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Chanukah Trivia
100
What is the name for the bath that is used for ritual immersion in Judaism?
Mikveh
100
What is the colorful name of the medal awarded to those wounded or killed while serving , it is the oldest US military decoration?
Purple Heart
100
At what college or university was Gatorade created?
University of Florida
100
Who was the first and only president of the US to serve more than 2 terms? 
FDR
100
What 'Baby' singer once had a monkey confiscated in Germany?
Justin Bieber
100
In what community did the Jewish revolt begin?
Modin
200
The Hajj, the Islamic ritual, is a pilgrimage to what city in Saudi Arabia?
Mecca
200
What are the five branches of the US Military?
Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy
200
Who is the assistant head of the lower school at Heschel?
Deborah Rose
200
Who is the current prime minister of Israel?
Bibi (Benjamin) Netanyahu
200
What did Jack climb to see a giant in the famous tale?
A Beanstalk
200
What was the battle cry of Mattityahu ? (Hebrew or English)
(Mi l'adonai elay, whoever is on the side of god follow me)
300
What sanskrit word that means "that which protects the mind" is a sacred ritual sound that is believed to invoke deities, garner supernatural protection and generate personal power in Buddhism? You might know this if you are in Ayal's minyan...
Mantra
300
African-American servicemen who served on the Western frontier following the Civil War were referred to as what, memorialized by a Bob Marley song?
Buffalo Soldiers
300
Name the two Big Ten schools closest, in distance, to Heschel?
Maryland, Rutgers
300
Who is the current President of France, whose name sounds like a baked good from that country?
Emmanuel Macron
300
Freshman Noam Medjuck-Bruckner portrayed this character in a middle school play at Heschel?
The Beast
300
The sixth day of Chanukah is the first day of what Hebrew month?
Tevet
400
What religion, that embraces Christian beliefs and revelations made to Joseph Smith, requires adherents to wear a special ritualistic undergarment as a symbolic reminder of the covenants made in temple ceremonies?
Mormonism
400
Which service academy is located on the Chesapeke Bay in Annapolis, MD?
Naval Academy
400
The "tobacco Road" rivalry is between which two southern sports powerhouse schools?
Duke, UNC
400
Who is the current prime minister of Canada?
Justin Treudeau
400
What boy scout motto is also the name of a song from the Lion King?
Be Prepared
400
What animated TV show's Chanukah episode featured Grandpa Boris lighting the menorah?
Rugrats
500
What is the term of Greek origin for the Christian ritual commemorating the last supper in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed, or what is the name of the service in which the bread and wine are eaten.
Eucharist or Communion
500
What is the latin motto of the US Marine Corp which means "always faithful?"
Semper Fidelis or Semper Fi
500
What Ohio college was the first to admit both men and women?
Oberlin
500
What state holds the first presidential primary?
New Hampshire
500
What muppet only communicates in high pitch squeaks but is Isaac's favorite?
Beaker
500
The Maccabeats recorded the hit song "candlelight" to the tune of "dynamite" by what artist?
Taio Cruz
600
On March 13th, Scientologists ritually gather in Clearwater FL to celebrate what man's birthday, the founder of their religion and author of Dianetics?
L Ron Hubbard
600
What does ROTC, a collection of University and college military training programs, stand for?
Reserve Officers' Training Corp
600
Before transferring to Columbia University, Barack Obama attended what California college?
Occidental College
600
Who is the current president of China, whose name is also the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet ?
Xi Jinping
600
What breed of dog is a small hound developed primarily for hunting hare?
Beagle
600
What was the name of the Syrian-Greek General that Yehudit killed?
Helefornes or Holofornes
700
Khitan or Khatna is a term for what Islamic ritual that has an almost identical ritual in Judaism, though the Khitan has no set number of days for performance following birth?
Circumcision
700
Put the following three ranks in order from lowest to highest in the US army - Major General, Lieutenant General, Brigadier General.
Brigadier, Major, Lieutenant
700
The first public school in the US was founded in what year (must be within 25 years +/-), hint, it was also the first year of the Franco-Spanish war?
1635 (1610-1660 acceptable range)
700
What country is Angela Merkel the chancellor of?
Germany
700
What is the state of Utah's Nickname as a symbol of their hard work and industry?
The Beehive State
700
Finish this line of a famous Chanukah song:
Banu choshech legaresh,
beyadeinu or va'esh.
Kol echad hu or katan...
vekulanu or eitan.
800
During the Vegetarian festival on the island of Phuket, adherents abstain from meat for nine days and also shove metal swords through their cheeks in what country?
Thailand
800
Liam Serota, Heschel class of 2017, is currently what rank in the US Air Force?
Cadet Second Class
800
What is the name of the song most often played at graduation composed by Sir Edward Elgar?
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
800
Who is the current Prime minister of the UK, a former mayor of London?
Boris Johnson
800
What street was the subject of a 2018 movie that asked the question of whether it could talk?
Beale Street
800
What is the first name of the person who wrote Ma'oz Tzur?
Mordechai
900
A Zoroastrian ritual involves bringing what domesticated animal to a corpse 5 times a day?
A Dog
900
Who currently serves as the Rav Aluf or Chief of the General Staff of the IDF, hint: he shares a first name with one of my daughters, and a last name that means 'my star'?
Aviv Kochavi
900
Education Secretary Betsy Devos is married to the former CEO of what multi-level marketing company which some have described as a pyramid scheme?
AMWAY
900
What country is Andrew Manuel Lopez Obrador the current President of?
Mexico
900
What is the name of the 1960's, 1970's sitcom about a supernatural being who marries an ordinary mortal man, whose main character was named Samantha?
Bewitched
900
What Heschel faculty member shares a full name with a Hasmonean leader?
John Gatti
1000
With over 80,000 followers worldwide, the Maradonian religion requires that adherants change their middle name to what?
Diego
1000
In the Gilbert and Sullivan opera, the Pirates of Penzance, the Modern General can "quote the fights historical" from what battle to what battle, in "order categorical"?
Marathon, Waterloo
1000
What educational reformer, Rabbi Noam's favorite, founded the University of Chicago Lab School?
John Dewey
1000
Narendra Modi is the current prime minister of what country?
India
1000
What actress played Dorothy Zbornak in the hit sitcom, Golden Girls?
Bea Arthur
1000
What is the minimum number of tfachim that a menorah may not be placed below?
Three