TEST YOUR JEWISH IQTM

1. Which Jew, falsely accused of sexual assault, was imprisoned in an Egyptian dungeon for 12 years, and upon his release turned Egypt into the world’s first international superpower before he was 40 years old?

a. Judah b. Joseph c. Jonah d. Joshua a. Lech Walesa b. Boris Johnson c. Volodymyr

2. Which Jew in 2022 rallied the small nation he led, gathered international support, and repulsed an attack by the army and navy of a much larger neighboring nuclear superpower?

Zelensky d. Benjamin Netanyahu a. Armenian, Christian, Jewish, Muslim b. Roman, Greek Orthodox, Jewish, Arab c. Jewish, Russian Orthodox, Muslim, Roman d. Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Greek Orthodox a. Johannes Kepler b. Edwin Hubble c. Neil Diamond d. Albert Einstein

3. What are the four quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem?

4. Which Jew achieved international renown as one consequence of a total eclipse of the Sun?

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Email Rita for more info: rheller8@gmail.com a. Be, be very kind, to those who are dear. b. Do, do what is right, and to yourself too. c. Eat, eat my child, it’s good for you. d. Say, say the truth, and you won’t go wrong. a. 39 b. 339 c. 639 d. 939 a. 1000 years ago b. 2000 years ago c. 3000 years ago d. 4000 years ago a. Mishnah b. Shulchan Aruch c. Kabbalah d. Zohar a. Mount Sinai b. Mount Nebo c. Mountains of Ararat d. Hor the Mountain a. Natan Sharansky b. Garry Kasparov c. Andrei Sakharov d. Yuri Andropov

7. According to the Torah, Methuselah lived 969 years, which is how many years longer than the lifetime of Adam, the first man?

8. About when did King David capture Jerusalem from the Canaanite tribe of Jebusites and move his capital there?

9. Which work by Rabbi Yosef Karo, with its commentaries, is the most widely accepted compilation of Jewish law ever written?

5. According to the Torah, Moses died on which mountain?

6. “Ess, ess mein kint, siz git var dir” is closest in meaning to which piece of advice?

10. Which Jew was a chess prodigy, a Soviet dissident, refusenik, and human-rights activist sentenced to 13 years of forced labor, taught himself Hebrew in the gulag, was awarded the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, and became a popular Member of Knesset after making aliyah?

Answers on page 25.

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