Why not test your knowledge of Easter? Have go at this interesting quiz?
It is a multiple choice quiz but please feel free to extend your answers with a little explanation.
Good luck and answers to be handed in on Monday 29th April. Good Luck!
- The word ‘Easter’ comes from the name of an Anglo-Saxon……………?
- A) Goddess
- B) God
- C) Food
- Easter Sunday is preceded by a 40 day period called……………?
- A) Advent
- B) Whitson
- C) Lent
- The Thursday immediately before Easter Sunday is called ‘Maundy Thursday’?
- A) True
- B) False
- All over the world, Easter is always celebrated in April?
- A) True
- B) False
- The Cadbury chocolate company made their first chocolate Easter Egg in?
- A) 1875
- B) 1925
- C) 1965
- Cadbury first started making their famous gooey ‘Cream Egg’ in ……………?
- A) 1951
- B) 1971
- C) 1991
- The famous ’Easter Egg Roll’ at the White House (which started in 1878) has a claim to fame about being the longest running annual presidential tradition?
- A) True
- B) False
- In April 2012, a record breaking chocolate egg was made which weighed?
- A) 2000kgs
- B) 4000kgs
- C) 6000kgs
- The origins of the Easter Bunny can be traced back to the region of?
- A) France
- B) England
- C) Canada
- What was the name of the 2011 animated movie all about a young rabbit who does not want to become the Easter Bunny?
- A) Hip
- B) Hop
- C) Hip Hop
RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS
- What was the purpose of the Easter Act passed in 1928 by Parliament in the United Kingdom?
- A) Make the Easter bunny the official animal for Easter
- B) Declare chocolate the official candy for Easter
- C) Establish a fixed date for Easter
- D) Declare that Easter must be observed as a religious holiday
- What kind of cloth was used to wrap the body of Jesus?
- A) Wool
- B) Linen
- C) Cotton
- D) Silk
- Which disciple is not present when Jesus goes to see them after his resurrection?
- A) Thomas
- B) Simon
- C) Paul
- D) Peter
- Which prisoner was released instead of Jesus?
- A) Barabbas
- B) Barnabas
- C) Bartholomew
- D) Barak
- What is the name of the hill where they crucified Jesus?
- A) Gethsemane
- B) Golgotha
- C) Gideon
- D) Ararat