Quiz on Purim

Purim Quiz

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Answer the questions below:

1. What is the name of the Jewish queen who played a key role in the Purim story?
select answer Rachel Sarah Esther Leah

2. What is the name of the villain in the Purim story who plotted to kill the Jews?
select answer Haman Pharaoh Nebuchadnezzar Caesar

3. What is the name of the Jewish holiday that celebrates the Purim story?
select answer Passover Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Purim

4. What is the name of the traditional Purim food that is shaped like a three-cornered hat?
select answer Latkes Challah Hamantaschen Matzah

5. What is the name of the scroll that contains the story of Esther?
select answer Torah Talmud Megillah Haggadah

6. Who commanded that Purim was to be celebrated by Jews every year?
select answer King Xerxes Mordecai Queen Esther

7. What is the Jewish date for Purim?
select answer 13th of Adar 14th of Adar 15th of Adar

8. What did Mordecai do that made King Xerxes want to honour him?
select answer Make known a plot to kill the King Invite him to a banquet Kill many of the King's enemies in battle

9. What is King Xerxes full name in Aramaic?
select answer Achashverosh Ahaserus Ahavernosh

10. What did Mordecai refuse to do that made Haman angry?
select answer He refused to throw a banquet for Haman He refused to bow down to Haman He refused to tell the King how wonderful he thought Haman was

11. What was the name of the woman Xerxes divorced at the beginning of the story of Esther?
select answer Vester Vada Vashti

12. How many provinces did King Xerxes' empire include?
select answer 172 127 137

13. How many banquets did Queen Esther give for King Xerxes and Haman?
select answer Three One Two

14. How many sons did Haman have?
select answer Ten Twelve Eight

15. What did Haman tell the people when he led Mordecai round Susa?
select answer This is what happens to those the King likes! This is what happens to those the King wants to please! This is what happens to those the King wants to honour!

16. How many chapters are there in the Book of Esther?
select answer Eight Nine Ten

17. What was Queen Esther's Jewish name?
select answer Hannah Hadassah Hester

18. What did Mordecai do when he heard about Haman's plan to kill all the Jews?
select answer Put on sackcloth and ashes Found Haman and had a fight with him Went immediately to complain to the King

19. What was the name of Haman's wife?
select answer Teresh Zelda Zeresh

20. For how long did Queen Esther have beauty treatments before meeting the King?
select answer One year Two years Six months

21. How was Haman going to get rid of Mordecai?
select answer Hang him Exile him to a far-away land Sell him as a slave

22. For how long did Queen Esther and her maids fast before Queen Esther went and invited the King to a banquet?
select answer Three hours One day Three days

23. What were the names of the two men who wanted to kill King Xerxes?
select answer Bigdan and Teresh Bigthan and Teresh Bigthan and Zeresh

24. Who did King Xerxes appoint as Prime Minister at the end of the story of Esther?
select answer Mordecai Hagai Haman's eldest son

25. How many times is G-d's name mentioned in the Book of Esther?
select answer Ten times Not at all Two times