34719 Intermediate Trivia Questions
34719 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
What minor Passover-related observance falls on the 14th day of Iyar?
Answer
Pesach Sheni
What Hebrew term collectively names Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot as pilgrimage festivals?
Answer
Shalosh Regalim
Which community still performs a Passover sacrifice on Mount Gerizim?
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Samaritans
Which coffee brand introduced a famous promotional Passover Haggadah in 1932?
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Maxwell House
What ritual destroys remaining chametz on the morning before Passover?
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Biur chametz
What Hebrew term names the sale of chametz to a non-Jew before Passover?
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Mechirat chametz
Which Hebrew term names the Passover-eve fast observed by firstborn Jews?
Answer
Ta'anit Bechorot
Which Seder step is the eating of the matzah?
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Motzi Matzah
In the Seder order, which step immediately follows Kadesh?
Answer
Urchatz
What Hebrew term means the intermediate festival days of Passover?
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Chol HaMoed
Counting the Omer begins on which day of Passover in rabbinic Judaism?
Answer
Second day
What does the Passover song title 'Dayenu' mean in English?
Answer
It would have been enough
What Hebrew word names the ritual text recited at the Seder?
Answer
Haggadah
Which Hebrew term names the Passover sacrifice offered in Temple times?
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Korban Pesach
Which Dutch prince landed in England on 5 November 1688?
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William of Orange
Which prayer book once contained the 5 November thanksgiving prayer?
Answer
Book of Common Prayer
On what street was the Duck and Drake Inn located near?
Answer
The Strand
What London inn hosted the first meeting of five Gunpowder Plot conspirators?
Answer
Duck and Drake
Who introduced Guy Fawkes to Robert Catesby?
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Thomas Wintour
Along which road did many plotters flee after Fawkes was arrested?
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Watling Street
Who headed the late-night search party that arrested Guy Fawkes?
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Thomas Knyvet
Which museum holds the lantern Guy Fawkes carried when arrested?
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Ashmolean Museum
At which York church was Guy Fawkes baptized?
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St Michael le Belfrey
What English nickname is used for the Chinese New Year candy box quanhe?
Answer
Tray of Togetherness
In Hokkien, Chap Goh Meh literally means what?
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fifteen night
Which deity is traditionally welcomed on the fifth day of Chinese New Year?
Answer
God of Wealth
Which flower commonly decorates northern Vietnamese homes during Tết?
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peach blossom
What Vietnamese Tết pole is raised to ward off evil spirits?
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cây nêu
Which Japanese island chain still observes a lunisolar New Year?
Answer
Ryukyu islands
What are Cantonese red New Year couplets and decorations called?
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Fai chun