Jewish Humor Quiz

How much do you know about Jewish humor?

Jews have long used humor as a tool for self-ridicule, fighting anti-Semitism, and even passing down traditions. And in the past few decades Jewish humor has become significant in mainstream popular culture. How much do you know about Jewish humor?

Question 1 of 10
True or false: Fanny Brice, an early star of the Ziegfield Follies, only performed in Yiddish.
Question 2 of 10
Which of these TV characters is Jewish?
Question 3 of 10
What contemporary Jewish comedian made the video "The Great Schlep?"
Question 4 of 10
Which of these early entertainers performed in blackface as a vital part of his or her act?
Question 5 of 10
Many of which characters' sketches on Sesame Street are adaptations of traditional Jewish jokes?
Question 6 of 10
What was The Goldbergs?
Question 7 of 10
Who played the interviewer in the sketch "The Two Thousand Year Old Man?"
Question 8 of 10
Which of these people was not a Marx Brother?
Question 9 of 10
"I do not know whether there are many other instances of a people making fun to such a degree of its own character." Who said this about the Jews?
Question 10 of 10
The Marx brothers--Julius, Adolph, and Leonard--were renamed

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