Easter
Traditions
Traditions
This is a hat traditionally worn for Easter.
What is an Easter Bonnet?
In the US, this is the most popular meat to eat on Easter Sunday.
What is Ham?
This fluffy, pastel-colored candy sees the most sales around Easter time.
What are (Marshmallow) Peeps?
This is the number of days that passed between Jesus' death and resurrection.
What is 3 days?
These trumpet-shaped flowers are considered to be the quintessential Easter flower.
What are Easter Lilies?
This product is used to make egg dye brighter.
What is Vinegar?
This is the part of a chocolate bunny that is normally eaten first.
What are the ears?
59% of people start with the ears.
Outside of the US, this is the most popular meat to eat on Easter Sunday.
What is Lamb?
According to a 2023 survey, more than half of Americans voted this candy to be their favorite Easter candy.
What are Reeses Peanut Butter Eggs?
This is the Sunday before Easter.
What is Palm Sunday?
An Easter Egg symbolizes this.
What is New Life (or Rebirth)?
(Easter Eggs represent the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and symbolize new life and rebirth.)
This is the dye color used for the first Easter Eggs.
What is red?
Dyed with Beetroot juice, it was used to symbolize the blood of Christ.
This US city holds the largest Easter Parade.
What is New York City?
The Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival started in the 1870's.
This is a spiced bun, often marked with a cross, and is a Good Friday tradition eaten in England and other parts of the world.
What are Hot Cross Buns?
These small, egg-shaped candies come in an unlimited number of flavors, but does not include milk chocolate.
What are Jelly Beans?
This is the day that Lent begins.
What is Ash Wednesday?
("What is the day after Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras?", is also technically correct.)
This is the prisoner who was released instead of Jesus.
Who is Barabbas?
(Matthew 27:21)
This "bunny" comes hopping down the bunny trail.
Who is Peter Cottontail?
"Hippity, hoppity, Easter's on its way!"
This Easter tradition is believed to bring good luck on Easter Sunday.
What is wearing new clothes?
This dried fruit is found in Hot Cross Buns.
What are Raisins?
This is the least liked Jelly Bean flavor.
What is black licorice?
This is what Jesus asks two disciples to go fetch for him to ride into Jerusalem.
What is (a colt, a young foal, a donkey that has never been ridden, a donkey and her colt, young donkey, etc)?
In the Bible, Judas traded Jesus in exchange for this.
What is 30 pieces of silver?
(Matthew 26:14-15)
This is the season when Easter takes place in Australia.
What is Autumn?
This is the name of the Peanuts Easter special.
What is "It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown"?
Made with no eggs, fat, or milk, this symbol of "arms crossed in prayer" was a food created to be eaten during Lent around 610 AD.
What are Pretzels?
This is the decade when Peeps began to be sold.
What is the 1950's?
This is the holiday that was being celebrated when Jesus made his triumphant entry into Jerusalem.
What is Passover?
After the resurrection, Jesus told his disciples to go to Jerusalem and wait for this.
What is (the baptism of) the Holy Spirit?
(Acts 1:4-5)
This is a term used to describe a message, image or feature hidden in media.
What is an Easter Egg?