Royal Characters
100 – What is the name of the king?
Answer: King Achashverosh
100 – What did Haman demand of everyone?
Answer: That everyone bow down to him
100 – What did the king ask Vashti to do that she refused?
Answer: Dance at his party
100 – What is the name of the scroll the Book of Esther is written on?
Answer: Megillah
100 – What country does the story take place in?
Answer: Persia
200 – What is the name of the king’s first wife?
Answer: Queen Vashti
200 – Who would not obey Haman, and why?
Answer: Mordechai, because as a Jew he only bows to G-d
200 – What was Vashti’s punishment?
Answer: She was exiled
200 – What are the four ways we celebrate Purim?
Answer: Megillah reading, mishloach manot, festive meal, gifts to people in need
200 – What city does the story take place in?
Answer: Shushan
300 – What was Haman’s role in the government?
Answer: Prime Minister / King’s right-hand man
300 – What date did Haman pick to kill the Jews?
Answer: 13th of Adar
300 – How did the king find his new queen?
Answer: He held a beauty pageant
300 – What cookie do we eat on Purim?
Answer: Hamantaschen
300 – How did the king find out what Mordechai did?
Answer: He read it in the Book of Good Deeds
400 – What was Esther’s Hebrew name?
Answer: Hadassah
400 – What did Mordechai overhear at the city gates?
Answer: Two guards plotting to kill the king
400 – Why was Esther scared to go to the king?
Answer: Going without invitation could mean death
400 – What is the cookie supposed to look like?
Answer: Haman’s hat
400 – What suggestions did Haman give for honoring someone?
Answer: Royal robes and the king’s horse through the city
500 – What role was Mordechai given after Haman’s death?
Answer: Prime Minister / King’s right-hand man
500 – How will Haman be punished?
Answer: Hung on the gallows
500 – Who did the king call for advice on honoring someone?
Answer: Haman
500 – What piece of clothing does Haman always wear?
Answer: A three-cornered hat
500 – When Mordechai learned of the plot, what did he ask Esther to do?
Answer: Go to the king