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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Carnival In Rio De Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro carnival traditionally takes place immediately before which Christian season?

Answer

Lent

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Carnival In Rio De Janeiro

What is the official name of Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome parade walkway?

Answer

Passarela Professor Darcy Ribeiro

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Carnival In Rio De Janeiro

Which samba song, recorded in 1917, is widely considered the first commercially recorded Brazilian samba?

Answer

Pelo Telefone

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Carnival In Rio De Janeiro

What is the traditional title of the ceremonial ruler of Rio de Janeiro carnival?

Answer

King Momo

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Carnival In Rio De Janeiro

Which samba school has won the most Rio de Janeiro carnival championships?

Answer

Portela

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Carnival In Rio De Janeiro

In what year did Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome open?

Answer

1984

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Carnival In Rio De Janeiro

Which Rio de Janeiro carnival venue hosts the annual samba-school parades?

Answer

Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Bar And Bat Mitzvah

At which New York synagogue did Judith Kaplan Eisenstein have the first widely recognized American bat mitzvah?

Answer

Society for the Advancement of Judaism

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Bar And Bat Mitzvah

What Jewish prayer shawl is commonly given to a boy at a bar mitzvah and worn during prayer?

Answer

Tallit

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Bar And Bat Mitzvah

In a Jewish bar or bat mitzvah service, what Hebrew term names the final person called to the Torah, often reading the Haftarah?

Answer

Maftir

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Bar And Bat Mitzvah

What Hebrew term describes the celebratory meal traditionally held after a Jewish bar or bat mitzvah?

Answer

Seudat mitzvah

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Bar And Bat Mitzvah

In a Jewish bar or bat mitzvah ceremony, what is the Hebrew term for the blessing recited after the Torah reading?

Answer

Birkat HaTorah

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