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Taliesin QUIZ Dydd Gwener 27 Ebrill 2012. Question 1. What day is Easter celebrated? Friday Saturday Sunday Monday. Question 2. Where does the name Easter come from? An Anglo-Saxon goddess called Eastre A saint from the sixth century An old word for East Star. Question 3.
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Question 1 What day is Easter celebrated? • Friday • Saturday • Sunday • Monday
Question 2 Where does the name Easter come from? • An Anglo-Saxon goddess called Eastre • A saint from the sixth century • An old word for East Star
Question 3 On 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 4 How long is Lent is western churches? • 21 days • 30 days • 40 days • 49 days
Question 5 Why do we have eggs at Easter? • Jesus liked eggs • They taste nice • They are a symbol of rebirth • The are a symbol of sadness as they look like a tear drop.
Question 6 The night before his death, Jesus finished the Passover meal with disciples • By sharing bread and water • By sharing bread and wine • By sharing toast and jam
Question 7 What traditionally happened on Ash Wednesday? • People put ash on their foreheads • Fireplaces were cleaned out in time for Easter • People wash themselves with ashes from a fire • Fires are lit all over the world to celebrate Jesus' time in the Wilderness
Question 8 What does Shrove Tuesday have to do with Easter? • Shrove Tuesday is the first day of Lent • Shrove Tuesday is the last day to indulge before Lent. • Shrove Tuesday is the first day of Advent • Shrove Tuesday is the end of Lent
Question 9 Lent is the time of .... • Feasting • Celebration • Abstinence (of giving things up) • Partying
Question 10 Which of the following has nothing to do with Shrove Tuesday? • Lean Tuesday • Fat Tuesday • Mardi Gras • Pancake Day
Question 11 The ashes used on Ash Wednesday are made? • By monks in a monastery in London • In Jerusalem and flown over to England • By burning paper crosses • By burning palm crosses which have been saved from Palm Sunday last year.
Question 12 During Lent Christians remember the time Jesus spent? • In the Garden of Gethsemane • In the Wilderness • Teaching his disciples • Up Mount Olive