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Quiz about Janets Jewish Jokes
Quiz about Janets Jewish Jokes

Janet's Jewish Jokes Trivia Quiz


Enough with all these serious quizzes! If laughter is the best medicine, than this is just what the doctor ordered!

A multiple-choice quiz by janetgool. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
janetgool
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
270,204
Updated
Oct 04 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
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756
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which one of the following great thinkers wrote a book about humor which includes a great number of Jewish jokes? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What is the name of the Polish town inhabited by a community of fools and their "wisemen", according to Jewish legend? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What is the name of the circuit of Jewish hotels located in the Catskill Mountains of New York? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Jokes about Rothchild, the wealthy Jewish philanthropist, abounded in Eastern Europe. These jokes are popular even today. Here is a good one. The Baron de Rothchild calls for a doctor, since his wife is about to give birth. The doctor suggests that the Baron join him in a game of cards as they wait. After a time, the Baroness begins to moan, "Mon Dieu, Mon Dieu,". "Is it time?" the Baron asks. "No," the doctor tells him. Again, they hear the Baroness, this time a bit louder."Mein Gott, Mein Gott," she says. "Is is time yet?", the worried father-to-be asks. "Sit down and play cards," the doctor replies. What does the Baroness finally yell that makes the doctor decide her time has come? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. A man is ship-wrecked on a desert island. After several years, a ship rescues him. Before leaving the island, the man takes his rescuers around to show them how he survived. "This is my little house," he tells them, "and here is my vegetable garden. I've got a little shed for drying fish over here. This is one synagogue. And here is the other synagogue". "But you are only one person", the rescuer exclaims. "Why do you need two synagogues?" What is the answer? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. There is some topics that are off-bounds in Jewish humor. For instance, Jews would never tell jokes about the Holocaust.


Question 7 of 10
7. Which one of the following Jewish comedians was nominated for a Nobel Prize in recognition of his charity work? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which one of the following comics was banned from performing in a theatre or on television? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. In 1998 the Foundation for Jewish Culture initiated an award for Jewish humor. Who was the recipient of the first award? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. This is one of my all-time favorite jokes. "Max started out selling from a pushcart, and eventually become a major clothing manufacturer. On the day he retired he called his assistant. 'I want you to bring me three women - a blonde in red boots, a brunette with a lisp, and nurse in a white uniform and cap. And bring me a bottle of the best champagne and a box of the best Cuban cigars' The assistant returns after an hour. 'Boss, I found the blonde and the brunette. I found the champagne and the cigars, but I couldn't find a nurse in a white uniform and cap anywhere'" What was Max's reply? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which one of the following great thinkers wrote a book about humor which includes a great number of Jewish jokes?

Answer: Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud, the founder of modern psychiatry, wrote a book entitled "Jokes and Their Relationship to the Unconscious". Interspersed amongst the learned doctor's analyses of humor are a great many jokes, particularly Jewish jokes. Freud was especially fond of jokes about the shadchan (matchmaker) and the schnorrer (beggar).

Here is an example of one of the jokes Freud relates in his book. "The shadchan takes the prospective groom to meet his future bride. He is immediately appalled by what he sees and whispers to the shadchan, "Why have you brought me here? Her eyes are bleary, her teeth are crooked and she had a hump." To which the shadchan replies, "There is no need to whisper.

She is deaf as well."
2. What is the name of the Polish town inhabited by a community of fools and their "wisemen", according to Jewish legend?

Answer: Chelm

Chelm is actually a real town, and one can even find web sites describing its universities and churches. But in Jewish legend, Chelm is a town of full of fools, with a council of seven "wise men" at their head. Here is an example of a story told about Chelm. "A man in Chelm was seen on his hands and knees in the middle of the road one night.

A stranger asked him, "What are you doing?" and he replied, "I've lost my house key and I'm looking for it". "You lost it here, in the middle of the road?", the incredulous visitor asked. "No, I lost it back there a way." "Then why are you looking here?" the stranger persisted. "Because there is a streetlight here. How could I ever find anything back there in the dark?"
3. What is the name of the circuit of Jewish hotels located in the Catskill Mountains of New York?

Answer: The Borscht Belt

The Catskill Mountains of New York were home to a number of popular Jewish hotels, such as Grossinger's and The Concord, in the 1940'-60's. Most of these hotels provided entertainment, and many well-known American comedians got their start in the Borscht Belt.

These names include Milton Berle, Woody Allen and Henny Youngman. This is an old, Borsht-Belt style joke: Someone faints in a crowded theatre. Promptly, a woman begins to yell, "Is there a doctor in the house? Is there a doctor in the house?".

A man steps forward and announces "Madam, I am a doctor!". "Oh doctor," the lady gushes, "Do I have a daughter for you!".
4. Jokes about Rothchild, the wealthy Jewish philanthropist, abounded in Eastern Europe. These jokes are popular even today. Here is a good one. The Baron de Rothchild calls for a doctor, since his wife is about to give birth. The doctor suggests that the Baron join him in a game of cards as they wait. After a time, the Baroness begins to moan, "Mon Dieu, Mon Dieu,". "Is it time?" the Baron asks. "No," the doctor tells him. Again, they hear the Baroness, this time a bit louder."Mein Gott, Mein Gott," she says. "Is is time yet?", the worried father-to-be asks. "Sit down and play cards," the doctor replies. What does the Baroness finally yell that makes the doctor decide her time has come?

Answer: Gevalt!

Only when the Baroness yells out "Gevalt! ("Help!" in Yiddish) does the doctor relate seriously to her labor. Her pleas for help in the polite languages of European nobility do not make an impression on him.
5. A man is ship-wrecked on a desert island. After several years, a ship rescues him. Before leaving the island, the man takes his rescuers around to show them how he survived. "This is my little house," he tells them, "and here is my vegetable garden. I've got a little shed for drying fish over here. This is one synagogue. And here is the other synagogue". "But you are only one person", the rescuer exclaims. "Why do you need two synagogues?" What is the answer?

Answer: This one I pray in. That other one- I wouldn't be caught dead in.

This joke is a good example of the old adage, "If you have two Jews, you have three opinions."
6. There is some topics that are off-bounds in Jewish humor. For instance, Jews would never tell jokes about the Holocaust.

Answer: False

Remember that hilarious scene in Mel Brook's movie, "The Producers", when a line of chorus-girls dressed in short SS uniforms comes out singing, "Springtime, for Hitler, and Germany"? And here is another joke: Hitler is concerned about his future, so he goes to see a palm-reader, and asks her when he will die. "Mein Fuehrer", she replies "I can see in your hand that you will die on a Jewish holiday." "Really", says the worried Hitler, "And which Jewish holiday would that be?" "Whenever you die, Mein Fuehrer, that day will be a Jewish holiday".
7. Which one of the following Jewish comedians was nominated for a Nobel Prize in recognition of his charity work?

Answer: Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis is as well-known for his work with the Muscular Dystrophy Association as for his comedy. Lewis began his work with the MDA in 1952, and broadcast the first Labor Day Telethon in 1966. It has raised millions of dollars for children with Muscular Dystrophy. Lewis has been honored for his work with this organization - perhaps the two most significant honors being his nomination for a Nobel Prize in 1977, and the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, which was awarded in 1985. Like many Jewish comedians, Lewis' parents were in vaudeville, and he got his start on the Borscht Belt. Lewis went on to work with Dean Martin and appeared in many comic films.

His comedy is often slapstick.
8. Which one of the following comics was banned from performing in a theatre or on television?

Answer: All of them

Sophie Tucker, known as "The Last of the Red Hot Mammas", was once banned from the theatre after singing "The Angle Worm Wiggle" in 1910. Jackie Mason appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and refused to step down from the stage in order to allow the Beatles to appear.

He was banned from television for ten years after that. Jackie Mason continues to infuriate some people with his social and political views. Lenny Bruce, of course, spent his entire career in comedy surrounded by controversy, because of use of four-letter words as well as his criticism of organized religion. Bruce was eventually banned from television and from most nightclubs in the United States.

He complained at one point that the police had hired a Yiddish speaking undercover cop to listen to his routine after he substituted Yiddish slang for the four-letter English words that had gotten him into trouble!
9. In 1998 the Foundation for Jewish Culture initiated an award for Jewish humor. Who was the recipient of the first award?

Answer: Alan King

When I researched this quiz, I was gratified, but not surprised, to learn that the Foundation for Jewish Culture gave awards for Jewish humor, in addition to awards in literature, performing arts, etc. Eli Wiesel presented Alan King with the first award, 1998.

In his acceptance speech King said, "This country did not have a sense of humor until the turn of the century, when the Jews arrived at Ellis Island. They had wit, British style wit, but not a sense of humor".
10. This is one of my all-time favorite jokes. "Max started out selling from a pushcart, and eventually become a major clothing manufacturer. On the day he retired he called his assistant. 'I want you to bring me three women - a blonde in red boots, a brunette with a lisp, and nurse in a white uniform and cap. And bring me a bottle of the best champagne and a box of the best Cuban cigars' The assistant returns after an hour. 'Boss, I found the blonde and the brunette. I found the champagne and the cigars, but I couldn't find a nurse in a white uniform and cap anywhere'" What was Max's reply?

Answer: Cancel the whole thing and get me a cup of coffee and a prune danish.

The original version of this joke did not feature a nurse - that is my own, personal touch. Hope you got a laugh or two out of this quiz! janetgool r.n.
Source: Author janetgool

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