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Easter for Adults Trivia
Uncover sophisticated Easter secrets that will fascinate every adult! From the Council of Nicaea's date-setting drama to Tsar Alexander's jewel-encrusted Fabergé eggs - prepare to be amazed by holiday history you never learned in Sunday school.
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In English-speaking pubs, an old Easter game involves balancing what dyed item on its end?
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Which mythical character is said to deliver decorated eggs to children at Easter?
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How many days, not counting Sundays, does Lent traditionally last?
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What candy material is most commonly used to make hollow Easter eggs sold in stores?
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Which legendary cloth is said to have miraculously imprinted with Christ's face when a woman wiped his brow on the way to Calvary?
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What Spanish term refers to Holy Week and its associated processions?
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Which tar-black, sweet rye porridge is the traditional Finnish Easter dessert, eaten with cream and sugar?
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What is the Mexican Lenten bread pudding made with bolillo, piloncillo, raisins, and cheese?
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What is the name of the large, white candle blessed at the Easter Vigil and used throughout the Easter season?
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What was placed on Jesus' head as a mocking symbol of kingship before the crucifixion?
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Which English novelist wrote that "all hope abandon" no longer applied because of the empty tomb in his novella The Man Who Died?
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What French phrase, meaning "Fat Tuesday," names the carnival celebration before Lent?
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Which wealthy disciple, mentioned in all four Gospels, donated his own tomb for Jesus' burial?
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Which pyramid-shaped Russian curd-cheese dessert, stamped with the letters "XB," is served alongside kulich?
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Mel Gibson's 2004 film about Jesus' final hours was titled what?
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Who was the high priest of Jerusalem who oversaw the Sanhedrin trial of Jesus?
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Which Greek Orthodox term refers to the pre-dawn service on Pascha when the priest proclaims "Christ is Risen"?
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Easter most often falls during which calendar month?
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What dawn worship gathering is held in the open air on Easter morning?
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In which year did Handel's Messiah have its world premiere in Dublin?
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What is the name for the 40-hour period from Holy Thursday evening to Easter Vigil, the holiest in the Christian year?
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Which apostle famously refused to believe in the resurrection until he touched Christ's wounds?
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What is the name for the elaborately decorated headwear traditionally worn during the Easter Parade?
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In which garden, near the Mount of Olives, did Jesus pray before his arrest?
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What name is given to the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday?
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Which final meal of Jesus, observed on Maundy Thursday, is depicted in Leonardo da Vinci's mural?
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What name is given to the Sunday before Easter, when Christians commemorate Jesus' entry into Jerusalem?
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Which Catalan Easter cake, gifted by godparents to godchildren, often features chocolate sculptures and feathers?
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On Easter Monday in Poland, men playfully douse women with water in a tradition called what?
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Cadbury's iconic Creme Egg, in its modern form, was launched in which year?
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What name is given to the Saturday-night-into-Sunday liturgy at which the new Paschal candle is lit?
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Which Andalusian city is internationally famous for its elaborate Holy Week processions of penitents?
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Which Thursday of Holy Week commemorates the Last Supper?
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What is the seven-day period from Palm Sunday through Easter Eve called?
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Easter Island's Polynesian name is what?
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Which Norwegian Easter literary genre, paired with crime novels and oranges, is called what?
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What woven container do children typically use to collect Easter eggs?
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Easter primarily commemorates which event in the Christian faith?
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Which ancient Hebrew exclamation, meaning "praise the Lord," is shouted joyfully at Easter services?
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Which immigrant group is credited with bringing the egg-laying "Osterhase" tradition to America in the 1700s?
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Which spiced sweet bread, marked with a frosting cross, is traditionally eaten on Good Friday?
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In 2007, this Fabergé egg was sold by Christie's London for £8.98 million, becoming the most expensive Russian object ever auctioned at the time. Which egg was it?
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Easter's date is calculated in close relation to which Jewish festival?
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Which disciple, according to the Gospels, betrayed Jesus to the authorities?
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According to Mark and Luke, who was compelled by Roman soldiers to carry Jesus' cross part of the way?
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Which annual Manhattan Easter tradition, dating back to the 1870s, is famously held along Fifth Avenue?
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Which symbol is most associated with Christ's death and is central to Easter imagery?
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What is the Greek word for Easter, derived from the Aramaic for Passover?
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Which braided Greek Easter bread, often flavored with mahleb and mastic, is sometimes baked with a red egg in the center?
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Which U.S. president began the official White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn?
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What is the Italian name for Easter Monday, also known as "Little Easter," traditionally spent on a picnic?
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Which 1948 Technicolor MGM musical, set around the holiday in 1912, features Irving Berlin's title song?
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What is the name of the Ukrainian art form of writing intricate wax-resist designs onto Easter eggs?
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Which English mathematician created the canonical algorithm now used to compute Easter, published anonymously in 1816?
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Which 17th-century plague vow led to the founding of the Oberammergau Passion Play?
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Who played the male lead opposite Judy Garland in the 1948 musical Easter Parade?
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Which yellow trumpet-shaped flower, blooming in spring, is sometimes called the "Lent lily"?
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What is the earliest possible date Easter can fall on in the Gregorian calendar?
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What was the name of the Jewish judicial council that condemned Jesus on charges of blasphemy?
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What is the name of the giant Easter egg sculpture, weighing 5,000 lb, that Vegreville, Alberta is famous for?
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Which 1974 CBS television special features the Peanuts gang, a yellow basket, and a misguided gift-giving Snoopy?
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Which Greek Easter dish is a traditional offal soup eaten at midnight after the Resurrection liturgy?
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Polish Easter food baskets, blessed on Holy Saturday, are called what?
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Which Australian marsupial is promoted as a homegrown alternative to the Easter Bunny because rabbits are an invasive species?
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Imperial Easter eggs were commissioned annually starting in 1885 by which Russian tsar?
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Which feast, observed 40 days after Easter, marks Jesus' return to heaven?
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Which iconic doughnut-shaped Polish pastry, fried before Lent, is eaten on Fat Thursday?
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Italy's traditional Easter cake, shaped like a flying bird and topped with almonds, is called what?
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From which city-state does the Pope deliver his Easter "Urbi et Orbi" blessing?
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What is the name of the Roman Catholic ritual on Holy Thursday in which the priest symbolically washes the feet of twelve people?
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Which traditional English Easter cake is decorated with eleven marzipan balls representing the faithful apostles?
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Which pacifist Christian denomination founded the Cadbury chocolate company in Birmingham?
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Which spring bulb flower, popular at Easter, is the national flower of the Netherlands?
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Which annual ceremony, held at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, claims a flame appears miraculously on Holy Saturday?
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Which Catholic Italian-American Easter tradition involves blessing food baskets the day before Easter?
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Which marshmallow chick-shaped candy is a U.S. Easter basket staple?
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Audiences traditionally stand for which uplifting movement of Handel's Messiah, often performed at Easter?
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On which date in 1722 did Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen sight and name Easter Island?
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Which 8th-century English monk and historian first documented the goddess Ēostre in writing?
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What is the most expensive Easter egg ever sold, a Fabergé creation auctioned in 2007 for over $18 million?
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Which liturgical color dominates Easter Sunday vestments in the Western church?
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Which Roman emperor's 4th-century edict established Sunday as the official day of rest, helping fix Easter's day of celebration?
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The dialogue in The Passion of the Christ was filmed largely in Latin and which other ancient language?
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What is the Aramaic name of the hill where Jesus was crucified, meaning "place of the skull"?
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Who starred as Judah Ben-Hur in the 1959 Easter-favorite epic film?
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Which actor portrayed Jesus in Mel Gibson's 2004 Passion film?
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Which 325 AD ecumenical council established the rules used to calculate Easter's date?
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Which Swedish Easter tradition involves children dressing as Easter witches and going door-to-door for treats?
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What do the Cyrillic letters "XB" stamped on Russian Easter foods stand for?
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Which Christian denomination begins Easter midnight services by extinguishing all church lights, then reigniting them from a single Paschal flame?
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On which day of the week is Easter always celebrated in the Western tradition?
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On which finger do Coptic Christians often have a tattoo cross visible at Easter and church entry?
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In the Northern Hemisphere, Easter falls during which season?
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On the road to which village did the resurrected Jesus appear to two unrecognizing disciples in Luke 24?
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Which British comedian voiced E.B., the rebellious Easter Bunny heir, in the 2011 film Hop?
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What name is given to the prolonged candlelit Holy Week service marking the gradual extinguishing of lights, symbolizing Christ's abandonment?
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What name is given to the spear that, in Christian legend, pierced the side of Jesus on the cross?
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In Bermuda, what colorful object is traditionally flown on Good Friday, said to honor the ascension?
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Which Roman governor sentenced Jesus to crucifixion?
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Which day kicks off the season of Lent in Western Christianity?
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Which Christian feast, celebrated 50 days after Easter, marks the descent of the Holy Spirit?
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In Western Christianity, Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after which astronomical event?
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The 1953 epic, the first film released in CinemaScope, follows a Roman tribune who wins Christ's garment in a dice game. What is its title?
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What four-letter Latin acronym was inscribed above the cross, mockingly proclaiming Jesus "King of the Jews"?
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Which tall, cylindrical sweet bread, often topped with white icing, is the Easter showpiece in Russia?
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Which composer of "White Christmas" also wrote the song "Easter Parade"?
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Which Easter classic 1959 toy candy, shaped like a small egg, comes in pastel speckled colors and a malted-milk shell?
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What word, related to the Hebrew for "the passing over," did the early Christians use as the name of their resurrection feast?
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In Eastern Orthodox tradition, which calendar is used to calculate the date of Pascha?
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From which Anglo-Saxon goddess of dawn and spring may the English word "Easter" derive, according to the Venerable Bede?
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In which year did Bach's St. Matthew Passion receive its premiere performance in Leipzig?
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How many Stations of the Cross are typically depicted in Western Catholic churches?
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On which White House lawn do children participate in the annual Easter Egg Roll?
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Which cured pork dish is traditional centerpiece of many American Easter dinners?
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In which city did the events of the original Easter story take place?
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The Easter Bunny tradition originated as the "Osterhase" in which European country?
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In Easter calendar terminology, what is "Quartodecimanism"?
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According to the Gospels, which woman is named as the first to discover the empty tomb?
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By what name is Shrove Tuesday popularly known in the United Kingdom?
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In which Bavarian village has the Passion Play been performed roughly every ten years since 1634?
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Which Greek Easter egg-cracking game involves players tapping a partner's red-dyed egg shouting "Christos Anesti"?
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Eastern Orthodox Easter is celebrated according to which 5th-century rule that Easter must follow Passover?
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On Easter Saturday in Florence, a cart of fireworks is lit by a mechanical dove in a tradition called what?
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What is the latest possible date Easter can fall on in the Gregorian calendar?
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What is the technical name for the formula and tables used to calculate the date of Easter?
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Which animal, often roasted at Easter dinner, also serves as a Christian symbol of Jesus?
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Which Hungarian and Slovak Easter Monday tradition involves men sprinkling perfume on women in exchange for painted eggs?
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Which colorful, sugar-coated bean candy is a staple of Easter baskets?
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What is the name of the 40-day Christian period of fasting and reflection that precedes Easter?
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Which famous British chocolate Easter treat features a gooey fondant center mimicking yolk and white?
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Which traditional Italian Easter pie, made with ricotta and grain, originates in Naples?
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What name is given to the Friday before Easter, marking the crucifixion?
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Which Bethlehem, Pennsylvania candy company has been making Peeps since 1953?
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Which Egyptian Easter Monday holiday, dating to pharaonic times, marks the start of spring with picnics and colored eggs?
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What sticky-handled wooden tool, called a "korbác\" or "pomlázka,\" is used in Czech Easter Monday traditions?
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What is the name of the dyed red eggs central to Greek and Eastern Orthodox Easter celebrations?
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Which trumpet-shaped white flower is the most iconic Easter church decoration in the United States?
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Which 2011 live-action/animated film starred James Marsden and a candy-pooping bunny named E.B.?
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Which Russian author titled his last novel after the central event of Easter?
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Where was Jesus' body laid after the crucifixion, according to the Gospels?
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What term describes the Roman method of execution by which Jesus was killed?
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What is the day after Easter Sunday called, observed as a public holiday in many countries?
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Which prisoner was released by Pilate at the crowd's demand instead of Jesus?
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Which 1741 oratorio's libretto includes the prophetic line "I know that my Redeemer liveth"?
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In Rankin/Bass's 1971 Easter classic, Peter Cottontail must defeat which villainous antagonist?
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In what year was the first official White House Easter Egg Roll held?
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In medieval England, a peculiar fertility-themed church custom involved the priest playing what game with the deacons after Mass on Easter Monday?
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How many silver coins did Judas Iscariot receive for betraying Jesus, according to Matthew?
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Which legendary jeweler created the famed Imperial Easter Eggs for the Russian royal family?
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Which baroque composer's oratorio Messiah is famously performed at Easter and Christmas?
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