13,000 students. 12 countries. 1 winner.
Our 2021 champion is an 11th grader from Montreal, Canada. He scored a 93% (14/15 correct). How do you stack up?
Question 1:
Who is currently Israel’s biggest chart topper?
A: Omer Adam
B: Eyal Golan
C: Ishay Ribo
D: Noa Kirel
Answer: The Rise of Mizrahi Music
Question 2:
What is Israel’s most popular radio station?
A: Galgalatz
B: Chamesh
C: Kol Chai
D: Galei Yisrael
Answer: The Rise of Mizrahi Music
Question 3:
Which country were Zohar Argov and Ofra Haza’s families from?
A: Yemen
B: Morocco
C: Turkey
D: Iraq
Answer: The Rise of Mizrahi Music
Question 4:
Which British policy allowed only 15,000 Jews to make aliyah during WWII?
A: The Green Line
B: The Nuremberg Law
C: The White Paper
D: The Armistice Agreement
Answer: The Law of Return
Question 5:
Israel made peace with these countries. Put them in order from earliest to most recent to sign an agreement with Israel:
Morocco | Jordan | Egypt | UAE
Answer: The Abraham Accords
Question 6:
Which of the following countries does Israel NOT have a peace agreement with?
A: Bahrain
B: Syria
C: Sudan
D: Egypt
Answer: The Abraham Accords
Question 7:
About how many startup companies exist in Israel?
A: 1,000
B: 3,000
C: 5,000
D: 6,000
Answer: The Startup Nation
Question 8:
The alumni from which IDF unit has created over a thousand startup companies?
A: Golani
B: 8200
C: Egoz
D: Maglan
Answer: The Startup Nation
Question 9:
Which of the following are possible factors that led to Israel becoming the “Start-up Nation”?
A: innovation was vital for survival
B: Israeli and Jewish culture
C: IDF service
D: All of the above
Answer: The Startup Nation
Question 10:
The Israeli national anthem Hatikvah is based on a poem called “Tikvateinu” written in what year?
A: 1886
B: 1897
C: 1948
D: 1967
Answer: History of Hatikvah
Question 11:
Who famously asked “who knows enough Hebrew to even buy a train ticket?”
A: David Ben-Gurion
B: Theodor Herzl
C: Golda Meir
D: Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
Answer: The Revival of Hebrew
Question 12:
Fill in the blank: Ancient Hebrew has about ____ words while modern Hebrew has about _____ words.
A: 100k / 500k
B: 7k / 33k
C: 3m / 10m
D: 1k / 100k
Answer: The Revival of Hebrew
Question 13:
True or False: Israel was the first country on earth to make military service mandatory for both men and women.
A: True
B: False
Answer: The Women of the IDF
Question 14:
Which of the following statements about the IDF is true?
A: Women and men both serve 2 years
B: Women serve 30 months and men a minimum of 24
C: Women and men both serve 3 years
D: Women serve 24 months and men a minimum of 30
Answer: The Women of the IDF
Question 15:
Who said “security will not exist if our nation’s women do not know how to fight”?
A: David Ben-Gurion
B: Menachem Begin
C: Golda Meir
D: Moshe Dayan
Answer: The Women of the IDF
You can watch the replay of our final event here.
Originally Published May 2, 2021 06:01AM EDT
