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Israel Resources
Game Night: Who Wants To Be A Chalutz?
A takeoff of the popular TV show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire", this exciting game will test your
knowledge about Israel!
How to play:
This game can work as a great chapter or regional event, particularly in a smaller group setting. In the
game, one person will become the contestant and will have to go through 14 levels of questions (or as many
levels as you choose), receiving fake Shekalim (Israeli money) for each question answered correctly,
before they can become an Israeli millionaire!
At each level, the contestant is asked a question about Israel and must answer the question correctly
to move on. For extra help, the contestant will have 3 "lifelines" to be used during the game. The
lifelines are:
- "Phone a Friend", in which the contestant may ask somebody in the audience for the answer
- "Ask the Audience," where the answers are read off and the contestant must choose the answer voted
most popular by audience applause
- "50/50," in which two of the four answers are deleted, and the contestant must choose between the
right answer and one wrong answer (therefore having a 50-50 chance of getting it right).
Each may be used once per contestant. The contestant will continue, answering one question at each
level, until he/she misses a question and will be done playing. Since it will probably be difficult to
reach the millionaire level, have some sort of prize that goes with each level, so every contestant can
win something that relates to Israel! After one player is done, a new contestant can step up and take a
turn!
Prize suggestions (from lower to higher level prizes):
- A piece or bag of Israeli candy, or a key chain from Israel
- A fun Israeli t-shirt (Coca-cola, Hard rock café, Tzahal, etc)
- Automatic free membership to HeChalutzim
- A mix CD of great Israeli music (can be provided by CHUSY region)
Fast Fingers:
Make Poster boards with Velcro-able foam letters (perfect for Shabbat!). Pick a category and have wannabe
contestants put answers in the right order with the foam-Velcro letters on the poster board. Whoever has
the fastest fingers gets to compete as the contestant.
Sample Categories:
Cities North to South, Israeli Wars (Give names not dates...), Prime Ministers, Hebrew Letters, etc.
Questions:
Below, you will find 4 rounds of this game (enough questions for 4 contestants to go through all of the
levels. Feel free to modify the game depending on who will be playing and how much they know about Israel.
Have fun!
Game One - Questions:
- Level Aleph: What is Israel's national anthem?
- Hatikvah
- Star Spangled Banner
- Oh Israel
- Yisrael Sheli
- Level Bet: What city was named after Theodore Herzl?
- Be'er Sheva
- Tel Aviv
- Herzliyah
- Teodoria
- Level Gimmel: What does the Israeli flag represent?
- The land and the sea
- King David
- a Tallit
- a Kippah
- Level Dalet: This Hebrew word for south is also a region in Israel.
- Tzafon
- Negev
- Kadima
- Eilat
- Level Hey: What is the Hebrew name for the Temple?
- HeTemple
- Beit Din
- Beit HaKnesset
- Beit HaMikdash
- Level Vav: From where did Mohammed allegedly ascend to heaven?
- The Kotel
- Mecca
- Temple Mount
- Medina
- Level Zion: What is the name of USY's club for people who show support and love Israel?
- HeChalutzim
- AJ Heschel Society
- USY Loves Israel Club
- 613 Mitzvah Corps
- Level Chet: Who was the first prime minister of Israel?
- Theodore Herzl
- David Ben Gurion
- Golda Meir
- Ariel Sharon
- Level Tet: This Greek term was the foil to Judaism during the time of the Maccabees.
- Trojanism
- The Athenian Way
- Ottomanism
- Hellenism
- Level Yud: What is the Northenmost city of Israel?
- Haifa
- Rosh Hanikra
- Eilat
- Ipanema
- Level Kaf: Which African country was offered for an autonomous Jewish state?
- Uganda
- Uruguay
- Libya
- Sudan
- Level Chaf: This plateau is located on the edge of the Judean Desert and the Dead Sea Valley.
- Carmiel Mountains
- Sinai Peninsula
- Masada
- Golan Heights
- Level Lamed: This region was gained from Syria during the Six Day War in 1967.
- Sinai Peninsula
- Masada
- Golan Heights
- Negev
- Level Mem: This 1917 declaration established the intention of a Jewish State.
- UN Partition of Palestine
- McMahon Letter
- Balfour Declaration
- British Mandate of Palestine
- Level Nun: Which is NOT one of the major resistance groups in pre-State Palestine.
- Hagana
- Tzahal
- Etzel
- Lechi
Game Two - Questions:
- Level Aleph: What is the capital city of Israel?
- Tel Aviv
- Jerusalem
- Jaffa
- Haifa
- Level Bet: What is the Arabic word for "peace."
- Shalom
- Shalem
- Shaliach
- Salaam
- Level Gimmel: What is the name of the salty sea in Israel?
- Red Sea
- Sea of tears
- Dead Sea
- Mediterranean Sea
- Level Dalet: Who is the only Israeli Prime Minister to have been assassinated?
- David Ben Gurion
- Moshe Dayan
- Menachem Begin
- Yitzchak Rabin
- Level Hey: What is the Hebrew name for the Messiah?
- Mashiach
- Mashgiach
- Mechitza
- Heysuss
- Level Vav: What are felafel balls made out of?
- Ground Beef
- Tofu
- Chick Peas
- Rice
- Level Zion: What is the Hebrew (abbreviated) name of the Israeli Army?
- Arms L'Yisrael
- Tzahal
- Tza'vah
- Hagana
- Level Chet: Who was the father of "modern Zionism?"
- David Ben Gurion
- Eliezer Ben Yehuda
- Theodore Herzl
- Teddy Kolek
- Level Tet: This Israeli City holds Independence Hall, the place where, in 1948, David Ben Gurion, declared Israel's Independence.
- Jerusalem
- Be'er Sheva
- Herzliyah
- Tel Aviv
- Level Yud: What is the name of the illegal Immigration to Israel after WWII?
- HaMossad
- Aliyat Hanoar
- Aliyah Bet
- Yalla L'Yisrael
- Level Kaf: What is the name of the operation in 1991 that transported 15,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel?
- Operation Solomon
- Operation Magic Carpet
- Operation Sting Ray
- Operation Africa
- Level Chaf: What is the name of the group of Jews that lived atop Masada.
- Reform
- Essenes
- Orthodox
- Zealots
- Level Lamed: Which major city in Israel was founded in 1909?
- Tel Aviv
- Jaffa
- Haifa
- Eilat
- Level Mem: Who built the Second Temple?
- Judah Maccabee
- King David
- Herod
- King Solomon
- Level Nun: What was David Ben Gurion's original name?
- David Gruen
- Ben Gurion
- Golda Meir
- David Benstock
Game 3 - Questions:
- Level Aleph: In what year was Israel established as a state?
- Level Bet: Israel is the only _____ state in the Middle East.
- Islamic
- Democratic
- Militaristic Totalitarian
- Fascist
- Level Gimmel: What country borders Israel in the east?
- Lebanon
- Syria
- Jordan
- Egypt
- Level Dalet: Who is the head of the Palestinian Authority?
- Feisel Al-Husseini
- Yassir Arafat
- Saddam Hussein
- George Bush
- Level Hey: Where did the members of the Bar Kochba Revolt (132-135 CE) hide?
- in caves
- under water
- under the Temple
- in Muslim villages
- Level Vav: Who was the Israel's first female Prime Minister?
- Sara Aaronson
- Yael Silverstein
- Goldie Gurion
- Golda Meir
- Level Zion: What is the English (abbreviated) name of the Israeli Army?
- The IA
- The AI
- The BFG
- The IDF
- Level Chet: Who was the father of "Modern Hebrew?
- Theodore Herzl
- Eliezer Ben Yehuda
- David Ben Gurion
- Yochanan Ben Zakkai
- Level Tet: What region did David Ben Gurion advocate for settlement in Israel?
- The Golan Heights
- The Tzafon
- The Negev
- The Sh'felot
- Level Yud: What is the name of a famous Aliyah Bet boat?
- The Sting Ray
- The Exodus
- Operation Into Israel
- The Stealth
- Level Kaf: What is the significance of November 29, 1947.
- Israel became a state
- UN Partition of Palestine Vote
- Balfour Declaration
- Yael Silverstein's Birthday
- Level Chaf: In which year did Masada fall?
- Level Lamed: Which major city's name is an oxymoron of sorts?
- Jerusalem
- Kiryat Shmonah
- Tel Aviv
- Be'er Sheva
- Level Mem: Who established the Sanhendrin at Yavneh in 70 CE?
- Rabbi Akiba
- Rashi
- Rav Nachman of Bratslav
- Yochanan Ben Zakkai
- Level Nun: Who is Israel's current President?
- Bibi Netanyahu
- Ariel Sharon
- Moshe Katzav
- Shimon Peres
Game 4 - Questions:
- Level Aleph: What is the southernmost city in Israel?
- Yotvata
- Be'er Sheva
- Eilat
- Haifa
- Level Bet: Israel's Government was modeled after whose government?
- Britain's Parliament
- America's Congress
- Syria's Dictatorship
- Turkey's Gov't
- Level Gimmel: What does the song title "Yerushalayim shel Zahav" mean?
- I want Felafel
- Jerusalem of Gold
- Jerusalem is Mine
- Tel Aviv is Really Cool
- Level Dalet: Israel's main airport was named after which Prime Minister?
- Golda Meir
- Menachem Begin
- David Ben Gurion
- Yitzchak Rabin
- Level Hey: Which religion is, genealogically, the "brother" of Judaism?
- Islam
- Christianity
- Buddism
- Taoism
- Level Vav: What is the Hebrew word Chalutz mean?
- Shabbos bread
- Pioneer
- Builder
- Redemption
- Level Zion: At what age do Israeli boys and girls go to the Army?
- Level Chet: What is the date of the destruction of the temple?
- Shva'esrey B'Tammuz
- Tu B'Av
- Tu b'Shevat
- Tisha B'Av
- Level Tet: What is the name of the family who led the Jews to victory in the Chanukah story, and later became a ruling dynasty?
- Modi'in
- Hellena
- Hasmonean
- Judean
- Level Yud: Who was in control of Palestine during the time of Aliyah Bet?
- Ottoman Turks
- Palestinian Authority
- The British
- No one
- Level Kaf: The trial of this man sparked the Zionist spirit in Theodore Herzl.
- Alfred Dreyfuss
- Adolf Eichman
- Albus Dumbledore
- Albert Mendelson
- Level Chaf: The Zealots made their home atop Masada due to what tragedy?
- Destruction of Sanhedrin at Yavneh
- Destruction of the Temple
- Massacre at Sabra and Shatila
- Exile of their leader (Cherem) to Tzfat
- Level Lamed: Which of the following was NOT a sect of Judaism during the second temple period.
- Pharisees
- Saducees
- Babaganoush
- Essenes
- Level Mem: This Hebrew word, which was a historical period for the Jews, means Enlightenment.
- Oranim
- Madlika
- Haskala
- Mira
- Level Nun: Where was the First Zionist Congress Held?
- Oslo, Norway
- Basel, Switzerland
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- London, Englan
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