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Breakfast Thursday, 17 April, 2003, 09:03 GMT 10:03 UK
Breakfast at Easter
Graphic of Easter eggs and flowers
Have a cracking time this Easter
Breakfast is on air as usual every morning throughout the holiday on BBC One and BBC News 24 (except on Saturday, when we're on BBC Two).

To get you into the spirit of the holiday, try our light-hearted Easter quiz.

How is the date of Easter fixed?
A: By a panel of bishops who pull a date out of a hat
B: It's the same each year: just look on the calendar
C: A complicated formula involving the first Sunday after the first full moon following the Spring Equinox
Roughly how many calories are there in 100g of chocolate?
A: 500 calories
B: None if you close your eyes and cross your fingers first
C: Too many squillions to contemplate
What is chick lit?
A: The debris left by battery farming
B: Books aimed at young single women
C: A magazine for lovelorn young poultry farmers
In a recent novel and film, who badly mis-judged a party when she went dressed as a Bunny Girl?
A: Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kidman) in The Hours
B: Cruella de Ville (Glenn Close) in 102 Dalmations
C: Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) in Bridget Jones' Diary
Which is the edible egg:
A: Quail's egg?
B: Faberge egg?
C: Curate's egg?
What is Easter Island in the Eastern Pacific famous for?
A: Parties: it's Mardi Gras every day
B: Eggs: it's home to the world's largest Albatross colony
C: Hundreds of giant stone statues, carved 1,000 years ago
What was the Easter Rising of 1916?
A: The biggest eruption to date of Sicily's Mount Etna
B: A rebellion of Irish republicans in Dublin
C: A strike by soldiers in the trenches, demanding chocolate
The British film The Long Good Friday starred which actor, playing a gangster called Harold?
A: Vinnie Jones
B: Rowan Atkinson
C: Bob Hoskins
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