Jewish Sports Quiz

While sports have never been a major focus of Jewish life, Jews have risen to fame in professional baseball, basketball, and boxing. Sports have also reflected greater social and political conflicts in Jewish life. How much do you know about Jews and sports?

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Question 1. Hank Greenberg played for what team?
 New York Yankees
 Detroit Tigers
 Houston Astros
 Brooklyn Cyclones

 

Question 2. The first store to sell mah-jongg sets in America was
 Amazon.com
 Macy's
 Abercrombie and Fitch
 Woolworth's

 

Question 3. Israel won its first Olympic medals at the
 1992 Olympics in Barcelona
 2000 Olympics in Sydney
 1998 Olympics in Nagano
 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles
 Israel has never won an Olympic medal

 

Question 4. Jews have been extremely uncomfortable with sports and worship of the body, up until what point in history?
 The Crusades, when the strongest Jews survived
 The rise of Zionism, which redefined the role of physical activity
 The Enlightenment, when traditional Jews began to embrace new notions of physical beauty
 The Black Plague, when the strongest Jews survived

 

Question 5. Historically, where have Jewish women played mah-jongg?
 The tenements of New York City
 Resort areas in the Catskills
 American suburbia
 All of these

 

Question 6. Who was the first king to establish his own five-yearly games on an international scale?
 King David
 King Solomon
 King Ahasuerus
 King Herod

 

Question 7. True or False: The Talmud addresses issues of betting on pigeon races.
 True
 False

 

Question 8. At which Olympic games did Palestinian terrorists killed 11 members of the Israeli delegation?
 The Munich Olympics
 The Salt Lake City Olympics
 The Berlin Olympics
 The Athens Olympics

 

Question 9. True or False: Dr. James Naismith invented basketball at the Young Men's Hebrew Association
 True
 False

 

Question 10. Mah-jongg orginiated in what country?
 Japan
 China
 South Korea
 Thailand

 

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