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Jewish American Heritage (https://youtu.be/ZkAdwMRXWNI)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is an Ashkenazi Jewish Soup dumpling.

a)

Braided Challah

b)

Potato Latke

c)

Matzoh Ball

2.

He is a musician known "over many genres; folk, blues, rock, gospel, country, and more."

a)

Isaac Mizrahi

b)

Bob Dylan

c)

Lil' Dicky

3.

She was the first Jewish woman to sit on the Supreme Court.

a)

Sandra Day O'Conner

b)

Ruth Bader Ginsberg

c)

Sonya Sotomayor

4.

This brand of clothing is named after its Jewish founder and was the first company to make this product.

a)

Levi Strauss

b)

Nike

c)

Patagonia

5.

Sandy Koufax, elected into a Hall of Fame, played this sport.

a)

Basketball

b)

Football

c)

Baseball

6.

He is a Jewish American filmmaker who has won an EGOT.

a)

Mel Gibson

b)

Mel Brooks

c)

Mel Torme

7.

He is a Jewish American physicist known partly for the theory of quantum electrodynamics.

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

Richard Feynman

8.

She led the American Feminist movement in the 1960s and 1970s.

a)

Gloria Steinem

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Kelly Pickler

9.

This word comes from a Jewish-German word meaning "ring".

a)

Bagel

b)

Lox

c)

Matzoh

10.

Jewish American Norman Mailer was not this.

a)

Journalist

b)

Actor

c)

Pharmacist

11.

He is the son of Carl Reiner, a renowned comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director. _________ Reiner

a)

Rob

b)

Richard

c)

Ronan

12.

He was one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States...and a Jewish American!

a)

Anderson Cooper

b)

Harvey Milk

c)

James Baldwin

13.

It was the first Jewish American delicatessen.

a)

Katz's

b)

Jersey Mike's

c)

Jimmy John's

14.

He was the first Jew to sit as Justice of the US Supreme Court when he was appointed.

a)

Louis Armstrong

b)

Louie Anderson

c)

Louis Brandeis

15.

He is one of two PEGOT winners.

a)

John Legend

b)

John Williams

c)

Marvin Hamlisch

16.

She is the only woman to have 11 albums top the Billboard 200 chart and attained 5 number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100.

a)

Barbara Streisand

b)

Lady Gaga

c)

Liza Minelli

17.

He is a composer, pianist, and painter known for blending elements of jazz and classical music.

a)

Levi Strauss

b)

Mel Brooks

c)

George Gershwin

18.

He developed one of the first polio vaccines but did not patent it or seek profit from it so more people could get access to it.

a)

Jonah Hill

b)

Jonas Salk

c)

Nick Jonas

19.

She is a Jewish American gymnast and 2-time Olympian.

a)

Alexandra Raisman

b)

Simone Biles

c)

Shawn Johnson

20.

He was the US Navy's first Jewish flag officer and is also of Hispanic origin.

a)

Francis Salvador

b)

Kirk Douglass

c)

Uriah P. Levy