Easter Quiz

effata A to definicje 18.04.06, 22:54

Pancake Day - Pancakes are eaten and pancake races are held in villages and
towns. The object of the race is to get to the finishing line first, carrying a
frying pan with a cooked pancake in it whilst flipping the pancake a pre-
decided number of times. The skill lies not so much in the running of the race
but in flipping and catching the pancake, which must be intact when the
finishing line is reached.

figgy pudding - a rich, steamed pudding containing dried fruit, especially
figs, spices an often brandy, served as a part of Christmas dinner.

Shrove Tuesday - The last day before the period which Christians call Lent.
This day is one of the moveable feasts in the church calendar and is directly
related to the date on which Easter falls. The name Shrove comes from the old
word "shrive" which means to confess. On Shrove Tuesday, in the Middle Ages,
people used to confess their sins so that they were forgiven before the season
of Lent began. It is known also as Pancake Day.

Bloody Mary - A type of cocktail made from vodka and tomato juice. The name is
connected with Queen Mary Tudor, whose nickname – Bloody Mary – was given her
by the Protestants whom she persecuted cruelly.

Jerusalem - The title of the hymn with words by William Blake traditionally
sung at the end of a meeting by members of Women’s Institute.

Trooping the colour - An annual ceremony held on the official Birthday of the
queen or king on Horse Guards Parade in London, when regiments parade the
regimental flag (‘colour’) before the sovereign.

jarping - Another activity that happens during Easter is the playing of a game
with the eggs, which is rather like a very popular game called “conkers”
(played with seeds of the horse chestnut tree). Each person holds a pace egg
firmly in his hand and knocks it against his opponent's to see which is the
strongest and which egg can score the most victims.

porridge - a standard dish in an English Breakfast – oatmeal cooked in water or
milk until it is thick. It is eaten hot with sugar or salt and milk or cream
added on top.

Egg Hunt - Small chocolate eggs are hidden for the children to find. They are
either hollow or have a filling, and are usually covered with brightly coloured
silver paper.

Guy Fawkes’s Night - A popular celebration annually on the evening of 5
November, the day of the original Gunpowder Plot, when Roman Catholics planned
to kill King James I in the Parliament by exploding barrels of gunpowder. Guy
Fawkes was one of the conspirators. On that day a firework display is arranged.

Maundy Thursday - On this day, Christians remember the Last Supper. It is one
of the lesser known days of the Christian calendar. Maundy Thursday is the day
before Good Friday. Its name is derived from the Latin word maundatum (command)
and recalls Christ's words at the Last Supper: 'And now I give you a new
commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one
another. During the Last Supper, Jesus washed his disciples feet.

Palm Sunday - The Sunday just before Easter. It marks the end of Lent and
celebrates Jesus' arrival in Jerusalem for the Jewish festival of Passover.
Great crowds of people lined the streets waving palm branches to welcome him.
On that day, children are given crosses made from single palm leaves. Many
churches hold processions around or between churches. It is a time of
celebration as well as sadness because Jesus died on a cross less than a week
after he had entered Jerusalem. It is the beginning of Holy Week, the last week
of Lent and therefore the week leading up to Easter.

Lent - The forty days (not counting Sundays) before Easter. This is the time of
year in England when the days begin to lengthen with the coming of Spring. It
begins on Ash Wednesday, the day after Pancake Day.

Boxing Day - The day following Christmas Day. It was formerly the custom to
give ‘Christmas Boxes’ or gifts of money to servants and tradesmen on this day.
Today many people still give gifts to dustmen and paperboys / girls.

Mother’s Day - It has been celebrated in Britain on the fourth Sunday in Lent
since at least the 16th century. It is the middle Sunday of the fasting period
of Lent (which lasts from Ash Wednesday to Easter). It began as a religious
festival where people used to visit 'Mother Churches. In the 17th century,
Christians went to church on this day to pay their respects to the mother
church of their religion. Since everyone came to church on this day, it became
a kind of family reunion day as well, and people would say they were gone "a
mothering." They began to bring flowers, usually daffodils, and treats to their
mother on the occasion and often baked a special fruitcake for her, called a
simnel cake, with almond paste.

hot cross buns - Buns containing currants or candid fruit, with their
combination of spicy, sweet and fruity flavors have long been an Easter
tradition. The pastry cross on top of the buns symbolizes and reminds
Christians of the cross that Jesus was killed on. The buns were traditionally
eaten hot with butter on them at breakfast time. They were once sold by street
vendors who sang a little song about them

Good Friday - Good Friday is the Friday before Easter Sunday. On this day,
Christians remember the day when Jesus was crucified on a cross. The name may
be derived from 'God's Friday' in the same way that good-bye is derived
from 'God be with ye'.

Ash Wednesday - It's a day of penitence to clean the soul before the Lent fast.
Ashes were used in the past as a symbol of being sorry. Christians rubbed ashes
on their foreheads. They wanted to show God that they were sorry for the wrong
things they had done in the past year. The ashes are made by burning palm
crosses from the previous Palm Sunday.
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tuti Re: Easter Quiz 17.04.06, 15:54

No to po Easter juz wszystkim latwiej!
Dla mnie nowinka byly hot cross buns, ktore co prawda nie zostaly nawet
skonsumowane (biedna babcia, co ona z tymi wszystkimi pozostalymi zrobi teraz?
przeciez sama do przyszlych easter nie zje! )
Ale i tak generalnie jestem na nie (zwlaszcza ze lany poniedzialek spedzam przy
biurku) . ani sie nie objadlam, ani nie poleniuchowalam, ani nie bylo sie nawet
na co/ani dla kogo wystroic ;)
Kicha :)
- effata Dałam plamę z tym testem, ale ... 18.04.06, 22:49
  
  ... tak pro forma podaję te odpowiedzi. (Sorry, ale naprawdę nie miałam kiedy
  wkleić, choć wygląda na to, że tylko Tuti czekała na odpowiedzi :-D)
  A zatem prawidłowe odpowiedzi to:
  d. Maundy Thursday
  e. Shrove Tuesday
  f. Palm Sunday
  h. Lent
  n. hot cross buns
  p. Good Friday
  r. Egg Hunt
  q. Ash Wednesday
  
  --
  Don't guess.
  - effata A to definicje 18.04.06, 22:54
    
    Pancake Day - Pancakes are eaten and pancake races are held in villages and
    towns. The object of the race is to get to the finishing line first, carrying a
    frying pan with a cooked pancake in it whilst flipping the pancake a pre-
    decided number of times. The skill lies not so much in the running of the race
    but in flipping and catching the pancake, which must be intact when the
    finishing line is reached.
    
    figgy pudding - a rich, steamed pudding containing dried fruit, especially
    figs, spices an often brandy, served as a part of Christmas dinner.
    
    Shrove Tuesday - The last day before the period which Christians call Lent.
    This day is one of the moveable feasts in the church calendar and is directly
    related to the date on which Easter falls. The name Shrove comes from the old
    word "shrive" which means to confess. On Shrove Tuesday, in the Middle Ages,
    people used to confess their sins so that they were forgiven before the season
    of Lent began. It is known also as Pancake Day.
    
    Bloody Mary - A type of cocktail made from vodka and tomato juice. The name is
    connected with Queen Mary Tudor, whose nickname – Bloody Mary – was given her
    by the Protestants whom she persecuted cruelly.
    
    Jerusalem - The title of the hymn with words by William Blake traditionally
    sung at the end of a meeting by members of Women’s Institute.
    
    Trooping the colour - An annual ceremony held on the official Birthday of the
    queen or king on Horse Guards Parade in London, when regiments parade the
    regimental flag (‘colour’) before the sovereign.
    
    jarping - Another activity that happens during Easter is the playing of a game
    with the eggs, which is rather like a very popular game called “conkers”
    (played with seeds of the horse chestnut tree). Each person holds a pace egg
    firmly in his hand and knocks it against his opponent's to see which is the
    strongest and which egg can score the most victims.
    
    porridge - a standard dish in an English Breakfast – oatmeal cooked in water or
    milk until it is thick. It is eaten hot with sugar or salt and milk or cream
    added on top.
    
    Egg Hunt - Small chocolate eggs are hidden for the children to find. They are
    either hollow or have a filling, and are usually covered with brightly coloured
    silver paper.
    
    Guy Fawkes’s Night - A popular celebration annually on the evening of 5
    November, the day of the original Gunpowder Plot, when Roman Catholics planned
    to kill King James I in the Parliament by exploding barrels of gunpowder. Guy
    Fawkes was one of the conspirators. On that day a firework display is arranged.
    
    Maundy Thursday - On this day, Christians remember the Last Supper. It is one
    of the lesser known days of the Christian calendar. Maundy Thursday is the day
    before Good Friday. Its name is derived from the Latin word maundatum (command)
    and recalls Christ's words at the Last Supper: 'And now I give you a new
    commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one
    another. During the Last Supper, Jesus washed his disciples feet.
    
    Palm Sunday - The Sunday just before Easter. It marks the end of Lent and
    celebrates Jesus' arrival in Jerusalem for the Jewish festival of Passover.
    Great crowds of people lined the streets waving palm branches to welcome him.
    On that day, children are given crosses made from single palm leaves. Many
    churches hold processions around or between churches. It is a time of
    celebration as well as sadness because Jesus died on a cross less than a week
    after he had entered Jerusalem. It is the beginning of Holy Week, the last week
    of Lent and therefore the week leading up to Easter.
    
    Lent - The forty days (not counting Sundays) before Easter. This is the time of
    year in England when the days begin to lengthen with the coming of Spring. It
    begins on Ash Wednesday, the day after Pancake Day.
    
    Boxing Day - The day following Christmas Day. It was formerly the custom to
    give ‘Christmas Boxes’ or gifts of money to servants and tradesmen on this day.
    Today many people still give gifts to dustmen and paperboys / girls.
    
    Mother’s Day - It has been celebrated in Britain on the fourth Sunday in Lent
    since at least the 16th century. It is the middle Sunday of the fasting period
    of Lent (which lasts from Ash Wednesday to Easter). It began as a religious
    festival where people used to visit 'Mother Churches. In the 17th century,
    Christians went to church on this day to pay their respects to the mother
    church of their religion. Since everyone came to church on this day, it became
    a kind of family reunion day as well, and people would say they were gone "a
    mothering." They began to bring flowers, usually daffodils, and treats to their
    mother on the occasion and often baked a special fruitcake for her, called a
    simnel cake, with almond paste.
    
    hot cross buns - Buns containing currants or candid fruit, with their
    combination of spicy, sweet and fruity flavors have long been an Easter
    tradition. The pastry cross on top of the buns symbolizes and reminds
    Christians of the cross that Jesus was killed on. The buns were traditionally
    eaten hot with butter on them at breakfast time. They were once sold by street
    vendors who sang a little song about them
    
    Good Friday - Good Friday is the Friday before Easter Sunday. On this day,
    Christians remember the day when Jesus was crucified on a cross. The name may
    be derived from 'God's Friday' in the same way that good-bye is derived
    from 'God be with ye'.
    
    Ash Wednesday - It's a day of penitence to clean the soul before the Lent fast.
    Ashes were used in the past as a symbol of being sorry. Christians rubbed ashes
    on their foreheads. They wanted to show God that they were sorry for the wrong
    things they had done in the past year. The ashes are made by burning palm
    crosses from the previous Palm Sunday.
    --
    Don't guess.
    - effata No i wychodzi na to, że ... 18.04.06, 22:59
      
      ... większość tradycji wielkanocnych ma podłoże religijne (czego chyba o
      Christmas nie można powiedzieć - przynajmniej w Anglii).
      A więcej można jeszcze doczytać tutaj (na przyszły rok oczywiście :)))
      Easter
      --
      Don't guess.
      - effata A tak w ogóle ... 18.04.06, 23:00
        
        To ze mną naprawdę wszystko w porządku, choć wygląda na to, że gadam sama ze
        sobą :))))
        --
        Don't guess.
        
        aniaheasley Re: A tak w ogóle ... 19.04.06, 08:56
        
        effata, jezeli Shrove Tuesday nalezy to Pancake Day chyba tez automatycznie
        nalezy jako ze to ten sam dzien :-)

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