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This quiz has been taken 33 times
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Hint	Answer	% Correct
There are 16+ alternate spellings of "Chanukah." Can you type one of them?	Hanukah, Hanukkah	97%
How long does Chanukah last?	{Eight} days and nights	93%
How many candles does it have?	Nine	93%
What substance reportedly lasted eight days instead of one, leading to a supply-side miracle?	Lamp oil	90%
What is a Chanukah candelabrum called?	Menorah	90%
	December	86%
Traditional toy top spun on the holiday	Dreidl	86%
In the Gregorian calendar, which two months can Chanukah fall in?	November	86%
What is the illuminating alternate name for Chanukah?	Festival of {Lights}	83%
Traditional fried potato pancake	Latke	83%
According to the _____ calendar, Chanukah starts on the 25th day of Kislev every year	Jewish	79%
First there was 'Elf on a Shelf.' Now, there's 'Mensch on a ______.'	Bench	76%
Another 'holy' fried food, sometimes filled with jelly	Doughnut	72%
Money or coin-shaped chocolates given to kids	Gelt	72%
Condiments that go with these pancakes	Applesauce	66%
Comedian co-creator of 'The Chanukah Song,' first performed on SNL in 1994?	Adam Sandler	62%
They were fighting oppression and Hellenisation. What's another word for Hellenic?	Greek	59%
Who was the first U.S. president to help light one at the White House?	Jimmy Carter	55%
Jewish dissidents who hammered on the Selucids in the 2nd century BCE	Maccabees	55%
Chanukah celebrates the re-dedication of what place? (Hint: think sequel)	The {Second} Temple	52%
	Sour cream	48%
Finish this 'high' holiday lyric from the Chanukah Song:	So drink your gin and tonicah, And smoke your {marijuanikah}	34%
This iconic U.S. folksinger recorded Chanukah songs in the 1940s (hint: one of his guitars was labelled "This machine kills fascists")	Woody Guthrie	21%
Dairy is eaten to honour this fierce widow, who assassinated Assyrian General Holofernes	Yehudit (Judith)	21%