🐰Easter Quiz🍫🧺

🌸Easter Traditions (Europe)

100

In France, Easter chocolates are said to be brought by the flying bells. Where do they “fly” to?

Rome

200

In the UK, what sweet bun is traditionally eaten on Good Friday?

Hot cross buns.

300

In Spain (especially Andalusia), what large public events often take place during Holy Week?

Religious processions (Semana Santa processions).

400

In Poland, Easter Monday features a water-splashing custom. What is it called?

Śmigus-Dyngus.

500

In Sweden and parts of Finland, children may dress up and go door-to-door at Easter, similar to Halloween. What are they commonly dressed as?

Easter witches.

🐣Eggs, Symbols & Fun Facts

100

What is the name of the activity where people search for hidden eggs?

An egg hunt.

200

True/False: White chocolate contains cocoa solids.

False (it has cocoa butter, not cocoa solids).

300

What do eggs traditionally symbolize in many cultures at Easter: life, or winter?

Life / new life.

400

What is “egg tapping” (also called egg cracking) most basically a contest of?

Whose egg shell is strongest (whose egg doesn’t crack).

500

What’s the earliest and latest possible date for Easter Sunday (Western)?

March 22 and April 25.

🍫Chocolate & Sweet History

100

Which country is often cited as #1 for chocolate consumption per person?

Switzerland

200

Around what century did chocolate Easter bunnies become popular in Europe?

19th century.

300

In general, which melts faster in your hand: dark chocolate or milk chocolate?

Milk chocolate.

400

Approx. record: the world’s largest chocolate Easter egg weighed about…

~7,200 kg (about 7.2 tonnes).

500

In France, roughly how much chocolate is sold for Easter each year (order of magnitude)?

About 15,000 tonnes (accept ~10,000–20,000).

🧠Riddles & Quick Logic

100

“I can be chocolate, hidden, or painted—but I’m not eaten when I’m truly old.” What am I?

An Easter egg.

200

“The more you take, the more you leave behind.” What are they?

Footsteps.

300

You have 18 chocolate eggs and want to make treat bags with 5 eggs each. How many full bags can you make, and how many eggs are left over?

3 full bags, 3 eggs left over.

400

Easter is always on a Sunday—how is the date calculated (Western churches)?

First Sunday after the first full moon following the March equinox.

500

An Easter bunny hides 24 eggs. You find 1/3 of them in the morning and 1/4 of them in the afternoon (of the total). How many eggs do you find altogether?

13⋅24+14⋅24=8+6=14\frac{1}{3}\cdot 24 + \frac{1}{4}\cdot 24 = 8 + 6 = 1431⋅24+41⋅24=8+6=14 eggs.

⚡SUPER HARD - 600 pts each!

100

Where did the name “Easter” come from?

The name Easter owes its origin from Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess who symbolizes hare and egg.

200

When were the first chocolate Easter Eggs made?

Chocolate eggs are said to have originated in France and Germany in the early 19th century but here in the UK it was J. S. Fry & Sons Limited who produced the first chocolate egg in 1873. John Cadbury made his first ‘French eating Chocolate’ in 1842 but it was not until 1875 that the first Cadbury Easter Eggs were made.

300

What is the most expensive Easter Egg ever made?

In 2007, an egg covered in diamonds sold for almost £9 million.

400

Why is there an Easter Bunny? What do bunnies have to do with eggs? Or Easter?

The Easter Bunny originates from paintings of the Anglo Saxon Goddess Eastre, who was always depicted holding a hare.

500

Why do we give each other eggs at Easter?

The exchange of eggs for Easter dates back to a springtime custom older than Easter itself! Eggs were given as a symbol of fertility and rebirth. This can be traced back to the Egyptians, Persians, Gauls, Greeks and the Romans. In Christianity, for the celebration of “Eastertide”, the egg represents the empty tomb of Jesus, from which Jesus was resurrected.