Tu Bishvat
Jewish Calendar/ Holidays
Torah/ Biblical
Environment and NYC
General Environment
100

The natural element that Tu B'Shevat is known as the new year for

What are trees?

100

The Jewish holiday associated with the fall harvest.

What is Sukkot?

100

The first garden mentioned in the Torah

What is the Garden of Eden?

100

3 forms of public transportation in NYC.

Acceptable answers include but (according to judgment of facilitator) are not limited to: What is bus? What is subway? What is ferry? What is Citibike? What is tram?

100

One thing that can be done to help environment.

Answers accepted according to judgment of facilitator.

200

The biblical concept that aligns with Tu B'Shevat's emphasis on environmental stewardship.

What is Tikkun Olam?

200

A Jewish holiday involving outdoor celebrations connecting with nature. 

Acceptable answers: What is Sukkot? What is Shavuot? What is Lag Ba'Omer?

200

The day of the week in which God created the trees.

What is the third day?

200

An environmental issue in NYC.

Acceptable answers include but (according to judgment of facilitator) are not limited to: What is waste disposal, hydraulic fracturing, poor air quality, invasive species, rising sea levels, extreme weather events, etc...

200

Reason that recycling is important. 

Acceptable answers include but (according to judgment of facilitator) are not limited to: What is reduces waste? What is conserves resources? What is minimizes environmental pollution?

300

The day of the Jewish calendar that Tu B'Shevat falls on. 

What is the 15th of Shevat?

300

The four plants used on Sukkot.

Acceptable answers should closely resemble: What are lulav (palm branch), hadas (myrtle), arava (willow) and etrog (citron)?

300

A plant form which God took to call out to Moshe.

What is a burning bush?

300

An NYC bridge that you can walk across.

Acceptable answers include but (according to judgment of facilitator) are not limited to: What is Brooklyn Bridge? What is Manhattan Bridge? What is Williamsburg Bridge? What is Queensboro Bridge? What is GWB? What is Macomb Bridge?

300

A renewable energy source.

Acceptable answers include but (according to judgment of facilitator) are not limited to: What is rain? What is solar? What is wind? What is water?

400

Another Hebrew name for the holiday Tu B'Shevat?

What is "Rosh Hashanah La'llanot" (translates to new year of the trees)?

400

Jewish holiday that marked the wheat harvest in Israel.

What is Shavuot?

400

The seven biblical plant species of Israel.

Acceptable answers should closely resemble: What are wheat, barley, the grapevine, the fig tree, the pomegranate tree, the olive tree and the date palm?

400

The length of Central Park measured in NYC street blocks.

Acceptable answers include any number ranging between: What is 45? and What is 55?

400

Greenhouse gas that is the biggest contributor to global warming.

What is Carbon Dioxide?

500

The language that the name "Tu B'Shevat" originates from.

What is Akkadian?

500

The three Jewish harvest festivals.

What are Peach, Shavuot, and Sukkot?

500

The type of wood Noah used to build his ark in Genesis.

What is gopher wood?

500

An innovative environmental project/technology implemented in NYC.

Acceptable answers include but (according to judgment of facilitator) are not limited to: What is bike-sharing programs? What is green roof initiative?

500

What carbon footprint is and one way an individuals carbon footprint can be reduced in daily life.

Acceptable answers include but (according to judgment of facilitator) are not limited to: What is the total amount of greenhouse gases (including carbon dioxide and methane) that are generated by our actions? and What is creating less food waste, cycling to school, using less water, and going digital?