Purim Quiz

Cookies, costumes, and booze? What's the deal with this crazy holiday, anyway?

Question 1. Hamantashen get their name from the Yiddish meaning
Haman's ear
Haman's nose
Haman's tush
Haman's pockets

Question 2. Packages of food and other small treats that are offered to friends and family are called
Purim Pockets
Hamantotes
Mishloach manot
Hiddur mitzvah

Question 3. Beans and peas are sometimes eaten on Purim because
Persian Jews invented falafel
It is prohibited to eat meat on Purim
Esther was a vegetarian in the king's court
To balance the calories in hamantaschen

Question 4. What is the name of the noisemakers used during the megillah reading?
Graggers
Kazoos
Vuvuzelas
Rattles

Question 5. What was the name of the King of Persia in the Purim story?
King Ahasuerus
King David
King Antiochus IV
King Ahab