50 free Hanukkah Movie trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
There are a thousand Christmas movies and about a dozen Hanukkah ones, which makes the Hanukkah canon easy to love and easy to quiz on. Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights, the blaxploitation parody The Hebrew Hammer, Disney Channel's Full-Court Miracle, Nickelodeon's A Rugrats Chanukah, the opening scene of An American Tail and Hallmark's first true Hanukkah film all get their turn here, along with the TV moments that carry the holiday most years: Sandler's Chanukah Song on SNL and Chrismukkah on The O.C. The questions run from the easy (who voices Davey Stone?) to the deep-cut (which Jewish organization does the Jewish Justice League parody?), and every one links to the reference source where the fact was checked. It works as a round for a Hanukkah party or a solo test between latkes. If you want the holiday itself rather than the movies about it, our main Hanukkah quiz covers the Maccabees, the menorah, dreidels and food.
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Q 01Who directed Adam Sandler's animated Hanukkah film Eight Crazy Nights (2002)?
Seth Kearsley
It was Kearsley's feature debut, and Sandler's first voice-acting role; the usual Sandler live-action directors Dugan and Coraci sat this one out.
Q 02What is the name of the troubled alcoholic Adam Sandler voices in Eight Crazy Nights?
Davey Stone
Davey is sentenced to community service as a youth-basketball referee-in-training after a spree of dining-and-dashing and vandalism on the first night of Hanukkah.
Q 03Where does the title Eight Crazy Nights come from?
A line in Sandler's 'The Chanukah Song'
'Instead of one day of presents, we get eight crazy nights!' A new version of the song plays over the film's closing credits.
Q 04Besides Davey and Whitey Duvall, which third character does Adam Sandler voice in Eight Crazy Nights?
Eleanore, the twin sister
Rob Schneider narrates and plays restaurant owner Mr. Chang; Kevin Nealon is the mayor and Norm Crosby the judge.
Q 05In which state is Dukesberry, the fictional town where Eight Crazy Nights takes place?
New Hampshire
Whitey has spent 35 years coveting the Dukesberry All-Star Patch, which the town finally gives him at the end.
Q 06Who voiced Davey's love interest, Jennifer Friedman, in Eight Crazy Nights?
Jackie Titone, Sandler's future wife
Sandler's real parents Judith and Stan voiced Davey's late parents; a bluegrass star dubbed Jennifer's singing.
Q 07Which bluegrass singer provided the singing voice for Jennifer in Eight Crazy Nights?
Alison Krauss
Ann Wilson of Heart sang for Davey's mother, and Richard Page of Mr. Mister sang for his father.
Q 08How did Eight Crazy Nights fare at the box office against its $34M budget?
It grossed about $23.8 million and flopped
It opened fifth for the weekend and critics savaged it; Rotten Tomatoes has it at 13%. It remains Sandler's only traditionally animated film.
Q 09According to the director, why was the infamous feces-eating deer scene kept in Eight Crazy Nights?
Focus groups liked it
The same focus groups also had Whitey's originally higher-pitched voice lowered; Kearsley had intended to cut both elements.
Q 10Who confronts Davey in his drunken mall hallucination in Eight Crazy Nights?
Real store mascots like the Foot Locker referee and Panda Express panda
Tyra Banks voices a Victoria's Secret gown, Carl Weathers a GNC bottle and the Sprouse twins the KB Toys soldiers; the product placements were reportedly used without permission.
Q 11Who wrote and directed The Hebrew Hammer (2003)?
Jonathan Kesselman
The film parodies blaxploitation and even features Melvin Van Peebles in a cameo as 'Sweetback.'
Q 12Who plays the title character, Mordechai Jefferson Carver, in The Hebrew Hammer?
Adam Goldberg
The Hammer is described as a 'certified circumcised dick' whose wardrobe crosses a pimp with a Hasidic Jew.
Q 13Who is the villain of The Hebrew Hammer?
Damian Claus, Santa's evil son
Damian murders his tolerant father and sets out to destroy Hanukkah and Kwanzaa so December belongs to Christmas alone.
Q 21In Full-Court Miracle, the Philadelphia Hebrew Academy team is nicknamed what?
The Lions
Their rivals are the Warriors, and the two teams meet in the climactic Liberty Tournament final.
Q 22How does Full-Court Miracle echo the miracle of the oil in its climactic showdown?
A generator with an hour of fuel keeps the lights on for the whole contest
The rival Warriors even scheme to stall until the fuel runs out; Rabbi Lewis ties the story to Hanukkah over the closing scene.
Q 23In Full-Court Miracle, why does Lamont leave the team right before the big tournament?
Q 14Which actor plays Damian Claus in The Hebrew Hammer?
Andy Dick
Judy Greer plays love interest Esther Bloomenbergensteinenthal and Peter Coyote her father, the chief of the Jewish Justice League.
Q 15What is the name of the Kwanzaa Liberation Front leader who allies with the Hebrew Hammer?
Mohammed Ali Paula Abdul Rahim
Mario Van Peebles plays him; his father Melvin, director of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, cameos as 'Sweetback.'
Q 16The 'Jewish Justice League' in The Hebrew Hammer is a direct parody of which real-world watchdog?
The ADL
The real organization grew concerned during filming that the movie might promote unflattering stereotypes of Jews.
Q 17Which former New York City mayor appears as himself in The Hebrew Hammer?
Ed Koch
Rachel Dratch and Nora Dunn also appear; the final battle takes place at the North Pole after stops in Israel and a K-Mart.
Q 18In the flashback that opens The Hebrew Hammer, what does Santa Claus do to young Mordechai?
Crushes his dreidel and flips him off
The store sign behind him reads 'Jews OK (for about 5 minutes)' — the film's satire of Christmas-season exclusion starts early.
Q 19Full-Court Miracle (2003) premiered on which network?
Disney Channel
It was billed as a Disney Channel Original Hanukkah Movie and premiered on November 21, 2003.
Q 20Full-Court Miracle was inspired by which former University of Virginia basketball player?
Lamont Carr
In the film, Carr is homeless in Philadelphia hoping to sign with the 76ers when a Jewish day-school team recruits him as their 'Judah Maccabee.'
He gets a 10-day contract offer from the Philadelphia 76ers
The Lions win every tournament game without him before the generator-lit final.
Q 24On which network did A Rugrats Chanukah first air, on December 4, 1996?
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon had pitched a Chanukah special back in 1992, but that idea morphed into 1995's 'A Rugrats Passover' first.
Q 25In A Rugrats Chanukah, Grandpa Boris feuds with which old rival over the synagogue's Chanukah play?
Shlomo
Boris plays Judah and his rival plays the Greek king, so the babies decide the rival is the real villain of the holiday.
Q 26What do the babies name the villain they set out to defeat in the Rugrats special?
The Meanie of Chanukah
They mistake Grandpa Boris's rival for the Greek king from Grandma Minka's storybook, whom Tommy's imagination renders as 'King Antonica.'
Q 27Why does Angelica break the babies out of the synagogue nursery in A Rugrats Chanukah?
To watch a Christmas special on TV
She convinces them to help steal a television from the custodian's office, which is how they end up on stage mid-play.
Q 28Which organization criticized the designs of Grandpa Boris and his wife in the Rugrats specials?
The ADL
The ADL compared the designs to antisemitic caricatures from a 1930s Nazi newspaper.
Q 29Which 1986 animated film opens with a mouse family celebrating Hanukkah in Ukraine?
An American Tail
Papa Mousekewitz gives five-year-old Fievel his hat and tells him about America, a country with no cats, in Shostka in 1885.
Q 30Who directed the 1986 Fievel film whose opening scene is set at Hanukkah?
Don Bluth
Steven Spielberg executive-produced it after deciding what began as a TV special had feature potential; James Horner wrote the score.