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100

Son of Orthodox Jews from Ohio, he is an American filmmaker who made popular blockbuster hit movies such as Jaws, ET, Jurassic Park and Shindlers List

Who is Steven Speilberg?

100

Name the 4 Hebrew letters on a dreidel

What are Nun, Gimmel, Hay and Shin?

100

Two food items commonly used as a reference to Israel in the bible

What is Milk and Honey?

100

The literal translation of the word Pesach

What is Passover?

100

The year that camp Tel Noar was founded

What is 1945?

200

Born in 1879 to a German Jewish family, this man went on to become the world’s most influential scientist known for the theory of relativity

Who is Albert Einstein?

200

This animal enticed Eve to eat the Forbidden Fruit from the Tree of Knowledge

What is a serpent?

200

The name given to a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture?

What is a Kibbutz?

200

Yiddish words describing the person who who spills the soup on someone and the unfortunate someone that the soup is spilled on

Who are the Shlemiel and the the Shlimazel?

200

Hebrew name of Bunk 9

What is Sololim?

300

John Belushi, Bob Newhart, Bill Murray or Jason Alexander, name which is the Jewish entertainer

Who is Jason Alexander?

300

The holiday that falls on the first day of Tishri

What is Rosh Hashana?

300

City known as the economic and technological center of Israel

What is Tel Aviv?

300

The Yiddish word for someone who trips over his own feet

Who is a Klutz?

300

The official name of the pool at Camp Tel Noar

What is George Marcus Aquatics?

400

Academy award winning actress who converted to Judaism in 1959 after the death of her third husband and was named seventh on the list of female legends by the America Film Institutes

Who is Elizabeth Taylor?

400

Jewish Orthodox tradition requires the bride do this activity on her wedding day to ensure that she would not detract her groom from study

What is to shave her head?

400

Most consumer goods purchased by Israeli citizens are produced in this country

What is Israel?

400

Yiddish phrase meaning ”Jewish head” or “Jewish brains”

What is Yiddisha Kop?

400

Used on the wooded “T” and “N” to make it burn evenly and longer

What are Maxi Pads?

500

Name the 1976 film in which Dustin Hoffman played the part of Carl Bernstein.

What was All the President's Men?

500

The most frequently used letter in the Torah

What is Yod?

500

Of the following cities, the one that has the highest percentage of Jewish residents - New York City, NY; or Hampstead, Canada; or Skokie, IL; or Hebron, Israel

Which is Hampstead Canada?

500

Complete this Jewish curse - You should grow like an onion, with your head in the .......

What is the "ground"?

500

A fire occurred in March 1998 and damaged this building

What is the dining Hall?