Passover Trivia and Answers

Challenge yourself with a Passover Trivia Quiz!

Easy

Cups of wine are drunk during Seder. What do people who can't drink wine drink at the Seder?

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Answer: Grape juice
It's customary for everyone present at the Seder to drink wine. However, those who can't consume wine can replace it with grape juice.

Easy

What is the name of the ritual meal that is enjoyed during Passover night?

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Answer: Passover Seder
The Passover Seder is the Jewish ritual dinner that is enjoyed on either the first night or the first and second nights of Passover. In Israel, the Seder is held only on the first night of Passover.

Medium

How many times are Jews supposed to wash their hands at the Seder table?

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Answer: Two times
Traditionally, everyone present during the Seder meal is required to wash his or her hands twice. The first washing of the hands takes place after the Kiddush. The second takes place just before the matzah is blessed.

Hard

In the olden days, Jews celebrated Passover by sending an animal to the temple to be sacrificed. What type of animal was this?

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Answer: Lamb
In the past, Jews commemorated Passover by sacrificing a paschal lamb, roasting its flesh and proceeding to eat it.

Easy

What foods are Jews not allowed to eat or possess during Passover?

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Answer: Leavened foods
Leavened foods, also known as chametz, are strictly forbidden during Passover. Chametz is any food made with leaven/yeast/baking powder. Good examples of chametz include the likes of cake, pizza, ordinary bread (containing yeast) and cereal. The reason leaven foods are forbidden is because when the Jews were escaping from Egypt, they were in such a haste that they had very little time to allow the dough of their bread to rise.

Medium

Which Christian celebration is influenced by the Passover?

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Answer: Good Friday
Good Friday is believed to have some roots in Passover. Interestingly enough, Good Friday and Passover usually coincide.

Medium

Which city hosts the world's largest Passover Seder every year?

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Answer: Kathmandu
Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal is famed for playing host to the largest Passover Seder in the world every year. Thousands of people from all over the world often take trips to Kathmandu to be part of this spectacular event.

Easy

Passover is celebrated around the same time with a Christian holiday. What Christian holiday is this?

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Answer: Easter
Passover is usually celebrated in March or April, which is around the same time Christians also celebrate Easter.

Medium

There is a ritual text that is read at the Passover Seder? What is this text called?

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Answer: Haggadah
The Jewish text of Haggadah is always recited by the gathering at the Passover Seder. The Haggadah, which translates to "telling" in the Hebrew language, recounts the tale of the Israelites journey to freedom from slavery in Egypt.

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What do Jews purge their home of during Passover?

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Answer: Chametz
One of the most important parts of the tradition of Passover is to thoroughly clean one's house to the point where every crumb of chametz is totally gotten rid of. And what's chametz? It is any leavened food.



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