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The Week That Was 10/11/23

Authored by Jonathan Bates

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5th Grade

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The Week That Was 10/11/23
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the code name given to Germany's planned invasion of Britain?

Operation Dunkirk

Operation Blitz

Operation Dynamo

Operation Sealion

Answer explanation

Operation Sea Lion was the plan to invade the United Kingdom by the Nazis during World War II. The plan began in 1940. However, Germany first had to control the sky and sea of the English Channel before a land invasion.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Where did God speak to Moses to give him the 10 Commandments?

Mount Edna

Mount Everest

Mount Sinai

Mount Olympus

Answer explanation

According to the Book of Exodus in the Torah, the Ten Commandments were revealed to Moses at Mount Sinai, told by Moses to the Israelites in Exodus 19:25 and inscribed by the finger of God on two tablets of stone.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What are the three parts of the UK Parliament?

House of Commons, House of Lords, monarch

Government, House of Commons, monarch

10 Downing Street, House of Commons, monarch

House of Commons, House of Lords, 10 Downing Street

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the Sefer Torah?

A perfect, handwritten version of the Torah

The Jewish place of worship

The black band containing the Shema Prayer

A box fixed to the door frame containing the Shema Prayer

Answer explanation

In the synagogue the Torah (Sefer Torah) is written on parchment, which are written by hand with a special ink. The importance of the scrolls is shown by the way they are: never touched by human hands- a special pointer is used (called a ‘yad’); each scroll has a mantle (cover); once they have been used they are returned to the Ark; there is an ever-burning lamp outside the Ark to show G-d is always present.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is darkness?

My old friend

The absence of light

A shadow

Black

Answer explanation

We see objects because our eyes can sense light. Darkness is the absence of light. We cannot see anything in complete darkness. Some surfaces reflect light.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who was the main architect of the Eiffel Tower?

Stephen Sauvestre

Thomas Farnolls Pritchard

Jaques Eiffel

Frank Gehry

Answer explanation

Charles Léon Stephen Sauvestre was a French architect. He is notable for being one of the architects contributing to the design of the world-famous Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are equivalent fractions?

Two fractions you can add to make a whole

The same fraction displayed in the same way

Fractions which show different amounts

Two or more fractions that are all equal even though they different numerators and denominators

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