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 Easter
| Who rolled away the stone from the mouth of the grave in which Jesus had been placed? | What is Easter About? (beckyel) |
an angel. Matthew 28 v2 says, "Suddenly there was a violent earthquake; an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone, and sat down on it." The importance of Easter exceeds that of Christmas in the minds of Christians, because of the significance of the resurrection.
| Who helped Jesus carry his cross? | What is Easter About? (beckyel) |
Simon of Cyrene. Simon of Cyrene is named as the father of Alexander and Rufus (Mark 15 v21), although it is not known who Alexander and Rufus were. As Jesus had undergone so much suffering, he was in no fit state to carry his own cross, so the soldiers pressed Simon of Cyrene into service. This may have been common practice, as a huge cross would have been very weighty for even the strongest man.
| While in the store, what do Sally and Snoopy play around with? | Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (Randyaimee) |
Hats. They try on many hats and laugh at each other.
| Which of the three sections of Handel's famous "Messiah" deals with the Passion, death, and resurrection of Christ? | Classics for Easter (jouen58) |
Part II. Part 2 opens with the sombre chorus "Behold the Lamb of God", and contains the great set of three choruses: "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs", "And With His Stripes", and "All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray", as well as the great alto aria "He Was Despised", and the poignant tenor recitative "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart". The joy of the Resurrection and Ascension is expressed in the tenor aria "But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell", the jubilant chorus "Let All the Angels of God", and the delightful "Lift Up Your Heads, O ye Gates". Part II goes on to relate the spread of the Gospel and the universal dominion of Christ. The famous "Hallelujah" chorus, which closes Part II, has been used both as a Christmas and an Easter piece; actually it is neither, but celebrates the reign of Christ over all the earth, using a text from the "Book of Revelations".
| Which character believes that the Easter Beagle comes on Easter and passes out colored eggs to all the good little boys and girls? | Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (Randyaimee) |
Linus. Between the Easter Beagle and the Great Pumpkin, Linus stays busy for the holidays!
| When the gang goes shopping for Easter goodies, what seasonal decorations are already up? | Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (Randyaimee) |
Christmas. Just like the real world it seems.
| What year did 'It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown' come out? | Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (Randyaimee) |
| What does Snoopy end up buying his pal Woodstock at the store? | Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (Randyaimee) |
A birdhouse. Woodstock complained about getting wet during a rainstorm, so Snoopy buys him a birdhouse to keep him dry.
| What does Palm Sunday celebrate? | What is Easter About? (beckyel) |
Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a colt. Palm Sunday (also known as Passion Sunday) is the Sunday before Easter and is the starting-point of the passion story. In the Revised English Bible, Mark 11 v7, it says that Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a colt: 'So they brought the colt to Jesus, and when they had spread their cloaks on it he mounted it.'
| What does Marcie do to the eggs that Peppermint Patty wants to color the first time around? | Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (Randyaimee) |
Fries them. Marcie was learning how to color the eggs, but she ends up frying the first dozen.
| What does Gethsemane mean? | What is Easter About? (beckyel) |
press of oils. The Garden of Gethsemane is on the lower slopes of the Mount of Olives, and so was planted with many olive trees (It is believed that some of those trees still produce olives today.) and had lots of olive presses as well. Jesus went to the Garden of Gethsemane after singing the Passover hymns, to pray. It was in this garden that they came to arrest him, following Judas' betrayal.
| What colour was the cloak that Jesus wore when he went to the cross? | What is Easter About? (beckyel) |
Purple. In John 19 v2 and v5 it describes the cloak as purple; the soldiers put the cloak on Jesus after he had been flogged, along with a crown of thorns. Purple was an expensive colour dye to produce, and so was only worn by those rich enough to afford it. It is significant that Jesus was dressed in this royal colour at this time. The Romans chose this colour robe because they said he claimed to be king. This could also be a reason for the soldiers drawing lots for Jesus' clothes after his death. In church now, purple is the colour of Advent and Lent, as Christians prepare for their King.
| What are the 40 days before Easter known as? | What is Easter About? (beckyel) |
Lent. Lent lasts for forty days before Easter, excluding Sundays, as they are considered to be 'festival' days. It begins on Ash Wednesday, the day after Shrove Tuesday. In the Catholic Church it ends on Maundy Thursday, whereas in the Anglican Church it ends on Easter Eve. Lent is a season of restricting the diet, as opposed to strict fasting. Nowadays people give up certain foods that they enjoy; in the past they would have given up meat, eggs, butter, fish and oil, amongst other things. Jesus went into the wilderness for forty days to fast and pray before beginning his ministry.
| VIDEO. (Okay, it's a modern Easter basket)Who co-starred with Fred Astaire in 'Easter Parade' in 1948? | An Easter Basket (bullymom) |
| This well-known Italian opera of the Verismo period is in one act and is nearly always paired with Leoncavallo's "I Pagliacci" as a double-bill. It takes place on Easter Sunday in Sicily, and the tragic and violent events of the plot are played out against the backdrop of the religious and secular celebration of the holy day. Two moments of respite from the raging passions of the story are an Easter Hymn, sung by the soprano and chorus, and a beautiful and very famous Intermezzo. What is the name of the opera? | Classics for Easter (jouen58) |
Mascagni's "Cavellaria Rusticana". "Cavelleria Rusticana" is the only work of Pietro Mascagni's to have achieved lasting popularity (though his comic opera "L'Amico Fritz", with its lovely "Cherry Duet" is occasionally revived). Written in 1889 to be entered into a contest, Mascagni was dissatisfied with the work and had thrown it away; his wife rescued it from the trash and sent it to the publishers. It won first prize and was a resounding success at its premiere in Rome. Within two years, it achieved fame worldwide; sadly, Mascagni would never match its success. He later said of "Cavelleria": "I was crowned before I became king." Based on Giovanni Verga's story of the same name, the opera focuses on the character of Santuzza (a lesser character in the story), a village girl who loves a former soldier named Turridu and has conceived his child out of wedlock. Turridu is still in love with Lola, his erstwhile betrothed who married another while he was away fighting in the army. Turridu turned to Santuzza for comfort, but soon began an adulterous affair with Lola. The desperate Santuzza has been excommunicated for her sin and is consumed with rage against her rival. Unable to enter the church for the Easter mass, she leads the ensemble outside the church in the Easter Hymn ("Regina Caeli, Laetare; Ineggiamo al Signor"). The famous "Intermezzo", performed between the first and second scenes of the opera, is based on the melody of the "Regina Caeli". Evoking the peace of an Easter Sunday in the Sicilian countryside, it provides a welcome moment of respite before the opera's tragic and bloody conclusion.
| This French composer, best known for his "Symphonie Fantastique", wrote a number of sacred pieces including a lavishly scored "Requiem" and "Te Deum" and a Christmas oratorio entitled "L'Enfance du Christ". His first-performed composition, a "Messe Solennelle" (Solemn Mass) was believed for years to have been destroyed, but has recently been discovered and performed. Of particular interest in this work is the "Resurrexit" from the "Credo", which the composer used in three of his other works. Who is the composer? | Classics for Easter (jouen58) |
Hector Berlioz. Berlioz reworked the "Resurrexit" (the part of the Creed, or Credo, which describes the Resurrection) for parts of his "Te Deum", "Requiem" ("Gran Messe des Morts"; it was reworked for the "Dies Irae"), and the opera "Benvenuto Cellini" (the Carnival scene).
| The traditional Italian Easter meal is similar in many respects to the Passover meal; it starts with a hard-boiled egg, includes a salad of bitter greens, and has as its main course Abbacchio. What kind of meat is Abbacchio? | Italian Easter Foods (jouen58) |
Lamb. Traditionally the lamb is less than two months old and is entirely milk-fed. (Pope John Paul II once requested that Italian Catholics refrain from eating Abbacchio and choose another type of meat, for humanitarian reasons.)
| The titles of the four Bach cantatas listed below are all somewhat grim; however one of them is an Easter cantata. Which one is it? | Classics for Easter (jouen58) |
Christ Lag in Todesbanden (Christ Lay in the Bonds of Death). The cantata #4 for Easter Sunday, "Christ Lag in Todesbanden", is based on the traditional Lutheran chorale of the same name. This chorale is notable in that the text and melody are derived from the sequence for the Catholic Easter Sunday liturgy, "Victimae Paschali Laudes" ("Praise Ye the Paschal Victim"). Rather than exulting in the joy of Easter, this cantata vividly describes the combat between Death and Life (memorably embodied in the great chorus "Es War ein Wunderlicher Krieg") and of Christ's victory over the dominion of Death.
| Picnics are an Italian Easter tradition, enabling one to enjoy the beautiful weather and scenery as well as good food. I can think of nothing better to bring along than Pizza Rustica, a deep-dish pizza served at room temperature and incorporating a variety of cured meats, cheeses, and eggs. What is another name for this pie? | Italian Easter Foods (jouen58) |
Pizza Chiena. The Pizza Rustica (or Pizza Chiena- this is dialect for "piens" or full)) may have a mildly sweet or savory crust, be roughly shaped or baked in an elegant lattice-top style, it may contain an assortment of goodies (Salami, Cappaciola, Prosciutto, Provolone, Parmigiano, etc.) or it may contain only Ricotta, Prosciutto, Parmigiano, and eggs. To each his own!
| On which day is it traditional to make pancakes? | What is Easter About? (beckyel) |
Shrove Tuesday. Pancakes were made to use up the last of the eggs and butter before the Lenten fast. People would feast on meat and other rich foods, hence the name Mardi Gras - or Fat Tuesday - in French. The absence of eggs from the fasting diet could also have some part in the association of eggs with Easter.
| MARSHMALLOW PEEPS. What shapes are the basic structure of sugar molecules? | An Easter Basket (bullymom) |
Rings. Simple sugars have a single ring of {atoms;} the rings can join to form a molecule of a complex sugar.
| Many Italian dishes prepared for religious festivals manage to incorporate religious significance into the recipe. Nowhere is this more evident than in the vegetable, egg, and cheese pie known as the Torta Pasqualina. What is this dish's chief characteristic? | Italian Easter Foods (jouen58) |
It has 33 layers of dough and twelve eggs.. The thirty-three layers of very thin dough (almost like phyllo pastry)represents the years of Christ's life and the twelve eggs represent the apostles. Other traditional ingredients for this pie include artichoke hearts and greens (usually beet greens or spinach).
| JELLYBEANS. Which song was a hit for Jellybean Benitez in 1984? | An Easter Basket (bullymom) |
Sidewalk Talk. John 'Jellybean' Benitez is a mixer and music producer who has mixed music for many stars, such as Madonna, Michael Jackson, and Pat Benatar.
| In Catholic tradition, there are four seasonal antiphons to the Virgin Mary each of which are sung or recited at a different time of the Church year (i.e. Advent, Lent, Easter, and Ordinary Time). The antiphon for Easter calls for Mary to rejoice at the resurrection of her Son; each line ends with an 'Alleluia'. The title (and first two words) of the antiphon, in English, means, simply, "Queen of Heaven". It has been set to music by many great composers, including Palestrina, Lotti, Mozart, Brahms, and Gounod. Which is it? | Classics for Easter (jouen58) |
Regina Caeli. The "Regina Caeli" is the shortest of the Marian antiphons; the text, translated into English, is: "Queen of Heaven, rejoice (alleluia!), for he whom thou wast worthy to bear (alleluia!) has risen as he said (alleluia!). Pray for us to God (alleluia!).
Mozart seems to have been particularly fond of this text; he composed three setting of it, including one version (K. 108) that is practically a mini-cantata. Palestrina wrote a motet setting based on the Gregorian melody, as well as a mass based on the motet.
| How many eggs does Marcie destroy before she and Peppermint Patty finally run out of money and can't afford any more? | Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (Randyaimee) |
| Have I sent you running to the refrigerator yet? Don't forget to have a bottle of this "holy" dessert wine, traditionally served at Easter on hand to wash everything down with! | Italian Easter Foods (jouen58) |
Vin Santo. This slightly sweet wine is traditionally served during Holy Week; it's name simply means "Holy Wine".
Salute, Buon Appetito, and Buona Pasqua!
| GRASS. What member of the grass family can be used as construction material? | An Easter Basket (bullymom) |
bamboo . It's also been used in papermaking.
| For how many pieces of silver did Judas Iscariot betray Jesus? | What is Easter About? (beckyel) |
30. In the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 26 verse 15 it describes how Judas went to the Chief Priests and they weighed out thirty pieces of silver for him. Judas later realized what he had done and no longer wanted the money, so it was used to buy the Potter's Field (also known as the Blood Acre) where foreigners were buried. The thirty pieces of silver as the price on Jesus' head had been prophesied by Jeremiah.
| EGGS. What's unusual about the order of mammals called monotremes? | An Easter Basket (bullymom) |
Their eggs are deposited outside of the body. Platypuses and echidnas are members of this order.
| EASTER BUNNY. What country introduced the Easter Bunny to America? | An Easter Basket (bullymom) |
Germany. German immigrants introduced the Easter rabbit, a symbol of fertility for the spring holiday.
| Does the Easter Beagle finally come on Easter? Yes or no? | Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (Randyaimee) |
Yes. Snoopy delivers the eggs to all the boys and girls.
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- What is the origin and meaning of the word Easter? ( goto )
- What is the connection between Easter and Passover? ( goto )
- What is the term for the statues on Easter Island? ( goto )
- Why is Easter, unlike Christmas, a moveable feast? ( goto )
- When was Easter first offically celebrated as a holiday? ( goto )
- If it snows on christmas eve what colour will easter be? ( goto )
- How do they determine what date Easter will be? ( goto )
- How is the yearly date for Passover and Easter determined? ( goto )
- Who decides when Easter and Whitsun are celebrated? ( goto )
- Which ocean has an Easter Island? ( goto )
- Why isn't Easter the same weekend every year? ( goto )
- Why do we eat chocolate eggs at Easter? ( goto )
- How did the holiday Easter get its name? ( goto )
- How did the idea of the Easter Bunny come about? ( goto )
- When was the first Easter Egg Roll at the White House? ( goto )
- Why don't all Christians celebrate Easter on the same day? ( goto )
- Who started the first Easter egg hunt at the White House? ( goto )
- When did Cadbury's make their first chocolate Easter Egg? ( goto )
- What is the origin of the name Easter for the day christians celebrate the Resurrection of Christ? ( goto )
- Over the Easter holidays the Barrel Scrapers became world champions. In what sport? ( goto )
- Is it possible for Easter Day to fall on the same or neighbouring dates in successive years? Also, are all dates from March 22nd to April 25th equally likely dates for Easter Sunday to fall on? ( goto )
- Where did the pathetic idea of an Easter Bunny originate, and what's the meaning and purpose of it all? ( goto )
- Why are hidden features on a DVD called Easter Eggs and which was the first DVD to have them? ( goto )
- In many countries, a bunny rabbit represents Easter. In Switzerland, children get eggs from whom? ( goto )
- Since rabbits are not well liked in Australia, people want to replace the EASTER BUNNY with what native animal? ( goto )
- What percent of people give up something for Lent, and what percent of those continue giving it up until Easter? ( goto )
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