Hanukkah quiz grade 5

What is another name for a Hanukkah menorah?

• Hanukkiah

• Sufganiyot

• Kibbutz

• Sevivon

In Morocco, after Hanukkah ends, the families gather together all the leftover candles. What do they do with the candles?

• They make the candles into a sculpture.

• They give the candles to the synagogue.

• They return the candles to the store.

• They use the candles to make a big bonfire.

True or False: In Israel, schools are closed for Hanukkah.

• True

• False

What was the name of the Syrian king who told the Jews they could no longer practice their religion?

• Ahasverus

• Antiochus

• Alexander

• Bob

How many years did it take until the Jews could reclaim the Temple and rededicate it?

• 4 years

• 2 years

• 3 years

• 8 years

What is another word for a dreidel?

• Sevivon

• Sufganiyot

• Shabbat

• Etrog

True or False: Hanukkah means dedication

• False

• True

In Latrun, Israel in 1997 a HUGE menorah was built out of metal pipes. A rabbi had to be lifted in a crane each night to light it. Approximately how tall was the menorah?

• 40 feet tall

• 60 feet tall

• 79.5 feet tall

• 80 feet tall

The National Menorah at the White House has been lit ever since what year?

• 1969

• 1979

• 1989

• 1999

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, which of these is another correct spelling for Hanukkah? (You may choose more than one answer.)

• Hanuka

• Hanuckah

• Khanukah

• Hanuca