50 Passover Trivia Questions to Quiz Your Friends and Family This Pesach
Passover trivia questions
Happy Pesach! Chances are you already know the four questions, but we have more for you this Passover. These Passover trivia questions and answers for all levels of knowledge will make for fun discussion at your Seder this year.
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Passover Trivia
Question: For how long is Passover observed?
Answer: Eight days
Question: What did Hebrews put on their doorposts to prevent the deaths of their firstborn sons?
Answer: Lamb's blood
Question: How do you say "Passover" in Hebrew?
Answer: Pesach
Question: Maot Chitim involves the gathering of what to give to the poor?
Answer: Wheat for matzo
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Question: The retelling of what Biblical story takes place at a Seder?
Answer: The Exodus
Question: The final day of Passover celebrates what?
Answer: The arrival to and parting of the Red Sea
Question: The retelling of the Exodus is called what?
Answer: Maggid
Question: All people must observe what tradition on Passover?
Answer: Eating matzoh
Question: Moses led the Hebrews to which "promised land?"
Answer: Canaan
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Question: Leavened foods are called what?
Answer: Chametz
Question: The last Sabbath before Passover is called what?
Answer: Shabbat HaGadol
Question: For whom is a seat typically saved at a seder?
Answer: Elijah
Question: Who is the most important figure in Passover history?
Answer: Moses
Question: Passover takes place on what date in the Hebrew calendar?
Answer: The 15th of Nisan
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Question: Where was the earliest record of The Four Questions found?
Answer: The Talmud
Question: If you can't celebrate Passover, when is Second Passover in the Hebrew calendar?
Answer: The 14th of Iyar
Question: What is commonly used as maror and served with meat?
Answer: Horseradish
Question: Who asks the questions at a Seder?
Answer: The youngest person present
Question: How many questions are asked at a Seder?
Answer: Four
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Question: The Tefillat Tal is a prayer for what?
Answer: Dew
Question: Which U.S. President was the first to host a Passover Seder at the White House?
Answer: Barack Obama
Question: Bitter herbs on a Seder plate represent what?
Answer: Life as a slave
Question: The sweet apple mixture on a Passover Seder plate is called what?
Answer: Charoset
Question: The middle days of Passover are called what?
Answer: Hol Hamoed
Question: Vegetarians often use what in place of a lamb bone on their Seder plate?
Answer: Beet
Question: A sandwich made of matzo, maror and charoset is called what?
Answer: Hillel sandwich
Question: How many ceremonial handwashings are there at a Seder?
Answer: Two
Question: The celebration held the night and day Passover ends is called what?
Answer: Maimouna
Question: Kids hunt for what after Seder?
Answer: Afikoman (dessert)
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Question: How many plagues were there in Egypt?
Answer: 10
Question: Some feminist and LGBTQ+ Seders place what on their Seder plates?
Answer: An orange
Question: What animals got sick during the Egyptian plagues?
Answer: Cattle
Question: What is customarily said at the end of a Seder?
Answer: "Next year in Jerusalem!"
Question: In 1970, Arthur Waskow introduced a Freedom Seder in honor of whom?
Answer: Martin Luther King Jr.
Question: What were the names of Moses' birth parents?
Answer: Amram and Yocheved
Question: How long does the counting of the Omer last?
Answer: 49 days
Question: "Seder" means what in Hebrew?
Answer: Order or ritual
Question: In what river was Moses found as a baby?
Answer: The Nile River
Question: God appeared to Moses as what for the first time?
Answer: A burning bush
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Question: What is the Hebrew name for Egypt?
Answer: Mitzraim
Question: What three items are used to search for chametz?
Answer: A feather, candle and spoon
Question: The Israelites are believed to have been enslaved for how long?
Answer: 400 years
Question: Which American President died during Passover?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
Question: In past times, which animal was sacrificed for Passover?
Answer: Lamb
Question: Those who can't drink wine sip what at a Seder?
Answer: Grape juice
Question: To date, the world's largest matzo ball was made where?
Answer: Tucson, Arizona
Question: Every year, which city hosts the largest Passover Seder?
Answer: Kathmandu
Question: How many glasses of wine are drunk at a Seder per adult?
Answer: Four
Question: Which of the four cups of wine symbolizes Kiddush?
Answer: The first
Question: What does Kiddush mean?
Answer: Sanctification
