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Medium Easter Trivia Questions
The medium questions from our easter set, 14 of them, each with the answer and an explanation below the game.
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The medium band takes on the calendar. How the date is worked out, the earliest and latest it can land, why Orthodox Easter often differs, what Maundy Thursday and Shrove Tuesday are, and which traditions came from where. It rewards anyone who pays attention in spring.
14 medium easter trivia questions with answers
How is the date of Easter calculated?
Answer: The first Sunday after the first full moon on or after March 21 The full moon used is a calculated church moon, not the astronomical one.
Between which two dates can Easter fall in the Gregorian calendar?
Answer: March 22 and April 25 The extremes are rare; most Easters cluster in early April.
Which church council in 325 settled the method for dating Easter?
Answer: The Council of Nicaea It ruled that Easter should not simply follow the Jewish calendar date.
What is the week leading up to Easter called?
Answer: Holy Week It begins on Palm Sunday and ends on Holy Saturday.
What is the Thursday before Easter known as?
Answer: Maundy Thursday It commemorates the Last Supper and the washing of feet.
Orthodox churches usually calculate Easter using which calendar?
Answer: The Julian calendar That is why Orthodox Easter often falls weeks after the Western date.
Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lent begins, is also known as what?
Answer: Pancake Day Households used up eggs, butter and fat before the fast.
Hot cross buns are traditionally eaten on which day?
Answer: Good Friday The cross on top is why they belong to that day.
Which meat is the most traditional centerpiece of an American Easter dinner?
Answer: Ham Pork cured over the winter was ready to eat by spring.
Pysanky are elaborately decorated Easter eggs from which country?
Answer: Ukraine They are made with a wax-resist method and dyed in layers.
What is the traditional Easter greeting used in many churches?
Answer: Christ is risen The customary response is that he is risen indeed.
Which German-speaking settlers brought the egg-laying hare tradition to America?
Answer: The Pennsylvania Dutch Their Osterhase became the Easter Bunny in English.
Not counting Sundays, how many days does Lent last?
Answer: Forty The number echoes the forty days spent in the wilderness.
Which country's Easter tradition involves children dressing as small witches and going door to door?
Answer: Sweden They swap decorated willow twigs for candy.
Answer key
- The first Sunday after the first full moon on or after March 21
- March 22 and April 25
- The Council of Nicaea
- Holy Week
- Maundy Thursday
- The Julian calendar
- Pancake Day
- Good Friday
- Ham
- Ukraine
- Christ is risen
- The Pennsylvania Dutch
- Forty
- Sweden
How to play
- Pick a mode: multiple choice, true or false, a 60-second sprint, or the daily quiz.
- Answer with a tap, or press 1 to 4 on a keyboard. The right answer appears straight away with a line explaining it.
- Finish the round to see your score, copy the result grid, and step up a difficulty.
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