Yoni in Israel

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Wednesday, December 14, 2005

The Answers

A few days ago, I wrote about the quest for the Answers. And I'm sure that all of you who attempted the Twenty Kashias, or looked at them, or knew that they existed, are wondering the same thing. Are you ready for the answers? 'Cause here they come:

1. Sarah's vengeful nickname for Abraham's second wife, as illustrated by cartoonist Dik Browne- HAGAR THE HORRIBLE
2. The Canaanites, Hivites, Hittites, Emorites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites form a military agreement as detailed in a White Stripes song- SEVEN NATION ARMY
3. Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Arodi, Eri, and Areli, were they to participate in a cult originating from Huntington Beach in 1968- CHILDREN OF GAD
4. Where the herald of the Messiah grows his produce, occupying a part of the Greek afterlife reserved for the just and good- ELIJIAN FIELDS
5. How Dinah might casually address one of her brothers, as sung by the Beatles- "HEY JUDE" or "HEY JUDAH"
6. What one who enjoys waving palm fronds might exclaim, were he in an old TV show with a redheaded leading lady- "I LOVE LULAV"
7. The biblical scroll read on Shavuot (no more, no less), as implied by a courtroom attendant- THE RUTH, THE WHOLE RUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE RUTH
8. Items of confusion to Manasseh and Ephraim while being blessed by their grandfather, mutinously characterized in a R.L. Stevenson classic- ISRAEL'S HANDS
9. If the leader of the exodus was "our teacher" instead of "our rabbi," he may have played quarterback for San Diego and Chicago- MOSES MOREINU
10. Poultry of Egyptian royalty, perhaps enjoyed at a baseball game- PHARAOH FOWL (fair or foul)
11. A Moabite king's grave intentions to curse and destroy the Jewish people, as characterized in J.K. Rowling lore- SERIOUS BALAK
12. Average last name for a Chanukah candelabrum, were it a female black jazz pianist- MENORAH JONES
13. Chanukah monies, paid to a union of Hollywood performers- SCREEN ACTORS GELT
14. Hereditary material found in Jewish priests and temple-workers, as discovered by a 19th-century clothier/entrepreneur- LEVI'S GENES
15. 1000, 2.5, or 1/3 appearing in the work of the foremost Tanach/Talmud commentator, but not pi or e- RASHIONAL NUMBERS
16. The demons* who appeared in the likenesses of a Purim character to sleep with Ahasareus instead of her, and they also wore a certain material- POLYESTHER
17. A bitter herb eaten on Passover with the amazing power to bring the eater to tears, often sought out by Snow White's stepmother for self-assurance- MAGIC MARROR (ON THE WALL suffix also accepted)
18. A slogan encouraging Jews to snack only on proper foods, as coined by a clothing manufacturer- NOSH KOSHER (a play on Osh Kosh. It's hard, yes, but that's why it's worth 12 points!)
19. An extra cheese- or potato-filled pastry made "just in case," as ordered by an NFL defensive coordinator- SAFETY BLINTZ
20. The story of a Scandinavian boy in an Eastern-European Jewish village, as told by the Grimm brothers- HANSEL AND/IN SHTETL

Now, I know that some of your responses were close to the actal answer, which is why I am deciding on partial credit, which will be awarded on a pretty subjective basis. I tried to find favor in most answers, and awarded favorably in most instances. Please note that if you complain, partial credit can be deducted.

SCORESHEET
B. Bain- FF40F/F200x/xxFxx/xFxFF [+2 for "School of Rock"] TOTAL: 39
S. Blitzstein- Fx43x/xxxxx/x0xxx/xFxxx TOTAL: 14
D. Bain- FFFxx/12x0x/xx2xx/FF02x [+2 for "School of Rock"] TOTAL: 36
B. Epstein- FFFFF/FFxxx/3x1Fx/0Fx2x TOTAL: 47

How to read the scoresheet:
The twenty numbers/letters correspond to your answers.
F- full credit
x- question omitted
0- no credit received
any number- amount of partial credit
slash ( / ) separates between every five responses

5 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yoni, This was beyond clever--you are incredible for thinking this up. Yasher koach.

3:37 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

i must say that i had a feeling 12 was menorah jones, except for the fact that A. she isnt black, and B. she isnt a jazz pianist.
other than that, the rest were very fun and i look forward to more.

6:57 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Benjamin Bain--I couldn't stop laughing on the Norah Jones correction!! You deserve points for that! You've got to give your brother some credit--she is a "she"! One out of 3 ain't bad...

12:22 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Brilliantly done.

9:47 PM  
Blogger Yoni Bain said...

I don't know who Daniel L is, but I'm going to guess it is Daniel Lieberman of Montreal, currently at Reishit. Thanks for reading.

1:37 PM  

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