Easter
1. Is the date of Easter based on the moon or the sun?Moon (the first Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox)
2. The name Easter probably derives from Eostre or Eastre, the Great Mother Goddess of whom?
Saxons (northern Europeans)
3. What is the earliest date Easter can fall on?
March 22
4. What is the lastest date Easter can fall on?
April 25
5. Like the Christmas Tree, the tradition of the Easter Bunny originates in what country?
Germany
6. What is the top-selling non-chocolate Easter candy?
Peeps
7. What is the day after Easter called?
Easter Monday
8. 76% of Americans think you should start eating your chocolate Easter bunny by biting into which body part?
Ears
9. For 2 points, who starred in the 1948 movie “Easter Parade?”
Judy Garland, Fred Astair (Peter Lawford or Ann Miller are ok answers)
10. Who was president when first official White House egg roll occurred in 1878?
Rutherford B. Hayes
11. Extra Credit Who wrote The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse?
Robert Rankin
