Catholic Easter Traditions
At Easter, we rejoice because he was resurrected.
Who is Jesus?
The origin of the Easter Bunny tradition.
What is German Immigrants who had traditions of "Oschter Haws."
The most popular non-chocolate Easter candy in the United States.
What are Peeps?
True or False
The Easter bunny used to decide whether kids had been good or bad before leaving treats like Santa.
What is True?
Peter denied Christ this many times after he abandoned the Lord?
What is three times?
The Sunday before Easter is called this.
What is Palm Sunday?
The liturgical color of Easter.
What is white?
The official flower of Easter.
What is the Lily?
Originally, eggs were a symbol of this.
A. The Death and Resurrection of Christ
B. Fertility and Birth
What is Fertility and Birth?
Easter Sunday is a celebration of this.
What is the resurrection of Jesus Christ?
The week between Palm Sunday and Easter.
What is Holy Week.?
The Easter Bunny bring eggs for this reason.
What is a to give a reminder of Jesus's resurrection?
This many chocolate bunnies are produced each year in the United States of America.
A. 90 Thousand
B. 90 Million
C. 90 Billion
D. 90 Trillion
What is 90 Million?
Easter baskets symbolize this.
What is a bird’s nest?
Easter Eggs are a symbol of this religious belief
What is Christ emerging from the tomb?
Judas did this to identify Jesus to the soldiers.
What is giving Him a kiss? (Matthew 26:47-49)
The Easter Vigil should not begin before this.
What is from sundown?
The first Easter eggs were dyed in this color
What is Red?
The name of the egg race organized in White House lawns.
What is the White House Easter Egg Roll?
This happened on Good Friday.
What is Jesus' crucifixion and death?
This was the first person to see the risen Christ.
Who is Mary Magdalene? (Mark 16:9)
The name of the church where Easter is celebrated in Jerusalem.
What is the Church of the Holy Sepulcher?
Over 1.5 million of these are made for Easter.
A. Marshmallow Peeps
B. Jelly Beans
C. Cadbury Creme Eggs
D. Chocolate Bunnies
What is Cadbury Creme Eggs?
The most popular Easter parade is held in this city.
What is New York City?
Jesus entered this city on Palm Sunday.
What is Jerusalem?
This feast is celebrated at the end of the Easter season.
What is Pentecost?
The tradition of decorating eggs come from here.
A. Germany
B. Hungary
C. Ukraine
D. Israel
What is Ukraine?
Over 16 billion of these are made for Easter.
A. Marshmallow Peeps
B. Jelly Beans
C. Cadbury Creme Eggs
D. Chocolate Bunnies
What are Jelly Beans?
The country that traditionally dyes its eggs Red to represent Christ's blood.
A. Italy
B. France
C. Greece
D. Germany
E. Ukraine
F. Russia
What is Greece?
Eastertide lasts this long.
A. 30
B. 40
C. 50
D. 60
What is 50 Days?
The two of these that take place during Easter Season.
A. Divine Mercy Sunday
B. Solemnity of Mary
C. Ascension of the Lord
D. All Saints Day
What are Divine Mercy Sunday and the Ascension of the Lord?
Out of 50 United States, this many recognize Good Friday as a holiday.
A. 8
B. 10
C. 12
D. 14
What are 12?
Over 90 million of these are made for Easter.
A. Marshmallow Peeps
B. Jelly Beans
C. Cadbury Creme Eggs
D. Chocolate Bunnies
What are Chocolate Bunnies?
Wearing new clothes on Easter was once considered this.
A. Good Luck
B. Bad luck
What is Good Luck for the year?
Easter represents the the culmination of the Holy week which begins on this day.
What is Palm Sunday?
True or False
It is traditional to have an Easter Basket blessing.
What is True? You would line your basket with a white linen, decorate with greenery and fill with symbolic foods representing the end of Lent and the Resurrection.
The first recorded Easter celebration occurred during this time.
A. 150-160 A.D.
B. 160-170 A.D.
C. 170-180 A.D.
D. never
What is 160 to 170 A.D.?
The origin of hollow Chocolate bunnies.
A. It has always been a tradition.
B. It was a way to trick consumers.
C. Prevent them from becoming too hard to bite.
D. A tradition that became common during WWII to conserve chocolate.
What is both C and D?
Egg Colors symbolize different things. Yellow symbolizes this.
A. Jesus dying on the cross
B. The Resurrection
C. The Holy Spirit
D. New Life
What is the Resurrection?
Easter on celebrated on a different date each year for this reason.
A. We must always celebrate on a Sunday.
B. We celebrate on the first Sunday following the first full moon of spring.
C. We celebrate on the first Sunday of the month.
D. We must always celebrate on the 1st full moon of spring.
What is B? We celebrate on the First Sunday following the first full moon of spring.
A typical Easter meal consists of soups, salads, pasta and this meat.
A. Fish
B. Steak
C. Ham
D. Lamb
What is Lamb?
The first story about a rabbit hiding eggs in a garden was first published in this year.
A. 1680
B. 1690
C. 1700
D. 1720
What is 1680?
The tallest chocolate Easter egg was created here.
A. Italy
B. United States
C. Germany
D. France
What is Italy? The egg made in 2011 stood over 34 feet tall, weighing nearly 8 tons.
The largest Easter egg hunt, featuring over 9,700 children for half a million eggs, was hosted here.
A. Texas
B. Utah
C. South Dakota
D. Pennsylanna
E. Florida
F. Georgia
What is Florida?
He wrote an account of the empty tomb that included a violent earthquake and angels descending down to earth.
Who is Matthew?
The song often paired with the tune Easter Hymn or llanfair and is a cornerstone of traditional Catholic Easter music.
A. The Strife is o've, the battle done
B. At the lamb's high feast we sing
C. O Sons and Daughters, Let Us Sing
D. Jesus Christ is Risen Today
What is Jesus Christ is Risen Today?
The original name for Easter.
A. Pascha
B. Vernal Equinox
C. Resurrection
D. Easter Bunny
What is Pascha? (from the Hebrew word for Passover)
The percent of parents who confess to stealing candy from their Children's Easter Baskets.
A. 51 %
B. 61%
C. 71%
D. 81%
E. 91 %
What is 81 percent?
This country has a tradition that involves dancing around eggs on the floor without breaking them.
A. British
B. Ireland
C. Ukraine
D. Greece
E. Germany
F. France
What is Germany?
This person's version of the Resurrection depicts Mary beckoning Simon Peter and the other disciples to inspect the tomb after she saw that the stone had been rolled away.
Who is John?