🕊️ Resurrection & Religion
This day of the week is traditionally believed to be the day of Jesus' resurrection.
What is Sunday?
What is the recommended method for checking if an egg is safe to eat?
What is floating it in water? (If it sinks, it's safe; if it floats, it's not.)
This spring tradition involves using a spoon to carry an egg in a race—symbolizing balance and rebirth.
What is an egg-and-spoon race?
This is the most purchased candy during Easter in the U.S., often hollow inside.
What is a chocolate bunny?
In this country, the Easter Bunny is called the “Osterhase” and is believed to lay colored eggs in nests.
What is Germany?
According to the Gospels, this woman was the first to witness the empty tomb.
Who is Mary Magdalene?
In German folklore, this animal was originally said to lay Easter eggs.
What is a hare?
This luxury brand is famous for its jeweled, imperial Easter eggs.
What is Fabergé?
These sugary marshmallow candies come in chick or bunny form.
What are Peeps?
In this Eastern European country, people splash water on each other to celebrate Easter Monday.
What is Poland?
This 40-day period precedes Easter and is often observed through fasting or sacrifice.
What is Lent?
This Beatrix Potter bunny wears a blue jacket and loves sneaking into a certain bloke's garden.
Who is Peter Rabbit?
In Ukraine, these traditional hand-painted eggs are made using wax-resist methods.
What are pysanky?
According to Hershey’s, over how many chocolate eggs are made each day in the weeks leading up to Easter?
What is over 1 million?
In this Mediterranean country, giant bonfires are lit on Easter Saturday to burn effigies of Judas.
What is Greece?
The Jewish holiday often aligned with the Easter story, marking the Exodus from Egypt.
What is Passover?
In the 1950s, this magazine co-opted the bunny symbol, changing its cultural association.
What is Playboy?
This video game term also refers to hidden messages or features, named after the real-world holiday tradition.
What is an Easter egg?
This candy, often eaten during Halloween, was originally an Easter treat invented in the 1800s.
What is jelly beans?
In this Scandinavian country, children dress as witches and go door-to-door for candy, similar to Halloween.
What is Sweden?
This council in 325 AD established the calculation of Easter based on the spring equinox and the Paschal full moon.
What is the Council of Nicaea?
This ancient goddess of spring and fertility is sometimes (mistakenly) linked to the Easter Bunny’s origin.
Who is Eostre (or Ostara)?
In Orthodox Christianity, Easter eggs are most often dyed this symbolic color.
What is red?
Which company introduced the first chocolate egg in 1875, which eventually led to the tradition of chocolate Easter eggs?
What is a Cadbury Creme Egg?
This South American country celebrates Easter with a multi-day pilgrimage to Cusco known as Señor de los Temblores.
What is Peru?