Q 01/05

The egg-laying 'Osterhase' hare tradition is believed to have originated in which country?

A) Germany

B) Netherlands

C) England

D) France

Answer · why

A) Germany

The custom was already mentioned in a German text of 1572, and it remained largely unknown in other German regions until the 18th century.

Q 02/05

The foil-wrapped Gold Bunny, sold since 1952, is made by a chocolate company based in which country?

A) Belgium

B) Switzerland

C) Luxembourg

D) Netherlands

Answer · why

B) Switzerland

Switzerland is home to the Gold Bunny's maker, which has wrapped the rabbit in gold foil since 1952 and gone to court in several countries to stop riv...

Q 03/05

In German Lutheran folklore, which role did the Easter Hare play at the start of Eastertide?

A) Guiding spring growth

B) Waking hibernating animals

C) Protecting hidden treasures

D) Judging children's behavior

Answer · why

D) Judging children's behavior

Judging children's behavior was the Easter Hare's job, much like Santa's list: only the well-behaved found eggs, and German-American lore recalls coal...

Q 04/05

German immigrants brought the tradition of the 'Osterhase' to which U.S. state in the 1700s?

A) New York

B) Massachusetts

C) Pennsylvania

D) Virginia

Answer · why

C) Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania's German settlers brought the Osterhase, a hare rather than a rabbit; in English it became the Easter Rabbit and, in time, the Easter Bun...

Q 05/05

In Hop, what does E.B. produce instead of ordinary rabbit droppings?

A) Jelly beans

B) Chocolate eggs

C) Marshmallows

D) Gumdrops

Answer · why

A) Jelly beans

Jelly beans are what E.B. leaves behind instead of droppings in Hop (2011); he also fakes an injury so that Fred, the driver who hit him, will take hi...