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The Chanukah / Hanukkah Quiz

See how much you know about a little holiday that started in 168 BCE.
Sources: Wikipedia, NPR, chabad.org.
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Last updated: November 25, 2018
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There are 16+ alternate spellings of "Chanukah." Can you type one of them?
Hanukah, Hanukkah
In the Gregorian calendar, which two months can Chanukah fall in?
November
December
According to the _____ calendar, Chanukah starts on the 25th day of Kislev every year
Jewish
What is a Chanukah candelabrum called?
Menorah
How many candles does it have?
Nine
Who was the first U.S. president to help light one at the White House?
Jimmy Carter
What is the illuminating alternate name for Chanukah?
Festival of Lights
How long does Chanukah last?
Eight days and nights
Chanukah celebrates the re-dedication of what place? (Hint: think sequel)
The Second Temple
What substance reportedly lasted eight days instead of one, leading to a supply-side miracle?
Lamp oil
Comedian co-creator of 'The Chanukah Song,' first performed on SNL in 1994?
Adam Sandler
Finish this 'high' holiday lyric from the Chanukah Song:
So drink your gin and tonicah,
And smoke your marijuanikah
Traditional toy top spun on the holiday
Dreidl
Money or coin-shaped chocolates given to kids
Gelt
First there was 'Elf on a Shelf.' Now, there's 'Mensch on a ______.'
Bench
Traditional fried potato pancake
Latke
Condiments that go with these pancakes
Applesauce
Sour cream
Another 'holy' fried food, sometimes filled with jelly
Doughnut
Dairy is eaten to honour this fierce widow, who assassinated Assyrian General Holofernes
Yehudit (Judith)
Jewish dissidents who hammered on the Selucids in the 2nd century BCE
Maccabees
They were fighting oppression and Hellenisation. What's another word for Hellenic?
Greek
This iconic U.S. folksinger recorded Chanukah songs in the 1940s (hint: one of his guitars was labelled "This machine kills fascists")
Woody Guthrie
vermiciousknid
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Level 88
Dec 6, 2020
Nice quiz. I'm craving latkes with those condiments now :P~
redsplat
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Level 74
Dec 11, 2020
I don't know if I ever stop craving latkes :P Well, maybe when I'm sleeping.
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