101 Easter Trivia Questions and Answers for Kids聽
January 27, 2025
Get ready to hunt down for the answers to these 101 Easter trivia questions for kids! Some of them are easy, and others will keep you guessing鈥攐r just learning something new. Playing along with these trivia questions is a great way to get your kids ready to celebrate Easter!
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Easter Trivia Questions and Answers for Kids
1) What do we celebrate at Easter?
The resurrection of Jesus Christ
2) True or false: the day of Easter is always the same every year.
False. The day that we celebrate Easter changes every year.
3) In which two months is it possible for Easter to fall?
March and April
4) What animal brings us gifts on Easter?
The Easter Bunny
5) What does the Easter Bunny hide for us to find on Easter morning? Hint: There鈥檚 usually chocolate or other treats inside!
Easter eggs
6) What colors are commonly associated with Easter?
Yellow and purple
7) What religious period does Easter fall after?
Lent
8) How long does Lent last?
40 days
9) What does the period of Lent represent?
The 40 days that Jesus spent fasting in the desert.
10) What day does Lent begin?
Ash Wednesday
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11) When does Lent end?
Holy Thursday
12) In the Catholic faith, the priest blesses Catholics on Ash Wednesday by drawing what on their forehead?
A cross made of ash
13) Each year, the President of the United States hosts the Easter Egg Roll at the White House. What year did that tradition begin?
1878
14) And who was the first president to host the Easter Egg Roll at the White House?
Rutherford B. Hayes
15) How much money does the White House Easter Egg Roll cost to put on each year?
Nearly $1 million
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16) How many people attend the White House Easter Egg Roll each year?
About 30,000
17) True or false: A ticket to the White House Easter Egg Roll costs $100.
False! Tickets are actually free, but hopeful attendees have to win their ticket in a lottery.
18) True or false: Americans spent $22 billion on Easter in 2024.
True!
19) How much money did Americans spend on just Easter candy in 2024?
$3.1 billion
20) What percentage of Americans celebrates Easter?
63%
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21) What is the most popular Easter candy in the U.S.?
Reese鈥檚 Peanut Butter Eggs. 51% of respondents in identified Reese鈥檚 eggs as their favorite.
22) What is Americans鈥� least favorite Easter candy?
Peeps
23) Even though they鈥檙e our least favorite, how many Peeps do Americans eat every year?
1.5 billion
24) What is Americans鈥� favorite chocolate candy shape during Easter?
Chocolate bunnies/rabbits
25) How many chocolate rabbits are sold in the U.S. for Easter each year?
About 91 million
26) How many jelly beans are sold in the U.S. each year?
16 billion
27) What鈥檚 the most popular flavor of Jelly Belly jelly bean?
Very Cherry
28) What are the top five most popular jelly bean flavors?
Very Cherry, Buttered Popcorn, Licorice, Juicy Pear, Sizzling Cinnamon
29) As it turns out, kids have different favorite flavors of Jelly Belly than the population in general. What are kids鈥� three top Jelly Belly flavors?
Berry Blue, Green Apple, Cotton Candy
30) True or false: Jelly Belly produces more than 100 flavors of jelly bean.
True!
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31) The world鈥檚 most expensive chocolate rabbit costs how much money?
$49,00
32) That most expensive chocolate rabbit was made in 2016. What made it cost so much money?
Its eyes were made of diamonds, estimated to cost $35,400!
33) An old Irish saying states, “For Christmas, food and drink; for Easter, new” what?
New clothes
34) Having new clothes for Easter is a popular tradition that dates back centuries. The Tudors claimed that if you didn鈥檛 have new clothes for Easter, what would happen?
Moths and crickets would eat the old goods in your house
35) Which city holds the most popular Eastern parade in the U.S.?
New York City
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36) On what street famous for its fashion sense does the New York City Easter parade happen?
Fifth Avenue
37) True or false: in 1947, an estimated one million people attended the NYC Easter parade.
True!
38) How much money did Americans spend on new Easter clothes in 2024?
About $3.5 billion
39) True or false: the name Easter might come from an Anglo-Saxon goddess.
True! The Anglo-Saxon people (a combination of tribes who lived in what is now England in the 4th and 5th centuries) worshipped a goddess named Eostre. They celebrated a spring festival in her honor.
40) What does Palm Sunday commemorate?
The entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem before his crucifixion
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41) What does Holy Thursday commemorate?
The Last Supper that Jesus held with his disciples
42) What does Good Friday commemorate?
The crucifixion of Jesus Christ, when he was nailed to the cross聽
43) Why do we dye eggs on Easter?
Because eggs signify new life, and Easter celebrates the resurrection or 鈥渘ew life鈥� of Jesus
44) True or false: Easter is the oldest Christian holiday.
True!
45) What is the official flower of Easter?
The white lily or Easter lily
46) True or false: The white lily appears in the Bible.
True!
47) Where do lilies spring up in the Bible?
Where the tears of Jesus Christ fell during his crucifixion and in the Garden of Gethsemane after Judas betrayed him
48) What does the white lily represent?
Purity, rebirth, new beginnings, and hope
49) What does the Pagan goddess Eostre have to do with the Easter Bunny?
The goddess Eostre was the Pagan goddess of fertility. When the Pagans celebrated her, they chose the rabbit to represent the celebration because of the animal鈥檚 ability to procreate.
50) Which European immigrants brought the idea of the Easter Bunny to America?
German immigrants in the 1700s.
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51) True or false: German immigrants celebrated the idea of a hare that actually laid eggs.
True! They brought the custom of believing in an egg-laying hare called 鈥溾�� to America.
52) In which country did the tradition of dying Easter eggs begin?
Ukraine
53) What is the name for Ukrainian dyed Easter eggs?
Pysanky
54) True or false: Ukrainian folklore believes that pysanky may prevent good from taking over the world.
False! Ukrainian folklore beliefs include the idea that pysanky may prevent evil from consuming the planet.
55) What color were Easter eggs originally dyed?
Red
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56) Why were eggs originally dyed red?
To signify the blood of Christ shed during his crucifixion
57) What does the hard shell of the Easter egg represent in Christianity?
The sealed Tomb of Christ
58) What does cracking the Easter egg represent?
Christ rising from the dead
59) Why do Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter on a different day from other Christians like Catholics and Protestants?
Orthodox Christians follow the Julian calendar, while other denominations use the Gregorian calendar.
60) How tall was the tallest Easter egg ever made?
Over 25 feet tall
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61) How heavy was the largest Easter egg ever made?
It weighed more than 15,000 pounds
62) Why is Palm Sunday called Palm Sunday?
When Jesus entered Jerusalem, people put palms on the ground in front of the donkey he was riding.
63) What vegetable do kids leave out for the Easter bunny?
Carrots
64) In which country do children dress up as witches and go door-to-door to search for treats on Easter Sunday?
Finland
65) In which country do people create elaborate Easter baskets filled with savory foods, like sausage, bread, and eggs?
Poland
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66) In which country do people fly kites on Good Friday?
Bermuda
67) In which country is it traditional to light bonfires to ward off evil spirits on Easter?
Sweden
68) In which country do they celebrate 鈥淧asquetta,鈥� which means 鈥淟ittle Easter鈥� on the Monday after Easter?
Italy
69) In what year were Peeps, the marshmallow candy, first produced?
1950
70) Which holiday causes people to buy more candy, Easter or Halloween?
Halloween, but Easter is a close second!
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71) What traditional bread do they eat in Australia to celebrate Easter?
Hot cross buns
72) In the United States, the traditional Easter dinner often includes which two meats?
Ham and lamb
73) In which country do people hold a procession known as the 鈥淧assion Play,鈥� which reenacts the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus?
Mexico
74) On Easter Monday, people in which country traditionally host an egg-rolling game in which children roll hard boiled eggs down a hill?
Scotland
75) In the 19th century, women started wearing a head covering that made the tradition of festive hats at Easter very popular. What did they wear in the 19th century?
Bonnets
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76) True or false: the word 鈥淓aster鈥� is found in the Bible.
False! It鈥檚 not found in the Bible and is associated with the Anglo-Saxon goddess .
77) In which country did the Easter egg hunt originate?
Germany
78) In the Philippines, people celebrate Good Friday by reenacting what?
Jesus鈥� crucifixion
79) In Russia and other eastern European countries, it鈥檚 common for kids to play a little game where they tap hardboiled eggs together until what happens?
Until the eggs crack
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80) In Finland, people burn bonfires on Easter Sunday to symbolize the end of which season?
Winter
81) In which country do kids compete in a ski race called 鈥減aaskeskirenn鈥� on Easter?
Norway
82) In which country do people play a game called 鈥渉uevo de Pascua鈥� in which they try to break eggs over other people鈥檚 heads?
Spain
83) In which country do people play a game called 鈥渉oro鈥� in which they dance in a circle while holding painted eggs?
Bulgaria
84) In Greece, people eat a traditional soup called Magiritsa on Easter. What meat is it made of?
The soup is made of lamb offal, which are the internal organs of animals, including the heart, liver, and kidneys.
85) In which country do people write poems on a piece of paper and give them to one another as gifts on Easter?
Denmark
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86) In which country do people celebrate Easter alongside 鈥淔asika,鈥� a three-day festival of feasting, dancing, and exchanging gifts?
Ethiopia
87) In France, some people will host a competition to prepare the largest version of which popular egg dish?
The largest omelet
88) In Portugal, people make a traditional bread called 鈥渇olar,鈥� which is made with hard boiled eggs and which spice?
Cinnamon
89) In Australia, they have the Easter Bilby instead of the Easter Bunny. Why?
The bilby is a native Australian marsupial that is endangered. The sale of chocolate bilbies and other Easter merchandise often goes to help conservation efforts.
90) In 1993, Australian author Jeni Bright wrote a children鈥檚 book about the Easter Bilby. What is the Easter Bilby鈥檚 name in the book?
Burra Nimu
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91) What was the Cadbury Creme Egg originally called?
Fry鈥檚 Creme Eggs
92) In what year did the Cadbury company rename the creme egg?
1971
93) When the Cadbury company reduced the packaging from having six eggs to five eggs in 2015 without a proportional decrease in price, how much money did the company lose?
The change resulted in a $12 million loss in Creme Egg sales in the United Kingdom in 2016.
94) In which three countries are Cadbury Creme Eggs produced?
The United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada
95) Which famous chocolate company makes Cadbury Creme Eggs in the United States?
The Hershey Company
96) When are Cadbury Creme Eggs available to buy?
Between New Year鈥檚 Day and Easter Sunday
97) Why can鈥檛 you buy Cadbury Creme Eggs all year long?
When the company made the eggs available year-round, it resulted in a loss of sales.
98) The Peanuts comic strip Easter special isn鈥檛 called 鈥淚t鈥檚 the Easter Bunny, Charlie Brown,鈥� but it鈥檚 called what instead? Hint: Think Snoopy!
鈥淚t鈥檚 the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown!鈥�
99) Which Peanuts character insists that the Easter Beagle will take care of everything?
Linus
100) Who is the only other Peanuts character to believe Linus?
Sally
101) How is the date of Easter determined each year?
The holiday falls on the first Sunday following the Paschal Full Moon, which is the first full moon following the vernal equinox (the beginning of spring).聽
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