Jewish Holidays
What Jewish holiday involves lighting a menorah for eight nights?
Hannukah
What braided bread is traditionally eaten on Shabbat?
Challah
What is the capital of Israel?
Jerusalem
What day of the week does Shabbat begin?
Friday
What Jewish comedian starred in Happy Gilmore and Grown Ups?
Adam Sandler
What holiday involves eating matzah instead of bread?
Passover
What potato pancakes are traditionally eaten during Hanukkah?
Latkes
What are the two main colors of the Israeli flag?
White & Blue
What is the name of the Jewish holy book containing the Five Books of Moses?
Torah
What Jewish actor played Spider-Man in The Amazing Spider-Man movies?
Andrew Garfield
What is the Jewish New Year called?
Rosh Hashanah
What triangular pastries are eaten during Purim?
Hamantashen
In what year was the modern State of Israel established?
1948
What is the name of the small scroll placed on Jewish doorposts?
Mezuzah
What famous Jewish filmmaker directed Jaws, E.T., and Jurassic Park?
Steven Speilberg
During what Jewish holiday do people build and eat in a temporary outdoor structure called a sukkah?
Sukkot
What shape of challah is traditionally eaten on Rosh Hashanah to symbolize the cycle of the year?
Round challah
What is the name of the lowest land-based body of water on Earth, located along Israel's eastern border?
The dead sea
What is the Hebrew term for a good deed or commandment?
Mitzvah
What Jewish actress played Wonder Woman in the DC movies?
Gal Gadot
What holiday celebrates the Jewish people's survival from Haman?
Purim
What sweet mixture of apples, nuts, and wine is eaten during the Passover Seder?
Charoset
Who was Israel's first female prime minister?
Golda Meir
What is the name of the prayer traditionally recited to declare God's oneness?
Shema
What Jewish magician and escape artist became famous for escaping handcuffs and locked containers?
Harry Houdini