JOOL Trivia: Questions, Answers, and Winner

The results are in! Of the 3,941 people who played JOOL Trivia this week, 0 players answered all seven questions correctly.

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1. Which of these countries did not have a Jewish president/prime minister?

• Australia (9% answered correctly)

• New Zealand

• Singapore

• Peru

2. The name Lubavitch, which is associated with Chabad, derives from where?

• A town in Russia (37% answered correctly)

• A town in Israel

• A town in Poland

• A town in Germany

3. Who is credited with reviving the modern-day Hebrew language?

• Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (59% answered correctly)

• Theodor Herzl

• David Ben-Gurion

• Ahad Ha'am

4. All of these Jewish holidays are mentioned in the Torah except for?

• Tu Bishvat (62% answered correctly)

• Rosh Hashanah

• Shavuot

• Sukkot

5. Which now-infamous word was used to describe the 1977 Israeli elections, won by Likud?

• Upheaval (57% answered correctly)

• Miracle

• Saga

• Jeopardy

6. What does gefilte (i.e. gefilte fish) mean in Yiddish?

• "filled" or "stuffed" (72% answered correctly)

• "slimy" or "clammy"

• "salty" or "briny"

• "bitter" or "unsweetened"

7. In the 16th century, which city in Israel became the capital of Kabbalah?

• Safed (85% answered correctly)

• Hebron

• Judea and Samaria

• Jerusalem