Quiz: How Closely Did You Follow This Week’s Bukharian Community News?

Test what you remember from this week’s verified Bukharian community reports. Every answer comes from a source linked below.

1. Dr. Shota Musayev, honored for helping stop the Flydubai FZ1073 attacker, practices dentistry in which Israeli city?
   A) Ashdod
   B) Holon
   C) Ramla
   D) Netanya
2. Where did Flydubai FZ1073 land after pilots regained control?
   A) Amman, Jordan
   B) Ben Gurion Airport
   C) Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
   D) Muscat, Oman
3. What award did President Isaac Herzog present to six of the flight’s passengers on Oct. 8?
   A) The Israel Prize
   B) The President’s Award for Civilian Heroism
   C) The Medal of Valor
   D) The Jerusalem Prize
4. Rabbanit Shoshana Cohen’s late husband, Rabbi Eliezer Cohen, served as gabbai and chazzan at which synagogue in Jerusalem’s Bukharian Quarter?
   A) Mussayoff
   B) Beth Gavriel
   C) Kanisoi Kalon
   D) Ohel Moed
5. How old was Rabbanit Shoshana Cohen when she died?
   A) 78
   B) 84
   C) 90
   D) 97
6. Queens Hillel says it reaches more than how many Bukharian students?
   A) 100
   B) 500
   C) 1,000
   D) 10,000
7. The Yehudayoff family’s pre-WWI New Year greeting appeared in the Bukharian newspaper Rahamim. In what language was the greeting itself printed?
   A) Russian
   B) Hebrew
   C) Uzbek
   D) Yiddish
8. According to Rabbi Baruch Babaev, in Bukharian custom the first son is usually named after whom?
   A) A living uncle
   B) The maternal grandfather
   C) The paternal grandfather
   D) A name chosen by the rabbi

Answers

1. B — Holon (Bucharim.com/Menora; Newzim).
2. C — Tabuk, Saudi Arabia (UAE Attorney-General via WAM).
3. B — The President’s Award for Civilian Heroism (Kan News).
4. A — Mussayoff (Bucharim.com; Kikar HaShabbat).
5. C — 90 (Kikar HaShabbat).
6. C — More than 1,000 (The Bukharian Times, Queens Hillel report).
7. B — Hebrew, although Rahamim itself was printed in Judeo-Tajik (Bucharim.com).
8. C — The paternal grandfather (The Bukharian Times interview).

Sources: Kan News; WAM; Bucharim.com (Musayev); Newzim; Kikar HaShabbat; Bucharim.com (Rabbanit Cohen); The Bukharian Times (Queens Hillel); Bucharim.com (Yehudayoff); The Bukharian Times (Rabbi Babaev).