Family History and Genealogy Project

  Linking Diaspora and Homeland to Solve the Family Puzzle

 

Bethlehem Jeopardy Game III

 

Test your Bethlehem IQ

How many of these questions can YOU answer? Come back in the weeks and months ahead for a wide range of resources from which to find the answers!

 

 
  1. Who was ruling Bethlehem at the time of the Crusades?
     
  1. Which day did the Ta’amre come to the Bethlehem market?
     
  1. Name a Bethlehem newspaper from the mandate period.
     
  1. Why did the emigrants prefer South America to North America?
     
  1. What was the cause of the Crimean war between Russia and Turkey in 1853?
     
  1. Which group of Arabs traces their ancestry to Adnan?
     
  1. In which century did the Franciscans set up the first schools? (16th)
     
  1. Who were some of the first emigrants from Bethlehem?
     
  1. Who is the ancestor of the Yemen Arabs?

  10. What do we call the combination of earrings and necklace that the
         bride used to wear?

 

 

 

Couple with Two Children; Courtesy Turathuna, Bethlehem, University