General knowledge Easter: The Easter quiz for know-it-alls

By Jungnickel Marcus

All about Easter

Do you know why...
...eggs are colorfully painted at Easter?
...a rabbit of all things brings the eggs?
...Easter always falls on a different date?
...in Ireland at Easter herring are buried?

Easter is full of customs that give it its unique character. Most of the time we don't even know what's behind some old traditions. The book "General Knowledge Easter" puts an end to this ignorance.

General knowledge in compact form

On 100 pages the Easter celebration is illuminated from all sides. Topics are explained like:
- What is its Christian origin?
- What is behind the individual traditions?
- How is Easter celebrated in other countries?

Explaining Easter to children in a playful way

Thanks to the structure of "Allgemeinwissen Ostern" as a quiz, you can find out who knows the most about Easter with your family and friends in a sociable round. Know-it-alls are guaranteed to get their money's worth. But thanks to its playful structure, the book is also ideal for children to learn what lies behind all the many Easter rituals.

Be the know-it-all at the Easter celebration

Prepare ideally for the Easter season and shine with your high general knowledge about all imaginable Easter topics in front of friends or family. A must for every friend of the Easter season, know-it-all or those who want to become one.
Order "General knowledge Easter" right now and prepare yourself ideally for the Easter season.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Marcus Jungnickel
• Release date: Oct 23, 2023
• ISBN: 9791222463155

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Table of contents

General Easter questions 4

The Christian Easter 36

Other Easter traditions 71

Easter customs of other countries 101

Easter as the beginning of spring 123

Records and guessing questions 138

General Easter questions

Easter takes place on a different date every year. What is the date of the Easter holiday based on?

The Easter bunny is a most typical companion during the Easter period. What does the bunny symbolize at the time of Easter?

Joie de vivre

Fertility and new life

The end of Lent

Answer: Based on the lunar months

For our Gregorian calendar, it is customary for dates to be oriented according to the course of the sun. Easter is different: it falls on a different date every year because the period is based on the lunar months. The fixed rule is that we celebrate Easter on the first weekend after the first full moon of spring. This date can be March 22 at the earliest and April 25 at the latest.

Answer: B

Already thousands of years ago, people observed that with the first warm days of the year the offspring of hares hopping across the meadows and fields. The beginning of spring is heralded by the strong population of hares. This observation has made the hare an ideal symbol of the beginning of spring and a symbol of fertility and new life.

Usually, the Easter bunny is the bearer of the Easter eggs. In some regions of Germany, however, this Easter task has been entrusted to other animal messengers. Which of these animals should bring the Easter eggs in the Hanover area?

Mouse

Pigeon

Fox

Which animal is said to be the bearer of Easter eggs in many places in Upper Bavaria and Thuringia?

3rd answer: C

In 1682, the Easter Bunny as we know it today was described by the Frankfurt physician Johannes Richier in the reproduction of a fable. The spread of the Easter Bunny increased significantly with the beginning of the 20th century. However, until then there were other domestic animals that were believed to have this fabulous task. Especially foxes seemed to be well suited as egg-bringers. Even today, the tradition of the Easter fox is still maintained in some regions of North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony-Anhalt.

4th answer: The rooster

In Upper Bavaria and Thuringia, too, there was disagreement for a long time about which animal should be the bearer of the Easter eggs. Here, the rooster, in some places also the hen, as egg-laying animals are very