Israeli Culture Quiz

Israel is regarded as one of the most culturally vibrant places in the world, with experimental theater, visual art, an unparalleled writing scene, and more. How much do you know about Israeli culture?

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Question 1. What is the name of the play written by A.B. Yehoshua in 1969?
 The Patriot
 A Night in May
 Around and Around
 Waiting for Godot

 

Question 2. Who wrote The Work of Revival in the Lands of the Diaspora?
 Theodor Herzl
 A.D. Gordon
 Mordecai Kaplan
 Martin Buber

 

Question 3. Who is Dana International?
 An Arab-Israeli singer
 A transgendered Israeli pop singer
 A well-known Palestinian humanitarian
 Israel's first fashion designer

 

Question 4. What year was Israel absent from the Olympic Summer Games in support of the U.S. boycott of the Soviet Union?
 1980
 1984
 2004
 1992

 

Question 5. What was one of the first-ever motion pictures, filmed in Ottoman Palestine?
 Hill 24 Doesn’t Answer
 Exodus
 Train Station in Jerusalem
 Oded the Wanderer

 

Question 6. Which writer published his first volume of poetry in 1901 and came to be recognized as the preeminent voice in Hebrew poetry?
 Yehudah Amichai
 Chaim Nachman Bialik
 Aharon Appelfeld
 A. B. Yehoshua

 

Question 7. What is the name of the youth movement that was established to improve the physical and mental fitness of young Jews across the world?
 Maccabi Tza'ir
 Hahistadrut
 Beitar
 Hapoel

 

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