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Take a quiz about Hanukkah and see if you can light all eight candles.

Grab a piece of paper and a pen...mark down your answers before checking the answers at the bottom.

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1. How many candles are used during the celebration of Hanukkah?

A. Eight

B. Sixteen

C. Thirty-Six

D. Forty-four

2. What is Hanukkah also called?

A. Feast of Foods

B. Festival of Lights

C. Drindl Days

D. Fiesta De Sol

3. Who did Judah the Maccabee finally drive from the temples?

A. The Romans

B. The Greeks

C. The Arabs

D. The French

4. What sort of animal did the invaders want to sacrifice that drove Judah's father to murder?

A. A ram

B. A calf

C. A pig

D. A dove

5. Whose empire was divided giving Israel to the invaders?

A. Alexander the Great

B. Julius Caesar

C. Attila the Hun

D. Xena, the Warrior Princess

6. What is the minimum length of time the candles should burn each night?

A. Six hours

B. 45 minutes

C. 30 minutes

D. Until they are burned out

7. Where is the first candle placed on the menorah?

A. The furthermost right

B. The furthermost left

C. In the center

D. It doesn't matter

8. What is the miracle of the menorah?

A. That the invaders actually left one in the temple

B. That it burned for eight days on one day's amount of oil

C. That Judah and his followers found the menorah still burning in the temple

D. That it turned from brass to gold when lit.

Now that you've taken the quiz...see how many of the eight candles you've managed to light. Click here for the answers.

Take a Kwanzaa Quiz

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1. Who founded the Kwanzaa holiday?

A. Dr. Martin Luther King

B. Ralph Abernathy

C. Reverend Billy Graham

D. Dr. Maulana Ron Karenga

2. Who is Kwanzaa for?

A. The Irish

B. The French

C. African Americans

D. The Russians

3. What does the red in the Kwanzaa flag represent?

A. Communism

B. Blood

C. Life

D. Nuclear power

4. What are three of the primary symbols of Kwanzaa?

A. A broom, wheat and water

B. A mat, a unity cup and a candle holder.

C. A lion, a tiger and a bear

D. Corn, oats and barley

5. On what day is Karamu, the community Kwanzaa feast, always held?

A. December 25

B. December 10

C. December 31

D. December 1

Okay...time to check your answers. Click here.

Light the Menorah Answers:

1. D...Forty-four candles are needed during Hanukkah.

2. B...Festival of Lights.

3. B...The Greeks

4. C...A pig

5. A...Alexander the Great

6. C...30 minutes

7. A...The furthermost right.

8. B...that it burned for eight days on one day's amount of oil

How did you do?

If you answered all eight questions correctly: Genius

If you answered 6-7 questions correctly: Above average

If you answered 4-5 questions correctly: Average

If you answered 2-3 questions correctly: Try again.

If you answered 0-1 questions correctly: Back to the Torah

Kwanzaa Quiz Answers

1. D...Dr. Maulana Ron Karenga in 1966.

2. C...African Americans

3. B...Blood

4. B...mat, a unity cup and a candle holder.

5. C...December 31

If you answered all five correctly, you're a Kwanzaa quiz kid!

If you answered 3-4 correctly, you are above average

If you answered 1-2 correctly, you are average.

If you answered none correctly, try again.