that represents the arrival of spring as well as the fertility of the season.

300

Where did Jesus Ascend to Heaven from?

Where is Mt of Olives near Bethany?

300

Which wealthy man came and asked for Jesus body to bury him after his death?

Joseph of Arimathea

300

What does Palm Sunday celebrate?

Jesus triumphant entry into Jerusalem on a donkey. 

300

Jesus was sold for ____ pieces of silver?

What is 30?

400

In 325 at this famous religious meeting Emperor Constantine convened a meeting of Christian leaders to resolve important disputes. The Christian church believed that the resurrection took place on a Sunday, and determined that Easter should always fall on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the vernal equinox. What is the name of this famous meeting?

What is the council of Nicaea

400

In Acts, the Apostle Phillip is told by an angel to meet someone leaving from Jerusalem to Gaza, and was confused about the following from Isaiah,

“Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter
    and like a lamb before its shearer is silent,
    so he opens not his mouth.
33 In his humiliation justice was denied him.
    Who can describe his generation?
For his life is taken away from the earth.”

Where was this confused man from? 

Where is Ethiopia? 

400

Of this man Jesus said, "And I tell you that you are ____, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven."

After Jesus ascended and the disciples experienced Pentecost, this man gave a sermon and led many to believe in Christ. Who is this man?

Who is the Apostle Peter?

400

What is the Via Delarosa? What does it mean?

"What is Way of Suffering"? Or the path Jesus took in the old city of Jerusalem as he stumbled to the crucifixion. 

400

The number of hours darkness fell over the land before Jesus' death?

What is 3?

500

Why do Christians call the day of Christ Crucifixion, "Good Friday"? 

Because good used to mean "holy", thus it meant Holy Friday or Sacred Friday, per Oxford English Dictionary. 

500
As Jesus is dying on the cross, the curtain in an important location rips in 2, where is the curtain located?
Where is the temple?
500

Who first went to the tomb after Sabbath to check on Jesus body, according to Mark 16? 

Who are Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome. 

Mark 16:1-2

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. 2 Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb 3 and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”

500

What is the importance of the egg in Easter celebrations??

The Encyclopedia Britannica explains the pagan traditions associated with the egg: egg: symbol of fertility and of renewed life goes back to the ancient Egyptians and Persians, who had also the custom of colouring and eating eggs during their spring festival. 

In ancient Egypt, an egg symbolised the sun, 

For Babylonians, the egg represents the hatching of the Venus Ishtar, who fell from heaven to the Euphrates.

500

How long did Jesus stay on earth after his resurrection? 

What are 40 days?