What day is Easter celebrated?

1.   ?              Friday
2.   ?              Saturday
3.   ?              Sunday
4.   ?              Monday

Where does the name Easter come from?

1.   ?              An Anglo-Saxon goddess called Eastre
2.   ?              A saint from the sixth century
3.   ?              An old word for East Star

On Palm Sunday, Christians celebrate the day that ....

1.   ?              Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey and was greeted by cheering crowd
2.   ?              Jesus sheltered under a palm tree during a thunderstorm
3.   ?              Jesus fed 5,000 people

How long is Lent is western churches?

1.   ?              21 days
2.   ?              30 days
3.   ?              40 days
4.   ?              49 days

Why do we have eggs at Easter?

1.   ?              Jesus liked eggs
2.   ?              They taste nice
3.   ?              They are a symbol of rebirth
4.   ?              The are a symbole of sadness as they look like a tear drop.

The night before his death, Jesus finished the Passover meal with disciples

1.   ?              by sharing bread and water
2.   ?              by sharing bread and wine
3.   ?              by sharing toast and jam

What traditionally happened on Ash Wednesday?

1.   ?              People put ash on their foreheads
2.   ?              Fireplaces were cleaned out in time for Easter
3.   ?              People wash themselves with ashes from a fire
4.   ?              Fires are lit all over the world to celebrate Jesus' time in the Wilderness

What does Shrove Tuesday have to do with Easter?

1.   ?              Shrove Tuesday is the first day of Lent
2.   ?              Shrove Tuesday is the last day to indulge before Lent.
3.   ?              Shrove Tuesday is the first day of Advent
4.   ?              Shrove Tuesday is the end of Lent

Lent is the time of ....

1.   ?              Feasting
2.   ?              Celebration
3.   ?              Abstinence (of giving things up)
4.   ?              Partying

Which of the following has nothing to do with Shrove Tuesday?

1.   ?              Lean Tuesday
2.   ?              Fat Tuesday
3.   ?              Mardi Gras
4.   ?              Pancake Day

The ashes used on Ash Wednesday are made

1.   ?              by monks in a monastry in London
2.   ?              in Jerusalem and flown over to England
3.   ?              by burning paper crosses
4.   ?              by burning palm crosses which have been saved from Palm Sunday last year.

During Lent Christians remember the time Jesus spent

1.   ?              in the Garden of Gethsemane
2.   ?              in the Wilderness
3.   ?              teaching his disciples
4.   ?              up Mount Olive