1) Round 1: Warm-up! a) Do we have to? b) This looks fun! c) *Daydreaming* 2) What is the primary ingredient in latkes? a) Tomatoes b) Potatoes c) Oil d) A lot of keys 3) Name this Hebrew letter. a) Alef b) Bet c) Ghimel d) Daled 4) On Passover, we have a ceremony called a... a) Seder b) Feast c) Bar Mitzvah d) Party 5) Which Jewish holiday is usually celebrated in December? a) Christmas b) Divoli c) Hanukkah d) Kwanza 6) In a game of dreidel, if you roll _____________, you take half the pot. a) Nun b) Ghimel c) Hay d) Shin 7) Hamentaschen have __ sides. a) 5 b) 8 c) 3 d) 4 8) True or false: Israel is located in Asia. a) True b) False 9) The capital city of Israel is... a) Salem b) Jerusalem c) Boston d) Wonderland 10) The name of Abraham's wife was... a) Rachel b) Leah c) Rebecca d) Ruth e) Sarah f) Deborah 11) Round 2: A little harder! a) Can I go now? b) What's happening? I fell asleep. c) Woohoo! 12) Sufganiyot are often filled with... a) Chocolate b) Custard c) Icing d) Jelly 13) Sampson's strength was in his a) heart b) hands c) hair d) magic pendant 14) The 10 plagues: 1-3 a) Blood, frogs, lice b) Blood, lice, locusts c) Darkness, boils, frogs d) Floods, pestilence of livestock, disease 15) 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 16) True of false: A girl can be Bat Mitzvahed at age 12 a) False b) True 17) 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 18) 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 19) Which item wasn't always on the seder plate? a) Matzo b) Charoset c) Parsley d) Orange 20) 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 21) Round 3: Getting tough! a) I don't care. b) Let's do it! c) (I wonder what Mom's cooking tonight...) 22) Which of the following is NOT a hebrew month? a) Kislev b) Adar c) Pesach d) Nisan 23) Joseph had ___ brothers. a) 9 b) 10 c) 11 d) 12 24) 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 25) Who was the man who led the Jews into Israel following the Exodus? a) God b) Aaron c) Moses d) Joshua 26) "Yom Kippur" means": a) Day of Repentance b) Day of Atonement c) Day of Redemption d) Day of Confession 27) True or false: to "have a Bar Mitzvah" is the correct term a) True b) False 28) Which is NOT a name for God? a) Adonai b) Hashem c) Olam d) Elohim 29) "Purim" means: a) Lots b) Costumes c) Carnival d) Courage 30) What Jewish year is it currently? a) 5779 b) 5765 c) 5790 d) 5775 e) 5781 f) 5784 31) Final round: Obscure and random facts! a) Bring it! b) Yeah, whatever. c) *Snoring* 32) Which celebrity is/was Jewish? a) George Washington b) Harry Houdini c) Taylor Swift d) Ben Franklin 33) Who is said to have been the pharaoh of Egypt during the story of Passover? a) Djoser b) Khufu c) Khafre d) Ramses II 34) 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 35) True or false: Over 50% of Jews live in Israel a) True b) False 36) What do Jews sometimes do when they pray? a) Cross their arms b) Dance c) Rock back and forth d) All of the above 37) 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 38) What is the currency in Isarael called? a) Gelt b) Shekels c) Pounds d) Euros 39) 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 40) About how long did it take me to make this? a) Ten minutes b) A half hour c) An hour d) Two hours e) Several hours f) A week

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