KJCS Trivia
Purim Traditions
Jewish Celebrities
Book of Esther
Jewish Professors
100

It is KJCS' longest standing tradition to watch this movie for Passover and our AGM (an event that you should look out for)

The Prince of Egypt

100

The cookies that we eat on Purim shaped like a three pointed hat

What are Hamantaschen?

100

This actor and Singer played Yentl the Yeshiva boy and sings Woman in Love, Guilty, My Man

Barbra Streisand

100

Esther's uncle who raised her

Who is Mordechai?

100

This Kings prof spoke to the KJCS last week on his research

Who is Daniel Brandes?

200

The Wardy normally hosts these two KJCS events each year

What is the Hanukkah Party and the Purim Party?

200

The noisemaker we use to drown out Haman's name during the reading of the story of Purim?

What is a Grogger?

200

The first Jewish woman ever appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Died on Rosh Hashanah 2020

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

200

The place where the book of Esther takes place

Shushan (Persian Kingdom)

200

This prof is the chair of the Jewish Studies Department at Dalhousie

Who is Eva Mroczek?

300

This exec member coaches gymnastics and parkour

Who is Sarah, our treasurer?

300

It is custom to drink so much you forget this character's name

Who is Haman? (the bad guy)

300

This actor may be Harry, but he certainly isn't as hairy as my Jewish father! (Aaron's favourite NJB)

Daniel Radcliffe

300

The character that is missing/not present in this story

Who is G.d?

300

This Classics prof has a Prince cosplay

Eli Diamond

400

These two exec members found out that they might be cousins at one of our events

Who are Sophie, our general member at large and Aaron, our co-president?

400

The Hebrew word for scroll of Esther

What is Megillat Esther?

400

This actor, known for his roles in School of Rock and Nacho Libre, has the voice of a cantor, as he showed as the lead singer of Tenacious D

Who is Jack Black?

400

The Queen before Esther

Queen Vashti

400

This prof is teaching a course on music and Jewish liturgy. Married to Professor Eva Morczek 

Who is Seth Sanders?

500

This person is the longest serving exec member

Who is Katie, our co-president?

500

Baskets of food we give to family and friends to wish them a happy Purim

What is Mishlo'ah Manot?

500

The most famous Jewish MLB player - he even chose not to pitch a World Series game because it fell on Yom Kippur

Sandy Koufax

500

The mother of Queen Esther

Who is Abigail? 

500

This prof was fired due to unfair budget cuts to the language department :)

Bret Wienstock THE ONLY YIDISH PROFESSOR IN CANADA