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Medium: 20 POINTS
Hard: 30 POINTS
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August 2025: Easy Level
Gertrude, as chairperson of temple Sinai’s Book Club, is responsible for selecting the book to be read each month. Preparing for the next meeting, she began to read three different books at different times of the day, and with different authors. Use the clues below to link the part of the DAY she began reading each book, the AUTHOR, the TITLE, and the page where she stopped reading each book.
SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS IN THREE LINES SEPARATED BY COMMAS (e.g., DAY, AUTHOR, TITLE, PAGE).
DAY AUTHOR TITLE PAGE
MORNING
AFTERNOON
EVENING
AUTHOR: LEVINE, DUBINE, GOLD.
TITLE: BEWITCHED, ENCOUNTER, TEMPTATION
PAGE: 79, 114, 143
CLUES:
1. Gertrude reached page 79 during her afternoon session, which was not written by Levine.
2. The Author of BEWITCHED is not Levine.
3. At the end of one part of the day, Gertrude stopped on page 130; the Author of this book was Ms. Gold.
4. It was during the evening that Gertrude read some of the book, Temptation; but she did not stop on page 114.
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August 2025: Medium Level
Five “Pizza-Loving” members of Bet Tikva were discussing their different Pizza favorites during a Shabbat dinner. Use the clues below to link the NAME of each member with the TYPE of pizza preferred, the TOPPINGS and the restaurant they get their Pizza.
SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS IN FIVE LINES, SEPARATED BY COMMAS (e.g., NAME, TYPE, TOPPINGS, RESTAURANT).
NAME TYPE TOPPINGS
RESTAURANT
ADAM
CALEY
DANYA
EVAN
GAVIN
TYPE: CALIFORNIA, DETROIT, NEOPOLITAN, PHILLY, ST. LOUIS
TOPPINGS: ANCHOVIES, GARLIC, GREEN PEPPERS, MUSHROOMS, ONIONS
RESTAURANT: ALEPHBET, JACOB’S SONS, MINSKY PIZZA, PIZZA MAVEN
CLUES:
1. Danya always orders pizza from ALEPHBET; she never adds either garlic or onions. Evan’s family likes Green Peppers on a ST. LOUIS pizza
2. Adan (who was born and raised in Philly) is loyal to his home city when ordering pizza with onions; and PAPA ITZIK is his favorite pizza restaurant. Caley likes anchovies on a NEOPOLITAN pizza.
3. Gavin and his family can be seen at MINSKY PIZZA every Sunday; Garlic is the family’s favorite topping. 4. Evan has always been a fan of PIZZA MAVEN.
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August 2025: Hard Level
Gold Brothers Film studios (who specialize in Israeli movies) have invited five screenwriters to submit scripts for a new romantic comedy. Use the clues below to link the NAME of each selected screenwriter with his or her most recent MOVIE, what each one uses to reduce levels of ANXIETY while competing for this position, and the person each has in mind to be the MOVIE STAR.
SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS IN FIVE LINES, SEPARATED BY COMMAS (e.g., NAME, MOVIE, ANXIETY, MOVIE STAR).
NAME MOVIE ANXIETY MOVIE STAR
AIDEN
ERIC
HUNTER
PENNY
RUBY
MOVIE: “MIRI’S DREAM,” “ANAT’S MARRIAGE,” “ARI’S CANDY,” “YOSEF’S TEARS” “BLESSINGS.”
ANXIETY: KIPPA, TALLIT, singing “HA TIKVAH,” MORNING PRAYERS, READING TORAH.
MOVIE STAR: BETSY BERMAN, CANDY COHEN, DEBRA, DUBOW, ED EISENBERG, JACK JACKOWITZ.
CLUES:
1. Penny does not sing “Ha Tikvah” when writing a script; neither does she read Torah daily. The person who does read the Torah is not the one whose last movie was “Ari’s candy;” and does not want Jack Jackowitz as a movie star.
2. The screenwriter hoping to create a new movie knows that Debra Dubow would be happy to be the star, and this screenwriter’s last movie “Ari’s Candy” was a wonderful success.
3. Singing “Ha Tikvah” is not an option for the writer of “Yosef’s Tears”. This person would never even think of having either Ed Essenberg or Candy Cohen as stars.
4. Ruby was not the person who wrote “Yosef’s Tears” and had always wanted to be the writer of a movie where her friend, Betsy Berman would star.
5. Wearing a Kippa has been the preferred method for tranquility for the screenwriter who thinks that Ed Eisenberg would be the perfect star for any of his or her movies. This screenwriter is not the one who wrote “Blessings.”
6. The person who became famous with the comedy “Anat’s Marriage” says morning prayers every day, to stay calm.
7. The script for “Miri’s Dream” was written by Hunter. Aiden found putting a tallit on his shoulders helped him, while working on a new movie.
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