Q 01/05

Which American singer served his Jewish neighbours as a teenage Shabbos goy, doing tasks forbidden on the Sabbath?

A) Johnny Cash

B) Buddy Holly

C) Elvis Presley

D) Jerry Lee Lewis

Answer · why

C) Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley shares the role with Colin Powell, Mario Cuomo and Martin Scorsese, who all helped Jewish neighbours the same way. A Shabbos goy is a no...

Q 02/05

Which American fast-food chain closes every restaurant on Sundays as a commitment to keeping a Christian Sabbath?

A) Chick-fil-A

B) In-N-Out Burger

C) Whataburger

D) Popeyes

Answer · why

A) Chick-fil-A

Chick-fil-A has made rare exceptions. In December 2017 it opened on a Sunday to feed passengers stranded by a power outage at Atlanta's airport.

Q 03/05

What does a Sabbath elevator do automatically so that observant Jewish riders never have to press a button?

A) Responds to voice commands

B) Stops at every floor

C) Weighs riders to pick floors

D) Opens only at ground level

Answer · why

B) Stops at every floor

Stops at every floor is the whole trick: the doors open on each level in turn, so nobody operates a switch. Some rabbinical scholars still object to t...

Q 04/05

Which Scottish sprinter refused to run his Olympic 100 metres heat in 1924 because it fell on a Sunday Sabbath?

A) Harold Abrahams

B) Roger Bannister

C) Allan Wells

D) Eric Liddell

Answer · why

D) Eric Liddell

Eric Liddell switched to the 400 metres, held on a weekday, and won it. His stand also kept him out of the 4 x 400 metres relay, in which Britain fini...

Q 05/05

Which day of the week is named after the Sabbath in Spanish, Italian and most other Romance languages?

A) Friday

B) Saturday

C) Sunday

D) Monday

Answer · why

B) Saturday

Saturday in those languages descends from the Latin for 'day of the Sabbath', giving Spanish sábado and Italian sabato. English went a different way a...