Monday, December 4, 2006

To be fair. A Hanukkah Quiz!!



     Hanukkah Quiz
     answers coming later

   
Hanukkah is celebrated during what month?

    August
      September
      October
      November
      December

   
Hanukkah lasts for how many days?

     One
        Five
       Seven
       Eight
       Twelve

    What is the Hanukkah candleabra called?

          Yarmulka
           Latkes
           Menorah
           Ketubah
           Liberace

   
How many candles does the Hanukkah candleabra hold?

           Five
           Seven
           Eight
           Nine
           Thirteen

   Who is the Hebrew warrior that's commemorated
    in Hanukkah?

     King David
        Judith
        Judas Maccabeus
        King Saul
       Samson

    Who ordered the Hebrews' Second Temple destroyed ?

        King Antiochus
        King Herod
        Pontius Pilate
        Pharoah Ramses
        Emperor Caligula

    The king that ordered the destruction of the Second
    Temple came from what country?

        Babylon
        Egypt
        Syria
       Carthage
        Rome
  
     What Hannuka game is based on an old German
      gambling game?

          Dreidel
          Cribbage
          Old Maid
          Go Fish
          Shmendrick

    In 1958, what country's national bank created special coins
     to be used as Hanukkah "gelt"?
 
         United States
         Canada
         Israel
         Bahamas
         China

   What traditional Hanukkah dish is the Jewish version
    of potato pancakes? 

        Halvah
        Blintzes
       Tsimmis
        Latkas
        Cholent


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

To be fair.  A Hanukkah Quiz!!


    Hanukkah Quiz
    answers coming later

   Hanukkah is celebrated during what month?  I am guessing December

   Hanukkah lasts for how many days?  I am guessing 12.

   What is the Hanukkah candleabra called?

         Not a Yarmulka (this is worn on Jewish people's heads)
          Not Latkes (these are potatoe pancakes)
          Menorah - CORRECT ANSWER
          Ketubah - (have no idea what this is)
          Liberace - (he was flashy and played the piano!)

   How many candles does the Hanukkah candleabra hold?
          Guessing 13

  Who is the Hebrew warrior that's commemorated
   in Hanukkah?

    haven't the foggiest

   Who ordered the Hebrews' Second Temple destroyed ?

    don't know, don't know        

   The king that ordered the destruction of the Second
   Temple came from what country?

       huh?
 
    What Hannuka game is based on an old German
     gambling game?

        guessing Dreidel is CORRECT
         Cribbage (doubt it Kathy!)
         Old Maid (LOLOLOL)  
         Go Fish (even funnier!)
         Shmendrick (huh?)

   In 1958, what country's national bank created special coins
    to be used as Hanukkah "gelt"?
 
       huh?        

  What traditional Hanukkah dish is th

Anonymous said...

Hanukkah is celebrated during what month?

   
     December

   Hanukkah lasts for how many days?

   
      Eight
     

   What is the Hanukkah candleabra called?

         Yarmulka
          Latkes
          Menorah
          Ketubah
          Liberace
Actually none of these is the correct answer. A Menorah has 7 candle places and is used at Passover and other generally holidays. and what we use at Hanukkah is a hanukkiah. It has nine candle holders.  we use the Hnaukkiah at Hanukkah because of the 8 days and symbols of the oil that lasted 8 when there was only enough for one. So Im not sure how to answer this one. :<{
   How many candles does the Hanukkah candleabra hold?

         
          Nine
         

  Who is the Hebrew warrior that's commemorated
   in Hanukkah?

   
       Judas Maccabeus
       

   Who ordered the Hebrews' Second Temple destroyed ?

       King Antiochus
   

   The king that ordered the destruction of the Second
   Temple came from what country?

       
       Syria
     
 
    What Hannuka game is based on an old German
     gambling game?

         Dreidel
         

   In 1958, what country's national bank created special coins
    to be used as Hanukkah "gelt"?<

Anonymous said...

1. A trick question: the first day of Hanukkah is the 25th of Kislev, which can fall anywhere from November to January.
2. 8, but days are marked from sundown to sundown.
3. Another trick question:  the candleabra is erroneously called a menorah, but it is a specific type of menorah called a hanukkiah.  The goyish equivalent would be calling Christmas a birthday, when for Christians it is a specific birthday - that of Jesus.
4. 9, one for each day and another to light them all.
5. Maccabeus, for whom the annual games are named.
6. Antiochus IV, originally called Mithrabates, but changed to Antiochus (his older brother's name) upon ascension to the throne.
7. I am willing to be wrong here, but Carthage I do not believe was a country.  In any event, Antiochus was king of the Seleucid Empire.
8. Dreidel, which is also the name of the top that you spin.  It has four sides: A great| thing| happened| here. To commemorate the dedication (or chanukka) of the Temple.
9. My guess would be Yisrael, and if so I didn't know this fact.
10.  Latkas, which are traditionally served by Ashkanazi (european Jews) with applesauce and sour cream.