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157 free Easter Eggs trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
12 free Easter eggs trivia questions with answers. Easter eggs are a beloved symbol of spring and renewal celebrated worldwide. Whether you're curious about their historical origins, cultural significance, or fun traditions, this trivia quiz will test your knowledge. Take our 157-question Easter eggs challenge and discover fascinating facts about this iconic holiday tradition!
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Q 01What is the primary Christian symbolism of the Easter egg?
The Empty Tomb
The Empty Tomb from which Jesus rose is what the egg stands for, and cracking the shell represents his resurrection from the dead.
Q 02What colour are Easter eggs dyed in Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches to represent the blood of Christ?
Red
In Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, Easter eggs are dyed red to represent the blood of Christ, with the hard shell symbolizing the sealed Tomb of Christ.
Q 03Beyond Christian symbolism, what have eggs traditionally represented across cultures?
Fertility and rebirth
Eggs are a near-universal symbol of new life; painted eggs have decorated Iranian Nowruz tables for at least 2,500 years, and Persepolis reliefs show people carrying eggs to the king.
Q 04Ukrainian decorated Easter eggs, 'pysanky', take their name from the verb 'pysaty'. What does 'pysaty' mean?
To write
The word 'pysanky' comes from the Ukrainian word 'pysaty', meaning "to write," referring to the intricate designs written on the eggs with beeswax.
Q 05Which Russian Tsar commissioned the first Imperial Fabergé egg as an Easter gift for his wife in 1885?
Alexander III
Tsar Alexander III commissioned the first Imperial Fabergé egg, known as the "Hen Egg," in 1885 as an Easter gift for his wife, Empress Maria Feodorovna.
Q 06The tradition of the Easter egg hunt is widely believed to have originated in which country?
Germany
The custom is often traced to 16th-century Germany, where Martin Luther is said to have had men hide eggs in the garden for wives and children to find; German migrants later carried it to North America and to Queen Victoria's household.
Q 07In medieval Europe, why were eggs traditionally forbidden during the Lenten period before Easter?
They were seen as animal products
During Lent, a period of fasting before Easter, eggs were historically among the animal products (along with meat and dairy) that Christians abstained from eating.
Q 08Which 1979 Atari 2600 game hid programmer Warren Robinett's name in a secret room, giving us the term 'Easter egg'?
Adventure
Adventure's secret room led Atari's Steve Wright to coin the term 'Easter egg' around 1980, in reference to an Easter egg hunt.
Q 09Which 1973 video game, predating 'Adventure', has an Easter egg where players can find a McDonald's restaurant?
Moonlander
The earliest known video game Easter egg is found in the 1973 game "Moonlander," where flying the module horizontally through several screens reveals a McDonald's restaurant.
Q 10Which famous cheat sequence was first used in 'Gradius' and became widely known through 'Contra'?
Konami Code
The "Konami Code" (↑↑↓↓←→←→BA) was first used in Konami's "Gradius" and gained widespread fame from "Contra," becoming one of the most recognized software Easter eggs.
Q 11Typing 'do a barrel roll' into which search engine makes the whole page spin 360 degrees?
Searching "do a barrel roll" (or "z or r twice", the Star Fox button prompt) makes the Google results page spin a full 360 degrees.
Q 12What surprising interactive Easter egg did Excel 97 contain?
A hidden flight simulator
Microsoft Excel 97 notably contained a full-fledged hidden flight simulator as an Easter egg, accessible through a specific series of steps.
Q 13The Christian custom of dyed Easter eggs is traced by many sources to early Christians in which region?
Mesopotamia
From there it spread through the Orthodox churches into Eastern Europe and Siberia, and later into the West.
Q 21The Ukrainian pysanka is decorated using hot wax applied with a stylus called what?
A kistka
The kistka is a small funnel-tipped stylus that lays molten beeswax onto the egg before each dye bath, the same wax-resist principle used in batik.
Q 22In the German Lutheran folk belief that gave us the Easter Bunny, the 'Easter Hare' originally played what role for children?
A judge of their behaviour
A judge of their behaviour, like Santa's naughty-or-nice list: only good children got coloured eggs in the nests they made in their caps.
Q 23The Cadbury Creme Egg was launched in 1963 under which sister brand's name?
Fry's
Q 14In which country were the oldest known decorated eggshells, engraved 60,000 years ago, found?
South Africa
The engraved ostrich eggshell fragments, about 60,000 years old, come from Diepkloof Rock Shelter in South Africa's Western Cape; ostrich shell is strong enough to be carved without breaking.
Q 15Volker Kraft hung about 10,000 decorated eggs on an apple tree in which German town?
Saalfeld
The Saalfelder Ostereierbaum in Saalfeld, Thuringia, began with a handful of eggs in 1965 and reached about 10,000 decorated eggs by 2012, drawing crowds each spring until the Kraft family stopped in 2015.
Q 16Why did Warren Robinett hide his name in Adventure rather than simply put it in the credits?
Atari refused to credit programmers
Atari refused to credit programmers, fearing rivals would poach named developers; when players found Robinett's secret room, management judged a recall too costly and left it in.
Q 17The World Egg Jarping Championships, a knockout egg-tapping contest, are held each Easter Sunday where in England?
County Durham
The World Egg Jarping Championships take place at Peterlee Cricket Club in County Durham; players tap hard-boiled eggs point to point and the player whose shell survives advances.
Q 18Which president brought the annual Easter Egg Roll to the White House lawn in 1878?
Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes opened the South Lawn to egg rollers in 1878, two years after Congress's 1876 Turf Protection Law banned the children's games on the Capitol grounds.
Q 19The White House Egg Roll is held on which day each spring?
Easter Monday
The White House Easter Egg Roll takes place on Easter Monday, the day after Easter Sunday, on the South Lawn, a tradition dating to 1878 under Rutherford B. Hayes.
Q 20How many Imperial Easter eggs did Fabergé deliver to the tsars between 1885 and 1916?
50
Fabergé delivered 50 Imperial eggs: ten to Alexander III and forty to Nicholas II; two more were begun for Easter 1917 but never presented because of the revolution.
The egg debuted in 1963 as Fry's Creme Egg, under the J. S. Fry & Sons name that Cadbury had absorbed, and was renamed Cadbury's Creme Egg in 1971.
Q 24Kinder Surprise, launched in 1974, was created by which Italian confectioner?
Ferrero
Ferrero's Michele Ferrero and William Salice modelled it on the Italian Easter custom of giving children a big chocolate egg with a toy inside.
Q 25Confetti-filled cascarones, cracked over heads at Easter and Carnival, come from where?
Mexico
They are said to descend from perfume-filled eggs Marco Polo brought from China; the custom is now common in the US Southwest.
Q 26An early egg dance reference comes from Philibert II of Savoy's wedding to which princess?
Margaret of Austria
Margaret of Austria, daughter of Emperor Maximilian I, married Philibert II of Savoy; an account of their wedding festivities describes an egg dance, one of the earliest references to the custom.
Q 27In the Pace Egg folk plays of Lancashire and Yorkshire, performed at Easter, which saint smites all challengers?
St George
St George does the smiting in some versions, and a fool called Toss Pot rejoices at the outcome; the plays were revived in Lancashire and West Yorkshire.
Q 28Nicaea in 325 fixed Easter as the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after what?
The vernal equinox
Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox, fixed in church tables as 21 March; the moon is calculated, not observed, so dates can differ from the astronomical one.
Q 29The Osterbrunnen, an Easter fountain decorated with painted eggshells, is a tradition from which German region?
Franconia
The Osterbrunnen custom comes from Franconia, especially the Franconian Switzerland region of Bavaria; the Bieberbach fountain entered Guinness World Records in 2001 with 11,108 hand-painted eggshells.
Q 30Disney's 'Hidden Mickey' Easter eggs trace back to Imagineers designing which park?
Epcot
Hidden Mickeys began when Imagineers designing Epcot, a park meant to have no Disney characters, slipped three-circle Mickey silhouettes into its details; Disney's cast newsletter Eyes and Ears later published the first sightings.