BASICS
HOW LONG DOES CHANUKAH LAST?
WHAT IS 8 DAYS
WHAT MAKES A CHANUKKIAH DIFFERENT FROM A MENORAH?
WHAT IS A NINE BRANCHES INSTEAD OF SEVEN BRANCHES
THE TYPE OF FOOD EATEN ON CHANUKAH
WHAT IS FRIED FOOD
THE COUNTRY THE CHANUKKAH STORY TAKES PLACE IN
NAME OF CHOCOLATE COINS USED IN A GAME OF DREIDEL
WHAT IS GELT
THIS KING IS THE ANTAGONIST (VILLAIN) OF THE CHANUKAH STORY
WHO IS KING ANTIOCHUS
THIS TYPE OF OIL WAS USED TO LIGHT THE MENORAH, AND FUTURE CHANUKIYOT
WHAT IS OLIVE OIL
REASON FOR EATING FRIED FOOD ON CHANUKAH
WHAT IS TO REMEMBER THE MIRACLE OF THE OIL
THE HEROS OF THE CHANUKAH STORY
WHO WERE THE MACCABEES
(BONUS 500 POINTS TO THE TEAM THAT CAN TELL ME THEIR NAME IN HEBREW)
THIS FAMOUS JEWISH COMEDIAN PERFORMED "THE HANUKKAH SONG" ON THE COMEDY LATE NIGHT TV SHOW "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" 31 YEARS AGO IN 1994
HOW MANY BLESSINGS DO WE SAY ON THE FIRST NIGHT
THESE RABBIS ARGUED OVER HOW WE SHOULD LIGHT THE CHANUKKIAH
WHO WERE RABBI HILLEL AND RABBI SHAMMAI
THE HEBREW NAMES OF THE FAMOUS CHANUKAH TREATS, LATKES AND DONUTS
WHAT ARE LEVIVAH/LEVIVOT AND SUFGANIYAH/SUFGANIYOT
WHO WAS JUDAH MACCABEE
WHAT LETTERS DO DREIDELS IN ISRAEL HAVE ON THEM
WHAT IS NUN, GIMMEL, HEY, AND PEY
(BONUS 200 IF YOU CAN SAY WHAT THEY STAN FOR)
WHAT DO THE NUN, GIMMEL, HEY, AND SHIN STAND FOR ON THE DREIDEL
WHAT IS "NES GADOL HAYA SHAM"
HOW DO WE PLACE THE CANDLES AND LIGHT THEM
(DIRECTION)
WHAT IS PLACE THEM RIGHT TO LEFT (OLDEST TO NEWEST) AND LIGHT THEM LEFT TO RIGHT (NEWEST TO OLDEST)
SOME COMMUNITIES HAVE TAKEN ON EATING THIS CATEGORY OF FOOD OVER CHANUKAH
(HINT: WE EAT THIS TYPE OF FOOD ON SHAVUOT)
WHAT IS DAIRY FOOD
WHAT IS THE TALMUD
(BONUS 300 POINTS TO TELL ME WHICH ANCIENT HISTORIAN WROTE ABOUT THE CHANUKAH STORY)
WHEN DID THE TRADITIONS OF GIVING GIFTS ON CHANUKAH BEGIN
WHEN WAS THE MID-20TH CENTURY (1940S-60S)
WHAT JEWISH MONTHS IS CHANUKAH IN?
WHAT ARE KISLEV AND TEVET
HOW MANY CANDLES ARE USED BY THE END OF CHANUKAH?
WHAT IS 44 CANDLES
THE SEFARDI SWEET TREAT EATEN ON HANUKKAH
WHAT IS BIMUELOS
THIS FEMALE CHARACTER PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN CHANUKAH STORY. THE ORIGINAL HEBREW STORY WAS LOST AND ONLY THE GREEK TRANSLATION REMAINED
(THIS IS A TRIPLE POINT QUESTION)
WHO IS YEHUDIT/JUDITH
THIS IS THE HOMETOWN OF THE MACCABEES
WHAT IS MODI'IN