{"id":3209,"date":"2024-02-20T10:21:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T10:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/?p=3209"},"modified":"2024-02-20T10:27:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T10:27:27","slug":"kosher-quiz-february-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/?p=3209","title":{"rendered":"KOSHER QUIZ - FEBRUARY 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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MEIRAV\u2019S QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1     What\u2019s the name of the Hebrew month that\u2019s just started?     <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2a  According to the Talmud, what is it that increases when Adar comes in?   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2b  What is the word for that in Hebrew? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3  What traditional Jewish wedding song, based on a prophecy from Jeremiah, mentions the word \u201csimcha\u201d? 

<\/strong>4  The Yiddish word \u201cyontev\/yontiff\u201d comes from the Hebrew \u201cyom tov\u201d \u2013 literally a good day. Which book in the Tanach mentions an instruction to celebrate a \u201cyom tov\u201d on the 14th<\/sup> of Adar, with feasting and drinking and sending gifts of food?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. a. What Jewish holiday has the word \u201csimcha\u201d in its name? 
<\/strong>    b. What does that holiday\u2019s name mean? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GILLIAN\u2019S QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. In Emily Brontes classic novel wuthering heights who does Catherine Earnshaw marry?   <\/p>\n\n\n\n


<\/strong>2. In Netball, which position is allowed in all thirds of he court but cannot enter either shooting circe? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. What job did Charles Dickens have at the age of 12?   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. What is a bothy?   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. What was the first single released by Bon Jovi? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IRENE\u2019S QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What they might have said<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example: \u201cWhat, the WHOLE ceiling?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Answer: Michaelangelo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) \u201cStrange, it's engaged<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2). \u201cIt's for Victory, not what you think\u201d<\/em>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3). \u201cOuch! Knew I should have worn goggles\u201d<\/em>. <\/strong>

4). \u201cJust use the last wedding cake\u201d.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5).. \u201cOh no! But the salt is useful for my fried eggs<\/em>\u201d. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ROBERTA\u2019S QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1    <\/strong>A man dressed all in black is walking down a country lane. Suddenly a large black car with no lights comes round the corner and screeches to a halt. How did the car\u2019s driver know the walker was there?
<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2   <\/strong>Can you name three consecutive days without mentioning Wednesday, Friday or Sunday?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Can you name what happens once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in a thousand years ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4<\/strong>   What is the maximum number of times a single page of a newspaper can be folded in half?

5<\/strong>   \u201cI\u2019m so fragile, that if you say my name you\u2019ll break me <\/p>\n\n\n\n


Barbra\u2019s questions<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1<\/strong>   What has a gravitational pull so strong thateven light cannot escape it    <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2   <\/strong>What are the two mst widely spoken languages in the world <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3<\/strong>   What city is known as the \u201cCity of Love\u201d? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4   <\/strong>What is the name of Shakespeare\u2019s shortest tragedy <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5  <\/strong> Where is the world\u2019s largest active volcano situated? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE THE ANSWERS BELOW.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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KOSHER CUP<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

ANSWERS:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MEIRAV'S QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Adar Aleph <\/strong> 2 a Joy<\/strong> 2b Simcha<\/strong> 3 Kol Sasson ve\u2019Kol Simcha<\/strong>  \/OD YISHAMA<\/strong> 4 Book of Esther <\/strong>5 Simchat Torah Rejoicing in the law.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    GILLIAN'S QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1 Edgar <\/strong> 2 The Centre<\/strong> 3 He worked in a shoe blacking factory<\/strong> 4 A shelter <\/strong> 5 Runaway<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    IRENE'S QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1 Alexander Graham Bell <\/strong> 2 Winston Churchill <\/strong> 3 Harold II <\/strong> 4 Henry VIII <\/strong> 5 Lot<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    ROBERTA'S QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1 It was Daytime?<\/strong> 2 Yesterday, Today Tomorrow <\/strong> 3 The letter M<\/strong> 4 Once <\/strong> 5 Silence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    BARBRA'S QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1 Black Hole<\/strong> 2 Chinese and English <\/strong> 3 Paris<\/strong> 4 Macbeth<\/strong> 5 Hawaii<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    MEIRAV\u2019S QUESTIONS 1     What\u2019s the name of the Hebrew month that\u2019s just started?      2a  According to the Talmud, what is it that increases when Adar comes in?   2b  What is the word for that in Hebrew? 3  What traditional Jewish wedding song, based on a prophecy from Jeremiah, mentions the word \u201csimcha\u201d?  4  The Yiddish […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quizzes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3209"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3216,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3209\/revisions\/3216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}