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My name is Purim, and I come great fun and frolic bringing by jonah

Champion(s):

BaskinJ
Per Aspera Ad Astra

Runner(s)-Up:

WinchellV
Learning is hard, but knowing is fun.

Quiz Description

This we celebrate the joyous Jewish holiday Purim on March 24 (starting the evening of the 23rd). Get in costume, grab your [answer to question 7], and start partying early with this quiz.

Full Results:

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1 BaskinJ 421 98 15
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2 WinchellV 418 95 15
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3 PotatoD 408 91 15
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4 AllenJ 383 88 15
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5 BurdinRS 372 85 15
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6 Pelc 371 81 15
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7 BlumenthalS 349 78 15
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8 PolinskyL 335 75 15
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9 GrahamJ 329 71 15
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10 CutlerA 325 68 15
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11 SchwartzD 318 65 15
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12 RossS 299 61 15
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13 NathanL 298 58 15
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14 ChernicoffS 272 55 15
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15 PeskinK 250 51 15
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16 GrossB 237 46 15
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16 Terry 237 46 15
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18 HatfieldS 232 41 15
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19 ElendilPickle 210 38 15
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20 SpraragenM 208 35 15
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21 WolfischL 199 31 15
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22 FultonE 194 28 15
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23 MercureT 172 25 15
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24 PruettC 151 21 15
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25 LuskT 148 18 15
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26 DosRemediosA 132 15 15
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27 Rebecca 131 11 15
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28 RaiaB 104 8 00
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29 usuiw 22 5 15
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30 jrwofuga 0 1 00
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Questions:

Question 1

WHAT BOOK OF THE BIBLE is read on Purim? (Be more specific than "megillah".)

Click to Reveal Answer
Book of Esther or (Megillat) Estair

Question 2

WHAT IS THE LITERAL MEANING of the word "Purim", a reference to a method used to determine the day on which the Jews would be killed?

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"lots"

Question 3

IN WHAT PERSIAN CITY does the Purim story take place?

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Shushan or Susa

Question 4

Purim takes place on the 14th day of WHAT MONTH OF THE HEBREW CALENDAR? (In non-leap years. In leap years, there are two months with this name, and Purim is in the second of them.)

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Adar

Question 5

Nonwithstanding size, WHAT IS THE MOST OBVIOUS PHYSICAL DIFFERENCE between the scroll read on Purim and a Torah scroll?

Click to Reveal Answer
number of rollers (one for Esther, two for Torah)

Question 6

In the Talmud, tractate ~Megillah~, Rava says that on Purim ONE MUST DO WHAT so that he is unable to distinguish between "blessed be Mordechai" and "cursed be Haman"?

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get drunk (or "mellow oneself", as the tractate literally says)

Question 7

WHAT IS THE YIDDISH WORD for the noisemaker used to drown out the name of Haman? (Not the Hebrew word, which is "ra'ashan".)

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gragger

Question 8

WHY is King Achashvayrosh indebted to Mordechai?

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Mordechai discovered a plot (by Bigtana/Bigthan/Gabatha and Teresh/Tharra) to assassinate Achashvayrosh.

Question 9

Unlike most books of the Bible, the book read on Purim is often illustrated. WHY IS THIS PERMITTED for that book but not most others?

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The Book of Esther does not contain the name of God, so there is assumed to be no risk of thinking that the illustrations depict God, which would be forbidden.

Question 10

WHAT IS THE CHORUS OF THE PURIM SONG that begins "Oh once there was a wicked, wicked man"? (The chorus has a line repeated several times; don't worry about that in your answer.)

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Oh, today we'll merry merry be (repeat twice more for a total of three occurrences) / and nosh some Hamantaschen

Question 11

The triangular cookies traditionally eaten on Purim are named for representing WHAT ASPECT of Haman? (The German name of the food that is commonly used in English has a different meaning from the Hebrew term. The German one can be translated in two different ways. Any of these three is acceptable.)

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pockets/pouches (German "hamantaschen") or ears (Hebrew "oznay Haman")

Question 12

WHAT IS THE HEBREW NAME for the gifts, usually food and often in the form of baskets, exchanged on Purim?

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mishloach manot