The answers to an easter quiz. If you’ve not done it yet, and want to, head over to that page before reading on.
1. Who is the most famous creation of Beatrix Potter, first published in 1901 and an animated/live-action adaptation based on the character grossed almost $200 million worldwide?
Peter Rabbit
2. Which instantly recognizable and unforgettable cartoon character was created in 1938 by Leon Schlesinger Productions, which later became Warner Bros. Cartoons and was first voiced by voice actor Mel Blanc?
Bugs Bunny
3. Better known as ‘Stuffat tal-Fenek’ to the Maltese, what is another name for the dish considered to be Malta’s national dish that has been around the Maltese Islands since the Knights of St John?
Rabbit stew
4. Who is the central character in the Uncle Remus stories, a collection of children’s stories set in the Southern United States beginning in 1880 and adapted from African-American folktales?
Br’er Rabbit
5. Who is 6-foot-3½-inch tall, invisible and best friend to Elwood P. Dowd, an amiable barfly played by James Stewart in the 1950 movie of the same name as this character?
Harvey
6. Which waitressing “role” was created by Hugh Hefner in 1953 for his club?
Playboy Bunny
7. Which children’s book, written by Margery Williams and first published in 1922, tells the story of a stuffed rabbit who wants to become a real one?
The Velveteen Rabbit
8. Who is this popular beat combo and what song re they singing?
Jefferson Airplane, White Rabbit
9. Who was framed for the murder of the owner of Toontown and hires a private detective to clear his name in a 1988 Disney movie?
Roger Rabbit
10. What is an anthropomorphic pink battery powered rabbit that first appeared in adverts in 1973 and is trademarked for use in all parts of the world except the United States and Canada?
Duracell Bunny
11. Who first appeared in the Disney film Bambi and got his name from the habit his hind foot exhibits?
Thumper
12. Who is the protagonist in the Richard Adams 1972 novel Watership Down?
Hazel
13. In Donnie Darko, the 2001 American science fiction psychological thriller who informs troubled teenager Donnie that the world will end in 28 days?
Frank, a mysterious figure in a rabbit costume
14. Which animal shaped chocolate with a soft caramel centre, launched 2010, is only available at Easter?
Cadbury Dairy Milk Caramel Bunny
15. In the British children’s TV programme Pipkins, alongside Pig and Topov who was the third star in the series which ran from 1973 to 1981?
Hartley Hare
16. What was the name of the 5th Wallace & Gromit claymation outing, released in 2005 and the only feature film in the series?
The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
17. Who had a 1989 hit with Swing the Mood, their first single, reaching number 1 in 16 countries including the UK?
Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
18. Which English idiomatic phrase is derived from the observed antics of the Lepus europaeus, the phrase is an allusion that can be used to refer to any other animal or human who behaves in the excitable and unpredictable manner?
Mad as a March hare
19. Along with Owl, which other of Winnie-the-Pooh’s friends in A.A. Milne’s books was not based on a toy owned by Milne’s son, Christopher?
Rabbit
20. First appearing in the 1700s what has been a religious symbol for centuries, although it doesn’t appear in the Bible, the tradition is believed to have begun with German Lutherans and reached the United States through immigrants who kept the tradition?
The Easter Bunny
