| 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 | 95%
|
| How many candles does it have? | Nine | 92%
|
| December | 90%
| |
| 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%
|
| In the Gregorian calendar, which two months can Chanukah fall in? | November | 90%
|
| Traditional toy top spun on the holiday | Dreidl | 85%
|
| What is the illuminating alternate name for Chanukah? | Festival of {Lights} | 82%
|
| According to the _____ calendar, Chanukah starts on the 25th day of Kislev every year | Jewish | 82%
|
| Traditional fried potato pancake | Latke | 82%
|
| First there was 'Elf on a Shelf.' Now, there's 'Mensch on a ______.' | Bench | 79%
|
| 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 | 69%
|
| Comedian co-creator of 'The Chanukah Song,' first performed on SNL in 1994? | Adam Sandler | 67%
|
| Chanukah celebrates the re-dedication of what place? (Hint: think sequel) | The {Second} Temple | 62%
|
| They were fighting oppression and Hellenisation. What's another word for Hellenic? | Greek | 59%
|
| Jewish dissidents who hammered on the Selucids in the 2nd century BCE | Maccabees | 59%
|
| Sour cream | 56%
| |
| Who was the first U.S. president to help light one at the White House? | Jimmy Carter | 49%
|
| Finish this 'high' holiday lyric from the Chanukah Song: | So drink your gin and tonicah, And smoke your {marijuanikah} | 28%
|
| This iconic U.S. folksinger recorded Chanukah songs in the 1940s (hint: one of his guitars was labelled "This machine kills fascists") | Woody Guthrie | 23%
|
| Dairy is eaten to honour this fierce widow, who assassinated Assyrian General Holofernes | Yehudit (Judith) | 23%
|