At the beginning of each November and December, Jewish people around the world gather to celebrate Hanukkah with friends and family for eight nights and eight days. This joyous holiday is also known as the festival of lights. Hanukkah honors the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem in 165 B.C., where according to the fable Jews had nauseated against their Greek Syrian oppressors in the Maccabean Insurgency. The lighting of the menorah, traditional foods, games, and gifts are the major activities of the celebration.
The festival is meant to celebrate the miracles that occurred over 2,000 years ago. The survival of Jews, and the power of even a small light to overcome darkness. The best way to test your knowledge about Hanukkah is to have some Hanukkah trivia.
Hanukkah trivia
1. What does the word Hanukkah mean in Hebrew?
Show AnswerDedication2. What is the second name of the Hanukkah festival?
Show AnswerFestivals of lights3. How many years ago a miracle occurred and become a festival that people celebrate with the name of Hanukkah?
Show Answer2,000 years ago4. Which Hebrew letters stand for ‘A great miracle happened there’?
Show AnswerDreidel’s5. Children play games to win a pot of what?
Show AnswerHanukkah Gelt6. Who celebrates the Hanukkah festival?
Show AnswerJewish7. What is the first night of Hanukkah called?
Show AnswerChanukah8. What does the word Menorah mean in Hebrew?
Show AnswerThe lamp having seven branches.9. Who created the Menorah?
Show AnswerZe’ev Raban10. What are the colors used in Hanukkah celebrations?
Show AnswerBlue and WhiteFun Hanukkah trivia
11. Where has the Largest Menorah situated in the World?
Show AnswerGrand Army Plaza in New York12. Who was the first president to celebrate Hanukkah at the White House?
Show AnswerHarry Truman13. How many jelly donuts are consumed in Israel throughout Hanukkah?
Show AnswerOver 17.5 million14. The word “Hanukkah” comes from which Hebrew word?
Show Answer“Hinch,” or “to teach.”15. How many nights does Hanukkah lasts, to commemorate how long the holy light burned?
Show AnswerEight nights16. A Menorah is a candelabra with how many candles?
Show AnswerNine candles17. What is the candle in the center of the menorah called which intended to light all the others and sits higher than the other candles?
Show AnswerShamash18. The famous dreidel, or four-sided spinning top, was invented as what?
Show AnswerDistraction19. Which coins wrapped in gold foil, used in the traditional Jewish game of dreidel, and called gelt?
Show AnswerChocolate coins20. One of the most popular desserts are homemade doughnuts, what Jewish called it?
Show AnswerSufganiyotIt is normal for women not to work for at least the first half-hour of the candles’ burning, and some have the tradition not to work for the entire time of burning. It is also prohibited to fast or glorify during Hanukkah.
Hanukkah family feud questions
21. Where the menorah prominently displays as a reminder to others of the miracle that inspired the holiday?
Show AnswerIn the windows22. Hanukkah is observed for how many nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar?
Show AnswerEight23. What does the Hebrew word latke mean which is used in the festival?
Show AnswerA type of potato pancake24. In which books the story of Hanukkah is preserved?
Show AnswerIn First and Second Maccabees25. Which prayer is recited on Hanukkah as an addition to the Amidah prayer, which was formalized in the late 1st century?
Show AnswerThe Al HaNissim prayer26. Among whom the tendency is for every male member of the household to light a full set of lights each night?
Show AnswerAshkenazim27. When should Hanukkah lights usually burn at least?
Show AnswerHalf an hour after it gets dark.28. Typically, how many blessings are recited during this eight-day festival when lighting the candles?
Show AnswerTwo29. In the Ashkenazi tradition, each night after the lighting of the candles, which hymn is sung?
Show AnswerMa’oz Tzur30. What does the last day of Hanukkah known?
Show AnswerZot HanukkahThe biggest Hanukkiah in the world is usually thought to be in New York City near Central Park, which stands at 36 feet high, weighs two tons, and has been a New York fixture since 1977. Continue reading these 25 questions about Hanukkah Trivia.
25 questions about Hanukkah answered.
31. According to the Gregorian calendar on which date Hanukkah did start in 2018?
Show AnswerOn the evening of December 232. In the present time how many arms should a menorah have?
Show AnswerNine Arms33. Which oil is considered the ideal fuel in place of candles as that is likely the oil used in the original miracle?
Show AnswerOlive Oil34. What is the reason for using blue and white colors in Hanukkah?
Show AnswerBecause of the Israeli flag color.35. Why the Hanukkah festival have not any fixed date as it always changes?
Show AnswerThere are so many spellings.36. For the festival of lights, must it be candles?
Show AnswerNo37. Why should there have fried food at the Hanukkah festival?
Show AnswerBecause the miracle happened by oil.38. What should you have to do if you cross the international dateline?
Show AnswerThe agent fires a Chanukkiah at their home.39. In which biblical book the menorah is first mentioned?
Show AnswerIn the biblical book of Exodus40. How tall is the world’s largest menorah?
Show AnswerIt stands at 32 feet.41. Who made the world’s largest menorah?
Show AnswerIsraeli artist Yaacov Agam.42. How long does Hanukkah last?
Show AnswerEight days and nights43. Chanukah is also commonly known as the festival of what?
Show AnswerFestival of Lights44. How many sons of Matisyahu fought the Greeks?
Show AnswerFive sons45. Which Greek king, known for almost conquering Egypt, oppressed Jews, leading them to revolt and start the history of this holiday?
Show AnswerAntiochus IVHanukkah Trivia Questions
46. How many players are required to play a game of dreidel?
Show AnswerAt least two47. A common song about Hanukkah’s favorite toy, the dreidel, is: “I have a little dreidel, I made it out of ______” Which term ends the phrase?
Show AnswerClay48. Which president established the tradition of a White House Hanukkah party?
Show AnswerGeorge W. Bush49. What is the good way to meet someone on Hanukkah?
Show AnswerHappy Hanukkah, “Chag Sameach”50. The tradition of lighting a candle each night of Hanukkah is described in which Testament of the Bible?
Show AnswerOld Testament51. In 1993, which astronaut once celebrated Hanukkah in space?
Show AnswerJeff Hoffman52. Where is the National Menorah lit every year?
Show Answer In Washington D.C.53. How much weight does the world’s biggest menorah have?
Show Answer4000 pounds54. When Hanukkah began and ended in the year 2020?
Show AnswerTen to Eighteen December55. Fried potato pancakes are eaten in Hanukkah. What are these pancakes called in Hebrew?
Show AnswerLatkesFor Jews all around the world fried foods are a very traditional part of the Hanukkah, and the reason for more fried foods is to recognize the miracle of the oil. “There are those who say that eating on Hanukkah cheese because of the miracle was made by milk Judith was feeding the enemy” written by the 16th-century Rabbi Moses Isserles. Now we will try some Hanukkah trivia true or false questions.
Hanukkah true or false
56. Hanukkah means “light” in English.
Show AnswerFalse57. Hanukkah is not considered one of the major Jewish religious holidays.
Show AnswerTrue58. Currently, menorahs have holders for nine candles, but in ancient times, they held seven candles.
Show AnswerTrue59. The tradition of lighting a candle each night of Hanukkah is described in the New Testament of the Bible.
Show AnswerFalse60. Hanukkah is sometimes referred to as the “festival of darkest winter.”
Show AnswerFalse61. George W. Bush was the president who established the tradition of a White House Hanukkah party.
Show AnswerTrue62. Gelt, or money, is a traditional Hanukkah gift.
Show AnswerTrue63. Blue and white are the colors of the Hanukkah festival.
Show AnswerTrue64. Hanukkah begins on a day in November or December at sunrise.
Show AnswerTrue65. Menorahs are usually placed on shelves where they can be seen easily from inside or outside.
Show AnswerFalseThe African American culture’s annual celebration is known as Kwanzaa. This festival is held from December 26 to January 1, wrapping up in a communal feast called Karamu, commonly held on the 6th day. Maulana Karenga has created it, and it is based on African harvest festival traditions from various parts of Africa, West and Southeast Africa. In 1966 Kwanzaa was first celebrated. Let us see some more information about the Kwanzaa festival.
Kwanzaa trivia questions
66. American Maulana Karenga created Kwanzaa in 1966 during the aftermath of which event?
Show Answer The Watts riots67. Kwanzaa is the word of which language?
Show AnswerSwahili68. The name Kwanzaa derives from the phrase matunda ya kwanza, what does it mean in English?
Show AnswerIt means “first fruits”.69. Kwanzaa celebrates the seven principles of Kwanzaa and each of the seven days of Kwanzaa is dedicated to one of the principles, in which year these principles formed?
Show AnswerIn 196570. Who has narrated a documentary film about Kwanzaa, The Black Candle?
Show AnswerMaya Angelou71. Who designed the first Kwanzaa stamp, and was issued by the United States Post Office in 1997?
Show AnswerDesigned by Synthia Saint James72. What do the Seven candles in a kinara symbolize?
Show AnswerThe seven principles of Kwanzaa73. What is the first principle of Kwanzaa?
Show AnswerUnity74. What is the candle holder used in the Kwanzaa celebration in Swahili?
Show AnswerKinara75. How many days is Kwanzaa celebrated?
Show AnswerSeven days76. Which Kwanzaa candle is lit first?
Show AnswerCenter black candle77. What are the three colors of Kwanzaa?
Show AnswerRed, black, and greenHanukkah pop culture trivia
78. In 2012, which channel produced its first film mentioning Hanukkah?
Show AnswerHallmark channel79. Who wrote the song Hanukkah Oh Hanukkah?
Show AnswerMordkhe Riverman80. The promotional artwork “A Rugrats Chanukah” was written by whom?
Show AnswerDavid Stem81. How many blessings are made before lighting candles?
Show AnswerThree blessings the first night and two the other nights82. During which of the “four exiles” did the miracle of Chanukah take place?
Show AnswerThe third exile under Hellenite oppression83. Is it permissible to do work on Chanukah?
Show AnswerYes84. The song “Puppy for Hanukkah is written by whom?
Show AnswerDaveed Diggs85. When did the Love, Lights, Hanukkah premiered?
Show AnswerOn Dec 12Fun trivia facts about Hanukkah
86. Why do Jews eat greasy food on Hanukkah?
Show AnswerIt is traditional to eat fried food.87. Which miracle do we celebrate with the lighting of candles?
Show AnswerMiracle of oil88. How does the name Chanukah indicate the date when this holiday begins?
Show AnswerIf we break up the word into two parts89. What damage did the Hellenite do to the Beit Hamikdash?
Show AnswerThey made breaks in the walls and contaminated the sacred items.90. How did they know that the oil found was uncontaminated?
Show AnswerIts container had the seal of the Kohen Gadol.91. Who led the battle against the Hellenic?
Show AnswerMatityahu, the Kohen Gadol, and his sons92. What is the special reading of the Torah each day?
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