Test Your Shavuot IQ - Intermediate

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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. Ruth was the mother of King David.		a. True b. False
2. The descendants of Yishmael did not accept the Torah because of its prohibition of . . .		a. stealing b. murder c. immorality
3. "Shavuot Sheni" (Second Shavuot) is celebrated on the sixth of Tammuz.		a. True b. False
4. Honoring one's Parents is a very easy Commandment.		a. True b. False
5. The first Commandment begins . . .		a. "In the Beginning . . . " b. "In the Big Inning . . . " c. "Honor your father and your mother . . . " d. "I am the L-rd your G-d . . . "
6. In Judaism, it is not considered to be "night" until . . .		a. three comets appear in the sky. b. three medium-size stars appear in the sky. c. three black holes appear in the sky.
7. The one who trusted Hashem to provide the "best" for each day was . . .		a. Hillel b. Shammai c. Noam Shabbat
8. A name of Shavuot which does not appear in the Bible is . . .		a. Shavuot b. Yom HaBikkurim c. Zman Matan Torateinu
9. One of the explanations for the origin of the custom of eating dairy food on Shavuot is . . .		a. the Jewish People ran out of animals to eat. b. there was a technical Kashrut problem. c. "Moshe Rabbeinu" (Moses our Teacher) liked pizza.
10. Another name for Shavuot is . . .		a. "Chag HaAviv", the holiday of the Springtime b. "Chag HaKatzir" the Holiday of the cutting of the Grain c. "Chag HaAsif," the Harvest Festival
11. The Ten Commandments were made up by . . .		a. G-d b. Moshe c. an anonymous author in the mid-Bronze age
12. "Why is this day different from any other day?" was a question asked about . . .		a. Shavuot b. Shabbat c. Pesach
13. The law that ten people are required to witness a Jewish wedding is learned from . . .		a. Megillat Ruth b. Megillat Shir HaShirim c. the Ten Commandments
14. The reward for the righteous in the World-to-Come is discussed in . . .		a. Akdamot b. Megillat Ruth c. the Ten Commandments
15. Boaz was one of the . . .		a. Prophets b. Judges c. Kings
16. "Hashem made my life very bitter" was said by ____ to ____ .		a. Orpah to Boaz b. Ruth to Esther c. Naami to the Townspeople of Beit Lechem
17. One is allowed to cook on Shavuot.		a. True b. False
18. Your People is my People and Your G-d, my G-d was said by ____ to ____ .		a. Naami to Ruth b. Ruth to Naami c. Rachel to Leah

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