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May 9, 2001 By: Betty Ramsey, LEOASC Passport Destination: Israel Packing Round 1. HEBREW is the National Language. 2. SHABBAT is the Jewish Holy Day. 3. MATZA is unleavened bread which is regularly eaten during Passover. 4. Israel shares borders with all except SAUDI ARABIA. Picture of Tel Aviv Choosing Round 1. FELAFEL is a dish made with chick peas, spices and deep fried. 2. Who is the current Prime Minister of Israel? ARIEL SHARON 3. Amos Oz and David Grossman are two of Israel's best known AUTHORS. 4. The main source of fresh water comes from THE SEA OF GALILEE. 5. The most popular sports are soccer and BASKETBALL. Picture of Jerusalem, the Dome of the Rock Hidden Picture Round 1. What noted mid-East figure acknowledged Israel in 1988? YASER ARAFAT 2. Yom Kippur follows ROSH HASHANAH. 3. This is believed to be the world's oldest town JERICO. 4. The lowest point on the earth's surface is THE DEAD SEA (1,400 ft. below sea level) 5. On March 26, 1979 Israel and EGYPT signed a formal peace treaty. 6. He is credited with reviving Hebrew. BEN YEHUDA 7. Chaim Weizman was named the first PRESIDENT. Picture of the Knesset 8. The first Dead Sea Scrolls were found in QUMRAN. 9. The Six Day War of 1967, Israel took all but DAMASCUS. 10. Jerusalem is divided into four quarters, which is not a quarter? PALESTINIAN 11. Israel's version of the CIA is the MOSSAD. 12. Klezmer is traditional Yiddish DANCE MUSIC. Bonus question 1 Picture of the Western (Wailing) Wall All these are true of the Western Wall except NOT PART OF THE TEMPLE MOUNT. Bonus question 2 Find Jerusalem on the map. Area 3 Slide Show 1. In English this city's name means Hill of the Spring. TEL AVIV 2. The third biggest city and chief port is HAIFA. This was a tricky one because they gave us a picture of Jerusalem with The Dome of the Rock clearly visible. 3. The KNESSET is Israel's parliament. 4. Masada in Hebrew means THE FORTRESS There were only four of us, BOOMER, ELLIEM, LEOASC & PLCMTS. Paul & I had been to Israel, he in 1980, I in 1982 and Ellie had read a lot about the country in anticipate of a trip some years ago. Juan was a great button pusher while I wrote down the questions and answer. (He says, "Like buttah.") We knew there would be some high scores and sure enough, there were. If we hadn't been so slow with Yaser Arafat & Weizman we would have been almost perfect! So were some others. Congratulatins to Stooges! A great game! By the way, is there anyone from Stooges on the list? Maybe someone should invite them. Same goes for Bananaz. They always seem to be near the top too. Corvus, great going! Were you playing all those boxes, or did you have help? Sorry I'm not up on if you play more than one. 1 STOOGES 38069 SCOTTSDALE AZ 19 2 ESM GUELPH 37601 GUELPH ON 7 3 NATIONAL S 37399 TORRANCE CA 5 4 PTS PUB/E 36351 LAS VEGAS NV 10 5 DAMONS/KAL 36190 KALAMAZOO MI 13 6 LUMPY'S 35860 OKLAHOMA C OK 9 7 WOLFIES 35631 HOUSTON TX 15 8 BW3HOUSTON 35150 HOUSTON TX 23 9 CASK&CLVR 35138 SAN DIMAS CA 9 10 SPORTS PAG 35074 ARLINGTON IL 7 11 CATBIRDS 35015 HOUSTON TX 11 12 PITCHERS 34717 LAKEWOOD CO 15 13 BANANAZ 34617 PALM DSRT. CA 16 Respectfully submitted, Betty, LEOASC PT's Pub LV,NV |