Author Topic: 7 questions on Easter (Read 16840 times)

Kelda · « **on:** April 09, 2009, 04:49:56 am »

It's Holy Week, the most important period in the Christian calendar.

How much do you know about it? Test your knowledge in the BBC's low-calorie, chocolate-free Easter quiz.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7989914.stm

I got 3 out of 7!

Kerry · « **Reply #1 on:** April 09, 2009, 09:03:01 am »

Yee-Haw! I got 7 out of 7 correct!

Kelda · « **Reply #2 on:** April 09, 2009, 09:05:20 am »

Quote from: Kerry on April 09, 2009, 09:03:01 am

Yee-Haw! I got 7 out of 7 correct!

get you!!!

Kerry · « **Reply #3 on:** April 09, 2009, 09:26:49 am »

Quote from: Kelda on April 09, 2009, 09:05:20 am

get you!!!

I knew the first 5 and made lucky guesses with the last 2 - the questions about the Aussie Easter Bunny

and the kite flying

Jeff Wrangler · « **Reply #4 on:** April 09, 2009, 02:27:54 pm »

Quote from: Kerry on April 09, 2009, 09:26:49 am

I knew the first 5 and made lucky guesses with the last 2 - the questions about the Aussie Easter Bunny and the kite flying

Quiz Spoiler Alert!

Six out of seven here. I made a lucky guess about the Easter Bilby but not about the kite-flying.

I was prepared to like the Easter Bilby, but essentially it's a long-nosed rat (OK, a marsupial, really) with big ears. ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilby

Kelda · « **Reply #5 on:** April 09, 2009, 04:58:10 pm »

I had read about the bunny/bilby so that was one of my three.. It looks quite cute even if it is a rat!!

southendmd · « **Reply #6 on:** April 09, 2009, 08:41:08 pm »

The Easter Bilby? I think not. It looks like the Easter Bunny had a drunken night with an anteater.

Dobie1018 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 09, 2009, 09:08:39 pm »

I got 2 out of 7. I guess I don't know as much about Easter as I thought I did, although, I must admit I really don't know about other countries' Easter traditions. These questions were tough!

Kerry · « **Reply #8 on:** April 10, 2009, 12:38:33 am »

Quote from: southendmd on April 09, 2009, 08:41:08 pm

The Easter Bilby? I think not. It looks like the Easter Bunny had a drunken night with an anteater.

They are very shy, retiring little critters. Sweet and cuddly. Admittedly, they do look somewhat unusual.

injest · « **Reply #9 on:** April 10, 2009, 12:46:49 am »

4/7

Kelda · « **Reply #10 on:** April 10, 2009, 07:19:28 am »

Quote from: Dobie1018 on April 09, 2009, 09:08:39 pm

I got 2 out of 7. I guess I don't know as much about Easter as I thought I did, although, I must admit I really don't know about other countries' Easter traditions. These questions were tough!

Dobie!!!!

HEY HONEY!! How are you?

Kelda · « **Reply #11 on:** April 10, 2009, 07:21:00 am »

Quote from: southendmd on April 09, 2009, 08:41:08 pm

The Easter Bilby? I think not. It looks like the Easter Bunny had a drunken night with an anteater.

So cute I think!!

delalluvia · « **Reply #12 on:** April 10, 2009, 11:35:34 am »

5 out of 7. I don't know much about the Eastern/Russian Orthodox churches or what the heck a bilby is.

Ellemeno · « **Reply #13 on:** April 12, 2009, 03:15:16 am »

Aloysius J. Gleek · « **Reply #14 on:** April 12, 2009, 04:45:23 am »

Quote from: delalluvia on April 10, 2009, 11:35:34 am

5 out of 7. I don't know much about the Eastern/Russian Orthodox churches or what the heck a bilby is.

4 - including knowing Eastern Orthodox Easter is next week and--who knew?--the Easter Bilby!

(Guess I sure don't know much about Easter....)

Lynne · « **Reply #15 on:** April 12, 2009, 12:07:03 pm »

5/7...I am a bad egg.

I missed the ones about Golgotha and kite flying.

CellarDweller · « **Reply #16 on:** June 22, 2009, 02:51:07 pm »

I got 6 out of 7. I missed the question about who said "Ecco homo".

LauraGigs · « **Reply #17 on:** June 22, 2009, 03:00:11 pm »

6 out of 7, missed the kite question. But I love the info they give you on that one about Easter traditions in other countries! Pretty interesting.

Kelda · « **Reply #18 on:** June 22, 2009, 05:37:06 pm »

someone is diggin out old threads tonight!

Front-Ranger · « **Reply #19 on:** March 01, 2013, 02:22:20 pm »

I'm going to take this quiz to get in the mood for Easter, which comes at the end of this month!

I missed this thread completely when it came out in 2009. The spring of 2009 was not a good time for me.

Jeff Wrangler · « **Reply #20 on:** March 01, 2013, 02:24:57 pm »

Quote from: southendmd on April 09, 2009, 08:41:08 pm

The Easter Bilby? I think not. It looks like the Easter Bunny had a drunken night with an anteater.

Yes, the love child of the Easter Bunny and an anteater.

CellarDweller · « **Reply #21 on:** March 01, 2013, 02:47:54 pm »

I got 6 out of 7, missing the last one.

Front-Ranger · « **Reply #22 on:** March 01, 2013, 02:53:30 pm »

I scored three out of seven, a pretty poor showing! This question made me laugh: "For many children, Easter's religious associations are overshadowed by its more modern, cultural ones." and then it goes on about the Easter Bunny. These "more modern" associations are actually the more ancient ones that were adopted by the early Christians to make Christianity more palatable to the general masses.

brianr · « **Reply #23 on:** March 01, 2013, 11:21:20 pm »

I got 6 out of 7. I had no idea about the kite flying.
I did have an advantage with the Bilby. For many years our family have given each other Easter chocolate bilbies not bunnies. Remember that in Australia and New Zealand, rabbits are a menace with many methods including diseases being introduced to wipe them out but you only need to leave 2 and they rapidly multiply. All because some silly Englishmen wanted to introduce sport back in the 19th Century. The same goes for foxes.
Money from the sale of cholcolate bilbies goes to conservation. I think they are cute although I have ony seen them in cages.

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Author Topic: 7 questions on Easter (Read 16840 times)

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