Purim 5760 Quiz
We're back with our second online Havurah Quiz. See how much you know about Purim.   Select the correct answers by using the drop-down menus. When you are finished, click [Submit]. Then scroll down to the bottom of the page to see your score. The questions that you answered incorrectly will have an “x” in the box. Good luck!   (The fine print: All answers have been thoroughly and painstakingly researched by our resident Purim specialist, Martha Brenner. Any disagreements, see her ...)
1) Why was King Ahasuerus advised to get rid of Queen Vashti?  -- Choose an answer -- She couldn't really dance Mother-in-law trouble She set a bad example for wives 2) Who did Mordechai overhear plotting to assassinate the king?  -- Choose an answer -- Hinckley, Fromme, and Booth Bigsan and Teresh Memuchan and Ba'al 3) How did Haman choose Adar 14-15th to wipe out the Jews?  -- Choose an answer -- Pure chance; he cast lots (pur) He consulted a Jewish calendar He earned enough silver to pay for the executions 4) What powerful object was passed from the King to Haman and, later, from the King to Mordechai?  -- Choose an answer -- A signet ring A golden scepter A 1,000 MHz laptop PC 5) What does Mordechai tell Esther to convince her to approach the King and plead for her people?  -- Choose an answer -- They'll write a book about you someday This may be the reason you became Queen Queens can visit the King anytime 6) What did the King do when he couldn't sleep?  -- Choose an answer -- Took a sleeping potion Did the crossword puzzle in The Shushan Observer Listened to the Book of Chronicles 7) At Esther's second feast, the King offers her anything she wants. What does she ask for?  -- Choose an answer -- For Haman to be hanged For half the kingdom and an oils and perfume allowance For her life and the lives of her people 8) How did Haman contribute to his own political and personal downfall?   -- Choose an answer -- He asked for third helpings at the Queen's banquet He was hanged from the gallows he had just built for Mordechai He carried the Amalek Confederate flag in the parade honoring Mordechai 9) Why do we traditionally say the names of Haman's sons in one breath?  -- Choose an answer -- To indicate they were all hanged at once As a warm up for reciting the plagues on Passover To get into the rhythm of the Persian names 10) How many times are Hamantaschen mentioned in the Megillah?  -- Choose an answer -- One as mohn (poppy) flavored; twice as apricot Once, in a list of ways Purim should be celebrated for generations The same number of times as the name of G-d
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