History
This is the name of the family of priests who rebelled against the Seleucid Empire.
bonus: This is the meaning of their name.
Who are the Maccabees?
What is "hammer"?
This is what the word Khanukkah means.
What is "dedication"?
The festival of Khanukkah is this many days long.
What is eight days?
This is how foods are traditionally prepared during Khanukkah.
What is fried in oil?
Many families exchange these during Khanukkah.
What are gifts?
This is the primary antagonist of the Khanukkah story.
Who is Antiochus IV Epiphanes?
This is the miracle of Khanukkah.
What is the cruse of oil that only had enough for one day but burned for eight?
There are this many Khanukkah blessings.
What are three on the first night and two on the remaining seven nights?
These chocolate coins are called by the Yiddish word for "money" or "gold."
What is Khanukkah gelt?
This is the Hebrew date of the first night/day of Khanukkah.
What is the 25th of Kislev?
This is what the heroes of the Khanukkah story were rebelling against.
What are Greek influence, the outlawing of Judaism, and/or the desecration of the Temple in Jerusalem?
This is the Hebrew name of the candle used for lighting and what it means.
What is the shamash ("helper")?
Candles are added in this direction and lit in this direction.
What are right-to-left and left-to-right?
Latkes are usually served with these on the side.
What are applesauce and sour cream?
This is the Hebrew date of the last night/day of Khanukkah.
What is the 2nd of Teiveit?
note: in rare years, it's on the 3rd of Teiveit
The events of the Khanukkah story took place around this year.
What is 164-165 BCE?
The traditional Khanukkah song "Ma'oz Tzur" can be translated as this.
What is "Rock of Ages"?
This is the preferred fuel for the Khanukkah flames.
What is olive oil?
This jelly-, jam-, or custard-filled pastry is a special Khanukkah treat.
What is a sufganiyah?
These are the four letters on the dreidel and what they stand for.
(note: two different possibilities)
What is nun, gimel, hey, and shin, standing for "nes gadol hayah sham - a great miracle happened there?"
What is nun, gimel, hey, and pey, standing for "nes gadol hayah poh - a great miracle happened here?"
Khanukkah was first celebrated in this year.
What is 138 BCE?
This is the primary mitzvah ("commandment") Jews are asked to observe during Khanukkah?
What is publicizing the miracle?
This is the relationship between a menorah and a khanukkiyah.
What is "every khanukkiyah is a menorah, not every menorah is a khanukkiyah"?
These are the ingredients of the traditional latke.
What are potatoes, onions, egg, flour/matzo meal, salt & pepper, and oil to fry?
This is the traditional Hebrew greeting Jews say during Khanukkah.
What is "Khag Sameakh," "Khag Khanukkah Sameakh," and/or "Khag Urim Sameakh"?