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Is It Hanukkah or Chanukkah?
You can fry that?
It couldn't MaccaBE? Could it?
100

This is the place where the Hanukkah Menorah is typically placed after being lit.

What is "the window"

100

This comedian popularized the now classic jingle, "The Hanukkah Song" on Saturday Night Live.

Who is Adam Sandler

100

This word means "blessing" and represents the words we say before lighting the Hanukkah candles.

What is "Bracha"?

100

These are the traditional potato pancakes we eat on Hanukkah - Dan makes them the best.

What are Latkes?

100

This is the first name of the Hanukkah story's hero.

What is Judah?

200

This is the direction in which Hanukkah candles are traditionally lit.

What is right to left?

200

In this sitcom, the character Howard Wolowitz celebrates Hanukkah with his friends, often highlighting his Jewish heritage in humorous ways.

What is "The Big Bang Theory"

200

As one of the more popular holidays on the Jewish calendar, it is a Hannukah tradition to gather the family together...or the _____ in Hebrew/Yiddish.

What is the "Whole Mishpacha?"

200

These are the traditional jelly donuts we eat on Hannukah?

What are Sufganiyot?

200

After the Maccabees recaptured Jerusalem, the is the site that they cleaned and rededicated?

What is the Temple?

300

This is the "helper candle" with which we light all the other candles.

What is the Shamash?

300

Tommy Pickles's famous saying in the Nickelodeon classic, "A Rugrats Hanukkah"

What is "A Maccababie's gotta do what a Maccababie's gotta do"? 

300

This is the Hebrew word for Dreidel

What is Sivivon?

300

Jewish people of Italian descent often eat this meat dish on Hannukah?

What is Pollo di Fritto (fried chicken)?

300

This is the Jewish priest who spurred the Maccabean revolt.

Who is Mattathias?

400

This is the Jewish month when Hanukkah occurs.

What is Kislev?

400

On the classic sitcom friends, Ross dresses up as this character to try and compete with the likes of Santa Claus when teaching his child about Hanukkah.

What is the "Holiday Armidillo"

400

This is the traditional Hanukkah greeting meaning "Happy Festival of Lights"

What is Chag Urim Sameach?

400

These fried dough balls are a Sephardic Hanukkah tradition.

What are benuelos (levivot)?

400

This is the name of the oppressive King in the Hanukkah story.

What is King Antiochus?

500

Outside of Israel, a dreidel has four sides with Hebrew Words translating to "A Great Miracle Happened There." In Israel, this is the Hebrew phrase used that means something slightly different.

What is "Nes Gadol Haya Po"

500

This popular folk group premiered the Hanukkah classic, "Light One Candle," in 1982.

Who are Peter, Paul, and Mary

500

In the traditional Hebrew spelling of the English word "Hanukkah," this is the first letter.

What is "Chet"?

500

Jews of Iraqi or other middle eastern descent often make this savory, filled, fried treat on Hanukkah.

What is Sambusak?

500

This is the fortress utilized by the Seleucid forces to maintain control over Jerusalem.

What is the Acra?