Test Your Shavuot IQ - Basic

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Test Your Shavuot IQ

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Instructions:

Select the item from Column 2 that best fits the word(s) in Column 1. Indicate your answer by using the drop-down box in the middle.

All answers can be found at the Shavuot Index

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Column 1	Answer	Column 2
1. The Book of the Bible that is read publicly on Shavuot is . . .		a. "Megillat Ruth" b. "Megillat Shir HaShirim" c. "The House that Ruth Built"
2. A delicious treat associated with Shavuot is . . .		a. cheese blintzes b. chicken soup with matzah balls c. sweet and sour chicken
3. Megillat Ruth is about the origin of . . .		a. King Saul b. King David c. King Charles
4. The Torah was given on Mount . . .		a. Everest b. McKinley c. Sinai
5. A custom of the Jewish people is to . . .		a. read the Haggadah all night on Shavuot b. eat cheese cake all night on Shavuot c. study Torah all night on Shavuot
6. The word "Regalim", as used in the expression "Three Regalim" comes from the word for . . .		a. the hand b. the foot c. the nose
7. The word "Shavuot" means . . .		a. days b. weeks c. months
8. The Three Regalim are Pesach, Shavuot, and . . .		a. Chag HaBikkurim b. Sukkot c. Chag HaKatzir
9. There is a custom to have _____ in the synagogues on Shavuot.		a. bonfires b. doves c. flowers
10. Ruth was a(n) . . .		a. Indian princess b. loyal daughter-in-law c. loyal mother-in-law
11. One of the heroines of Megillat Ruth is . . .		a. Rachel b. Leah c. Naami
12. "Naami" means . . .		a. pleasantness b. construction c. destruction
13. Shavuot is NOT the holiday of . . .		a. "bikkurim" (first fruits) b. the giving of the Torah c. matzah and marror
14. "Bikkurim" were brought from . . .		a. figs b. apples c. watermelon
15. Moshe asked the angels . . .		a. "Do you have parents, whom you have to honor?" b. "Are you in business, that you need to be warned to stay away from oaths?" c. "Do you ride donkeys, that you should be commanded not to want to steal the other angel's donkey?" d. all of the above

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