From our home to yours. Unleavened Levity: A Passover Seder Trivia Quiz

From our home to yours.
Unleavened Levity: A Passover Seder Trivia Quiz
1/Why do Jews open their front door during the Seder?

 

a/ Bubbie is wearing too much Chanel Number 5;
b/ To pay the pizza guy;
c/ To welcome the relatives on Jewish Time.
d/ To allow the Prophet Elijah to enter the home.

 

2/ The first of the Four Questions asked is:

 

a/ Why do all the desserts taste like matzah?
b/Is the brisket a non-GMO meat product?
c/ Why is this night different from all other nights?
d/ Is Scarlett Johansson really Jewish?
e/ What time is the hockey game?

 

3/ Four glasses of wine are served because:

 

a/ They represent the four annoying relatives at every Seder;
b/ You need three to get a decent buzz on, one to spill on the white tablecloth;
c/ They represent the four, brown, mystery side-dishes served at every Seder;
d/ They represent the four promises of deliverance from slavery.

 

 

4/ There are 10 Plagues: Blood, Lice, Flies, Pestilence, Boils, Hail, Locusts, Darkness, Death of the First-Born; what plague is missing from the list?

 

a/ Type 2 Diabetes;
b/ Frogs;
c/ Jian Ghomeshi;
d/ The guest who insists on stopping the Seder every 10 seconds to ask riveting questions like: “What is the meaning of the celery sticks?”

 

5/ The Haggadah speaks of four sons: the wise son; the simple son; the son who does not know what to ask, and which other one?

 

a/ The trust-fund-baby son;
b/ The son attending Wharton;
c/ The son around whom the world revolves;
d/ The wicked son.

 

6/ Ramses II is:

 

a/ An unreliable form of birth control;
b/ Better than Ramses I but not as good as Ramses III;
c/ The new Dodge truck for girly men.
d/ The Pharaoh who faced off against Moses.

 

7/Why is strong horseradish eaten during the Seder?

 

a/ It’s cheaper than Sudafed;
b/ To kill the taste of the Manischewitz wine;
c/ It goes great with overcooked roast beef.
d/ To recall the bitter struggles of the Jewish slaves in Egypt.

 

8/ In the song ‘Chad Gadya’ (‘One Little Goat’), who slew the ritual slaughterer?

 

a/ PETA;
b/ A crazed ox;
c/ Freddy Krueger;
d/ The Angel of Death.

 

9/ What does “L’shanah haba’ah biyerushalayim” mean?

 

a/ Next Year in Jerusalem;
b/ Next year in Boca;
c/ Drake is Jewish, but The Weeknd isn’t;
d/ Hide your money in Panama;
e/ ‘It’s Always Sunny In Old Jerusalem.’

 

10/ The word ‘Seder’ in English means:

 

a/ Suffering;
b/ ‘Is it over yet?’
c/ Order;
d/ Jewish Christmas Dinner.

 

11/ When the matzot are uncovered, they are referred to as:

 

a/ The toast with the most;
b/ The binding contract;
c/  The bread of constipation;
d/ The bread of affliction.

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