Hanukkah Quiz, Grade 4

In 2013, when Hanukkah and Thanksgiving occurred at the same time, people called it, Thanksgivukkah.

• True

• False

What kind of oil do people use in menorahs?

• sesame oil

• Olive oil

• motor oil

• peanut oil

In the country of Morocco at Hanukkah, Jewish people eat a food called Sfenj. What is sfenj?

• A cupcake

• A doughnut

• A cookie

• A pie

Which is the correct spelling:

• Macabee

• Maccabee

• Macabe

• Maccabbee

How do you light the candles on the menorah?

• You light them from right to left

• You light them from left to right

• You light the candles in any order

• You light them while hopping on one foot

True or False: In Israel at Hanukkah, people have a relay race carrying a torch.

• True.

• False.

In Mexico, some people celebrate Hanukkah by breaking a pinata. What is the pinata shaped like?

• A doughnut

• A latke

• A menorah

• A dreidel

Approximately how many Jewish people live in Israel?

• A little over 18 million

• A little over 10 million

• A little over 6 million

• 1 million exactly

In 2018, the Congregations of Shaare Shamayim used 8,000 frosted jelly donuts to make a mosaic picture. What was the picture of?

• A dreidel

• A menorah

• A map of Israel

• A tzedakah box

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, how many spellings of Hanukkah are there?

• 36

• 24

• 18

• 8