50 Easter Trivia Questions and Answers

1. Which weekday is used for the annual Christian celebration of Easter?

2. In the Gregorian calendar, Western Easter Sunday always falls in which two months?

3. Which lunar phase appears in the church-table calculation used to set Western Easter?

4. For calculating Western Easter, what fixed date represents the March equinox?

5. What is the earliest possible Western Easter Sunday in the Gregorian calendar?

6. What is the latest possible Western Easter Sunday in the Gregorian calendar?

7. Many Orthodox churches calculate Easter using which calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar?

8. What is the traditional name for the calculation used to find Easter's date?

9. Which event in the Christian faith does Easter celebrate?

10. What is the week leading up to Easter called in Christianity?

11. Which Sunday, named for a type of tree, begins Holy Week?

12. What is the Christian season of preparation before Easter called?

13. In the Roman Catholic calendar, which celebration closes the 50-day Easter season?

14. Which English word names the church season beginning on Easter Sunday?

15. In Greek Orthodox usage, Pascha is a name for which celebration?

16. An Easter sunrise service is timed to coincide with what?

17. Pysanky are especially associated with which country's egg-decorating tradition?

18. In traditional pysanky decorating, what protects parts of the shell from dye?

19. What is a kistka used for when making Ukrainian pysanky?

20. The Ukrainian verb behind the name pysanky means to do what?

21. What fills the decorated eggshells called cascarones at Mexican and Texan Easter gatherings?

22. Which color is traditional for Easter eggs in Greece?

23. In Greek Easter egg tapping, which egg wins?

24. At the White House Easter Egg Roll, children traditionally push eggs along with what?

25. Which vegetable supplies papery skins used to make a traditional natural Easter egg dye?

26. What shape is traditionally marked on top of a hot cross bun?

27. How many marzipan balls traditionally decorate a simnel cake?

28. Which almond-based paste forms the layers and decorations of a simnel cake?

29. Italy's Easter colomba is shaped like which bird?

30. Greek tsoureki served at Easter is what kind of food?

31. Which grain is central to the Finnish Easter pudding mämmi?

32. In Jamaica, what is traditionally paired with spiced Easter bun?

33. In Ukrainian Easter food traditions, what is paska?

34. Spanish torrijas, popular at Easter, begin with slices of what?

35. In Valencia and Murcia, a traditional mona de Pascua may have which food set on top?

36. In what year was the first annual White House Easter Egg Roll held?

37. Which native Australian animal appears as an Easter alternative to the rabbit?

38. What do people in Bermuda traditionally fly on Good Friday?

39. Swedish påskris arrangements often decorate birch twigs with what?

40. In Finland's virvonta custom, children offer decorated branches from which tree?

41. In Danish Easter gækkebreve, what replaces the sender's written name?

42. Germany's Osterbrunnen tradition decorates which public features with eggs and greenery?

43. In a French Easter legend, which flying objects bring chocolate treats?

44. Colorful Holy Week street carpets in Antigua Guatemala often use which wood by-product?

45. In Poland, the Easter custom called święconka involves taking what to be blessed?

46. The Easter Bunny is usually pictured as which animal?

47. What is the usual flower color of the traditional Easter lily, Lilium longiflorum?

48. What type of item is an Easter bonnet?

49. New York City's Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival is closely associated with which avenue?

50. The Easter hare name Osterhase comes from which language?