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Alan's Easter Quiz

Easter Quiz 2009

 

1

 

Easter Monday is known as Dyngus Day, or Wet Monday, in Poland, referring to what custom?

 

1£© On the Monday after Easter Jesus was first seen walking across the Dead Sea by two disciples

2£© In the Orthodox church Christians believe Jesus appeared to Mary by a river on the Monday after Easter

3£© Polish boys traditionally throw buckets of water over girls on this day as part of an ancient fertility ritual

4£© The water symbolises Jesus' blood and his resurrection

2

Who was the last monarch to wash the feet of the poor on Maundy Thursday as an act of humility in remembrance of Jesus washing the disciples' feet?

 

George VI

James II

Victoria

George III

3

What are the English and German names for Easter or Ostern derived from?

 

The ancient name for the month of April

The Passover ritual of Seder

The German word for Austria, traditionally believed to be where Easter eggs were found

The Latin for word for eggs

4 How many days are there from the beginning to the end of Lent?

a£© 12

b£© 40

c£© 33

d£© 46

5 While filming The Passion of the Christ, the actor who played Jesus, James Caviezel, suffered all manner of pain and indignity. Which of the following did not happen to him?

a£© Accidently whipped twice, leaving a 14in scar on his back

b£© Experienced a shoulder separation when the cross fell on him

c£© Struck by lightning during the Sermon on the Mount

d£© Fell off the cross when inadequately tethered and hurt his knee

6 Which Scottish football club plays its home matches at Easter Road?

a£© Gretna

b£© Hearts

c£© Hibernian

d£© Inverness Caledonian Thistle

7 Several Protestant English monarchs regarded hot cross buns as a dangerous symbol of Catholicism and attempted to ban them. Which monarch passed a law allowing bakeries to make and sell them, but only at Easter and Christmas?

a£© Henry VIII

b£© Mary I

c£© Elizabeth I

d£© James I of England £¨James VI of Scotland£©

8 Edward I had them erected in memory of his wife, Eleanor of Castile, marking each of the 12 places her body rested as it was taken to London. Which mainline railway station was later built near the original site of the 12th and last Eleanor Cross?

a£© Charing Cross

b£© King's Cross

c£© St Pancras

d£© Waterloo

9 Jesus predicted who would betray him¡­

1.                                          at Lazarus¡¯ house

2.                                          in the Garden of Gethsemane

3.                                          during the Last Supper

10 Passover celebrates¡­

4.                                          Moses¡¯ release from prison

5.                                          the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt after the tenth plague

6.                                          the day that Isaac was spared being a sacrifice

11 The earliest term for Easter, ¡°Pesach¡±, is also another word for¡­

7.                                          Fertility

8.                                          Resurrection

9.                                          Passover

12 The period called Lent, before Easter, means¡­

10.                                       The Lengthening of Days

11.                                       To Let Go

12.                                       To Abstain

13 What does Palm Sunday commemorate?

13.                                       A traditional Jewish festival when people laid fresh palm fronds in their homes on their floors

14.                                       Jesus¡¯ entry into Jerusalem before his arrest

15.                                       A Roman harvest festival

14 What does Gesthemane mean?

16.                                       olive grove

17.                                       the place of skulls

18.                                       oil press

15 Who helped Jesus carry His cross to Calvary?

19.                                       Joseph of Arimethea

20.                                       Josephus

21.                                       Simon of Cyrene

16 What does ¡®Golgotha¡¯ mean?

22.                                       Place of the skull

23.                                       Crucifixion Hill

24.                                       Hill of tears

 

17 While Jesus hung on the cross, Roman soldiers gambled to see who would win¡­

1.                                          Jesus¡¯ land and holdings

2.                                          Jesus¡¯ clothes

3.                                          Jesus¡¯ shroud

18 After Jesus¡¯ crucifixion, it remained dark for¡­

4.                                          three hours during mid-day

5.                                          twelve hours

6.                                          three days and three nights

19 Jesus died¡­

7.                                          as the ultimate sacrifice, being the one person on earth without blemish

8.                                          to save people from the consequences of sin

9.                                          to grant people eternal life

10.                                       all of the above

 

20 Forty days after Jesus¡¯ resurrection, He¡­

11.                                       ascended into Heaven with a promise to restore the Kingdom

12.                                       passed his authority on to Peter

13.                                       shared holy communion with his disciples

14.                                       dictated his story to Luke