Holidays & Traditions
The number of plagues in the story of Passover.
What is 10?
This Jewish actor starred in Happy Gilmore, Hustle, and Murder Mystery.
Who is Adam Sandler?
The translation of "Boker Tov."
What is Good Morning?
The prayer inside a mezuzah.
What is the Shema?
She was the first female Prime Minister of Israel
Who was Golda Meir?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! The name for the first day on the Jewish Calendar of each month.
What is Rosh Chodesh?
This orphan, originally named Hadassah, risked her life to approach King Ahasuerus and save her people from Haman's plot
Who is Esther?
What are the names of the 5 books of the Torah in Hebrew
What are Bereshit, Shemot, Va-yikra, Bamidbar, and Devarim?
There are this many mitzvot.
What are 613?
This legendary actress and singer is the only person to have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, Tony, and a Golden Globe (and is a proud Jewish icon from Brooklyn)
Who is Barbra Streisand?
Pomegranate is eaten on this holiday.
What is Rosh HaShanah?
The current Prime Minister of Israel.
Who is Benjamin Netanyahu?
The last name Cohen means this in Hebrew.
What is priest?
This day proceeds Yom HaAtzmaut.
What is Yom HaZikaron
This famous Jewish physicist was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952 (but turned it down)
Who was Albert Einstein?
This upcoming holiday is the "New Year of the Trees."
What is Tu BiShvat?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! Per Bleacher Report, this athlete "retired as the two-time defending Cy Young winner and the runner-up for the MVP. He was inducted into the baseball hall of fame in 1972 at age 36, the youngest ever."
Who is Sandy Koufax?
He revived modern Hebrew.
Who is Eliezer Ben-Yehuda?
This is the percentage of Americans who identify as Jewish either religiously or ancestrally. Answers within 0.5% in each direction are acceptable.
What is 2.4 percent.
Name 3 traditional foods eaten during Hanukkah
What are (5 of the following):
Latkes, Sufganiyot, Brisket, Gelt, Kugel, etc.
This holiday falls on the 18th of Iyar.
What is Lag BaOmer?
Name three (or more) of the eight Jewish U.S. Supreme Court Justices.
Who are: Louis Brandeis, Benjamin Cardozo, Felix Frankfurter, Arthur Goldberg, Abe Fortas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, or Elena Kagan?
The four letters of a dreidel in Israel.
What are nun, gimmel, hay and pay?
The top 3 most jewish-populated states in America
What is New York, California, and Florida?
Wager your points: The population of Tel Aviv as of 2025? The closest guess wins.
What is 460,000 people?