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6. In a standard Ashkenazi set of Arba’a Minim how many willow branches and how many myrtle branches are required?

7. Which two Jewish actors played the part of Frank Costanza, father of George Costanza, in the sitcom Seinfeld?

8. Which prophet famously prophesied, “The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and a) first Olympic medal & b) her only gold medal

14. On which four festivals of the year is it traditional to recite Yizkor, The Service of Remembrance, for the souls of our departed relatives?

15. The Anglican Bishop of Birmingham (1978-1987) was descended from which famous English Jewish family?

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In the words of US writer Anne Lamont: “ ‘No’ is a complete sentence.” Or this, from an anonymous writer: “Whatever you are willing to put up with is exactly what you will have.” a) Turkmenistan b) Kazakhstan or c) Uzbekistan? the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them?”

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19. The Hebrew month of Elul is spelt aleph, lamed, vav, lamed. Many suggest this is an acronym for which sentence in the Song of Songs?

9. What is the primary source of water for the State of Israel?

10. Which youth organisation is the largest Zionist Youth Movement in the world?

11. Who said to whom, “Am I a dog that you come to me with sticks?”

12. Where is the oldest standing synagogue within the British Commonwealth outside of England?

13. At which Olympic Games did Jessica Fox win her

16. The Hebrew word for a computer is machshev. In Classical Hebrew what does the word machshavah mean?

17. Oppenheimer the movie is about J.R. Oppenheimer, the American Jewish theoretical physicist and director of the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos Laboratory during WWII. What do the initials J.R. stand for?

18. Bukharan Jews, in modern times also called Bukharian Jews, are an ethnoreligious Jewish sub-group of Central Asia. With which Central-Asian country are they most associated:

20. Sir Asher Joel received a Papal Knighthood for helping to organise the visit of which pope to Australia in 1970?

21. In which suburb of Jerusalem is the Knesset located?

22. What were the names of Moses’ two sons?

23. Where are the Achziv Islands?

24.David Seth Kotkin (born September 16, 1956), is an American magician, described by Forbes as the most commercially successful magician in history. What stage name did he adopt?

25. In the group stages of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, Israel was drawn against Germany, Portugal, Serbia, Turkey and Bulgaria and won three of its matches. Who did it beat and where in the group did it finish?