Statistics for Yiddish Loan Words Quiz

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
A clumsy, akward, or foolish person	Klutz	85%
Correct according to Jewish law, normally used in reference to Jewish dietary laws	Kosher	71%
Cured salmon	Lox	68%
A ring-shaped bread roll made by boiling or steaming, and then baking, the dough	Bagel	65%
A gentile, term for someone not of the Jewish faith or people	Goy	62%
An upright person; a decent human being	Mensch	60%
Potato pancake, especially during Hanukkah	Latke	58%
The circumcision of a male child	Bris	49%
Dirt	Schmutz	46%
Spread	Schmeer	44%
A small malfunction	Glitch	42%
A sweet cheese-filled crepe	Blintz	38%
Money	Gelt	31%
A man-made humanoid; an android	Golem	31%
A doughy snack stuffed with potato, meat, or cheese	Knish	31%
To express great pleasure combined with pride	Kvell	28%
A talkative woman; a gossip; a scold	Yenta	28%
A Lithuanian Jew	Litvak	23%
A multipurpose interjection analogous to "well?", "so?", or "so what?"	Nu	21%
Pleasingly plump, buxom, full-figured, as a woman	Zaftig	13%
Worthless, distasteful, or nonsensical material	Dreck	10%
To pester, nag, whine	Noodge	10%
Bastard	Mamzer	8%
A thief, scoundrel, rascal	Ganef	6%
A chilled soup made of sorrel	Schav	3%

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