An Easter Quiz

1. What three Apostles witnessed Jesus' agony in the Garden of Gethsemane?

2. Who came to strengthen Jesus during His agony in the Garden?

3. Who cut the ear off one of the slaves of the high priest?

4. Who was the high priest who presided over Jesus' trial before the Sanhedrin?

5. On what crime did the Sanhedrin convict Jesus in the early morning hours of Good Friday?

6. Who was the Roman governor who sentenced Jesus to death on a cross?

7. Who pleaded with the governor to let Jesus go?

8. Who was the prisoner released by the governor instead of Jesus?

9. Who was the king who treated Jesus with contempt and demanded He perform a miracle?

10. What happened to Judas after he betrayed Jesus?

11. Who was the man forced to help Jesus carry His cross through the streets of Jerusalem?

12. Who was the woman who wiped the face of Jesus with a veil or cloth?

13. What was the meaning of the inscription (INRI) at the top of the cross?

14. Who was the only apostle at the foot of the cross on Good Friday?

15. What was the name of the hill on which Jesus was crucified?

16. How many times did Jesus speak during the three hours He hung on the cross?

17. Who was the wealthy man who allowed Jesus to be buried in his own new grave?

18. What did the enemies of Jesus ask the Roman governor to do the day after Christ's death?

19. Who was the first person to arrive at the grave at dawn on Easter Sunday?

20. What did the soldiers who were guarding the tomb say happened early that morning?

21. What did the chief priests tell them to say if anyone asked about the missing body?

22. Who were the first two Apostles to arrive at the tomb on Easter morning?

23. What did they see that convinced them Jesus had risen from the dead?

24. Who was the first person to whom Jesus appeared after He rose from the dead?

25. To what village were the two disciples walking when Jesus appeared to them?

26. What convinced the two that it was really Jesus who was speaking to them?

27. Where were the apostles when Jesus appeared to them on Easter Sunday night?

28. What did He do to convince them that He was not a ghost?

29. What sacrament did Jesus institute during that appearance?

30. Which apostle was missing that night and said later he would not believe Jesus had risen unless he could put his fingers and hand in the wounds of Christ?

31. What did this apostle say when he saw Jesus a week later?

32. How many people actually saw Jesus before He ascended into Heaven 40 days after Easter?

33. To which apostle did Jesus ask three times, "Do you love me?" Why three times?

34. Who said some years later that if Jesus did not rise from the dead our faith is worthless?

35. What is Jesus' promise to use about the resurrection?

Answer to question 1 - Peter, James and John

Answer to question 2 - An angel

Answer to question 3 - Peter

Answer to question 4 - Caiaphas

Answer to question 5 - Blasphemy or claiming to be God

Answer to question 6 - Pontius Pilate

Answer to question 7 - Pilate's wife

Answer to question 8 - Barabbas

Answer to question 9 - Herod Antipas

Answer to question 10 - He hanged himself

Answer to question 11 - Simon of Cyrene

Answer to question 12 - Veronica

Answer to question 13 - Jesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum ("Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews")

Answer to question 14 - John

Answer to question 15 - Golgotha or Calvary

Answer to question 16 - Seven times

Answer to question 17 - Joseph of Arimathea

Answer to question 18 - To station soldiers to guard Jesus' grave

Answer to question 19 - Mary Magdalene

Answer to question 20 - An earthquake and an angel rolling back the stone

Answer to question 21 - The disciples stole the body while the soldiers were sleeping

Answer to question 22 - Peter and John

Answer to question 23 - The condition of the burial cloths

Answer to question 24 - Mary Magdalene

Answer to question 25 - Emmaus

Answer to question 26 - When He "broke the bread" and distributed it to them

Answer to question 27 - In the Upper Room where the Last Supper had taken place

Answer to question 28 - He ate a piece of cooked fish

Answer to question 29 - Penance or Confession

Answer to question 30 - Thomas

Answer to question 31 - "My Lord and my God"

Answer to question 32 - More than 500

Answer to question 33 - Peter, because he had denied Jesus three times

Answer to question 34 - Saint Paul

Answer to question 35 - "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he should die, will come to life; and whoever is alive and believes in me will never die"