Family Lore
Hanukkah!
General Trivia
Before and After
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The date Ben and Jen are to be married!

When is August 9th, 2026?

100

The number of times Hanukkah is mentioned in the Torah

What is zero?

100

The names of the 5 great lakes

What are Lake Michigan, Eerie, Huron, Superior, and Ontario?

100

A classic sandwich combo and a filled Hanukkah dessert

What is peanut butter and jelly donut?

200

The city Grandpa was born in

Where is Portsmouth, Virginia?

200

Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after this group’s revolt.

Who were the Maccabees?

200

The year the TItanic sank

When is 1912?

200

When we sing the Shehecheyanu & Ben Stiller movie where his character meets Teddy Rosevelt

What is the first night at the museum?

300

What was the name of our tour guide on the South Africa trip?

Who is Brett?

300

The meaning of the word "Hanukkah" mean in Hebrew

What is "dedication"?

300

The first woman to win a Nobel prize

Who was Marie Curie?

300

The region where most of the family lives and where they say UFOs have been sighted

What is the Bay Area 51?

400

The number you get when you add up all of the grandchildren's ages

What is 167?
400

The letters on a dreidel stand for a Hebrew phrase meaning “A great miracle happened there.”

What is “Nes Gadol Haya Sham”?

400

A perfect bowling score

What is 300?

400

This heavy latke topping and to be the very best

What is sour cream of the crop?

500

The names of the 5 people in this room have completed graduate degrees and their degrees

Luba - MD
Grandpa - MD
Liana - MA, MS, MPH, PhD
Emily - JD
Eric - MBA

500

The story of Hanukkah is found in this religious text

What is the "Book of Maccabbees"?

500

The number of dots that appear on a pair of die

What is 42?

500

Nickname for Hanukkah and a 3-word saying heard on movie sets

What is the festival of lights, camera, action?

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