Black and White and Red All Over in Hebrew. Quiz

Answer: Katom

Katom is orange. The local pumpkins in Israel are not the round Jack-O-Lantern sort that Americans are used to, but very large and tall. When you want to buy some pumpkin to make that pumpkin pie, you go to the "shuk" (open air market) and ask the fellow selling "dlat" for a kilo's worth, and he takes his knife and slices off a piece of the side. Pumpkin pie would go well with falafel.

Answer: Kakhol

Kakhol (blue) is a difficult word for many English speakers to say because the "kh" represents a hard guttural sound, rather like the Scottish "Ach". "Dukifat" is the Hebrew name for a bird, the Hoopoe, which happens to be the national bird of Israel.

Answer: Adom

Adom (red) comes from the same root word as the name Adam...both of them refer to earth or dirt, presumably because Adam was formed from the earth, and the soil was on the reddish side. A "Kippah" is the same as a "Yarmulka" except that "Kippah" is Hebrew while "Yarmulka" is Yiddish.

Answer: Yarok

I love the north of Israel in the early spring when everything turns "Yarok" (green). Then the wildflowers pop up all over and I might gather some from my yard to put in a vase on my "shulchan" (table). I would be careful about which wildflowers I picked though, because many of Israel's wildflowers are protected to encourage their natural spread and growth.

Answer: Segol

The purple ("segol")"Khatzeel" is used in many ways in Israeli cuisine, including grilled, fried, as part of a casserole, or ground into a dip. "Kruv" is also very common, although the Israeli cabbage is almost always green. "Sufganiot" are large jelly-filled doughnuts, a specialty around the time of Hanukkah.

Answer: Shakhor

On the other hand, you might see a "kohkav" (star) if the night was "shakor" (black) enough. "Pakham" would be handy to put in your "mangal" which is a small, portable grill, owned by every Israeli I ever met, and used to grill "basar" (meat) until it is truly "shakhor".

Answer: Tzahov

"Kayits" is summer, which would be the proper time to enjoy both sunshine and corn. "Tzahov" is yellow, and "Tzahav" is gold.

Answer: Lavan

"Lavan" means white. Yes, it does snow in Israel, at least in the mountainous areas like around Jerusalem and in the mountains in Northern Israel where I lived. If you answered hummus you were probably hungry.

Answer: Khum

Yes, they are all "khum" (brown) and "taim" (tasty) as well.

Answer: Eitone

An "Eitone" is a newspaper, and if you can read one in Hebrew you have no need to take this quiz. A "Keshet" is a rainbow and shouldn't have any black or white in it, while a "Mishmesh" is an apricot, which you could eat while riding on a "Sus" (horse).