Bumper Holiday S'Quiz - Easter

0:00Squiz Kids acknowledges the traditional owners of the lands on which we podcast the terrible and comber-marry people Squiz Kids! It's your daily news fix. One, three, fresh Hello faithful Squiz Kids listeners and welcome to the kids versus adult bumper holiday quiz on Easter. I'm Bryce Corbet. All year in the Squiz Kids daily podcast, we've been bringing you the big news stories of the day, run through our kid-friendly filter to make sure you know all you need to know about the world around you. And at the end of every week, we've tested how much you've retained in the kids versus adults weekly news quiz. But now, because it's Easter, and it's the Easter holidays, we're presenting a couple of bumper kids versus adult quizzes to see who's smarter, kids or adults. Plus, we've got all of this week's birthday shout outs, including the birthday reggae tune, because it wouldn't be a Friday without it. So here's how this quiz works. 10

1:04questions for kids about Easter, then 10 questions for adults. Whoever answers the most correct questions wins. Easy peasy. You ready? Let's do this. All right kids, here are your 10 questions. Question number one, let's ease you in with an easy one. What do we call the lovely hot raisin buns that are traditionally served at Easter? Yeah, that's right, they're called hot cross buns. Question number two, true or false? The cross on top of hot cross buns is there as a symbol of the Christian celebration of Easter, signifying the cross that Jesus died on. Yep, that's right, the answer is true. Question number three, turning to Matt's chocolatey. What's the name of the man who owns the chocolate factory in the role Dal classic book and movie Charlie and the chocolate factory? Did you get the answer? Yeah, of course, the owner of the

2:13chocolate factory is Willy Wonka. Question number four, the Friday, before Easter Sunday, as in today is called what? Yeah, of course, it's good Friday. Question number five, not strictly Easter related, but it has a rabbit in it. Which film series based on a Beatrix Potter book follows the adventures of a very naughty rabbit who's always breaking into farmer McGregor's vegetable garden and almost getting caught. Yeah, that's right, it's Peter Rabbit. Question number six, again, not strictly Easter related, but it also has a rabbit in it. Name, the animated film that stars Judy Hopps as a trainee country cop in the big city who teams up with a wildly fox called Nick Wilde to solve a mystery. And I'll give you a hint, the first syllable is zoo.

3:17Yeah, that's right, I'm talking about Zootopia. Question number seven, instead of the Easter bunny, here in Australia we sometimes see the Easter what? Based on a super cute native Australian marsupial. Yeah, of course, it's the Easter Bilby. Question number eight, chocolate, which you're probably going to eat a lot of this weekend, comes from the seeds of which tree, often grown in South America and Africa. Is it A, the Banyan tree, B, the Kakau tree, or C, the Christmas tree? Did you say C, the Christmas tree? Well, you'd be wrong. It's B, the Kakau tree. Question number nine, a fancy hat worn at Easter and often in parades at school is called an Easter what?

4:18Yeah, that's right, it's an Easter bonnet. Question number 10, finish this popular Easter song, which maybe you've played on a recorder. Hot cross buns, hot cross buns. Yep, well done if you said one a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns. How did you go kids? How many did you get right out of five? Do you reckon you're going to beat the adults? Yeah, I reckon so too. Okay, adults, now it's your turn. Fire up that old grey matter of yours because here we go. Question number one, according to the Bible, who was the first person to see Jesus after his resurrection? Yeah, well done if you said Mary Magdalene. Question number two, how many days is lent? The period where devout Christians give up something they love.

5:26It is in fact 40 days. Question number three, true or false? In Switzerland Easter eggs aren't delivered by the Easter bunny, but by a cuckoo instead. Yep, it's true. Question number four, in the Christian calendar, the day before Ash Wednesday, when pancakes are traditionally made, it's called what? Yes, of course, it is in fact Shrove Tuesday. Question number five, Easter Island, in the middle of the Pacific Island, is famous for its enormous stone heads carved by the Rapa Newy people, which South American country does Easter Island belong to? Yeah, all right, not strictly an Easter question, but kind of sort of. It belongs, of course, to Chile. Question number six, true or false? Easter Island was so named when discovered by Danish

6:32explorer Jacob Rogovine because he sailed upon it on Easter Sunday in 1722. Well done, if you said true. Question number seven, in the kid's movie Rise of the Guardians, the Easter bunny is voiced by which famous Aussie actor. Yeah, that's right, it's Hugh Jackman. Question number eight, finished the next line of lyric in this popular Easter song. Here comes Peter Cottontail. Yeah, well done if you said hopping down the bunny trail. Question number nine, true or false? The Easter bunny is believed to have its origins in Germany with an egg-laying hair called the Ulsterhast.

7:32Well done if you said true, and if you don't believe me, have a listen to the recent Squizz Kids shortcut on Easter. Question number 10, here's one for the truly pious among you. How many stations of the cross are there? There are in fact 14. How did you go adults? How many did you get right? Did you beat the kids? Who won bragging rights this Easter? Well that's the end of the quiz, which means it's now time for shout out. It's Friday April 3. Today my friends is good Friday, and important date on the Christian calendar, marking the start of Easter, and also the sign that it's only two more sleeps to Easter Sunday and the inevitable chocolate coma that comes with it. It's also a special Easter weekend for the following kids celebrating a birthday today, and over the coming Easter weekend, and because it's a Friday, let's crack out that old birthday

8:38reggae tune. Hit it! And it's a happy birthday this weekend too, Jalen from Vermont South, Louisa from Brighton East, Elliott from Kenmore, Arthur from Pacanum, Kiki from North Ride, Nicholas from New Beath, Jet from Forest Lake, Xavier from Old Gate, Sruti from Glenn Waverley, and Ben from Garvoc. Well that's all we have time for. I hope you're enjoying these quizzes. Join us again on Monday when Christie will have a school holiday brain teaser to get your brain in gear and keep those cogs spinning over the school holidays. In fact, we'll have a brain teaser for you every day from Monday to Thursday throughout the school holidays, and of course we'll have a bumper holiday quiz for you every Friday. Perfect for those school holiday road trips or just lounging around at home. For now though, this is Bryce Corbett signing off and reminding you all to get out there and have a most excellent Easter weekend over and out.