Passover Trivia
As this newsletter comes out, we will be in the middle of the Passover holiday. To celebrate, I present you the following Passover trivia challenge. Enjoy!
Questions
- 1. In which book of the bible is the story of Passover?
- 2. How did got appear to Moses when he told him to lead the Israelites from Egypt?
- 3. How many plagues did God inflict on Egypt?
- 4. What was the tenth plague?
- 5. How did God instruct Moses to tell the Israelites on how to avoid the tenth plague?
- 6. What was to be eaten the Passover evening?
- 7. Where does the term “Passover” come from?
- 8. In modern tradition, what must be removed from the home before Passover?
- 9. How long does Passover last?
- 10. What is the Hebrew word for Passover?
- 11. An empty chair should be placed at a Passover seder for whom?
- 12. How many times are hands washed during a Passover seder?
- 13. What does the final day of Passover celebrate?
- 14. What is traditionally said at the end of the Passover seder?
- 15. What were the first nine plagues?
Answers
- 1. Exodus
- 2. In a burning bush
- 3. 10
- 4. Death of the firstborn son.
- 5. To mark their front doors with lamb’s blood (I do not think it is required to form an X or cross with the blood, as some have suggested who took this quiz already.)
- 6. The lamb with matzah (unleavened bread) and bitter herbs (maror)
- 7. From God passing over the houses of the Israelites marked with lamb’s blood.
- 8. Leaven (chametz)
- 9. Seven or eight days.
- 10. Pesach
- 11. Elijah
- 12. Two
- 13. The arrival of the Israelites to the Red Sea
- 14. “Next year in Jerusalem!”
- 15. (1) Turning water into blood, (2) Frogs, (3) Lice, (4) Wild animals, (5) Plague of livestock, (6) Boils, (7) Thunderstorm of hail and fire, (8) Locusts, (9) Three days of darkness
