The EdExec Easter quiz!

It’s nearly Easter, and what better way to celebrate than doing a fun, Easter-themed, quiz with your colleagues?!

So, no cheating! Put your mobile ‘phone away and get a pen and paper out to write down your answers to the following questions. Who out of you and your competitors will reign supreme? Good luck!

Questions:

1. Who plays Hannah Brown in the 1948 American musical film Easter Parade?
2. Where is the venue of the most famous Easter egg roll in the world?
3. Easter Island belongs to which country?
4. What is the Sunday before Easter called?
5. In 1873 which company introduced the first chocolate Easter egg in Britain?
6. Which governor of the Roman province of Judaea presided over the trial of Jesus?
7. Which light fruit cake, with two layers of almond paste or marzipan, is traditionally eaten during the Easter period?
8. At Easter, the British monarch distributes small silver coins known as what?
9. A sign was affixed to the top of the cross stating ‘Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews’ which, according to the Gospel of John, was written in which three different languages?
10. What dance is traditional at Easter?
11. To the nearest million, how many Easter eggs are bought and consumed in the UK each year?
12. What part of the cocoa plant does white chocolate contain?
13. What did a bar of chocolate prompt the creation of?
14. What was Madonna’s second number one single in UK charts over Easter in 1989?
15. How many eggs have gone into the world’s largest omelette?
16. Which country throws a massive water fight to celebrate Easter?
17. To the nearest million dollars, how much did the world’s most expensive Easter egg sell for?
18. What is a modern-day ‘digital’ Easter egg
19. Who – or what – brings eggs to French children?
20. What colour jacket does Peter Rabbit wear?

Answers

1. Judy Garland
2. The White House
3. Chile
4. Palm Sunday
5. Fry’s (J.S. Fry and Sons)
6. Pontius Pilate
7. Simnel cake
8. Maundy Money (distributed on Maundy Thursday, the day before Good Friday)
9. Hebrew, Latin and Greek
10. Morris dancing
11. 80m
12. The butter
13. A microwave
14. Like a Prayer
15. 110,000 eggs
16. Poland
17. $8.4m
18. A message, image or hidden feature found within a film or video game
19. Flying church bells
20. Blue