Two fun Easter Quizzes

Published April 12, 2022 · Updated October 14, 2022

How about an Easter Week quiz? How about TWO quizzes? All in good fun, as the answers are in spoiler boxes directly below each quiz. How well do YOU know your Easter trivia? Give it a go!

The first quiz is on general Easter topics. For the second quiz I turned to the Bible, which is, of course, why we celebrate Easter in the first place! None of the questions in either quiz are too difficult, so no need to be a Trivial Pursuit master or Biblical scholar!
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EASTER TRIVIA QUIZ

A. The idea of an Easter animal originated in the 1700s in what country?

Russia, as a sable
The United States, as a possum
Germany, as a hare
Great Britain, as a squirrel

B. How many days is the Lent season?

7 days
40 days
100 days
21 days

C. What flower is associated with Easter?

rose
lily
pansy
crocus

D. Some countries (Mexico, Spain, and Greece) have bonfires at Easter time. What is burned in these fires?

crosses made out of straw
effigies of Judas
colored paper eggs
a giant cloth Easter bunny

E. Easter Island belongs to which South American country?

Argentina
Brazil
Peru
Chile

F. Which country has the tradition of eating hot cross buns at Easter?

The Netherlands
Germany
Great Britain
Italy

G. Which US President held the first egg roll on the White House lawn?

Rutherford B. Hayes
Franklin Pierce
Grover Cleveland
James K. Polk

H. What color was the original marshmallow Peeps?

Pink
White
Yellow
Violet

I. Which animal is used in place of the Bunny in Australia?

Kangaroo
Wallaby
Bilby
Tasmanian devil

J. What sacrificial animal from the Old Testament is a symbol of Easter?

a donkey
a bull
a lamb
a dove

A – 3 In a 1682 doctoral dissertation in Latin, German doctor and botanist Georg Franck von Franckenau was the first to mention an Osterhase (Easter hare), the folk belief in an egg-bearing bringer of eggs to children.

B – 2 The 40 days of Lent represent the 40 days Christ spent in the desert, during which he prayed, fasted, and was tempted by Satan.

C – 2 Mentioned many times in the Bible, the white lily symbolizes purity, rebirth, new beginnings and hope. It is most often associated with the resurrection of Jesus Christ as observed on Easter.

D – 2 Effigies of Judas

E – 4 Chile

F – 3 Great Britain

G – 1 President Rutherford B. Hayes and First Lady Lucy Hayes, on April 22, 1878.

H – 3 The first Peeps were yellow, just like real baby chicks, and were introduced in 1953 by Just Born Inc.

I – 3 The adorable Bilby, a genus of desert-dwelling marsupial omnivores known as bilbies or rabbit-bandicoots. A nine-year-old girl wrote a story about an “Easter bilby” in 1968. It was published a few years later, sparking public interest in the creature, and in 1991 the Foundation for Rabbit-Free Australia started the “Easter Bilby” project to raise awareness for the native animals by using it as the Easter symbol.

J – 3 a lamb

BIBLE EASTER QUIZ

A. What kind of cloth was used to wrap the body of Jesus?

wool
linen
cotton
silk

B. How many angels were inside the sepulcher?

one
four
six
two

C. After his crucifixion, Jesus rose from the dead how many days later?

D. Which prisoner was released instead of Jesus?

Barabbas
Barnabas
Bartholomew
Benjamin

E. What was the name of the hill where they crucified Jesus?

Gethsemane
Golgotha
Gibeon
Ararat

F. What animal did Jesus ride on when he entered Jerusalem the week before his death?

a camel
a horse
an ox
an ass

G. Jesus prophesied that Peter would deny him how many times?

five
two
three
eight

H. When the soldiers came for Jesus, what wound did Peter inflict on the servant of the high priest?

stabbed his arm
cut off his hand
broke his leg
sliced off his right ear

I. The Romans, in an effort to mock Jesus, gave him a “crown” of what?

wire
poison ivy
dead flowers
thorns

J. Who was the apostle who betrayed Jesus, and how did he identify Jesus to the soldiers?

Judas, by giving him a kiss
Peter, by shaking his hand
Matthew, by hugging him
Nathaniel, by giving him a gift

K. How many pieces of silver was the betrayer of Jesus given?

fifty
ten
thirty
two

L. Jesus was buried in whose tomb?

Joseph of Arimathea
Saul of Tarsus
Pontius Pilate
Mary Magdalene

A – 2 “So Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock.” (Mark 15:46)

B – 4 “But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.” (John 20:11-12)

C – 2 “For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” (Matthew 12:40)

D – 1 “Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ? … The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.” (Matthew 27:17 & 21)

E – 2 “And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull…” (Matthew 26:33)

F – 4 “And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt.” (John 12:14-15)

G – 3 “Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended. Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.” (Matthew 26:33-34)

H – 4 “Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear.” (John 18:10)

I – 4 “And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!” (Matthew 27:29)

J – 1 “Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.” (Matthew 26:48-49)

K – 3 “Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.” (Matthew 26:14 & 15)

L – 1 “And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock…” (Matthew 27:60)

How did you do on these two fun quizzes?
Are you an Easter expert?
Be sure to let me know in the comments below!

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cindie snyder

April 15, 2022 9:01 PM

Fun post! I did pretty well but I do need to bone up on some things.lol

Glynis

April 15, 2022 12:19 PM

I didn’t do as well as I should have I’m afraid. I used to have such a great memory for trivia but it has definitely deteriorated! But thank you for this post.

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