POP QUIZ ( EASTER BUNNY )

What do you know about Easter traditions?

1. What was the original name of the Easter Bunny?
     a) Oster Haas
     b) Waffle Haas
     c) Peter Cottontail
     d) Wilhelm von Hoppenschmitz
2. What's the origin of Easter egg hunting?
     a) Children starved by evil step-parents went in search of food.
     b) Hide and seek became boring.
     c) Children in the 18th century believed the Easter Bunny laid colorful eggs during spring.
     d) Egg farmers began hiding eggs from wily foxes.
3. The first edible Easter eggs began in Germany during the early 19th century.  What were they made of?
    a) Eggs.
    b) Pastry and sugar.
    c) Wienerschnitzel.
    d) Braunschweiger and cheese.
4. Which most closely defines Easter?
    a) A goddess of light or spring
    b) A spring storm missing the Nor'
    c) An inhabitant of the East
    d) Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate
5. The Easter Bunny is a symbol of what?
    a) National Egg Council
    b) Fertility
    c) Yet another hoax perpetrated on children worldwide?
    d) The generous nature of critters
6. In Northwest European folklore, the Easter Bunny is not a rabbit.  What is it?
    a) Hare
    b) Spring land otter
    c) Brown-beaked capon
    d) A lemur with a cholesterol problem
7. The Easter Bunny was first introduced to the United States by German settlers who arrived in ....?
    a) A Mercedes
    b) Little Egg Harbor, N.J.
    c) Tarrytown, N.Y.
    d) Pennsylvania Dutch country
8. What is a female Easter Bunny called?
    a) A doe
    b) A deer
    c) A female rabbit
    d) A hoppy homemaker
9. When an Easter Bunny gives birth, what are her newborns called?
    a) Bunnies
    b) Pups
    c) Kits
    d) Kaboodles
10. Jack Rollins and Steve Nelson wrote the song "Here Comes Peter Cottontail."  What other holiday song did they pen?
   a) "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
   b) "White Christmas"
   c) "Blue Christmas"
   d) "White Rabbit"
11. Americans eat 16 billion jelly-beans at Easter, enough to circle the Earth how many times?
   a) One
   b) Two
   c) Three
   d) Four

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ANSWERS : 1. a  ; 2. c  ; 3. b  ; 4. a  ; 5. b  ; 6. a  ; 7. d  ; 8. a  ; 9. c  ; 10. a  ; 11. c