Q.1
Mel Gordon, a professor of theatre arts at the University of California, Berkeley claims that Jewish humour was ‘officially’ born in ....
  • 1066 at the Battle of Hastings
  • 1215 at the signing of the Magna Carta
  • 1415 at Agincourt
  • 1661 and the Chmielnicki massacres in the Ukraine
Q.2
Which of these themes is commonly addressed in Jewish humour?
  • Anti-Semitism
  • Poverty
  • The immigrant experience
  • Neurotics on New York's Upper West Side
Q.3
A very surprising Jewish celebrity wrote a book of Jewish jokes that was very well received. Who was it?
  • Former film director and restaurant critic Michael Winner
  • Politician and former government minister Edwina Currie
  • Actor and Star Trek's Mr Spock, Leonard Nimoy
  • British businessman, Lord Alan Sugar
Q.4
Many Jewish comedians are noted for their very droll and often dry, Jewish life-observance style. For example, on marriage, Groucho Marx said “Marry me and I'll never look at another horse”. This style is often described as ....
  • seminal
  • funny ‘ha ha’
  • self-deprecating
  • insulting
Q.5
The most famous Jewish hip-hop rapping group of all time is considered to be ....
  • Beastie Boys
  • The Fugees
  • Public Enemy
  • Run-DMC
Q.6
When the highly talented and respected comedian, singer and dancer Sammy Davis Junior died in 1990 ....
  • an entire chapter of the racist Klu Klux Klan was arrested for celebrating the death of a black man who also happened to be Jewish
  • the neon lights of the famous Las Vegas Strip were darkened for ten minutes in tribute
  • a one-man show in which he was due to appear in Seattle went ahead despite his absence
  • Eddie Murphy, Billy Crystal, Garrett Morris, Jim Carey and Tim Meadows who have all impersonated him on stage or TV, sang at his funeral
Q.7
The most prolific, stand-up comedian in television history is still reckoned to be ....
  • Jack Benny
  • Jerry Lewis
  • Jack Carter
  • Mel Brooks
Q.8
Which Jewish person famously said “Anyone who is meshuga (Yiddish word for ‘mad’) enough to call himself a Jew, is a Jew”?
  • The rather vocal American comedienne Joan Rivers
  • Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion
  • English singer Amy Winehouse
  • American singer Pink
Q.9
Jewish people have seen humour in their lives for thousands of years! Even the Bible (Old Testament) tells of ....
  • Moses laughing when he was told to collect the Ten Commandments
  • Sarah laughing when told she’d have a child
  • King Herod laughing heartily at the court jester
  • Joseph laughing at the first fitting for his ‘technicolour’ coat
Q.10
Approximately what percentage of American Jewish people consider having a sense of humour to be an essential part of being Jewish?
  • 10%
  • 26%
  • 33%
  • 42%
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