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In many countries, this sweet, spiced bun marked with a cross is eaten around Easter.
What are hot cross buns?
Easter celebrates this event in Christianity.
What is the Resurrection?
This popular Easter symbol is often said to deliver eggs and treats.
What is the Easter Bunny?
This cocoa-based treat is commonly shaped like bunnies, eggs, and chicks at Easter.
What is chocolate?
The season most associated with Easter in many countries is this.
What is spring?
In Sweden, children sometimes dress up like these and go door-to-door for treats.
What are Easter witches?
The day commemorating Jesus’ crucifixion is known by this name.
What is Good Friday?
Eggs often symbolize this springtime idea.
What is new life (or rebirth)?
Marshmallow chicks and bunnies sold at Easter are commonly known by this brand/name.
What are Peeps?
Many Easter dates fall after this astronomical event that marks the start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is the vernal equinox?
In Bermuda, people commonly fly these on Good Friday, often in bright colors.
What are kites?
The week leading up to Easter is commonly called this.
What is Holy Week?
This term refers to the decorated, hollow eggs often made by carefully removing the egg’s contents.
What are blown eggs?
In the UK and Australia, a popular Easter morning tea treat includes buns with spices and dried fruit, often with this symbol on top.
What is a cross?
Rabbits become a spring symbol partly because they are known for this.
What is fertility?
In Finland, children may tap neighbors with decorated twigs and offer blessings for treats; these twigs are often from this tree.
What is willow?
The Sunday before Easter, often marked with processions and leafy branches, is called this.
What is Palm Sunday?
These luxurious jeweled eggs were famously created for Russian royalty in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
What are Fabergé eggs?
This classic Easter candy is typically an oval chocolate shell with this type of filling inside.
What is crème?
Baby rabbits are commonly called these.
What are kits (or kittens)?
In parts of Poland, Easter Monday involves playful splashing with this—traditionally symbolizing cleansing and renewal.
What is water?
The period of fasting or reflection traditionally lasting 40 days before Easter is called this.
What is Lent?
These brightly colored eggs are traditionally associated with Ukrainian folk art.
What are pysanky?
In Italy, a traditional Easter bread is often baked with eggs tucked into it and is called this (one common name).
What is Pane di Pasqua? (I will accept: “Italian Easter bread”)
In the Western Christian calendar, Easter is traditionally set as the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after this reference date.
What is March 21? (I will accept: “the ecclesiastical equinox”)