Easter Quiz on Easter Sunday ^^

Happy Easter! Got a minute to see how much you know about Easter? Here’s an easy breezy quiz about Easter.

 

    1.  Easter Friday right before Easter is known as ________________ Friday.

 

    2.  Easter day is commemorated as the day when Jesus was ______________.

 

    3.  What do children do to celebrate Easter day? _________ hunt and decorate/ color the ___________.

 

    4.  Easter egg is a symbol of fertility and ______________.

 

    5.  The largest decorated Easter egg is in (which country?) _________________.

 

    6.  Easter is linked to the Jewish _____________ by its origin.

 

    7.  __________ is 40 days of reflection and preparation before the celebrations of Easter, which is marked by ____________, both from food and festivities.

 

    8.  The above season of fasting begins on _______ Wednesday that is a holy day of prayers and fasting before Easter day.

 

    9.  The Easter _____________ carries the eggs in a basket.

 

    10. The naming of the celebration as "Easter" seems to go back to the name of a pre-Christian goddess in (which country?) ___________, Eostre, who was celebrated at beginning of spring.

Answer Keys

    1.  Good

    2.  resurrected/ risen

    3.  egg, eggs

    4.  rebirth

    5.  Ukraine

    6.  Passover 

    7.  Lent, fasting

    8.  Ash

    9.  bunny

    10.  England

      (*Picture Source: https://www.almanac.com/content/surprising-origins-easter-symbols-lambs-lilies) 

(*information from https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-04-12/why-easter-is-called-easter-and-other-little-known-facts-about-the-holiday#:~:text=The%20naming%20of%20the%20celebration,seventh%20and%20early%20eighth%20century, https://busyteacher.org/15115-easter-trivia-quiz.html )