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Easter Trivia Answers Archive

Review earlier daily rounds, reveal the correct answer, and use the short explanation to learn the fact behind each question. Page 12 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Which artist painted the Resurrection fresco now displayed in the Museo Civico of Sansepolcro?

    Answer: Piero della Francesca

    Piero della Francesca painted the Resurrection for Sansepolcro's civic palace, where the building now houses the Museo Civico.

  2. In which country is the tradition of crafting elaborate pysanky—eggs decorated with intricate wax-resist patterns—most strongly associated?

    Answer: Ukraine

    Pysanky (from the Ukrainian word meaning "to write") is a centuries-old Ukrainian folk art in which beeswax and successive dye baths build up layered geometric and symbolic motifs on eggshells.

  3. In Bulgaria and Romania, the Easter egg-tapping game, in which two players tap the pointed ends of their eggs together until one cracks, is most commonly known by what name?

    Answer: Lupanje

    In Bulgaria, the egg-tapping game is called lupanje, and the person whose egg remains uncracked is believed to enjoy good health and luck for the coming year; the winning egg is often preserved until the next Easter.

  4. In pysanky, the traditional Ukrainian art of egg decorating, what tool is used to apply melted beeswax to the eggshell?

    Answer: A stylus called a kistka

    A kistka is a small funnel-tipped stylus heated in a candle flame to draw wax lines on the egg during pysanky.

  5. Which term names the festive season extending from Easter Sunday to Pentecost?

    Answer: Eastertide

    Eastertide is the Christian liturgical season that begins on Easter Sunday and continues through Pentecost.

Daily round

  1. Which type of flower is most traditionally associated with Easter and symbolizes resurrection and new life in many cultures?

    Answer: Lily

    The white Easter lily has long symbolized purity, hope, and renewal, making it the most common Easter flower.

  2. What significant event in Christian tradition is said to have occurred 50 days after Easter Sunday?

    Answer: The coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

    Pentecost, celebrated 50 days after Easter, commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles as described in the Acts of the Apostles.

  3. The phrase "Easter parade" refers to a real tradition in which U.S. city, where people historically walked along a major avenue in new spring clothing after church services?

    Answer: New York

    New York's Fifth Avenue became famous for its Easter Parade, where wealthy and middle-class New Yorkers alike strolled in their finest spring outfits following Easter Sunday services, a custom dating to the late 19th century.

  4. What ingredient gives traditional Italian Colomba di Pasqua (Easter dove cake) its characteristic light, airy texture?

    Answer: A long yeast-risen dough

    Colomba di Pasqua is made from a butter-rich, egg-yolk dough that undergoes a lengthy yeast rising process, similar to panettone, giving it a tall, tender crumb beneath its glazed almond-sugar topping.

  5. What does the Paschal candle symbolize in Christian liturgy?

    Answer: The light of Christ rising from the tomb

    The Paschal candle is lit at the Easter Vigil to symbolize the risen Christ as the light of the world; it is used throughout the Easter season and at baptisms and funerals.

Daily round

  1. In the Philippines, a predominantly Catholic country, what does the "Salubong" ritual reenact in the pre-dawn hours of Easter Sunday?

    Answer: The meeting of the risen Christ and the Virgin Mary

    The Salubong (meaning "meeting") is a dramatic dawn procession in which statues of the resurrected Christ and the grieving Virgin Mary are brought together, symbolizing the moment Mary learns of the resurrection, often accompanied by music and dance.

  2. Which council in 325 CE established the rule that Easter should be observed on the same Sunday by all Christians?

    Answer: Council of Nicaea

    The First Council of Nicaea in 325 CE decreed that Easter should be celebrated on a Sunday and that all Christians should observe it on the same day.

  3. In Poland, the Easter Monday custom of Śmigus-Dyngus involves people playfully doing what to one another?

    Answer: Throwing water on each other

    Śmigus-Dyngus, or Wet Monday, is a Polish tradition where people—especially young men and women—splash or pour water on each other, with roots that likely predate Christian Easter celebrations.

  4. Lamb is a traditional Easter main course in many Mediterranean and European cultures. Which of these dishes is a Greek Easter specialty made of offal, herbs, and rice wrapped in lamb intestine?

    Answer: Kokoretsi

    Kokoretsi is a festive Greek dish of seasoned organ meats wrapped in lamb intestines and slow-roasted on a spit, commonly served at Easter celebrations alongside roast lamb.

  5. What is the traditional Gospel reading for Easter Day in many Western lectionaries?

    Answer: John 20:1–18

    John 20:1–18, which describes Mary Magdalene's discovery of the empty tomb and her encounter with the risen Christ, is the standard Easter Day Gospel in many Western Christian lectionaries.

Daily round

  1. The tradition of dyeing Easter eggs using onion skins produces which color most commonly?

    Answer: Reddish-brown

    Onion skins contain tannins and quercetin pigments that stain eggshells a warm reddish-brown or amber tone.

  2. The word 'vernal' is commonly paired with 'equinox' around Easter. What does 'vernal' mean?

    Answer: Spring

    Vernal derives from the Latin word vernus, meaning of or related to spring.

  3. Which plant process allows many spring bulbs to pause growth during unfavorable winter conditions?

    Answer: Dormancy

    Dormancy lets many bulbs suspend visible growth through winter before resuming when conditions improve.

  4. Egg rolling is a popular Easter activity in several countries. On whose lawn did the White House Easter Egg Roll tradition reportedly begin in 1878?

    Answer: Rutherford B. Hayes's

    President Rutherford B. Hayes officially opened the White House lawn to children for egg rolling in 1878, starting an annual tradition.

  5. Which common kitchen ingredient acidifies an egg-dye bath and helps many food colorings bind to the shell?

    Answer: White vinegar

    White vinegar adds acetic acid to the dye bath, helping many water-based food colorings adhere more evenly to an eggshell.

Daily round

  1. The word 'equinox' comes from Latin. What does it literally translate to?

    Answer: Equal night

    Equinox combines aequus, meaning equal, with nox, meaning night, referring to roughly equal day and night lengths.

  2. The tradition of the "Easter sunrise service" originates from which biblical account that early Christians reenacted by gathering outdoors at dawn?

    Answer: The women discovering the empty tomb at early dawn

    The Gospel accounts describe women visiting Jesus's tomb "very early in the morning" on the first day of the week and finding it empty, which inspired the longstanding Christian practice of holding outdoor worship services at sunrise on Easter morning.

  3. Which word, derived from a Hebrew expression meaning 'praise the Lord,' is a joyful Easter acclamation?

    Answer: Alleluia

    Alleluia comes through Greek and Latin from a Hebrew expression meaning praise the Lord and is prominent in Easter worship.

  4. In the United Kingdom, which chocolate confection resembling a cracked eggshell, filled with a whipped fondant center, has been produced by Cadbury since 1963 and is closely linked to Easter?

    Answer: The Creme Egg

    The Cadbury Creme Egg, with its thick chocolate shell and sugary white-and-yellow fondant filling designed to mimic a raw egg yolk, has become one of the best-selling Easter candies in the UK and several other countries.

  5. Which 15th-century Italian painter created the Legend of the True Cross fresco cycle in San Francesco at Arezzo?

    Answer: Piero della Francesca

    Piero della Francesca painted the extensive fresco cycle "The Legend of the True Cross" in the Bacci Chapel of San Francesco in Arezzo during the 1450s, covering events from the Passion through the discovery of the cross by Saint Helena.

Daily round

  1. What does the liturgical term "Triduum" literally mean in Latin?

    Answer: Three days

    Triduum is a Latin word meaning "three days," referring to the three most solemn days of the Christian year: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday.

  2. What is the traditional method used in Fabergé's famous Imperial Easter eggs to create their decorated surfaces?

    Answer: Hand-painted enamel and precious metals

    Peter Carl Fabergé and his workshop used techniques including guilloché engraving on precious metals covered with multiple layers of translucent vitreous enamel, combined with gemstones and miniatures, to create the iconic Imperial Easter eggs.

  3. What is the traditional name for the Sunday before Easter that commemorates Jesus' entry into Jerusalem?

    Answer: Palm Sunday

    Palm Sunday recalls the Gospel accounts of Jesus entering Jerusalem riding on a donkey while crowds spread palm branches on the road, an event mentioned in all four canonical Gospels.

  4. The Easter Bunny legend in its current form is widely traced to German immigrants who brought the tradition of the "Osterhase" to which country in the 1700s?

    Answer: The United States

    German settlers in Pennsylvania Dutch country introduced the Osterhase, or Easter Hare, which laid colored eggs for well-behaved children, and the custom spread throughout the United States over the following decades.

  5. What is the name of the Thursday of Holy Week that commemorates the Last Supper?

    Answer: Maundy Thursday

    Maundy Thursday remembers the Last Supper Jesus shared with his disciples; the word "maundy" derives from the Latin mandatum, meaning commandment, referring to the new commandment to love one another.

Daily round

  1. The white lily, often called the Easter lily in North America, is a species native to which group of Pacific islands before it was widely cultivated for the holiday market?

    Answer: The Ryukyu Islands

    The Lilium longiflorum, marketed as the Easter lily, is native to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan and was brought to the United States in the late 1800s before domestic production centered in Oregon and California.

  2. Which Bach work was first performed on Easter Sunday in 1725?

    Answer: Easter Oratorio

    Bach's Easter Oratorio, BWV 249, originated in a cantata first performed on Easter Sunday in 1725.

  3. Paskha is a Russian Orthodox Easter dish shaped like a truncated pyramid and made primarily from which dairy ingredients?

    Answer: Cottage cheese (tvorog) and sour cream

    Paskha (or pascha) is a no-bake dessert made by pressing a mixture of tvorog (farmer's cheese), sour cream, butter, eggs, and dried fruit into a pyramid-shaped mold decorated with the letters XB, representing "Christ is risen."

  4. Which spring phenomenon describes the visible northward migration of birds returning from wintering grounds?

    Answer: Vernal migration

    Vernal migration is the term for the seasonal movement of birds traveling northward in spring to breeding grounds.

  5. In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Easter Monday features a tradition where men playfully whip women with braided willow branches. What is this whip called?

    Answer: Pomlázka

    The pomlázka is a braided willow rod that men use to gently whip women on Easter Monday in a ritual traditionally believed to transfer health and vitality for the coming year; women may respond by splashing water on the men.