TALIESINQUIZ

DYDD GWENER 27 EBRILL 2012

QUESTION 1

What day is Easter celebrated?FridaySaturdaySundayMonday

QUESTION 2

Where does the name Easter come from?

An Anglo-Saxon goddess called Eastre

A saint from the sixth centuryAn old word for East Star

QUESTION 3On Palm Sunday, Christians celebrate

the day that .... Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a

donkey and was greeted by cheering crowd

Jesus sheltered under a palm tree during a thunderstorm

Jesus fed 5,000 people

QUESTION 4How long is Lent is western churches? 21 days30 days40 days49 days

QUESTION 5Why do we have eggs at Easter? Jesus liked eggsThey taste niceThey are a symbol of rebirthThe are a symbol of sadness as they

look like a tear drop.

QUESTION 6The night before his death, Jesus

finished the Passover meal with disciplesBy sharing bread and waterBy sharing bread and wineBy sharing toast and jam

QUESTION 7What traditionally happened on Ash Wednesday?People put ash on their foreheadsFireplaces were cleaned out in time

for EasterPeople wash themselves with ashes

from a fireFires are lit all over the world to

celebrate Jesus' time in the Wilderness

QUESTION 8What does Shrove Tuesday have to do

with Easter?Shrove Tuesday is the first day of

LentShrove Tuesday is the last day to

indulge before Lent.Shrove Tuesday is the first day of

AdventShrove Tuesday is the end of Lent

QUESTION 9Lent is the time of ....FeastingCelebrationAbstinence (of giving things up)Partying

QUESTION 10Which of the following has nothing to

do with Shrove Tuesday?Lean TuesdayFat TuesdayMardi GrasPancake Day

QUESTION 11The ashes used on Ash Wednesday are made?By monks in a monastery in London In Jerusalem and flown over to

EnglandBy burning paper crossesBy burning palm crosses which have

been saved from Palm Sunday last year.

QUESTION 12During Lent Christians remember the

time Jesus spent? In the Garden of Gethsemane In the WildernessTeaching his disciplesUp Mount Olive