Chicago
Built in 1974, this building is the tallest building in Chicago.
What is The Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower)?
This term refers to someone who meddles in others’ business, often offering unsolicited advice.
What is a Yenta?
Through the merit of this sister of Moses, the Israelites found water throughout the desert.
Who is Miriam?
This multi-talented singer/actress has won many entertainment awards. She also portrayed Yentl, a Jewish girl growing up in a European town.
Who is Barbara Streisand?
This deli staple, often served on rye with mustard, comes from the Romanian word for “pressed” and is typically made from beef brisket.
What is Pastrami?
In 1871, most of Chicago was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire. Out of the ashes citizens recreated the town, earning which nickname? Hint: "Phoenix" was already taken.
What is Second City?
This word often described someone who has a lot of guts and confidence.
What is Chutzpah?
In 2015, this Supreme Court justice co-authored an essay on women in the Passover story.
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
This scientist turned down the offer to be Israel's President in 1952.
Who is Albert Einstein?
Second to Tel Aviv, this city hold the largest Jewish population, about 11% of Jews worldwide.
What is New York City?
Completed in 1969, this 100-story steel and glass skyscraper is named after a famous American revolutionary.
What is the John Hancock Center?
This Yiddish word describes excessive complaining, often about minor inconveniences.
What is kvetching?
This daughter of Pharaoh rescued a Hebrew baby from the Nile and raised him in the royal palace.
Who is Batyah?
This actor, filmmaker, and playwright who produced Young Frankenstein and The Producers was a U.S. Army combat engineer during World War II and participated in the Battle of the Bulge.
Who is Mel Brooks?
This desert covers more than half of Israel’s land area.
What is the Negev Desert?
The University of Chicago campus has a large, bulbous, bronze sculpture by Henry Moore. It marks the site where this scientific phenomenon was first developed and tested
What is a nuclear reactor?
This expression refers to someone scatterbrained or absent minded, literally meaning a “head in the clouds.”
What is luftmensch?
These midwives defied Pharaoh’s orders and refused to kill Hebrew baby boys.
Shifra and Puah?
He wrote the score for the musical 'West Side Story'
Who is Leonard Bernstein?
This year saw the outbreak of the Six-Day War between Israel and neighboring Arab states.
What is 1967?
This well-known dictator donated the Balbo Monument, which was erected to commemorate the first transatlantic crossing of the Italian air force from Orbetello, Italy to Chicago, Illinois
Who is Benito Mussolini?
This word can be used to describe someone who is an expert or aficionado.
What is Maven?
This was the first Jewish women to ever explore space.
Who is Judith Resnik?
Arguably one of the funniest men in the movies, he and his brothers wrote comic hits such as Duck Soup.
Who is Groucho Marx?
This is how often the Jewish "leap year" occurs.
What is seven times in a 19 year cycle?