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Scarlett Johansson and Matt Damon don’t know from Fyvush Finkel

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MTV’s Josh Horowitz tested the Judaic IQs of Scarlett Johansson and Matt Damon, the Jewish and goyish (respectively) co-stars of the new movie “We Bought a Zoo.”

The two thespians acquitted themselves reasonably well. (Matt Damon even knew a pair of Chanukah songs!) The one big black eye: Apparently Hollywood’s younger generation isn’t very well-acquainted with star of Yiddish stage and small screen Fyvush Finkel.

So Matt and Scarlett, meet Fyvush:

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