Jewish trivia quiz: Clinton and Trump

By Mark D. Zimmerman

Mark D. Zimmerman
Mark D. Zimmerman

MELVILLE, New York — In honor of tomorrow’s election, there are two trivia questions this week:

When Hillary Clinton’s daughter Chelsea was preparing to marry Marc Mezvinsky, the couple met with Rabbi James Ponet, the head rabbi at Yale who performed the ceremony. The rabbi told them that they could use any cloth with meaning to the family for their chuppah (wedding canopy). Marc said “My bar mitzvah tallit, that could be used, but I don’t know where it is.” What did Chelsea say?

A. “I still have my Ace of Base t-shirt from when they performed at the White House when I was in 9th grade. Would that be okay?”

B. “Why don’t we use the shawl I wore on our first date?”

C. “I know where it is.”

D. “I’m sure my mother has a spare pantsuit we could use.”

Link to answer:
 
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In 2006, Donald Trump announced plans to build an office tower in Tel Aviv that would be the tallest building in Israel. The plan never came to fruition, but what was the building going to be called?

A. Trump Tower Zion.

B. Beit Trump.

C. The Trump Tower of David.

D. Trump Tower Israel.

E. One more ostentatious, overpriced monument to a self-important New Yorker.

Link to answer:
http://rrrjewishtrivia.com/answers/the-election-trump-answer.html

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Zimmerman is the author of the Rashi, Rambam and Ramalamadingdong series of Jewish trivia e-books. Learn more at http://www.rrrjewishtrivia.com.