Dr. Josh Kulp: Bible Quiz!

Dr. Josh Kulp, our Rosh Beit Midrash, conducted a multi-day, multi-edah Bible Quiz Extravaganza.  The prize: Vintage T-Shirts (courtesy of the 2 Joshes: Josh Kulp and Josh Edelglass)!

Scroll down to see the winners from Bogrim, Machon and Nivonim, as well as all the quiz questions.  Yasher Koach to all the winners!

Here are the quiz questions; would you win a T-shirt?

QUIZ ONE:

Yom Vintage and Palmer Swag Day Bible Quiz

Would you like to win a vintage Ramah t-shirt? Come find Josh Kulp during the day and answer correctly one of the following questions (one prize per person, hanikhim only, once a question has been correctly answered it cannot be answered again)

• Who is the first person hanged in the Bible?

• What are the only Aramaic words in the Torah and who says them?

• There are two books in the Tanakh that have large parts in Aramaic—what are they?

• Who was the Persian king who let the Israelites return to Israel after the first exile?

• What animals does David claim to have killed before his encounter with Goliath?

• Who was David’s first wife?

• Who were the two women involved in the Israelites’ defeat of Sisera?

• Who said the following words, “Out of the eater came something to eat, Out of the strong came something sweet”?

• Which famous figure from the Torah was buried in Shechem and who buried him there?

• About whom was it said, “The fellow came as a visitor and already he acts as the ruler?”

• In Naomi Shemer’s song “לו יהי” she says, “מה קול ענות אני שומע קול שופר וקול”. “קול עונות” is a song. Who is singing this song in the Bible?

• Which biblical judge was the son of a warrior and the son of a harlot?

• There are two other names in the Bible for what we call the festival of Shavuot. What are they?

• Twice in his life King David rends (tears) his clothing in mourning? The first is when King Saul and his son Jonathan die. What was the second?

QUIZ TWO:

Would you like to win a vintage Ramah t-shirt? Come find Josh Kulp and answer correctly one of the following questions (one prize per person, hanikhim only, once a question has been correctly answered it cannot be answered again)

ONE GUESS PER PERSON

• About whom was it said, “The fellow came as a visitor and already he acts as the ruler?”

• In Naomi Shemer’s song “לו יהי” she says, “מה קול ענות אני שומע קול שופר וקול”. “קול עונות” is a song. Who is singing this song in the Bible?

• חלוצים is the word used by early Zionist pioneers to describe themselves. In the Torah there is a group of people who call themselves חלוצים. Who are they?

• When Moses came down from the mountain (the second time) Aaron and the Israelites were afraid to approach him. Why?

• “Everyone who was in straits and everyone who was in debt and everyone who was desperate joined him, and he became their leader; there were about four hundred men with him”—who is the leader referred to in this line?

• What kind of bird brought Elijah food while he was in the cave?

• Who was the first biblical figure to have two wives simultaneously?

• Who is the first person in the Bible to be called a prophet?

• How many twins are born in the Bible? Name them?

• What is the shortest book in the Bible?

• Who is the only woman in the Bible who gets to name a place after an event occurs there?

• In the whole bible only two women die in childbirth. Rachel is one. Who is the other?

• Who is the only woman in the Bible whose age is given at her death?

• Who posed as a prostitute in order to sleep with her own father-in-law?

• The Bible describes two people as having killed Goliath. One is, of course, David. Who is the other?