April - Easter quiz

1. Easter falls on which Jewish festival?                            

2. Which folklore figure is the symbol of Easter?           

3. What Easter symbol represents fertility & rebirth?                                    

4. Name the day before Good Friday?     

5. Who was the Roman Emperor when Jesus died?    

6. Traditionally who was the first to speak to Jesus after the Resurrection?

7. Easter Island is part of which country?

8. How is Easter day calculated?  

9. What was decided by a Council of Christian Bishops in Nicaea in 325 AD?        

10. Name the 1948 Judy Garland & Fred Astaire film with an Easter Theme?

11. What is traditionally worn by girls and women at Easter?         

12. Who played Jesus in the 1977 TV series ‘Jesus of Nazareth?  

13. Whose Tomb was Jesus laid in after the crucifixion?           

14. Name the book by Lew Wallace set at the time of Jesus’s ministry?

15. How many stations of the Cross are there?

16. Easter always falls between which two dates?  

17.  When was the first Easter egg created?

18. What goes on top of a Simnel cake?   

19. What is the Easter flower?

20. What do Finnish people dress up as at Easter?   

21. Which animal delivers Easter eggs in Switzerland?

22. What’s the name of the jeweller that decorated royal Easter eggs?

23. What colour were the original Easter eggs?

24. Where does the word Easter come from? 

25. Which country introduced the Easter Bunny?

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