Passover Quiz From Moving Traditions

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    Who in the Passover story has "two mommies?"

    • Miriam
    • Pharaoh
    • Moses
    • Xena, Warrior Princess
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Test your Passover knowledge or add these questions from The Moving Traditions Gender quiz to your Passover Seder.

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  • 2. 

    What are Yitro’s seven daughters doing when they meet Moses?

    • Weaving Baskets

    • Shepherding a large flock

    • Baking bread

    • Filling out their profiles on Jdate

    Correct Answer
    A. Shepherding a large flock
    Explanation
    After Moses kills the Egyptian taskmaster he flees to the wilderness and encounters Yitro’s daughters as they are shepherding the flocks. Women were often roaming the countryside with a herd, either with other women or alone.

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  • 3. 

    Whose idea was the “orange on the seder plate”?

    • Maimonides

    • Abraham Joshua Heschel

    • Susannah Heschel

    • Anita Bryant

    Correct Answer
    A. Susannah Heschel
    Explanation
    Dr. Susannah Heschel is credited with the idea of placing an orange on the seder plate to represent the inclusion of Jewish gays and lesbians.

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  • 4. 

    According to the Midrash, who initiates romance during the Egyptian slavery?

    • The Women

    • The Men

    • Both Women and Men

    • Charlie Sheen

    Correct Answer
    A. The Women
    Explanation
    According to midrash (Midrash Tanhuma, Pekudei 9), as a way to control the Hebrew population, Pharaoh would not allow the men to sleep in their homes. The men would work and fall asleep in the fields. Women went out to them and woke them from their exhaustion and depression, feeding them and reminding them of their humanity.

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  • 5. 

    What character from Exodus complains to God about feeling like a nursing mother?

    • Pharoah’s Daughter

    • Moses

    • Yocheved

    • Eddie Murphy in “Daddy Day Care”

    Correct Answer
    A. Moses
    Explanation
    Moses, in one of his most emotional pleas to God (Numbers 11:12) says “Did I give birth to these people, that I should carry them in my bosom, like a nursemaid?”

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  • 6. 

    Who circumcises Moses's son?

    • Aaron

    • Tziporah

    • Moses

    • The Iron Chef

    Correct Answer
    A. Tziporah
    Explanation
    Tziporah – the woman Moses marries when he runs away to Midian, circumcises their son, Gershom, in the only mention of a woman mohel.

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  • 7. 

    Who donates earrings to Aaron to build the golden calf?

    • The men

    • The women

    • The women and the men

    • Joan Rivers

    Correct Answer
    A. The women and the men
    Explanation
    Both Hebrew women and men donated earrings.

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  • 8. 

    In the movie The Prince of Egypt, who recorded God's voice?

    • All the actors

    • The actor who played Moses

    • The actor who played Pharaoh

    • The entire DreamWorks legal team

    Correct Answer
    A. The actor who played Moses
    Explanation
    The original sound design recorded all of the actors to create a multi-gendered voice of God. However, in the final edit Val Kilmer, who played Moses, also recorded the voice of God.

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