The Etgar Quiz no 257

1) In the Second World War, an outstanding Swedish diplomat saved many Jews. He was later captured by Soviet forces and was never heard from again. His name was:

a) Willy Brandt

b) Kurt Waldheim

c) Raoul Wallenberg

d) U Thant

e) Dag Hammerskjold

2) Which UN committee, in 1947, recommended that Palestine be partitioned into Jewish and Arab States?

a) Unrwa

b) Unifil

c) Unscop

d) Unipal

e) Unesco

3) How many meals should one have on Shabbat?

a) one

b) two

c) three

d) four

e) five

illustration: Miki Shaw[Missing Credit]

4) Who was the first Israeli to win a Nobel Prize?

a) Menachem Begin

b) Yitzhak Rabin

c) Shimon Perez

d) Shai Agnon

e) Daniel Kahneman

5) Which was the first nation to attack the Jewish People after they crossed the Yam Suf (Sea of Reeds)?

a) Mitzrayim

b) Moav

c) Midian

d) Bashan

e) Amalek

illustration: Miki Shaw[Missing Credit]

6) Which Italian artist was born into a distinguished Jewish family from Livorno?

a) Modigliani

b) Giacometti

c) Bernini

d) Rafaello

e) Donatello

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 Answers: 1c 2c, 3c, 4d, 5e, 6a;
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