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ISRAEL QUIZ


1.    ISRAEL'S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS SIGNED ON:
a.    29 November 1947
b.    14 May 948
c.    6 June 1967

2.    THE FLAG OF ISRAEL HAS:
a.    A blue stripe and a Star of David
b.    A blue Star of David and two blue stripes
c.    Two blue stripes and a blue Star of David on 
      a white background

3.    THE EMBLEM OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL
a.    A candlestick with 8 branches; one olive branch on 
      either side and the word 'Israel' in Hebrew at 
      the bottom
b.    A candlestick with 7 branches and olive branches
c.    A candlestick with 7 branches; one olive branch 
      on either side and the word 'Israel' in Hebrew 
      at the bottom

4.    THE LAW OF RETURN WAS ENACTED ON:
a.    1950, stating that every Jew has the right to 
      become an Israeli citizen unless there is danger 
      to security or public health.
b.    1948, stating that every Jew has the right to 
      become an Israeli citizen
c.    1967, stating that every Jew has the right to 
      become an Israeli citizen


5.    THE FIRST ZIONIST CONGRESS CONVENED IN:
a.    1914, in Basel
b.    1897, in Basel
c.    1897, in Paris


6.    THE JEWISH LEADER WHO SUGGESTED THAT THE TALLIT 
      (PRAYER SHAWL) WILL BE THE JEWISH FLAG WAS:
a.    Theodore Herzl
b.    Menachem Usishkin
c.    David Wolfson


7.    ISRAEL'S NATIONAL ANTHEM WAS WRITTEN BY:
a.    Chaim Nachman Bialik
b.    Naftali Hertz Imber
c.    Nathan Alterman

8.    THE "UGANDA" PLAN INTENDED:
a.    To find another country for the Jewish people
b.    To find a temporary resort for the opressed 
      and poor Jews
c.    To bring Jews to Uganda for a period of 12 years 
      and then to bring them to Palestine.

9.    THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL WAS:
a.    Theodore Herzl
b.    Chaim Weizman
c.    David Ben-Gurion

10.   IN PROJECT "THE FLYING CARPET" JEWS WERE 
      BROUGHT TO ISRAEL FROM:
a.    Morocco
b.    Iran
c.    Yemen

11.   THE BALFOUR DECLARATION WAS ISSUED ON:
a.    1947
b.    1917
c.    1948

12.   THE ACTUAL OCCUPATION OF HERZL WAS:
a.    An accountant
b.    A scientist
c.    A journalist

13.   OF THE FOLLOWING NAMES OF PRESIDENTS OF 
      ISRAEL, WHO WAS NOT A SCIENTIST:
a.    Ephraim Katzir
b.    Chaim Herzog
c.    Chaim Weizman

14.   OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE, WHO WAS NOT A 
      PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL:
a.    Moshe Dayan
b.    David Ben Gurion
c.    Levi Eshkol

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