🐰 Easter Trivia - Mind-Blowing Holiday Facts That Will Amaze Your Family

Q: Which event does Easter primarily commemorate?

Resurrection of Jesus on the third day

Q: What is the traditional greeting exchanged by many Christians at Easter?

Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!

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Which English rector wrote 'The Golden Legend'-inspired homilies that influenced Easter popular preaching?

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Which word for Easter in French also names a chocolate fish given on the Monday holiday?

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Which term refers to the first full moon after the ecclesiastical equinox used to fix the Easter date?

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Which sweet is known for a creamy fondant filling inside a chocolate shell sold in springtime?

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Which Latin incipit opens the ancient Easter sequence sung before the Gospel in some rites?

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Which pastry shaped like a lamb is a traditional Easter dessert in parts of Central Europe?

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Which German word names the decorated egg given as a gift at Easter?

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Which culinary symbol of the Paschal lamb appears as roasted meat served after midnight in Greek homes?

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Which White House tradition features children rolling decorated eggs on the South Lawn?

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Which medieval computist argued for an 84-year Easter cycle once used in parts of the British Isles?

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What name do Spanish speakers commonly use for Easter?

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Which scholar wrote 'De ratione paschali' proposing a method for calculating Easter in the early medieval period?

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Which classic oratorio by Handel is frequently performed during the Easter season?

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Which pastry and fruit cake for British Easter traditionally bears eleven marzipan balls representing the apostles minus Judas?

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Which Orthodox Patriarchate proclaims the reception of Holy Fire in Jerusalem on Holy Saturday?

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Which Ottoman-era Greek community in Vrontados is famous for a nocturnal rocket exchange at Easter?

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What is the latest possible date for Easter Sunday in the Gregorian calendar according to ecclesiastical tables?

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Which US president opened the White House grounds for the Easter Egg Roll in 1878, after it was banned at the Capitol?

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Which British legal and academic term historically referred to a spring court session named after the feast?

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Which country has a popular Easter Monday water splashing tradition called Smigus Dyngus?

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In many homes, what activity involves searching for hidden decorated eggs?

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Which British ordinance in 1877 barred egg rolling on Capitol grounds, leading to the White House event the next year?

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Which confectioner introduced a filled egg under the Fry name in the 1960s, later branded by Cadbury?

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Which Scandinavian custom has children dress as witches and exchange cards during Holy Week?

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Which day begins Holy Week leading up to Easter in Western Christianity?

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Which Russian jeweler created ornate Imperial Easter eggs for the Romanov family beginning in 1885?

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Which Old Church Slavonic letters often adorn the face of an Orthodox Easter cheese dessert meaning 'Christ is Risen'?

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Which English-language hymn by Charles Wesley is often sung on Easter Day?

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Which day marks the start of the week leading to Easter with a procession of palms?

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Which city in Bermuda hosts Good Friday kite flying as a colorful tradition?

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Which sixth-century monk standardized the anno Domini era while also producing Easter tables?

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Which Polish cake with a flat surface is elaborately iced for Easter celebrations?

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Which medieval drama often staged at Easter showed the visit of the women to the empty tomb?

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Which vegetable is often left out for the Easter Bunny in some homes?

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What is the traditional greeting exchanged by many Christians at Easter?

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Which early English writer recorded the month named after a goddess that gave the English word 'Easter'?

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Which medieval canonist wrote a treatise 'On the Calculation of the Date of Easter' used in parts of the British Isles?

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Which Greek phrase meaning Christ is risen is answered with Truly He is risen?

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Which British park is famous for traditional egg rolling on Easter Monday?

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Which candy brand is famous for marshmallow chicks sold at Easter in the United States?

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Which traditional color combination is used for Easter vestments in many Western churches?

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Which medieval Latin trope reenacts the dialogue between the angel and the myrrh-bearing women at the tomb?

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Which Orthodox practice involves greeting others with 'Christos Anesti' and answering 'Alithos Anesti'?

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Which Orthodox liturgical book contains the sequence of hymns for Easter known as the Canon of Saint John of Damascus?

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Which US city holds a long-running Easter Parade along Fifth Avenue?

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Which American city is known for a Moravian sunrise service that began in the 1700s?

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Which Italian cake shaped like a dove is popular at Easter?

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Which Greek island stages a spectacular rocket war between two parishes on the night of Easter?

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Which country popularized the modern Easter Bunny tradition that migrated to Pennsylvania through German settlers?

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Which Spanish region is famous for disciplined hooded penitents called nazarenos during Holy Week?

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Which Eastern European museum shaped like a giant egg celebrates decorated egg art?

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What term describes hidden references placed by creators inside films, games, or software that fans try to find?

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Which council in 325 AD set the principle that Easter be celebrated on a common Sunday after the first full moon following the March equinox?

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Which sweet Italian bread similar to panettone but shaped like a dove was marketed by Motta in the 1930s?

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Which Irish custom on Easter Monday involved mock funerals for the herring to mark the end of the Lenten fast?

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In the Western church, what fixed date is used for the ecclesiastical vernal equinox in determining Easter?

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Which British confectioner introduced filled chocolate eggs that helped popularize the tradition?

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Which French folk legend says church bells fly to Rome on Good Friday and return on Easter bringing treats?

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Which year did the Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen sight Rapa Nui and name it Easter Island?

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Which English civil calendar reform in 1752 shifted dates and aligned Easter with the Gregorian system?

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What is the traditional name for Easter in many Eastern Christian churches?

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Which Ethiopian practice marks the end of the fast with doro wat and injera shared after the Paschal liturgy?

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Which 1682 treatise is often cited as the first printed mention of the Easter Hare bringing eggs?

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Which monastery in Mount Athos keeps all-night Paschal vigils that last into the morning with continuous chant?

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Which Eastern chant known as the Paschal Troparion begins 'Christ is risen from the dead'?

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Which flower is especially associated with church decorations at Easter in the United States?

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Which Syriac Christian greeting for Easter is 'Aloha d qyom' and its response is 'Shariro ith qam'?

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Which island city in Greece throws clay pots from balconies on Holy Saturday morning?

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Which American company based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania industrialized marshmallow chick production in the 1950s?

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Which British seaside resort hosts an annual Easter opening of beach huts and bonnet shows?

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Which English vicar and philologist proposed that the name 'Easter' derived from a spring goddess recorded only by Bede?

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Which country is famous for intricate wax resist decorated eggs called pysanky?

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Which tradition on Easter Monday in the Czech Republic involves gently switching with braided willow?

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What is the earliest possible date for Easter Sunday in the Gregorian calendar as determined by computus rules?

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Which type of chocolate is most associated with Easter gifts for children?

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Which Christian proclamation sung at the Easter Vigil begins 'Rejoice, O heavenly powers'?

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Which pastry filled with cheese and raisins is a Romanian Easter specialty?

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Which day commemorates Jesus sharing bread and wine with his disciples before the crucifixion?

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Which curtained container with a candle is lit at the Easter Vigil to symbolize the light of Christ?

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Which English town hosts Pace Egg plays with characters like Saint George performed around Easter?

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What animal is most commonly linked with delivering Easter gifts in popular culture?

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Which event does Easter primarily commemorate?

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Which English cathedral hosts a spectacular candlelit vigil that ends in a blaze of light at Easter?

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Which Georgian feast at the Monastery of David Gareja traditionally involves a post-Easter pilgrimage across semi-desert?

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Which eighteenth-century Moravian community held the first documented sunrise service on Easter morning in 1732?

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Which medieval English play segment that developed into drama begins with the Latin words 'Whom do you seek at the tomb'?

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Which five-letter Greek word for Easter derives from the Aramaic and Hebrew term for Passover?

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Which Polish village tradition pits eggs in a tapping duel to see whose shell remains uncracked?

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Which dessert consists of a molded curd cheese pyramid served in Russia at Easter?

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Which bread is braided and often flavored with orange for Greek Easter?

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Which pastry-like dove-shaped cake is often topped with pearl sugar and almonds in Italy at Easter?

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Which island in the Pacific received its European name on an Easter Sunday in 1722?

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Which Anatolian Orthodox community once celebrated Easter with the lighting of bonfires called lambades?

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Which baking ingredient often decorates the top of simnel cake for Easter in Britain?

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Which movie musical starring Judy Garland features a holiday parade title song?

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Which Spanish candle carried by a penitent is called a cirio and is often taller than the bearer during Holy Week?

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Which Eastern Orthodox food is a tall cylindrical sweet bread baked in molds for Easter?

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Which Italian city stages the explosion of the cart during Easter celebrations?

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Which Ethiopian Christian celebration of Easter follows a lengthy fast and an all-night vigil?

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Which Roman station church is traditionally associated with the papal Easter Mass in the city?

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Which color are eggs often dyed in Greece to symbolize the blood of Christ?

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Which service is held by many churches at dawn on Easter Sunday?

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Which Christian season of fifty days begins on Easter and ends at Pentecost in Western churches?

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Which Greek island tradition involves tossing thousands of clay pots on Holy Saturday to symbolize the breaking of Hades?

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Which sweet bread marked with a cross is widely eaten on Good Friday in many English-speaking countries?

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Which fifteenth-century Spanish city developed silent Good Friday processions of hooded penitents later copied elsewhere?

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Which scholar created influential tables for calculating Easter that replaced the Alexandrian method in parts of the West?

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Which popular snack shaped like a rabbit is common in Easter baskets?

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Which Byzantine emperor codified regulations that influenced Paschal calculations and calendrical observance?

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Which early modern printer popularized illustrated chapbooks about Easter traditions in German towns?

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Which animal has been promoted in Australia as an Easter symbol to support conservation?

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Which fifteenth-century painter created a celebrated fresco of the Resurrection in Sansepolcro that was once protected during war?

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Which cartoon special features Snoopy and Woodstock during springtime festivities?

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Which composer wrote the Easter Oratorio BWV 249, first performed in Leipzig in 1725?

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Which Russian Easter greeting involves triple kisses on alternating cheeks in many communities?

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Which nineteenth-century English vicar helped revive the Easter garden tradition with a miniature empty tomb display?

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Which weekday immediately precedes Easter Sunday in Western tradition?

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Which church document contains the long chant that blesses the Paschal candle at the Vigil?

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Which city is renowned for Semana Santa processions featuring large floats carried by costaleros?

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Which English park hosts one of the oldest recorded egg rolling contests with hard-boiled eggs?

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Which early computer game famously hid a room with the creator name leading to the software term 'Easter egg'?

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Which English rector wrote 'The Golden Legend'-inspired homilies that influenced Easter popular preaching?

Which word for Easter in French also names a chocolate fish given on the Monday holiday?

Which term refers to the first full moon after the ecclesiastical equinox used to fix the Easter date?

Which sweet is known for a creamy fondant filling inside a chocolate shell sold in springtime?

Which Latin incipit opens the ancient Easter sequence sung before the Gospel in some rites?

Which pastry shaped like a lamb is a traditional Easter dessert in parts of Central Europe?

Which German word names the decorated egg given as a gift at Easter?

Which culinary symbol of the Paschal lamb appears as roasted meat served after midnight in Greek homes?

Which White House tradition features children rolling decorated eggs on the South Lawn?

Which medieval computist argued for an 84-year Easter cycle once used in parts of the British Isles?

What name do Spanish speakers commonly use for Easter?

Which scholar wrote 'De ratione paschali' proposing a method for calculating Easter in the early medieval period?

Which classic oratorio by Handel is frequently performed during the Easter season?

Which pastry and fruit cake for British Easter traditionally bears eleven marzipan balls representing the apostles minus Judas?

Which Orthodox Patriarchate proclaims the reception of Holy Fire in Jerusalem on Holy Saturday?

Which Ottoman-era Greek community in Vrontados is famous for a nocturnal rocket exchange at Easter?

What is the latest possible date for Easter Sunday in the Gregorian calendar according to ecclesiastical tables?

Which US president opened the White House grounds for the Easter Egg Roll in 1878, after it was banned at the Capitol?

Which British legal and academic term historically referred to a spring court session named after the feast?

Which country has a popular Easter Monday water splashing tradition called Smigus Dyngus?

In many homes, what activity involves searching for hidden decorated eggs?

Which British ordinance in 1877 barred egg rolling on Capitol grounds, leading to the White House event the next year?

Which confectioner introduced a filled egg under the Fry name in the 1960s, later branded by Cadbury?

Which Scandinavian custom has children dress as witches and exchange cards during Holy Week?

Which day begins Holy Week leading up to Easter in Western Christianity?

Which Russian jeweler created ornate Imperial Easter eggs for the Romanov family beginning in 1885?

Which Old Church Slavonic letters often adorn the face of an Orthodox Easter cheese dessert meaning 'Christ is Risen'?

Which English-language hymn by Charles Wesley is often sung on Easter Day?

Which day marks the start of the week leading to Easter with a procession of palms?

Which city in Bermuda hosts Good Friday kite flying as a colorful tradition?

Which sixth-century monk standardized the anno Domini era while also producing Easter tables?

Which Polish cake with a flat surface is elaborately iced for Easter celebrations?

Which medieval drama often staged at Easter showed the visit of the women to the empty tomb?

Which vegetable is often left out for the Easter Bunny in some homes?

What is the traditional greeting exchanged by many Christians at Easter?

Which early English writer recorded the month named after a goddess that gave the English word 'Easter'?

Which medieval canonist wrote a treatise 'On the Calculation of the Date of Easter' used in parts of the British Isles?

Which Greek phrase meaning Christ is risen is answered with Truly He is risen?

Which British park is famous for traditional egg rolling on Easter Monday?

Which candy brand is famous for marshmallow chicks sold at Easter in the United States?

Which traditional color combination is used for Easter vestments in many Western churches?

Which medieval Latin trope reenacts the dialogue between the angel and the myrrh-bearing women at the tomb?

Which Orthodox practice involves greeting others with 'Christos Anesti' and answering 'Alithos Anesti'?

Which Orthodox liturgical book contains the sequence of hymns for Easter known as the Canon of Saint John of Damascus?

Which US city holds a long-running Easter Parade along Fifth Avenue?

Which American city is known for a Moravian sunrise service that began in the 1700s?

Which Italian cake shaped like a dove is popular at Easter?

Which Greek island stages a spectacular rocket war between two parishes on the night of Easter?

Which country popularized the modern Easter Bunny tradition that migrated to Pennsylvania through German settlers?

Which Spanish region is famous for disciplined hooded penitents called nazarenos during Holy Week?

Which Eastern European museum shaped like a giant egg celebrates decorated egg art?

What term describes hidden references placed by creators inside films, games, or software that fans try to find?

Which council in 325 AD set the principle that Easter be celebrated on a common Sunday after the first full moon following the March equinox?

Which sweet Italian bread similar to panettone but shaped like a dove was marketed by Motta in the 1930s?

Which Irish custom on Easter Monday involved mock funerals for the herring to mark the end of the Lenten fast?

In the Western church, what fixed date is used for the ecclesiastical vernal equinox in determining Easter?

Which British confectioner introduced filled chocolate eggs that helped popularize the tradition?

Which French folk legend says church bells fly to Rome on Good Friday and return on Easter bringing treats?

Which year did the Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen sight Rapa Nui and name it Easter Island?

Which English civil calendar reform in 1752 shifted dates and aligned Easter with the Gregorian system?

What is the traditional name for Easter in many Eastern Christian churches?

Which Ethiopian practice marks the end of the fast with doro wat and injera shared after the Paschal liturgy?

Which 1682 treatise is often cited as the first printed mention of the Easter Hare bringing eggs?

Which monastery in Mount Athos keeps all-night Paschal vigils that last into the morning with continuous chant?

Which Eastern chant known as the Paschal Troparion begins 'Christ is risen from the dead'?

Which flower is especially associated with church decorations at Easter in the United States?

Which Syriac Christian greeting for Easter is 'Aloha d qyom' and its response is 'Shariro ith qam'?

Which island city in Greece throws clay pots from balconies on Holy Saturday morning?

Which American company based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania industrialized marshmallow chick production in the 1950s?

Which British seaside resort hosts an annual Easter opening of beach huts and bonnet shows?

Which English vicar and philologist proposed that the name 'Easter' derived from a spring goddess recorded only by Bede?

Which country is famous for intricate wax resist decorated eggs called pysanky?

Which tradition on Easter Monday in the Czech Republic involves gently switching with braided willow?

What is the earliest possible date for Easter Sunday in the Gregorian calendar as determined by computus rules?

Which type of chocolate is most associated with Easter gifts for children?

Which Christian proclamation sung at the Easter Vigil begins 'Rejoice, O heavenly powers'?

Which pastry filled with cheese and raisins is a Romanian Easter specialty?

Which day commemorates Jesus sharing bread and wine with his disciples before the crucifixion?

Which curtained container with a candle is lit at the Easter Vigil to symbolize the light of Christ?