1) What is the primary ingredient in latkes? a) Tomatoes b) Potatoes c) Oil d) A lot of keys 2) Name this Hebrew letter. a) Alef b) Bet c) Ghimel d) Daled 3) On Passover, we have a ceremony called a... a) Seder b) Feast c) Bar Mitzvah d) Party 4) Which Jewish holiday is usually celebrated in December? a) Christmas b) Divoli c) Hanukkah d) Kwanza 5) In a game of dreidel, if you roll _____________, you take half the pot. a) Nun b) Ghimel c) Hay d) Shin 6) Hamentaschen have __ sides. a) 5 b) 8 c) 3 d) 4 7) True or false: Israel is located in Asia. a) True b) False 8) The capital city of Israel is... a) Salem b) Jerusalem c) Boston d) Wonderland 9) The name of Abraham's wife was... a) Rachel b) Leah c) Rebecca d) Ruth e) Sarah f) Deborah 10) Sufganiyot are often filled with... a) Chocolate b) Custard c) Icing d) Jelly 11) Sampson's strength was in his a) heart b) hands c) hair d) magic pendant 12) The 10 plagues: 1-3 a) Blood, frogs, lice b) Blood, lice, locusts c) Darkness, boils, frogs d) Floods, pestilence of livestock, disease 13) What is the name of the song-and-dance traditionally performed at the reception of a bar/bat mitzvah? a) The Hokey Pokey b) I Have A Little Dreidel c) The Torah d) The Hora 14) True of false: A girl can be Bat Mitzvahed at age 12 a) False b) True 15) The 10 plagues: 4-6 a) Frogs, lice, wild animals b) Wild animals, pestilence of livestock, boils c) Blood, darkness, hail d) Boils, pestilence of livestock, wild animals 16) Moses' followers worried he wouldn't be coming back from Mt. Sinai, so they built a golden a) calf b) cow c) sheep d) calf muscle 17) Which item wasn't always on the seder plate? a) Matzo b) Charoset c) Parsley d) Orange 18) The 10 plagues: 6-10 a) Boils, hail, locusts, blood b) Hail, locusts, darkness, death of firstborn c) Boils, darkness, frogs, wild animals d) Blood, locusts, hail, boils e) Hail, lice, darkness, death of firstborn f) Bubonic, Spanish Flu, Ebola, COVID-19 19) Which of the following is NOT a hebrew month? a) Kislev b) Adar c) Pesach d) Nisan 20) Joseph had ___ brothers. a) 9 b) 10 c) 11 d) 12 21) The letters on a dreidel mean: a) A great miracle happened there/here b) A wondrous miracle happened there/here c) A great happiness happened there d) A wonderful happiness happened here 22) Who was the man who led the Jews into Israel following the Exodus? a) God b) Aaron c) Moses d) Joshua 23) "Yom Kippur" means": a) Day of Repentance b) Day of Atonement c) Day of Redemption d) Day of Confession 24) Which is NOT a name for God? a) Adonai b) Hashem c) Olam d) Elohim 25) "Purim" means: a) Lots b) Costumes c) Carnival d) Courage 26) What Jewish year is it currently? a) 5779 b) 5765 c) 5790 d) 5775 e) 5781 f) 5784 27) Final round: Obscure and random facts! a) Bring it! b) Yeah, whatever. c) *Snoring* 28) Which celebrity is/was Jewish? a) George Washington b) Harry Houdini c) Taylor Swift d) Ben Franklin 29) Who is said to have been the pharaoh of Egypt during the story of Passover? a) Djoser b) Khufu c) Khafre d) Ramses II 30) What do Jews do to their prayerbooks when they accidentally drop them on the floor? a) Wash them b) Rub them c) Kiss them d) Throw them out 31) What do Jews sometimes do when they pray? a) Cross their arms b) Dance c) Rock back and forth d) All of the above 32) What are the Hebrew words for Mother and Father? a) Yeled and Yaldah b) Ish and Isha c) Ema and Aba d) Savta and Saba 33) What is the currency in Isarael called? a) Gelt b) Shekels c) Pounds d) Euros 34) Approximately how many Jews are there in the world? a) 15,000,000 b) 12,000,000 c) 20,000,000 d) 17,500,000

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