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69 free Easter Bunny trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
50 free Easter Bunny trivia questions with answers. Hop into the world of Easter with our engaging Easter Bunny trivia quiz! Test your knowledge about the history, legends, and fun facts surrounding this beloved holiday icon. Whether you're an Easter enthusiast or just curious about the traditions, this quiz will entertain and educate you.
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Q 01In which year was the foil-wrapped Gold Bunny with its red ribbon first produced?
1952
The Gold Bunny first appeared in 1952; the foil-wrapped milk-chocolate bunny with its red ribbon became its Swiss maker's best-known Easter product.
Q 02What was the 'Easter Hare's' original role in German Lutheran folklore?
Judging children's behavior
The 'Easter Hare' originally served as a judge, evaluating whether children were good or disobedient at the start of Eastertide, much like Santa Claus.
Q 03German immigrants brought the tradition of the 'Osterhase' to which U.S. state in the 1700s?
Pennsylvania
German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania in the 1700s are widely credited with introducing the Easter Hare tradition to America.
Q 04In Hop, what does E.B. produce instead of ordinary rabbit droppings?
Jelly beans
E.B. poops jelly beans, a running gag in Hop (2011) that first appears after he moves into the house Fred O'Hare is minding.
Q 05The association of bunnies and hares with Easter stems from their historical symbolism of what?
Fertility and new life
Rabbits and hares are known for their rapid reproduction, making them ancient symbols of fertility and the renewal of life associated with spring.
Q 06What hangs from the red ribbon around the neck of the foil-wrapped Gold Bunny?
A small bell
A small bell, golden like the foil, hangs from the red ribbon around the Gold Bunny's neck; the milk-chocolate bunny is its Swiss maker's signature Easter product.
Q 07President Rutherford B. Hayes started which Easter tradition at the White House?
The Egg Roll
Rutherford B. Hayes opened the White House grounds for the Egg Roll in 1878, after Congress's 1876 Turf Protection Law ended egg rolling on the Capitol lawn.
Q 08What color did early Christians dye Easter eggs, symbolizing the blood of Christ?
Red
Many Christians, especially in Eastern Orthodox traditions, dye their Easter eggs red to symbolize the blood of Christ.
Q 09Which chocolatier's gold-foil bunny was granted trademark status in 2000?
Lindt
Lindt registered the shape of its gold-foil Gold Bunny as a three-dimensional trademark, later defending it in court against Hauswirth in Austria and Lidl in Switzerland.
Q 10In German-influenced early American tradition, what did children make for the 'Osterhase' to leave eggs in?
Nests
Children would make nests, often from their caps or bonnets, for the Easter Hare to deposit colored eggs.
Q 11A medieval belief that the hare could reproduce chastely linked it to whom?
The Virgin Mary
The hare was believed able to reproduce without losing its virginity, so it became linked with the Virgin Mary and appears in manuscripts and paintings of the Virgin and Christ Child.
Q 12Which dog won the first Cadbury Bunny tryouts in 2019?
Henri, an English bulldog
Henri, an English bulldog from North Carolina, won the inaugural 2019 Cadbury Bunny tryouts and appeared in that year's Creme Egg commercial wearing bunny ears.
Q 13Which endangered marsupial is Australia's anti-rabbit Easter gift-bringer?
Bilby
Nicholas Newland of the Foundation for Rabbit-Free Australia pushed the idea in 1991, and bilby-shaped chocolates now fund conservation.
Q 21In which 2012 DreamWorks film does Hugh Jackman voice the Easter Bunny as the keeper of hope?
Rise of the Guardians
In 'Rise of the Guardians' (2012) Hugh Jackman's Easter Bunny fights alongside North, the Tooth Fairy, Sandman and Jack Frost against Pitch Black.
Q 22Volker Kraft hung up to 10,000 decorated eggs on an apple tree in which German town?
Saalfeld
Volker Kraft's Ostereierbaum in Saalfeld, Thuringia, grew from 18 plastic eggs in 1965 to around 10,000 decorated eggs before the family stopped in 2015.
Q 23In 'It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown', who keeps cooking the eggs meant for decorating?
Marcie
Marcie, coached by Peppermint Patty, fries the eggs, bakes them, presses them in a waffle iron and finally makes egg soup, never producing one fit to decorate.
Q 14The Easter Bunny is a prominent character in which 2011 animated film about the son of the Easter Bunny?
Hop
Hop (2011) follows E.B., the Easter Bunny's teenage son, who runs away to Hollywood from the candy factory hidden beneath Easter Island.
Q 15Which classic 1971 stop-motion animated film features a race to become the next Easter Bunny?
Here Comes Peter Cottontail
'Here Comes Peter Cottontail' (1971) is a Rankin/Bass stop-motion TV special in which Peter must out-deliver a scheming rival to become Chief Easter Bunny.
Q 16In a popular modern legend, a spring goddess turned a frozen bird into a hare, which kept what ability?
Laying eggs
In the tale the goddess turned a freezing bird into a hare that kept laying eggs; it has no basis in pre-Christian folklore and first appeared in K. A. Oberle's 1883 German book.
Q 17The 1974 Peanuts Easter special debuted on which US television network?
CBS
'It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown' premiered on CBS on April 9, 1974, five days before Easter, like every Peanuts special of that era.
Q 18The practice of creating decorative Easter eggs has historical connections to which Christian observance?
Lent
Historically, eggs were avoided during the Lenten fast, and when the fast ended at Easter, they were decorated and consumed as a special treat.
Q 19In France and Belgium, silent church bells are said to fly to which city before Easter?
Rome
In French and Belgian tradition the bells fall silent on Maundy Thursday and fly to Rome, returning on Easter morning to scatter eggs and chocolates.
Q 20Which rabbit in Du Bose Heyward's story aspires to be an Easter Bunny despite having many children?
Cottontail
Du Bose Heyward's 'The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes' features a heroine named Cottontail who becomes an Easter Bunny despite having 21 children.
Q 24Which braided Greek Easter bread is baked with red-dyed eggs pressed into the dough?
Tsoureki
Tsoureki is a sweet braided bread flavoured with mahleb and mastic; red-dyed hard-boiled eggs are set into the braid before it is baked for Easter.
Q 25What animated character famously hosts an 'Easter Special' featuring classic Warner Bros. cartoons?
Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny hosted 'Bugs Bunny's Easter Special,' showcasing classic Warner Bros. cartoons with an Easter theme.
Q 26Which Jan Brett picture book follows Hoppi, a young rabbit who ends up guarding a fallen robin's egg?
The Easter Egg
In Jan Brett's 'The Easter Egg' (2010) Hoppi never finishes his own egg; he guards a fallen robin's egg instead, and its empty blue shell wins the Easter Rabbit's prize.
Q 27Which 1948 musical starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire features Irving Berlin's 'A Couple of Swells'?
Easter Parade
'Easter Parade' (1948) pairs Judy Garland and Fred Astaire; its title number, also by Irving Berlin, is the film's best-known song, and 'A Couple of Swells' is their tramp duet.
Q 28Which 325 AD assembly is credited with tying Easter to the Sunday after spring’s full moon?
The Council of Nicaea
Tradition credits Constantine's bishops at Nicaea in 325 AD with the rule, though later scholarship doubts the council ever spelled it out.
Q 29Which British firm produced the first hollow chocolate Easter egg?
Fry & Sons
J. S. Fry & Sons of Bristol made Britain's first hollow chocolate Easter egg in 1873, two years before Cadbury, using a chocolate paste smooth enough to pour into moulds.
Q 30For Christians, the Easter egg is a symbol of what?
The empty tomb
Orthodox tradition goes further, reading the hard shell as the sealed tomb and its cracking as the resurrection.