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Passover Quiz Show: April 2014 by Rabbi Noah Farkas

Game of Many Thrones: The new season is underway! One of the many commandments we celebrate on Passover is to recline while we eat. In the show, the throne is made of melted swords (not so nice for the tuchus). In the quiz below, these chairs however are great for sitting on during the seder. Read the descriptions below and have your guests guess what kind of chair it is.

1. In ancient times the Pharaoh would sit on this throne while the royal priest used incantations and incense to keep the kingly locks from absorbing evil spirits. In Medieval times kings would sit atop this throne for a blood-letting, hair-cropping combo. Now each of us can get the royal treatment, all we have to say is to sit on this throne and say, “just a little off the top, Mo!” Barber's Chair
2. While his minions sit lowly on the ground, this Pharaoh can relax in great splendor on this outdoor wooden chair made of 11 flat boards with armrests and a high back Known for its invention in 1903 in the mountainous town of Westport, New York. Adirondack Chair
3. Pharaoh can grab a seat on this versatile throne, for Seinfeld said, “It's named after a whole empire based on putting your feet up.” Ottoman
4. This Japanese throne popular with the Emperor is made of bamboo and padded with a pillowy bowl. It is perfect for snacking on delicacies or while directing armies to conquer the world. Now it graces dorm rooms across the globe, boasting the best seat in the house to snack on potato chips and command your soldiers to conquer the universe �" on the xbox or Playstation. Bowl Chair or Pappasan
5. This is the last chair you'll ever sit on. Complete with contoured armrests, a high back, and matching leather straps, “Old Sparky” will sure light up your life (while bringing the plague of darkness to the rest of the neighborhood.) Electric Chair

Breaking Bad (matza-style) We all love to hate Walter White and his chemistry magic. We also love to hate Passover food, especially when it tries to imitate food from the rest of the year. So, let's take a look at the ingredients from some popular Passover foods and see if you can figure out what they are!

• Cake Meal, Sugar, Potato(es) Starch, Vanillin, Flavoring, Red 3, Yellow 5, Blue 1 - Passover Cereal
• Sugar, Tapioca Syrup, Agar, Citric Acid, Titanium Dioxide, Natural and artificial flavors, Artificial colors, Yellow #5, Yellow #6, Red #40, Blue #1 - Jelly Fruit Slices
• Sugar, Cake Meal, Potato Starch, Partially Hydrogenated Cotton Seed Oil, Cocoa Powder, Salt, Glycerol Monooleate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate, Polysorbate 60, Natural and Artificial Flavors �" Marble Cake
• Unsulfured Coconut, Potato Starch, Egg White, Sugar, Invert Sugar, Tapioca Glucose, Sodium Bicarbonate, Salt, Monocalcium Phosphate, Potassium Sorbate. �" Chocolate Cookie Crisps

Sephardic Style:

• Sugar, (Corn Syrup in some places) Water, Cocoa, Xanthum Gum, Potassium Sorbate, Vanillin - Fox's U Bet Sundae Syrup
• Sugar, Chocolate processed with alkali, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin �" an emulsifier, vanilla, corn syrup, water, Agar-Agar, Citric Acid, Artificial Raspberry flavor, FD&C 3 #40 - Manhattan Chocolate Covered Jelly Rings

Anagrams!

Two words describing someone who is excellent at language and speech, add an 'h' to second of the two words and rearrange the letters to spell and iconic Jewish company.Semantic Whiz - Manischewitz

As soon as he was elected President, Barak Obama told his family that they are adopting a new dog, Bo. Take a phrase that might describe this canine's relationship with the first family, and rearrange the letters to spell the center of the Passover table. Leader's pet - Seder Plate

Two words describing a conversation amongst an expert biologist, ecologist, and anthropologist at a Passover program in your local synagogue. Rearrange these two words to find their topic of conversation. Guest Panel - Ten plagues

Passover Food Fest - Limericks!

Read the Limerick out loud and pause before the final word to see if your guests can guess what the rhyme is.

As a boy he used to cry
Until bubbie wiped a tear from his eye
But the real fixer-upper
Was what she made for supper
A mountain of hot matzo brei

My account is in the red
These prices spin my head
I had to take out a loan
Just to buy the shank bone
It was for this - from Egypt we fled?!

For some it's broiled meat
For others a roasted beat
Whether veggie or not
We all take a shot
And say, hey! When do we eat?

Wait! Wait! Tell Me Another!

Based on the popular radio show, Wait, Wait Don't Tell me, here are a series of stories related to Passover. You have to guess which one is true!

Last year, Chabad reported what they are calling the world's largest Passover Seder, ever. Each year members of Chabad hold their "Seder on Top of the World" in Kathmandu, Napal for Jewish locals and travelers alike. Last year they had around 2,000 people attend the festivities, including local Jews, Chabad supporters, and about half of the Israelis traveling abroad after their army service. You better believe that between the flowing wine and the thin air, it was quite the party. (TRUE)

Two years ago on the East Coast a group of Jewish farmers and other Jewish foodies were celebrating a Passover seder at a local retreat center. The leader of the seder hid the afikomen in the shed, knowing that the children would go there to look after they reenacted the splitting of the Red Sea next to the duck pond. When it came to time to look for the matza, the children searched and searched and could not find the bag. After hours, the Jews, who are not able to end the seder without the Afikoman were about to give up. It turns out that one of the goats grabbed the bagged from the shed and dragged it into a field. Prompting them to bring the goat into the house and pass it around to be petted as the “afikoman” Not to mention renaming it “Pascal” �" after all of its Passover hijinx.(FALSE)

Sailors in the Israeli Navy drew in a breath of relief recently when Admiral Ram Rothberg recently sent a cable saying that sailors on board submarines who wished to celebrate Passover can briefly surface the vessels and open the hatch to allow Elijah the Prophet to come visit the submersible seder table. Admiral Rothberg said that he was under pressure from the religious community to make the accommodation, and that he hopes this will bring the naval warfare service men and women together for a night of unity. He did ask if the sailors could sing Eliyahu Hanivi quietly, since his sailors are supposed to serve in the ‘silent service' (FALSE)