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Question	Answer	% Correct
What peninsula did Israeli capture from Egypt in 1967, and return in 1982?	Sinai	90%
In what town was Jesus born, according to the Bible?	Bethlehem	85%
On what religious holiday did nine Arab states (plus Cuba) launch a surprise attack on Israel in 1973?	Yom Kippur	84%
What is the name of the movement to establish a Jewish country in the Holy Land?	{Zion}ism	84%
What was the name of the Medieval Christian attempts to capture the Holy Land?	The Crusades	83%
What empire destroyed the Second Temple in 70 A.D.?	The Roman Empire	81%
What brief war did Israel fight in 1967?	Six Days War	80%
What Biblical king is said to have built the first temple?	Solomon	76%
What book of the Bible tells the story of the Jews' escape from Egypt?	Exodus	74%
What territory did Israel take from Syria following that war?	Golan Heights	69%
Who was Israel's first (and to date only) female Prime Minister?	Golda Meir	68%
What is the term for an Israeli collective farm?	Kibbutz	65%
What Biblical city, conquered by Joshua, has been inhabited for 12,000 years, and is sometimes considered the world's oldest city?	Jericho	58%
What Jewish kingdom was led by Herod the Great?	Judea	58%
Who became Israel's first Prime Minister in 1948?	David Ben-Gurion	56%
What Peace Prize-winning Israeli leader was assassinated in 1995?	Yitzhak Rabin	53%
What Persian king freed the Jews from their captivity in Babylonia, and helped them rebuild their land?	{Cyrus} the Great	52%
What 1917 statement by the British Government announced support for that movement?	{Balfour} Declaration	49%
Who, according to the Bible, was the first king of Israel?	Saul	44%
What brutal empire conquered Israel in 722 B.C. and deported 10 of the 12 tribes of Israel?	Neo-Assyrian Empire	42%