Quiz

2. When did Israel declare independence?
1947
1948
1949
1954

3. What is the approximate percentage of the Israeli population that is non-Jewish?
1%
10%
20%
50%

4. The biblical kingdom of Israel broke into...
Judea & Samaria
Israel & Judah
Palestine & Israel
Ten Tribes

5. How many Jewish members are in the 110th Congress?
5
17
33
43

6. Hizballah is a group of...
Sunni Muslims
Shiite Muslims
Palestinian Terrorists
Iranian Revolutionary Guards

7. Does Israel have a national language?
Yes, English
Yes, Hebrew
Yes, Hebrew & Arabic
No

8. The Israeli Knesset has how many members?
75
120
250
435

9. The Golan Heights is on the border between Israel and ...
Syria
Jordan
Egypt
Iraq

10. Hebrew University is in which city?
Tel Aviv
Haifa
Beersheva
Jerusalem

11. The term "anti-Semitism" was coined by:
Theodor Herzl
Isaac Kook
Abe Foxman
Wilhelm Marr

12. Operation Moses refers to...
A rescue of Ethiopian Jews
The exodus of Jews from Egypt
The immigration of Russian Jews
A secret mission during the Six-Day War

13. Concentration camp prisoners who served as trustees to assist the guards were called:
Musselman
SOB
Kapos
Judenrats

14. Adolf Hitler came to power....
In a military coup
In a democratic election
In the Beer Hall Putsch
In the July 20 plot

15. The Mossad was originally created...
To manage illegal immigration
Spy on the British
To assassinate Arab terrorists
Guard the prime minister

16. The Green Line refers to....
The boundary of Israel's forests
A coalition of Muslim states
The 1949 armistice line between Israel and Jordan
None of the above

17. The story of Passover is retold at a seder. What does seder mean?
Exodus
Order
Kosher for Passover
Story

18. Which of the following are not kosher?
Sea Bass
Scallops
Mahi Mahi
None of the above

19. Joe Rosenthal took which famous photograph?
The flag raising on Iwo Jima
John Lennon and Yoko Ono naked
John Kennedy's funeral
The arrival of the ship Exodus

20. The Bene Israel and Cochin Jews are from:
Spain
Ethiopia
Lithuania
India

21. Haj Amin al-Husseini was:
The Mufti of Jerusalem
A Nazi sympathizer
A Palestinian Arab
All of the above

22. Fiddler on the Roof is based on stories by this author:
Shalom Aleichem
Isaac Singer
Philip Roth
Herman Wouk

23. Megiddo is also known as...
Jericho
Shechem
Armageddon
Solomon's City

24. A colorful fountain on Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv was designed by what famous artist?
Pablo Picasso
Marc Chagall
Salvador Dali
Yaacov Agam

25. In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue and...
The Jews were expelled from Spain
The inquisition came to an end
Kabbalah was invented
Shabbetai Zvi declared himself the messiah

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