Easter Trivia Questions

Hollow bunnies are cheaper to produce and less likely to break during shipping. The air pocket also prevents cracking as chocolate cools.

Easter is a moveable feast based on the lunar calendar, falling on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, so it varies between March 22 and April 25.

Over 200 million Peeps are sold annually for Easter, making them the top-selling non-chocolate Easter candy, according to manufacturer Just Born.

President Rutherford B. Hayes officially started the White House Easter Egg Roll in 1878, after children were banned from rolling eggs on Capitol Hill.

German settlers in Pennsylvania in the 1700s introduced the 'Osterhase,' a hare that laid eggs for children, which evolved into today's Easter Bunny.

While some claim a link to the goddess Eostre, the name's origin is debated. Most scholars trace 'Easter' to the Old English word 'Ēastre,' but evidence for a pagan goddess is thin.

Easter outranks Christmas in church attendance, with about 40% of Americans attending services, including many who rarely go otherwise.

Dyeing eggs dates back to early Christians in Mesopotamia, who stained eggs red to symbolize the blood of Christ. Egyptians did not practice this.