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1. According to Biblical tradition Eve was the mother of mankind. What does the root word of her Hebrew name mean?
2. Deborah was a judge, a prophetess and a singer. She ruled the Northern tribes of Israel circa 1150 BC. What does her famous "Song of Deborah" (as related in the Bible in Judges, chapter 5) celebrate?
3. After the battle against Deborah and Barak, Sisra escaped by foot and sought shelter in the tent of Jael, a woman from one of the Canaanite tribes. She gave him food and drink, and after he fell asleep she killed him by driving a peg from her tent through his temple. In taking this action she defied an ancient custom of her tribe. What was it?
4. Esther was a Jewish woman who married a king in order to save her people. What was the nationality of this king?
5. Queen Jezebel, a Sidonese princess affectionately known as "the harlot of Sidon", was the wife of King Achab and co-ruler of Israel. Why was she hated so much?
6. Queen Athaliah of Judah was the daughter of Queen Jezebel and King Achab of Israel. After the death of her Son, king Ahaziah, she seized the opportunity, murdered the entire royal household (except for one member, who was saved by an aunt and taken to safety) and ruled on her own for six years. Eventually she was overthrown, and the one surviving member of the royal family, aged seven, was set on the throne. What relation was he to Athalia?
7. Regent Queen Dowager Nehusta of Judah was the mother of Jehoiachin. How long did Jehoiachin's reign last?
8. Queen Alexandra, of the Hasmonean dynasty, ruled the kingdom of Judah between 78-69 BC. Her rule is often referred to as a "golden age". What was one of her great accomplishments?
9. According to the legend, Judith was a Jewish widow who seduced an Assyrian general and then murdered him in his sleep. How did she kill him?
10. Princess Julia Berenice was co-ruler of Judea with her brother Agrippa II (circa 52 AD). Which Roman Emperor, 13 years her junior, reportedly fell in love with her and wanted to marry her?
11. Many historians agree that Queen Gudit of Bani Al-Hamusa of Demot was probably Jewish. Where was her Queen-dom (circa 1000 AD)?
12. The Lady Donna Gratzia, or Hannah Nasi, was a Portuguese Jew who was forced to conceal her religion due to the Inquisition. She was also one of the wealthiest people in the world. She was forced to flee first Portugal, and later many other places in Europe, whenever the local rulers discovered that she was Jewish. Wherever she went she built great houses for her family, and she used these houses as the basis for a network to aid displaced and persecuted Jews all over Europe. She purchased the deeds for the town of Tiberius from the Turkish Sultan and planned to build a house there and form a large Jewish community. What became of these plans?
13. Glikl Bas Judah was born in 1646 in Hamburg, but as a child she was expelled from her birthplace along with all the Jews. After marrying she became an important participant in her husband's business, survived fourteen pregnancies and raised twelve children. What is her claim to fame?
14. During WWI "Nili" was a Jewish organization that acted as spies on behalf of the British. They acted out of the small town "Zichron Ya'akov" in Northern Israel and provided the British with information about the Ottoman forces. The most notorious member of "Nili" was Sarah Aharonson. Sarah, her father, her brother, and almost every other member of "Nili", were captured by the Turks on October 2 1917. How did she die?
15. Henrietta Szold was an American Jew born in 1860. She is known as many things, but primarily as an educator. What was her major contribution to early twentieth century Palestine?
16. Almost everyone is familiar with the story of Anne Frank, a young girl who was in hiding with her family in Amsterdam during the Holocaust, but was eventually captured by the Nazis. What concentration camp did she die at?
17. Another well known victim of the Holocaust was Zvia Lubotkin. Has she had streets named for her?
18. Hannah Senesh was a Hungarian born Jew who emigrated to Palestine in 1939. In 1943 she volunteered to return to Hungary and try to help the Jews under Nazi occupation. In March of 1944 she parachuted into Yugoslavia and joined the Partisans. In June of the same year she was captured by the Germans while trying to cross the border into Hungary. She was tortured for five months, then executed by a firing squad. What talent is she most famous for?
19. Dorothy Fuldheim was one of the most important figures in American television in the 1950's, but before her involvement with television she was already a successful journalist. Which two infamous world leaders did she interview?
20. Golda Meir was Prime Minister of Israel from 1969-1974. Why did she resign?
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