Question
A betting game that uses these objects involves either paying or taking chocolate coins known as gelt. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these objects whose letters represent the expression “nes gadol haya sham,” which translates to “a great miracle happened there.”
ANSWER: dreidels [accept sevivon; prompt on spinning tops]
[10e] Dreidels are spun on this Jewish holiday in which eight candles are lit to commemorate the Maccabees using a small pot of oil to keep a light aflame for eight nights straight.
ANSWER: Hanukkah [accept Chanukah]
[10h] Description acceptable. A “shin” is replaced with a “peh” on one of the sides of dreidels with this property to indicate that a miracle happened “here” instead of “there.”
ANSWER: the dreidel was made in Israel [accept obvious equivalents like “it is from Israel” or was produced in Israel; prompt on answers of Israel not mentioning its production]
<Shahar Schwartz, RMP - Jewish Practice> ~20519~ <Editor: Athena Kern>
Summary
| 2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| 2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| Belmont | Hunter A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Thomas Jefferson C | Mira Loma | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| St. Mark's | Winston Churchill A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Troy | Kinkaid | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| University Lab | Dallas County | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |