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For the Record Adar Trivia Quiz: 5782

By Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer | March 22, 2022

Test your knowledge of modern Jewish history with a sampling of questions from across recent centuries

It’s time for the annual For The Record Adar Trivia Quiz! Test your knowledge of modern Jewish history with a sampling of questions from across recent centuries. The answers will be printed next week, along with some analysis.

All those who score higher than 50 percent may bestow upon themselves the lofty title of amateur historian and be the official arbiter on Jewish historical topics at the Shabbos table and yeshivah coffee rooms (sort of like us).

Do you think you have what it takes to answer 50% or more of the questions? Try the quiz below for a chance to win prizes.

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1. This great rosh yeshivah and mechadesh is the only known person to have learned in (the original) Volozhin, Kelm, and Slabodka.
2. These three gedolim passed away in Israel within a nine-week period in the 1950s, plunging the country into mourning.
3. Name three yeshivos that found refuge in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk during World War I.
4. Name seven chassidic dynasties that stem from Chernobyl.
5. Name three famous rabbis who resided in the town of Luban, Belarus.
6. Which four cities around the world had the largest prewar Jewish population?
7. Rav Yechezkel Landau named a sefer for his mother (Tzlach) and another for his father (Noda B’Yehuda). Which great rabbinic figure did something similar in the last generation?
8. Which three cities in prewar Europe were host to a Bais Yaakov Teachers Seminary?
9. Name at least four rabbis whose last names were also names of cities.
10. Rivka’s son was a famous rabbi who included his mother in his name, but another descendant of hers was even more famous. Name these two rabbis.
11. What major event occurred in the 1960s that served as a catalyst for the growth of the American yeshivah world?
12. What did all synagogues in the US until 1795 have in common?
13. When did the first sefer Torah arrive in America, and to which city?
14. How many Jewish day schools were there in 1936 in America outside of New York, and where were they?
15. Name three personalities who were offered the position of rosh yeshivah in Chachmei Lublin following the passing of Rav Meir Shapiro in 1933.
16. Name four RIETS roshei yeshivah who served in prominent rabbinical positions in Europe and the cities that they served in.
17. This chassidic dynasty chose its postwar leader using democratic elections.
18. Which of the following chassidic dynasties does not have origins in Galicia? Dzikov, Gribov, Pilov, Rozvadov, Husyatin.
19. What do the Moroccan towns of Rissani, Erfoud, and Boudenib have in common?
20. Following his departure from Frankfurt at the age of 20, how many times did the Chasam Sofer return to his hometown to visit his family and rebbi Rav Nosson Adler?

(Originally featured in Mishpacha, Issue 904)

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Test your knowledge of modern Jewish history with a sampling of questions from across recent centuries

It’s time for the annual For The Record Adar Trivia Quiz! Test your knowledge of modern Jewish history with a sampling of questions from across recent centuries. The answers will be printed next week, along with some analysis.

All those who score higher than 50 percent may bestow upon themselves the lofty title of amateur historian and be the official arbiter on Jewish historical topics at the Shabbos table and yeshivah coffee rooms (sort of like us).

Do you think you have what it takes to answer 50% or more of the questions? Try the quiz below for a chance to win prizes.

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