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Exploring Jerusalem: A Quiz on History and Culture

Test your knowledge about Jerusalem's history, culture, and significant events with this engaging quiz.

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1 The ________, which was located adjacent to the Western Wall, was vacated and razed to make way for a plaza for those visiting the wall.

2 Where is Jerusalem?

3 The city's lasting place in Islam, however, is primarily due to ________'s Night of Ascension (c.

4 Who played Hellgum in the movie Jerusalem?

5 Who played Ingmar in the movie Jerusalem?

6 Israel's annexation of ________ has been repeatedly criticized by the United Nations and related bodies, and Palestinians demand East Jerusalem as the capital of their future state.

7 What role did Ulf Friberg play in the movie Jerusalem?

8 What type of thing is Jerusalem?

9 In 1995, the United States Congress had planned to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem with the passage of the ________.

10 In 1988, Israel ordered the closure of Orient House, home of the Arab Studies Society, but also the headquarters of the ________, for security reasons.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Jaffa Road (pictured) is one of the oldest and longest streets in Jerusalem.
  • the Palestinian village of Nabi Samwil, near Jerusalem, is regarded by Muslims, Jews and Christians alike as a holy site for containing the tomb of Samuel.
  • the Palestinian town of Jifna, believed to be the biblical Gophna, was a Roman regional capital and considered the second most important town in Iudaea after Jerusalem.
  • the Jerusalem neighbourhood of Mamilla (pictured) has been under construction for the last 37 years, even though it is only 0.1 square kilometres large.
  • the Madaba Map is a large Byzantine mosaic from circa 550 CE that depicts the topography of Jerusalem and surrounding areas in great detail.
  • the Ramban Synagogue, founded by Nahmanides in 1267, is the oldest active synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem.
  • though many troubadours wrote about the Crusades and either encouraged or mocked them as politics dictated, the jongleur Peirol was one of the few to actually travel to the Holy Land, on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1221.
  • there are multiple theories why LMLK seals were stamped on the handles of large storage jars in and around Jerusalem circa 700 BC.
  • the story of Kamsa and Bar Kamsa is the most famous Jewish legend regarding the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
  • the octagonal Roof-top synagogue (cupola pictured) in Hove, England, was built as a replica of Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock.
  • the Jerusalem city hall at Safra Square (pictured) was rebuilt in 1993 with help from Brazilian-Lebanese financier Edmond J. Safra.
  • in 1100 Warner of Grez took control of Jerusalem to ensure that Baldwin of Boulogne would succeed Godfrey of Bouillon as King of Jerusalem.
  • Holy Land USA (pictured), a Connecticut theme park intended to replicate Bethlehem and Jerusalem of the biblical era, once attracted more than 40,000 visitors annually.
  • Birket Israel, once the largest reservoir in Jerusalem, is now a parking lot.
  • millwrights from Canterbury, Kent, built Moses Montefiore Windmill (pictured) in Jerusalem, Israel, in 1857.
  • Jerusalem's Street of the Prophets was originally called "Street of the Hospitals" and "Street of the Consuls".
  • Motza (pictured), founded in 1859, was the first modern village established near Jerusalem.
  • Sabil Abu Nabbut (pictured) was a public fountain built by Ottoman governor Muhammad Abu Nabbut in 1812 to facilitate the journey between Jaffa and Jerusalem.
  • groundbreaking on Christ's Resurrection Church in Kaunas, Lithuania, in 1934 was marked by the placement of a symbolic stone brought from Jerusalem's Mount of Olives.
  • during the Roman Empire in Palestine, the road that connected Lydda to Jerusalem passed through Barfiliya.
  • a seam (pictured) along the eastern wall of the Temple Mount may be a clue to the location of the Acra, a Seleucid citadel in ancient Jerusalem.
  • Sami Hadawi, author of works on the land rights of Palestinian refugees, was exiled by Israel in 1948 and denied permission to have his remains returned to his native Jerusalem for burial in 2004.
  • Jerusalem's Kanfei Nesharim Street is long and wide and straight like a runway, because it was originally built as one.
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