Jerusalem Task Force Eleven Broadway, New York, NY

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1 Jerusalem Task Force Eleven Broadway, New York, NY ירושלים Jerusalem: Youth Trivia Questions 1. Who conquered Jerusalem in approximately 1004 BCE, made it the capital of his kingdom, and brought the Ark of the Covenant to the city? Correct Answer: King David - King Solomon - King Saul - King Nebuchadnezzar 2. Who built the first temple? Correct Answer: King Solomon - King David - King Saul - King Nebuchadnezzar 3. Which Jewish fast is in memory of the destruction of both temples?

2 Correct Answer: 9th of Av - 10th of Tevet - 17th of Tamuz - 15th of Shvat 4. In which year was the divided Jerusalem re-united and became part of the State of Israel? Correct Answer: Which animal is on the emblem of the Municipality of Jerusalem? Correct Answer: A lion - A tiger - A deer - An Eagle 6. What are the four quarters of the old city of Jerusalem? Correct Answer: Jewish, Armenian, Muslim and Christian - Jewish, Turkish, Muslim and Christian

3 - Jewish, Greek, Muslim and Christian - Jewish, Roman, Muslim and Christian 7. Which of these is not a neighborhood in Jerusalem: Correct Answer: Ramat Gan - Neve Shaanan - Romema - Talbiah 8. Who wrote the song "Yerushalayim Shel Zahav" (Jerusalem of Gold)? Correct Answer: Naomi Shemer - Y. Gamzo - Ehud Manor - Haim Hefer 9. What is the Holy Land Hotel famous for? Correct Answer: It maintains a famous scale-model of Jerusalem at the time of the Second Temple. - It houses stained glass windows in its synagogue - It is the largest hotel in Jerusalem - It is the oldest hotel in Jerusalem 10. What structure of the Israel Museum houses the Dead Sea Scrolls?

4 Correct Answer: Shrine of the Book - Keeper of the Scrolls - The Dea Sea Scrolls Hut - The Safe of the Scrolls 11. What is Hechal Shlomo? Correct Answer: The seat of Israel's Chief Rabbinate - A museum in memory of King Shlomo - The place were King Shlomo lived - The building were the government met before the building of the Knesset 12. What is Mahane Yehuda? Correct Answer: An outdoor marketplace - An artist center - A Jerusalem sports team - A political party 13. In what Jerusalem neighborhood is there an artist center? Correct Answer: Yemin Moshe - Kiryat Moshe - Rechavia

5 - Nachlaot 14. What is the reason they named the park, opposite Montefiore's Windmill, the Liberty Bell Park? Correct Answer: It contains a replica of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia - It contains a large mural of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia - The grass of the park is in the shape of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia - The person that donated the cost of the park was called Larry Bell 15. Which neighborhood was established in 1874 and was the fifth neighborhood outside of the walls of the Old City and today it is populated by the Ultra-Orthodox? Correct Answer: Me'a She'arim - Geula - Gilo - Ramat Eshkol 16. What do Har Hotzvim, Malha and Givat Shaul have in common? Correct Answer: They are industrial or high-tech parks - They are nature and green areas - They are shopping Centers - They are sports centers 17. On which mountain can you find both a Hebrew University campus and a branch of Hadassah Hospital?

6 Correct Answer: Mount Scopus - Mount Zion - Mount of Olives - Mount Herzl 18. What is the name of the Jerusalem Soccer team? Correct Answer: Beitar Jerusalem - Hapoel Jerusalem - The Jerusalem Lions - Maccabbi Jerusalem 19. What three Jewish holidays is Jerusalem the focal point? Correct Answer: Pesach, Sukkot, Shavuot - Rosh Hashana, Pesach, Shavuot - Pesach, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashana - Pesach, Rosh Hashana, Sukkot 20. What famous landmark did Moses Montefiore build in the late 1800's? Correct Answer: A Windmill - A Hotel - The menorah near the Knesset

7 - A tavern / inn 21. In what hills is Jerusalem located? Correct Answer: Judean Hills - Judaic Hills - Samaria Hills - Gush Etzion Hills 22. Who served as mayor of Jerusalem for 28 years? Correct Answer: Teddy Kollek - Ehud Olmert - Golda Meir - Moshe Dayan 23. How long ago was Jerusalem established? Correct Answer: About 3,000 year ago - About 1,000 years ago - About 2,000 years ago - About 5,000 years ago 24. What neighborhoods are in the area called French Hill? Correct Answer: Givat Shapira and Tzameret HaBirah

8 - Gilo and Shuafat - Ramot and Maalot Daphna - Givat Ze'ev and Pesgat Ze'ev 25. Near which neighborhood is the area called Armon Hanatziv? Correct Answer: East Talpiot - Geula - Gilo - Romema 26. After whom are the streets in the neighborhood Geula named? Correct Answer: Prophets of Israel - Torah Scholars - Commanders of the 1948 war - Famous poets 27. Which intersection connects King George Street and Ramban Street? Correct Answer: Kikar Paris - Kikar Tzahal - Kikar Pat - Kikar Rabin

9 28. Which streets intersect at Kikar Haherut (Davidka)? Correct Answer: Haniviim and Yaffo - Hillel and Yaffo - Shlom Tzion and Yaffo - Herzl and Yaffo 29. Where is the Tayelet (Promenade) located? Correct Answer: Near Armon Hanatziv in the south - In the old city - In Independence Park near the center of town - On Mount Scopus in the east 30. Where is the old city of Jerusalem located? Correct Answer: East - West - South West - North West 31. What is the most famous tower on the walls surrounding the old city? Correct Answer: David's Tower

10 - Shlomo's Tower - Hordus' Tower - Babylon Tower 32. Where is the Frank Sinatra building located? Correct Answer: Hebrew University - Mount Scopus - The Jerusalem Theater - At Hadassah Medical Center - Ein Kerem - In the Rechavia neighborhood 33. Why do Jews fast on the 17th of Tamuz? Correct Answer: The walls of Jerusalem were broken by the Babalonians - The seige of Jerusalem was started on this day by the Babalonians - The first temple of Jerusalem was destroyed on this day - The second temple of Jerusalem was destroyed on this day 34. Why do Jews fast on the 10th of Tevet? Correct Answer: The Babalonians started the seige of Jerusalem - The Babalonians broke the walls of Jerusalem - The first temple of Jerusalem was destroyed on this day - The second temple of Jerusalem was destroyed on this day

11 35. In what year did Benjamin Ze'ev Herzl visit Jerusalem? Correct Answer: Which of the following people is not buried in Jerusalem? Correct Answer: David Ben Gurion - Itzhak Rabin - Menachem Begin - Golda Meir 37. Throughout Jewish history, where did Jews always want to be buried? Correct Answer: Mount Olives (Har Hazeitim) - Mount Herzl (Har Herzl) - Mount Scopus (Har Hatzofim) - Har Hamenuhot 38. Where is the "Avenue of the Righteous" located? Correct Answer: Yad Vashem - Mount Herzl

12 - In the old city - Amunition Hill 39. Which institution in Jerusalem is in memorial to the Holocaust victims? Correct Answer: Yad Vashem - Yad Mordechai - The Ben Zvi Center - The Van Leer Center 40. What are the colors of the Jerusalem Beitar soccer team? Correct Answer: Black and Yellow - Blue and White - Red and White - Green and White 41. What is the name of the Jerusalem Airport? Correct Answer: Atarot - Ben Gurion - Ramat Rachel - Zion Airport 42. Which annual event occurs on Independence Day in Jerusalem? Correct Answer: The World Bible Contest

13 - The Jerusalem Song Festival - The Jerusalem Film Festival - The Jerusalem Dance Festival 43. Where was tourism minister Rechavam Ze'ev killed in Jerusalem in 2001? Correct Answer: The Hyatt Hotel (now known as the Regency Hotel) - On Ben Yehuda Street - In the old city - In the Knesset 44. What is the name of the largest shopping mall (Canion) in Jerusalem? Correct Answer: Malcha - Achim Israel - Center One - Clal 45. What material is mostly used in building many houses in Jerusalem? Correct Answer: Jerusalem Stone - Jerusalem Oak - Jerusalem Brick - Imported wood

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