FOOD
HOLIDAYS
POP CULTURE
FAMOUS JEWISH FIGURES
HEBREW/YIDDISH WORDS
100

Which triangular pastry filled with jam is traditionally eaten during Purim (celebration of the story of Queen Esther)?

What are Hamantaschen?

100

What is the most important Jewish Holiday?


What is Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur/High Holidays/High Holy Days?

100

What popular actor plays Paul Atreides in Dune?


Who is Timothee Chalamet?

100

What Jewish physicist developed the theory of relativity and won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics?


Who is Albert Einstein?


100

What Hebrew word means “hello”, “goodbye”, and “peace”?

What is Shalom?

200

What makes Challah distinct from other bread?

What is a braid?

200

What holiday commemorates Jewish resistance to Greek imperialism?


Hanukkah


200

Who is the star in the popular movie Happy Gilmore?


Who is Adam Sandler?

200

Who directed the famous movie Jaws and Jurassic Park?


Who is Steven Spielberg?


200

Use “Oy vey” in a sentence


Oy vey, I failed the physics quiz!


300

What is a really yummy chocolatey (or cinnamon) braided pastry?

What is Babka?

300

What holiday do people eat (and sometimes sleep) in a temporary outdoor hut and is also known as the “Harvest Festival”?


What is Sukkot/Festival of Booths?


300

Finish the famous Billy Joel lyric “It’s 9 o’clock on a saturday...”


“The regular crowd shuffles in”


300

What Jewish Supreme Court Justice, celebrated for her lifelong advocacy for gender equality and civil rights?


Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?


300

Define a “schmuck”.


What is a poor little guy?


400

What Polish bread did Jewish immigrants bring with them to NYC, popularized in the classic Jewish deli?


What are Bagels?

400

In the story of Hanukkah, how many days did the small amount of olive oil last to light the Temple’s menorah?


8 days


400

Which famous 1971 musical film adaptation features the milkman Tevye trying to maintain his Jewish traditions in an Imperial Russian village?

What is Fiddler on the Roof?


400

What Jewish actor plays black widow in Marvel?


Who is Scarlet Johannson?


400

Use Chutzpah in a sentence (no question)


It takes chutzpah!


500

During Passover, what is the hidden piece of Matzah called?


What is Afikomen?

500

At a traditional Jewish wedding ceremony, what is the canopy under which the bride and groom stand called?


What is a Chuppah?


500

Who originally wrote Hallelujah (NOT Jeff Buckley)?

Who is Leonard Cohen?

500

What Jewish scientist was the first to photograph the structure of DNA?


Who is Rosalind Franklin?


500

What do Jews call G-d (since they can’t say G-d’s name in vain?)


Hashem (meaning “the name”)