David Ben-Gurion Quiz

1. When did David Ben-Gurion declare Israel’s independence?
a) 1 January 1944
b) 14 May 1948
c) 25 August 1950
d) 15 November 1956

2. When was David Ben-Gurion born?
a) 4 February 1881
b) 7 April 1889
c) 16 August 1883
d) 16 October 1886

3. Where was David Ben-Gurion born?
a) Ankara
b) Brest-Litovsk
c) Plonsk
d) Warsaw

4. What was David Ben-Gurion’s original name?
a) David Copperfield
b) David Gruen
c) Vladimir Ulyanov
d) Aleksandr Kerensky

5. When did David Ben-Gurion go to Palestine?
a) 1919
b) 1920
c) 1911
d) 1906

6. Which was David Ben-Gurion’s party from 1930 to 1965?
a) Herut
b) Mapai
c) Shalom
d) Labour

7. Where did David Ben-Gurion organize a conference of American Zionists on 12 May 1942?
a) Boston
b) Los Angeles
c) New York
d) Chicago

8. When was David Ben-Gurion Israel’s prime minister?
a) 1939-1945
b) 1948-1953, 1955-1963
c) 1967-1970, 1973-1975
d) 1980-1985

9. When did David Ben-Gurion die?
a) 7 March 1972
b) 9 June 1977
c) 14 October 1979
d) 1 December 1973

10. Where did David Ben-Gurion die?
a) Ashdod
b) Tel Aviv
c) Warsaw
d) Haifa

David Ben-Gurion Quiz Answers

1. When did David Ben-Gurion declare Israel’s independence?
b) 14 May 1948

2. When was David Ben-Gurion born?
d) 16 October 1886

3. Where was David Ben-Gurion born?
c) Plonsk

4. What was David Ben-Gurion’s original name?
b) David Gruen

5. When did David Ben-Gurion go to Palestine?
d) 1906

6. Which was David Ben-Gurion’s party from 1930 to 1965?
b) Mapai

7. Where did David Ben-Gurion organize a conference of American Zionists on 12 May 1942?
c) New York

8. When was David Ben-Gurion Israel’s prime minister?
b) 1948-1953, 1955-1963

9. When did David Ben-Gurion die?
d) 1 December 1973

10. Where did David Ben-Gurion die?
b) Tel Aviv