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Easy: 10 POINTS
Medium: 20 POINTS
Hard: 30 POINTS
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June 2025: Easy Level
Three long-serving employees of King David Hebrew Day School are all planning to retire this year. Use the clues below to link the FIRST name of each person with his or her LAST name, the YEARS each one has been working, and each one’s JOB.
SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS IN THREE LINES, SEPARATED BY COMMAS (e.g., FIRST name, LAST name, YEARS, JOB).
FIRST name LAST name YEARS JOB
CAROL
HEATHER
MARION
LAST name: HELLMAN, RICH, ELROD
YEARS: 20, 25, 30
JOBS: Kosher LUNCH lady, HEBREW teacher, school SECRETARY
CLUES:
1. Heather has worked at King David Hebrew School longer than Carol Hellman.
2. Marion is not the retiring Secretary.
3. The Kosher lunch lady has been at this job for 25 years.
4. Ms. Elrod has spent 20 happy years working at his school.
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June 2025: Medium Level
Five physicians, all members of Ner Shalom synagogue, are employed by Mount Sinai Hospital; and share the same table, at the same restaurant, for the same breakfast, every day. Use the clues below to link the NAME of each doctor, with the BEVERAGE each one orders, their BREAKFAST, and each physician’s SPECIALTY.
SUBMIT YOU ANSWERS IN FIVE LINES, SEPARATED BY COMMAS (e.g., NAME, BEVERAGE, BREAKFAST, SPECIALTY).
NAME BEVERAGE BREAKFAST SPECIALTY
DR. ADLEMAN
DR. BARSKY
DR. CHOEN
DR. DUBROW
DR. ENGEL
BEVERAGE: APPLE JUICE, COFFEE, ENERGY DRINK, ICED TEA, ORANGE JUICE
BREAKFAST: BAGEL & CREAM CHEESE, BAGEL & LOX, EGG & BAGEL SANDWICH, OMELET, SCRAMBLED EGGS
SPECIALTY: CARDIOLOGY, NEUROLOGY, PEDIATRICS, PSYCHIATRY, SURGERY
CLUES:
1. Both Dr. Barsky and Dr. Engel are female, and Dr. Engel never eats anything with a bagel.
2. Dr. Adleman (who specializes in Neurology) never eats anything with eggs.
2. Dr. Dubrow ordered iced tea and an egg & bagel sandwich; he does not specialize in either Pediatrics or Psychiatry; Dr. Barsky (the coffee drinker) is a Cardiologist).
3. The man who ordered Scrambled eggs and Apple Juice specializes in Pediatrics; Dr. Adleman always orders an Energy drink.
4. Dr. Barsky’s standard Breakfast is Bagel & Lox; Dr. Engel is a psychiatrist.
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June 2025: Hard Level
A surprising number of seventeenth-century Rabbi’s books (each pertaining to a female prophet) have been discovered by archaeologists. Use the clues below to link the YEAR each of the five books were printed, the NAME of each Rabbi, the PROPHET at the center of each book, and the ancient LOCATION where each book was found.
SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS IN FIVE LINES, SEPARATED BY COMMAS (e.g., YEAR, NAME, PROPHET, LOCATION).
YEAR NAME PROPHET LOCATION1625
1632
1639
1646
1653
RABBI NAME: MAHARASH, MEIR, MENASSEH, MODENA, MORDECAI.
PROPHET: ABIGAIL, DEBORAH, ESTHER, HULDA, MIRIAM.
LOCATION: EGYPT, OTTOMAN EMPIRE, KINGDOM OF ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF JUDAH, PERSIAN EMPIRE.
CLUES:
1. Modena’s book, which was not discovered anywhere in the Persian Empire, was originally printed in 1625, seven years before the one that was recently found in the Kingdom of Israel.
2. Rabbi Maharash’s book (found in the Ottoman empire) was printed seven years before the one located in the Kingdom of Judah.
3. Neither the book about Hulda, nor the book found in the Persian Empire was written by Rabbi Mordecai.
4. The five books are: the one about Deborah, Miriam (which was not discovered in the Kingdom of Israel), the one printed in 1639, the one created by Rabbi Meir, and the one discovered in the Kingdom of Judah.
5. Rabbi Mordecai’s book was printed seven years before the one which featured Hulda,
6. Of Maharash’s book and the book about Esther, one was printed in 1653, and the other was found somewhere in (what was) the Ottoman empire.
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