- 1. Who is the current mayor of Beersheba?
A) David Ben-Gurion
B) Benjamin Netanyahu
C) Yaakov Turner
D) Ruvik Danilovich
- 2. Which medical center is one of the largest employers in Beersheba?
A) Hadassah Medical Center
B) Rambam Medical Center
C) Ichilov Medical Center
D) Soroka Medical Center
- 3. In what year was the high-tech park near the Be'er Sheva North Railway Station built?
A) 2012
B) 2010
C) 2015
D) 2008
- 4. Which university is located in the Dalet neighborhood of Beersheba?
A) Tel Aviv University
B) Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
C) Open University of Israel
D) Hebrew University
- 5. What is the primary focus of Beersheba's emerging high-tech center?
A) Maritime engineering
B) Agricultural technology
C) Cyber security
D) Renewable energy
- 6. What percentage of Beersheba's 12th graders earned a Bagrut matriculation certificate in 2022?
A) 95%
B) 80%
C) 75%
D) 90%
- 7. Which of these is an industrial zone located on the southeastern side of Beersheba?
A) Techni
B) Old City
C) Makhteshim
D) Omer
- 8. Who did Ruvik Danilovich serve as deputy mayor under?
A) Yaakov Turner
B) Ben-Gurion
C) The RASHI-SACTA Foundation
D) The City Council
- 9. Which company has a facility in the high-tech park near the North Railway Station?
A) Microsoft
B) Apple
C) Lockheed Martin
D) Google
- 10. When was the Science park funded by the RASHI-SACTA Foundation completed?
A) 2012
B) 2008
C) 2022
D) 2005
- 11. Which pharmaceutical company has plants located in and around Beersheba?
A) Novartis
B) Pfizer
C) Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
D) Moderna
- 12. Approximately how many elementary schools were in Beersheba in 2022?
A) 60
B) 99
C) 39
D) 300
- 13. Which academic college is located in Beersheba?
A) HIT Holon
B) Shenkar College
C) Shamoon College of Engineering
D) Bezalel Academy
- 14. Where is the major Israel Aerospace Industries complex located?
A) In the Emek Sara zone
B) In the Old City
C) North of Highway 60
D) Near Omer
- 15. How many students were enrolled in high schools in Beersheba in 2022?
A) 19,617
B) 3,000
C) 45,291
D) 16,699
- 16. According to Genesis 21, what did Abraham set apart to act as a witness that he dug a well?
A) Seven lambs
B) Seven ewes
C) Seven servants
D) Seven wells
- 17. What is the Hebrew word for 'well' according to the text?
A) nishbǝ'u
B) shib'a
C) bǝ'er
D) sheba
- 18. What does the Hebrew word 'nishbǝ'u' mean in the context of the text?
A) Well
B) They had sworn
C) Peace
D) Seven
- 19. Who did Abraham make an oath with, according to Genesis 21?
A) The Philistines
B) Abimelech
C) Obadiah
D) Isaac
- 20. In Genesis 26, what did Isaac's men tell him they found after digging?
A) An oath
B) Seven ewes
C) Water
D) Gold
- 21. According to Obadiah Sforno, why might the well be named 'Seven'?
A) Abraham had seven wives
B) It had seven springs
C) It took seven days to dig
D) It was the seventh well dug
- 22. Which wells were reopened by Isaac before he arrived at Beersheba?
A) Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
B) Esek, Sitnah, and Rehoboth
C) Samaa, Sheba, and Baladiyyat
D) Genesis, Exodus, and Leviticus
- 23. How did the Septuagint translate the reference in Joshua 19:2?
A) Beersheba or Sheba
B) Beersheba and Samaa
C) Well of the Seven
D) Baladiyyat Bi'russab
- 24. Which scholars suggested that the two etymologies in Genesis refer to two different cities?
A) The Philistines and the authors of the Septuagint
B) Abimelech and Isaac
C) Abraham ibn Ezra and Samuel b. Meir
D) Obadiah Sforno and the Masoretes
- 25. What was the Ottoman administration's name for the city in Palestinian Arabic?
A) Samaa
B) Be'er Sheba
C) Belediyet Bi'r alsab'
D) Shib'a
- 26. What is the population of Beersheba?
A) 223,587
B) 300,000
C) 117,500
D) 150,000
- 27. What is the total area of Beersheba in square kilometers?
A) 4.0
B) 117.5
C) 223.5
D) 100.0
- 28. When does human habitation near Beersheba date back to?
A) First century AD
B) Fourth millennium BC
C) Bronze Age collapse
D) Tenth century BC
- 29. Which tribe was Beersheba initially assigned to?
A) Judah
B) Simeon
C) Levi
D) Dan
- 30. Which empire destroyed Beersheba during the monarchic era?
A) Assyrians
B) Romans
C) Egyptians
D) Babylonians
- 31. What is the Biblical site of Beersheba called?
A) Tel Aviv
B) Tel Megiddo
C) Tel Be'er Sheva
D) Tel Dan
- 32. Who established the modern city of Beersheba?
A) Egyptians
B) Ottomans
C) Israelis
D) British
- 33. Which troops captured Beersheba during World War I?
A) Australian Light Horse
B) American infantry
C) French Legion
D) German Empire
- 34. Which army occupied Beersheba from May to October 1948?
A) British
B) Syrian
C) Jordanian
D) Egyptian
- 35. What sport became a major activity in Beersheba due to Soviet immigrants?
A) Basketball
B) Chess
C) Tennis
D) Football
- 36. Which group of immigrants brought the game of chess to Beersheba?
A) Russian-speaking immigrants
B) American immigrants
C) Indian immigrants
D) Ethiopian immigrants
- 37. What vision did Jacob have after leaving Beersheba?
A) A stairway to heaven
B) A burning bush
C) An army of angels
D) A golden calf
- 38. Who built a fort in Beersheba for his campaign against the Amalekites?
A) David
B) Solomon
C) Samuel
D) Saul
- 39. Which prophet took refuge in Beersheba to escape Jezebel?
A) Elijah
B) Amos
C) Isaiah
D) Samuel
- 40. Which prophet mentioned Beersheba in the context of idolatry?
A) Amos
B) Jeremiah
C) Daniel
D) Elijah
- 41. When did Beersheba regain notoriety as a key point on the Limes Palestinae?
A) Ottoman rule
B) British mandate
C) Roman rule
D) Byzantine rule
- 42. When was Beersheba captured by the British Army?
A) 1948
B) 1900
C) 1917
D) 1885
- 43. When did Israeli troops take control of Beersheba?
A) May 1947
B) October 1948
C) June 1967
D) November 1950
- 44. What did Isaac build in Beersheba?
A) A palace
B) An altar
C) A city wall
D) A temple
- 45. After which historical event was the town of Beersheba temporarily abandoned?
A) The Crusades
B) The Egyptian invasion
C) The Roman siege
D) The Babylonian conquest
- 46. What group of people used Beersheba as a small trade center for centuries?
A) Bedouin tribes
B) Moabites
C) Philistines
D) Canaanites
- 47. In which century did the Turks capture Beersheba?
A) 16th century
B) 20th century
C) 14th century
D) 19th century
- 48. Which historical period is associated with human settlement in Beersheba dating back to the Copper Age?
A) Iron Age
B) Byzantine
C) Chalcolithic
D) Hellenistic
- 49. What kind of tools did the inhabitants of Beersheba craft during the Chalcolithic period?
A) Bronze tools
B) Stone tools
C) Metal tools
D) Iron tools
- 50. What layout were the streets of the ancient Iron Age town built in?
A) Random
B) Linear
C) Circular
D) Grid
- 51. What was carved out of the rock beneath the town of Tel Be'er Sheva as part of its water system?
A) A natural spring pool
B) A drainage tunnel
C) A huge cistern
D) An aqueduct
- 52. During which empire was Beersheba a part of the Yehud Medinata province?
A) Hasmonean Empire
B) Roman Empire
C) Persian Achaemenid Empire
D) Byzantine Empire
- 53. Which Roman general made Beersheba a part of the Judea province?
A) Julius Caesar
B) Vespasian
C) Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
D) Diocletian
- 54. In which neighborhood of modern Beersheba were remains of a 1st-century AD Jewish village discovered?
A) Negev
B) Old City
C) Rakafot
D) Arava
- 55. What was the main language spoken by the inhabitants of Beersheba during the Roman and Byzantine periods?
A) Hebrew
B) Aramaic
C) Greek
D) Latin
- 56. What was a primary economic activity for the inhabitants of Beersheba during the Roman and Byzantine periods?
A) Olive oil production
B) Fishing
C) Shipbuilding
D) Gold mining
- 57. To which province did Beersheba belong following the reforms of Diocletian?
A) Aegyptus
B) Judea
C) Palaestina Tertia
D) Arabia Petraea
- 58. What map is cited as a source that describes Beersheba as a large village with a Roman garrison?
A) Tabula Peutingeriana
B) Piri Reis map
C) The Peutinger Table
D) Madaba Map
- 59. How many churches at minimum were built in Beersheba during the Byzantine period?
A) Ten
B) Two
C) Six
D) Twelve
- 60. Who was the monk of Beersheba that corresponded with Barsanuphius of Gaza?
A) Pompeius
B) Seridus
C) Vespasian
D) John
- 61. Who noted Beersheba as a city in 1483 during the Mamluk era?
A) Alois Musil
B) Felix Fabri
C) Isma'il Kamal Bey
D) Aref Abu-Rabia
- 62. How many residents lived in Beersheba before World War I?
A) About 300.
B) About 1,000.
C) About 5,000.
D) About 100.
- 63. Who described Beersheba as the first Bedouin city?
A) Ben-David
B) Aref Abu-Rabia
C) Kressel
D) Felix Fabri
- 64. When did the Ottoman government order the creation of the Beersheba sub-district?
A) June 1901
B) June 1899
C) June 1908
D) June 1914
- 65. What was the administrative district (mutasarrıflık) to which the new Beersheba sub-district belonged?
A) Hebron
B) Jerusalem
C) Sinai
D) Gaza
- 66. Who was the first governor (kaymakam) of Beersheba?
A) Hamdi Bey
B) Alois Musil
C) Isma'il Kamal Bey
D) Muhammed Carullah Efendi
- 67. Where did the first governor live before the government house (Saraya) was built?
A) In a military barracks.
B) In a stone khan.
C) In a house in Gaza.
D) In a tent lent by the local sheikh.
- 68. Which governor replaced Muhammed Carullah Efendi in 1903?
A) Aref Abu-Rabia
B) Isma'il Kamal Bey
C) Hamdi Bey
D) Alois Musil
- 69. What was the population of Beersheba in 1914?
A) 1,000 people.
B) 800 people.
C) 300 people.
D) 2,000 people.
- 70. Which Ottoman army commander attended the inauguration of the train station?
A) William Grant
B) Yigal Allon
C) General Allenby
D) Jamal Pasha
- 71. What is the Battle of Beersheba often called in British military history?
A) The last successful cavalry charge
B) The first major victory of the Mandate
C) The final battle of the Sinai Campaign
D) The longest battle of World War I
- 72. Who led the Australian Light Horse charge at the Battle of Beersheba?
A) Yigal Allon
B) William Grant
C) General Allenby
D) Jamal Pasha
- 73. When did the British open a public railway between Rafah and Beersheba?
A) October 1915
B) November 1917
C) October 1917
D) May 1918
- 74. In which year did the remaining Jews leave Beersheba due to the Arab revolt?
A) 1931
B) 1945
C) 1928
D) 1936
- 75. Which UN committee originally proposed including Beersheba in the Jewish state?
A) The Ad Hoc Committee
B) The Security Council
C) UNSCOP
D) The Trusteeship Council
- 76. How many Egyptian soldiers were taken prisoner during the capture of Beersheba on October 21, 1948?
A) None
B) Around 500
C) Around 2,000
D) Around 120
- 77. Who provided testimony regarding the killing of civilians during the conquest of Beersheba?
A) Yisrael Carmi
B) David Ben-Gurion
C) Yigal Allon
D) Benny Morris
- 78. What exclusion zone was enforced around Beersheba following Operation Yoav?
A) 20 kilometers
B) 50 kilometers
C) 5 kilometers
D) 10 kilometers
- 79. Which agreement granted Beersheba to Israel in 1949?
A) Oslo Accords
B) 1949 Armistice Agreements
C) Treaty of Versailles
D) Camp David Accords
- 80. What is the original core of Beersheba called?
A) Historical Quarter
B) New Town
C) Old City
D) Central District
- 81. Which event spread to Beersheba in 1959?
A) Wadi Salib riots
B) The Six-Day War
C) The War of Independence
D) The Yom Kippur War
- 82. When did Soroka Hospital open?
A) 1960
B) 1979
C) 1969
D) 1956
- 83. Which Egyptian president visited Beersheba in 1979?
A) Hosni Mubarak
B) Gamal Abdel Nasser
C) Mohamed Morsi
D) Anwar Sadat
- 84. To which direction is Gaza located from Beersheba?
A) West
B) North
C) East
D) South
- 85. Which organization funded major redevelopment projects in Beersheba?
A) The Jewish National Fund
B) The Israeli Ministry of Tourism
C) The Mediterranean Development Agency
D) The Beersheba City Council
- 86. How large is the Beersheba River Walk?
A) 345 acres
B) 900 acres
C) 1,240 acres
D) 550 acres
- 87. What kind of water now flows in the Beersheba River?
A) Desalinated sea water
B) Untreated rainwater
C) High-quality purified wastewater
D) Fresh water from the Kinneret
- 88. What is the name of the city's tallest building?
A) Rambam Square 2
B) Rager Tower
C) Beersheba Heights
D) Negev Central Tower
- 89. What replaces the planned housing units in the Ramot Gimel neighborhood?
A) A new urban forest
B) A shopping complex
C) A sports stadium
D) An industrial park
- 90. Which hospital is planned to be named after Shimon Peres?
A) Soroka Medical Center
B) The new public hospital
C) Negev University Hospital
D) Beersheba Central Hospital
- 91. Which boulevard is identified as the city's main avenue in the 2021 plan?
A) Old City Parkway
B) Independence Avenue
C) Rager Boulevard
D) Beersheba Central Road
- 92. How many people were wounded in the grenade attack on October 19, 1998?
A) 16
B) 45
C) 80
D) 64
- 93. Which group claimed responsibility for the 2004 suicide bombings on commuter buses in Beersheba?
A) Palestinian Islamic Jihad
B) Hezbollah
C) Islamic State
D) Hamas
- 94. When did Operation Cast Lead end?
A) January 18, 2009
B) August 31, 2004
C) October 19, 1998
D) December 27, 2008
- 95. What system has made rocket attacks on Beersheba only partially effective?
A) David's Sling
B) Arrow
C) Patriot
D) Iron Dome
- 96. What weapon was used in the 2010 attack that injured two people in Beersheba?
A) Axe
B) Ballistic missile
C) Knife
D) Grenade
- 97. How many people were killed in the March 22, 2022 attack by an Islamic State supporter?
A) 2
B) 4
C) 16
D) 5
- 98. Which tree was featured on the 1950 municipal emblem?
A) Palm tree
B) Oak tree
C) Olive tree
D) Tamarix tree
- 99. How far is Beersheba from Tel Aviv?
A) 120 kilometres
B) 500 kilometres
C) 75 kilometres
D) 115 kilometres
- 100. Which of the following is considered a satellite town of Beersheba?
A) Hebron
B) Jenin
C) Omer
D) Gaza
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