Instruction: True or False: The Bible is the most popular book ever written. (by copies sold)

Response: True


Instruction: What is the first book in the Bible?

Response: Genesis


Instruction: What is the last book in the Bible?

Response: Revelation


Instruction: What four books tell about Jesus life on Earth?

Response: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John


Instruction: Which book did Jesus directly write?


Instruction: What is the longest book in the Bible?

Response: Psalms


Instruction: What is the shortest book in the Bible?

Response: 3 John


Instruction: How many books are in the Bible?

Response: 66


Instruction: How many books in the Old Testament?

Response: 39 books in the OT


Instruction: How many books in the New Testament?

Response: 27 books in the NT


Instruction: Which NT book has Jesus' Sermon on the Mount?

Response: Matthew


Instruction: Ture or False: The Bible was first written in the English language?

Response: False


Instruction: In what language was most of the Old Testament given?

Response: Hebrew


Instruction: In what language was most of the New Testament given?

Response: Greek


Instruction: Which human author wrote the most books?

Response: Paul wrote 13 books.


Instruction: Which human author wrote the most words in the Bible?

Response: Moses wrote 125,139 words. (source)


Instruction: What was most likely the first Gospel written?

Response: Mark


Instruction: What was most likely the last Gospel written?

Response: John


Instruction: What was most likely the first of Paul's letters written?

Response: 1 Thessalonians


Instruction: What was most likely the last New Testament book written?

Response: Revelation Questions from Genesis


Instruction: How many days did God take to create the world?

Response: 6


Instruction: What day did God create man?

Response: 6th


Instruction: Who was the first man?

Response: Adam


Instruction: Who was the first woman?

Response: Eve


Instruction: Where did they live at the beginning of the world?

Response: Garden of Eden


Instruction: Who were their three sons listed in the Bible?

Response: Cain, Abel, Seth


Instruction: Who did God tell to build an ark?

Response: Noah


Instruction: Who were Noah's three sons?

Response: Shem, Ham, Japheth


Instruction: How many days and nights did it rain when Noah was on the ark?

Response: 40


Instruction: How many people were saved on the ark?

Response: 8


Instruction: What was God's sign to Noah that he would never destroy the earth again?

Response: A rainbow


Instruction: What were men trying to do at the Tower of Babel?

Response: Built a tower to reach to Heaven.


Instruction: How did God make them spread out across the earth?

Response: Confused their languages.


Instruction: Who did God call out of Ur to move to Canaan?

Response: Abram


Instruction: Who was Abram's wife?

Response: Sarai


Instruction: Even though Abram and Sarah were too old, what did God promise them?

Response: A son


Instruction: When God showed Abram the stars in the sky, what did he promise?

Response: That Abram would have more descendants than the number of stars.


Instruction: Who was Abram's handmaid?

Response: Hagar


Instruction: What was Sarah's idea for Abram to have a child?

Response: For Abram to have a child with Hagar.


Instruction: Who was the first son he had?

Response: Ishmael.


Instruction: What was Abram's name changed to?

Response: Abraham


Instruction: What was Sarai's name changed to?

Response: Sarah


Instruction: What was the second son Abraham had?

Response: Isaac


Instruction: Who did Abraham have his second son with?

Response: Sarah


Instruction: Where did Hagar and her son leave to?

Response: Into the desert


Instruction: Who did Abraham send to find Isaac a wife?

Response: His oldest servant


Instruction: Who did the servant choose?

Response: Rebekah


Instruction: What were Isaac's sons' names?

Response: Jacob and Esau


Instruction: Who was born first?

Response: Esau came first, with Jacob grabbing his heel.


Instruction: How did Esau provide food for the family?

Response: He hunted.


Instruction: Who did Isaac favor of his two sons?

Response: Esau


Instruction: What did Jacob do most of the time?

Response: Stayed in the home with his mother.


Instruction: What did Esau receive in exchange for his birthright?

Response: Some stew.


Instruction: As Isaac was dying and blind, who suggested that Jacob should steal the blessing?

Response: Rebekah.


Instruction: How did Esau respond when his birthright was taken?

Response: Threatened to kill Jacob.


Instruction: When Jacob met Laban, which daughter did he want to marry?

Response: Rachel.


Instruction: Who did Laban trick Jacob into marrying?

Response: Leah.


Instruction: What did Laban make Jacob do to finally marry Rachel?

Response: Work another seven years.


Instruction: Who was the first son Jacob had with Rachel?

Response: Joseph


Instruction: What did God change Jacob's name to before his meeting with Esau?

Response: Israel


Instruction: How many brothers did Joseph have?

Response: 12


Instruction: What did Jacob give Joseph that sparked jealousy from his siblings?

Response: A coat of many colors.


Instruction: What did Joseph tell his brothers about his dreams that upset them?

Response: The dreams said he would become greater and rule over them.


Instruction: How did the brothers get rid of Joseph?

Response: Sold him to slave traders.


Instruction: What did Joseph's brothers tell their father had happened to him?

Response: They said Joseph was killed by a wild animal.


Instruction: Where did the slave traders take Joseph?

Response: Egypt


Instruction: Who bought Joseph?

Response: Potiphar, captain of the Pharaoh's guards


Instruction: Who got Joseph thrown into prison by lying about him?

Response: Potiphar's wife


Instruction: Who else was in prison with Joseph?

Response: The Pharaoh's cupbearer and chief baker.


Instruction: What did Joseph do for them?

Response: Interrupted their dreams.


Instruction: Why was Joseph summoned out of prison by the Pharaoh?

Response: To interrupt his dream.


Instruction: What position of power was Joseph given by the Pharaoh?

Response: Second in command of Egypt.


Instruction: What catastrophe did Joseph predict by interpreting the Pharaoh's dream?

Response: A severe, seven-year famine.


Instruction: Who came to Egypt that Joseph recognized because of the famine?

Response: His brothers.


Instruction: Who was Jacob's second son with Rachel?

Response: Benjamin


Instruction: What did Joseph tell the brothers to do next time they came back to Egypt?

Response: To bring Benjamin with them.


Instruction: Which brother volunteered to stay in Egypt instead of Benjamin?

Response: Judah


Instruction: What did Joseph tell his brothers to do when they returned to Canaan?

Response: Bring their families and their father to Egypt.


Instruction: How did Moses' mother save him from the Egyptian soldiers?

Response: Put him in a basket in the river.


Instruction: What did Moses do after he killed an Egyptian?

Response: Ran away into the desert.


Instruction: Through what did God speak to Moses in the desert?

Response: A burning bush


Instruction: When Moses confronted the Pharaoh, what did his staff turn into when he threw it on the ground?

Response: A snake


Instruction: What did Moses say God commanded the Pharaoh to do?

Response: Let the Israelite slaves go free.


Instruction: How many plagues did God send on Egypt?

Response: 10


Instruction: What was the final plague that convinced Pharaoh to let the slaves go?

Response: The firstborn son of all Egyptian families died.


Instruction: When Pharaoh changed his mind and sent his army after the slaves, where did they meet at?

Response: By the Red Sea


Instruction: What did God through Moses to save the slaves?

Response: Parted the Red Sea


Instruction: When the Egyptians tried to follow the Israelites through the Red Sea, what happened?

Response: The water crashed on them and killed them all.


Instruction: What did God send to feed the Israelites in the desert?

Response: Quail and manna


Instruction: Where did God give Moses the Ten Commandments?

Response: Mt. Sinai


Instruction: What golden image did the Israelites make at Mt. Sinai?

Response: A golden calf


Instruction: What did the spies sent into Canaan see that made them scared?

Response: Giants in the land


Instruction: Who were the only two Israelites allowed to go into the Promised Land after many years?

Response: Joshua and Caleb


Instruction: What city did God make the walls fall so Joshua and the Israelites could conquer it?

Response: Jericho


Instruction: After they took over the Promised Land and Joshua died, who ruled Israel?

Response: Judges


Instruction: Who was the woman judge who led Israel to victory?

Response: Deborah


Instruction: Who was the judge who defeated the Midianites with only 300 men using torches and horns?

Response: Gideon


Instruction: Who was the judge who took a Nazarite vow from birth and fought against the Philistines?

Response: Samson


Instruction: With what did Samson kill 1,000 Philistines?

Response: A donkey's jawbone


Instruction: What Philistine woman asked Samson what his power came from?

Response: Delilah


Instruction: How did Samson die?

Response: Pushing over the temple pillars, killing himself and many Philistines.


Instruction: Who was the first king of Israel?

Response: Saul


Instruction: Who anointed him king?

Response: Samuel


Instruction: Who was the enemy who took the Ark of the Covenant?

Response: Philistines


Instruction: What happened the idol which was beside the Ark in the enemy's temple?

Response: The idol fell over and broke


Instruction: When the people demanded Saul make a sacrifice to God that only priests should make, what did he do?

Response: Made the sacrifice anyways


Instruction: When Saul conquered the Amalekites, what person did he keep as a prisoner instead of killing like God said to?

Response: The king, Agag


Instruction: What was Saul's punishment for disobeying?

Response: God took his kingdom away


Instruction: Who was the king of Israel anointed by Samuel after Saul?

Response: David


Instruction: What did David work as for his father?

Response: A shepherd


Instruction: When the Philistines came to attack the Israelites, who mocked God and challenged them?

Response: Goliath the giant.


Instruction: When David wanted to fight Goliath, what did Saul try to give him?

Response: His armor


Instruction: What did David take from the brook to fight Goliath with?

Response: Five stones


Instruction: How many sling-throws did it take David to hit Goliath?

Response: One


Instruction: Who was Saul's son that David befriended?

Response: Jonathan


Instruction: What did Saul throw to try to kill David?

Response: A javelin/spear


Instruction: What did Jonathan do to save David's life from Saul?

Response: Warned him that Saul would try to kill him


Instruction: What foreign country did David run away to?

Response: Land of the Philistines/Philistia


Instruction: Did Saul give up on chasing David when David went into the wilderness?

Response: No


Instruction: How many times did David spare Saul's life?

Response: Twice


Instruction: Where did David spare Saul's life the first time?

Response: In a cave


Instruction: Where did David spare Saul's life the second time?

Response: In the camp where Saul was sleeping


Instruction: What last judge of Israel died after Saul made a temporary peace with David?

Response: Samuel


Instruction: Where did David go after Saul continued to hunt him?

Response: The Land of the Philistines/ Philistia


Instruction: Where did Saul turn to for advice when he couldn't sense God's will?

Response: A witch


Instruction: What prophet did he ask to speak to?

Response: Samuel


Instruction: How did Saul die?

Response: Fell on his own sword


Instruction: How many of his sons died in the same battle?

Response: All of them


Instruction: Did all of Israel immediately consider David their king?

Response: No


Instruction: Who was David's captain of his army?

Response: Joab


Instruction: When David stayed in Jerusalem, what woman did he see and commit adultery with?

Response: Bathsheba


Instruction: Who was Bathsheba's husband?

Response: Uriah


Instruction: When Bathsheba got pregnant, what did David make happen to Uriah?

Response: He was killed in battle


Instruction: What prophet came to rebuke David?

Response: Nathan


Instruction: What happened to Bathsheba's child?

Response: The child died


Instruction: When Bathsheba had another child, what did they name him?

Response: Solomon


Instruction: Who was David's son that started a rebellion against him?

Response: Absalom


Instruction: What capital city did David abandon as Absalom came towards it?

Response: Jerusalem


Instruction: When the two armies battled, what happened to Absalom's hair?

Response: It got caught in a tree


Instruction: Who killed Absalom?

Response: Joab


Instruction: Because he killed Absalom, what was Joab's punishment?

Response: He was not captain anymore


Instruction: What was David's second sin recorded in the Bible?

Response: He took a census of the people in his nation


Instruction: During his time as king, who was David's main enemy?

Response: Philistines


Instruction: Which books of the Bible record David's time as king?

Response: 1st and 2nd Samuel


Instruction: Which book did David write most of?

Response: Psalms


Instruction: Who was David's son that became king?

Response: Solomon


Instruction: What trait did Solomon pray for from God?

Response: Wisdom


Instruction: What did Solomon build for the Lord?

Response: A temple


Instruction: What famous queen came to visit Solomon?

Response: Queen of Sheba


Instruction: How many wives did Solomon have?

Response: 700


Instruction: Did Solomon always follow the Lord?

Response: No. He turned from God.


Instruction: Who convinced Solomon to turn from God?

Response: His wives


Instruction: What happened to the kingdom after Solomon's rule?

Response: It split in two


Instruction: Which books of the Bible record all the kings?

Response: 1st and 2nd Kings, 1st and 2nd Chronicles


Instruction: Which books of the Bible did Solomon write?

Response: Song of Solomon and Proverbs and some Psalms


Instruction: How many kings of Judah were there?

Response: 20


Instruction: How many kings of Israel were there?

Response: 19


Instruction: Who conquered Judah and took Daniel to their country?

Response: Babylonians


Instruction: Whose dream did Daniel interpret in -Babylon?

Response: King Nebuchadnezzar


Instruction: Who was the last king Daniel served under in the Bible?

Response: Darius


Instruction: When Daniel prayed to God after it was not allowed, where was he thrown into?

Response: The lion's den


Instruction: What were Daniel's three friends (Babylonian names)?

Response: Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego


Instruction: When they refused to bow to an idol, where were they thrown?

Response: Into a fiery furnace


Instruction: Who returned to Israel to build up the walls of Jerusalem?

Response: Nehemiah


Instruction: What Israelite saved her people from being murdered and was a wife of the king?

Response: Esther


Instruction: What daring thing did Esther do to talk with the king?

Response: Went in to talk without being summoned first


Instruction: Who let the Israelites return to their homeland?

Response: Cyrus


Instruction: Who eventually came from the lineage of David?

Response: Jesus


Instruction: Who was Jesus' human mother?

Response: Mary


Instruction: Who was Jesus' adoptive father on Earth?

Response: Joseph


Instruction: Who was Jesus' birth father?

Response: God the Holy Spirit (see Matt 1:20)


Instruction: Name the city where Jesus was born?

Response: Bethlehem


Instruction: Where did Jesus' family go when Herod wanted to harm him as baby?

Response: Egypt


Instruction: True or False: Because Jesus was God, he didn't obey his parents' rules.

Response: False Jesus obeyed his parents (see Luke 2:51)


Instruction: True or False: Jesus was an only child.

Response: False - Jesus had brothers and sister - see Mark 6:3


Instruction: How many of Jesus' brothers are named in the Bible?

Response: Four


Instruction: How many of Jesus' sisters are named in the Bible?


Instruction: Name one of Jesus' brothers?

Response: James, Joseph, Simon and Judas


Instruction: Who was Jesus' most famous cousin?

Response: John the Baptist


Instruction: True or False: John the Baptist wore clothes made of goat hair?

Response: False  it was camel hair


Instruction: Who baptized Jesus?

Response: John the Baptist


Instruction: Who spoke from the sky when Jesus was baptized?

Response: God


Instruction: What did God say?

Response: That he was well-pleased with his son.


Instruction: What happened when Jesus went into the wilderness?

Response: He was tempted by Satan


Instruction: Before Jesus starting preaching, what was his normal job?

Response: Carpenter (construction worker) See Mark 6:3


Instruction: Name Jesus' hometown.

Response: Nazareth


Instruction: True or False: Jesus turned water into Coca-Cola?

Response: False, Jesus turned water into wine.


Instruction: Besides preaching, name an activity Jesus did while traveling in Galilee.

Response: Healing the sick and casting out demons.


Instruction: True or False: Jesus stayed away from people with bad reputations?

Response: False  He often ate with sinners.


Instruction: Name the place where Jesus walked on water?

Response: Sea of Galilee


Instruction: True or False: At first, Jesus family tried to stop his ministry and said he was crazy.

Response: True - see Mark 3:11


Instruction: True or False: Jesus said his true family was anyone who obeys God.

Response: True see Mark 3:34-35


Instruction: True or False: Everywhere he went, people loved Jesus and believed his message?

Response: False many times Jesus was rejected.


Instruction: Which member of the Jewish ruling counsel came to ask Jesus questions at night?

Response: Nicodemus


Instruction: True or False: Jesus didn't like the people because they worshiped God the wrong way?

Response: False  Jesus welcomed all to follow him


Instruction: How many disciples did Jesus choose?

Response: 12


Instruction: What was Matthew before he followed Jesus?

Response: A tax collector


Instruction: True or False: Jesus would sometimes spit as part of his healing miracles.

Response: True - Three times the Bible describes him spitting.  see Mark 7:33, Mark 8:23, John 9:6


Instruction: What is the shortest verse in the Bible?

Response: John 11:35 Jesus wept.


Instruction: Why did Jesus weep in that verse?

Response: Because his friend Lazarus died.


Instruction: How many days was Lazarus dead before Jesus came to visit?

Response: Four days


Instruction: What 2 things did Jesus do to raise Lazarus back to life?

Response: He prayed and then told Lazarus to come out.


Instruction: Who helped pay the bills for Jesus and the disciples ministry?

Response: Several women who he had healed  see Luke 8:1-3


Instruction: Name the demon Jesus cast out in the region of the Gerasenes?

Response: Legion


Instruction: True or False: While on Earth, Jesus had the power to raise dead people back to life?

Response: True several examples


Instruction: How much bread and fish did Jesus use to feed over 5000 people?

Response: Five loaves of bread and two fish


Instruction: True or False: Jesus' said washing hands is never important.

Response: False he said dirty hands don't make a person spiritually unclean. You can still get germs!


Instruction: What was Peter and Andrew doing when Jesus' called them to follow him?

Response: Fishing


Instruction: Name the two Old Testament people who appeared when Jesus was transfigured?

Response: Elijah and Moses


Instruction: True or False: Jesus ask the children to stay back while he was teaching important things to grown-ups.

Response: False Jesus welcomed children


Instruction: What problem did Bartimaeus have that Jesus fixed?

Response: He was blind


Instruction: True or False: When Jesus went to the Temple, he always used his inside voice.

Response: False Jesus drove out the money changers


Instruction: How many people did Jesus feed with fish and bread?

Response: 5,000 people


Instruction: How many lepers did Jesus heal when only 1 returned?

Response: 10


Instruction: What did Jesus do at the Last Supper to his disciples?

Response: Washed their feet


Instruction: What did the woman pour on Jesus' feet at the home of Simon the Leeper?

Response: Jar of expensive perfume


Instruction: Name the disciple who betrayed Jesus.

Response: Judas Iscariot


Instruction: What garden did Jesus go to when he prayed after the Last Supper?

Response: Garden of Gethsemane


Instruction: True or False: The Jewish leaders tried to set Jesus free.

Response: False - They lobbied for his crucifixion


Instruction: Who gave Jesus a crown made of thorns?

Response: Roman soldier


Instruction: Name the Roman Governor who sat over Jesus trial?

Response: Pilate


Instruction: What did Pilate do to Òcleanse himselfÓ of the crucifixion?

Response: Washed his hands


Instruction: Who cut off a soldier's ear when Jesus was being arrested?

Response: Peter


Instruction: True or False: Jesus didn't know that he was going to be arrested and killed in Jerusalem.

Response: False - He knew and told his disciples before it happened.


Instruction: Which disciple denied Jesus three times?

Response: Peter


Instruction: What happened to the temple curtain when Jesus was killed?

Response: It was ripped


Instruction: What happened after Jesus was buried in the tomb?

Response: He rose again


Instruction: What was rolled away from the entrance of the tomb?

Response: A large stone


Instruction: What day of the week did Jesus rise back to life?

Response: Sunday  the first day of the week


Instruction: How many days before Jesus returned to Heaven?

Response: 40 days


Instruction: How did Jesus leave Earth and go to Heaven?

Response: He rose up into the clouds


Instruction: How many people saw Jesus after he came back from the dead?

Response: More than 500 - see 1 Cor 15:38


Instruction: What was another name for the Apostle Paul?

Response: Saul of Tarsus


Instruction: Who was the first Christian to die for his faith?

Response: Stephen


Instruction: How many books have the name John in them?

Response: Four (John, 1 John, 2, John, 3 John)


Instruction: Who preached at Pentecost?

Response: Peter


Instruction: What amazing miracle happened with languages?

Response: Everybody heard the sermon in their own language.


Instruction: Who was Saul?

Response: He persecuted Christians


Instruction: What happened when he was on the road to Damascus?

Response: He had a changing experience with Jesus


Instruction: What was his name changed to?

Response: Paul


Instruction: Who was exiled to an island?

Response: John


Instruction: Who was crucified upside down?

Response: Peter


Instruction: Who was the first martyr and was stoned?

Response: Stephen


Instruction: True or False: Ananias and Sapphira died after lying to the Apostles about their offering.

Response: True


Instruction: How many deacons were chosen to help the apostles to distribute food to widows?

Response: Seven


Instruction: Which Apostle took the Gospel to the city of Samaria?

Response: Philip


Instruction: Which Apostle shared the Gospel with an Ethiopian official on the road to Gaza?

Response: Philip


Instruction: True or False: Peter raised a woman named Dorcas from the dead.

Response: True - see Acts 9


Instruction: Where did Peter stay during his ministry in the city of Joppa?

Response: In the house of Simon the tanner


Instruction: What did Peter's vision about the unclean animals mean?

Response: That all people can be made clean through Jesus - aka non-Jews can be saved.


Instruction: In what city were Jesus' followers first called Christians?

Response: Antioch


Instruction: True or False: Peter was rescued from prison by an Angel.

Response: True


Instruction: Who went with Paul on his early mission trips?

Response: Barnabas


Instruction: What did the Philippian jailer say to Paul after he heard the Gospel?

Response: What must I do to be saved?


Instruction: How did Paul and Silas respond?

Response: Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved.


Instruction: What was Paul's goal in his missionary journey?

Response: To take the gospel everywhere and finally to preach in the capitol Rome


Instruction: Where can you find the 10 commandments in the Bible?

Response: Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5


Instruction: Name the person who received the 10 Commandments from God?

Response: Moses


Instruction: What is the preamble or introduction to the Commandments?

Response: I am the LORD your God who brought you out of Egypt (slavery).


Instruction: What is the 1st commandment?

Response: You shall have no other gods before me.


Instruction: What is the 2nd commandment?

Response: You shall not make idols.


Instruction: What is the 3rd commandment?

Response: You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God.


Instruction: What is the 4th commandment?

Response: Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.


Instruction: What is the 5th commandment?

Response: Honor your father and mother.


Instruction: What is the 6th commandment?

Response: You shall not murder.


Instruction: What is the 7th commandment?

Response: You shall not commit adultery.


Instruction: What is the 8th commandment?

Response: You shall not steal.


Instruction: What is the 9th commandment?

Response: You shall not give false testimony.


Instruction: What is the 10th commandment?

Response: You shall not covet.


Instruction: True or False: Jesus said the OT rules don't matter anymore.

Response: False - See Matt 5:17


Instruction: How many rules does Jesus use to summarize all the OT rules?

Response: Two


Instruction: What does Jesus say is the first and greatest commandment?

Response: Love God with all your heart, minds, soul, and strength.


Instruction: What does Jesus says is the second commandment?

Response: Love your neighbor as yourself.


Instruction: Where is the Fruit of the Spirit found in the Bible?

Response: Galatians 5


Instruction: Which human author wrote Galatians?

Response: Paul


Instruction: True or False: Bananas are a fruit of the Spirit? ..

Response: False - Bananas are a gift from God but not considered spiritual fruit in Galatians 5.


Instruction: Name any of the 9 Fruit of the Spirit.

Response: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  gentleness and self-control.  (sometimes patience is translated forbearance or longsuffering (see Galatians 5:22)


Instruction: True or False: The opposite of the Fruit of the Spirit are called the works of the flesh.

Response: True - see Galatians 5:19-21


Instruction: Where in the Bible can you find the Lord's Prayer?

Response: Matthew 6


Instruction: Who taught the Lord's Prayer?

Response: Jesus


Instruction: How many requests are in the Lord's Prayer?

Response: Seven


Instruction: What is the 1st petition?

Response: Hallowed be your name


Instruction: What is the 2nd petition?

Response: Your kingdom come


Instruction: What is the 3rd petition?

Response: Your will be done on Earth


Instruction: What is the 4th petition?

Response: Give us our daily bread


Instruction: What is the 5th petition?

Response: Forgive our debts


Instruction: What is the 6th petition?

Response: Don't lead us into temptation


Instruction: What is the 7th petition?

Response: Deliver us from evil


Instruction: True or False: The more words we say makes our prayers better.

Response: False. Jesus said God already knows what we need


Instruction: What was the name of Jesus’ mother?

Response: Mary (Matt 1:18)


Instruction: What was the name of the garden where Adam and Eve lived?

Response: Garden of Eden (Gen 2:8)


Instruction: With what food did Jesus feed 5,000 people?

Response: Loaves of bread and fishes (Matt 14:19)


Instruction: What method did the Romans use to kill Jesus?

Response: Crucifixion (Mark 15:25)


Instruction: From which part of Adam’s body did God create Eve?

Response: Rib (Gen 2:21)


Instruction: Who, when accused of being with Jesus, lied and said that he did not know him, three times?

Response: (Simon) Peter (Matt 26:69-74)


Instruction: Which creature tricked Eve into eating of the forbidden fruit?

Response: Serpent (Gen 3:1-6)


Instruction: At Christ’s crucifixion what did the soldiers place on his head?

Response: Crown of Thorns (Matt 27:29)


Instruction: What is the first line of the Lord’s Prayer?

Response: Our Father which art in heaven (Matt 6:9)


Instruction: What relationship was Ruth to Naomi?

Response: Daughter-in-law (Ruth 1:4)


Instruction: Who lied to God when he was asked where his brother was?

Response: Cain (Gen 4:9)


Instruction: Which Old Testament character showed his faith by being willing to offer his son on an altar to God?

Response: Abraham (Jam 2:21-22)


Instruction: What significant event is recorded in Genesis chapters 1 and 2?

Response: Creation (Gen 1 - 2)


Instruction: What was inscribed above Jesus’ cross?

Response: King of the Jews / This is Jesus, King of the Jews (Mark 15:26; Matt 27:27)


Instruction: Whose mother placed him in an ark of bulrushes?

Response: Moses (Exo 2:3)


Instruction: For how many days and nights did it rain in the story of the flood?

Response: Forty (Gen 7:12)


Instruction: What was special about Jesus’ mother?

Response: She was a virgin (Matt 1:23)


Instruction: Who gave gifts to Jesus when he was a young child?

Response: Wise men / magi (Matt 2:7-10)


Instruction: What happened to Jonah after he was thrown overboard?

Response: He was swallowed by a great fish (Jon 1:17)


Instruction: In whose image was man created?

Response: God’s (Gen 1:27)


Instruction: How many apostles did Jesus choose?

Response: Twelve (Luke 6:13)


Instruction: What are the wages of sin?

Response: Death (Rom 6:23)


Instruction: Who is the first mother mentioned in the Bible?

Response: Eve (Gen 4:1)


Instruction: Who else, other than the wise men, came to visit Jesus when he was a small child?

Response: Shepherds (Luke 2:16)


Instruction: Who lied when he was asked to reveal the source of his great strength?

Response: Samson (Jdg 16:15)


Instruction: What was the name of the man Jesus’ mother was engaged to at the time she became pregnant?

Response: Joseph (Matt 1:19)


Instruction: Which book of the Bible records many of the hymns David wrote?

Response: Psalms (Ps 1:1-150:6)


Instruction: From what disaster did the Ark save Noah?

Response: Flood (Gen 7:7)


Instruction: What happened to Jesus forty days after his resurrection?

Response: He ascended into heaven (Acts 1:3-11)


Instruction: What animals did Jesus cause to run into the sea and drown?

Response: Pigs (Matt 8:32)


Instruction: On what were the Ten Commandments written?

Response: Two tables of stone (Deut 5:22)


Instruction: What did Jesus sleep in after he was born?

Response: Manger (Luke 2:7)


Instruction: What was man created from?

Response: Dust of the ground (Gen 2:7)


Instruction: What did Jesus do to each of the disciples during the Last Supper?

Response: Washed their feet (John 13:1-5)


Instruction: To which city did God ask Jonah to take his message?

Response: Nineveh (Jon 1:2)


Instruction: Who was David’s father?

Response: Jesse (Ruth 4:22)


Instruction: Which of the gospels appears last in the Bible?

Response: John (Matt 1:1 - John 21:25)


Instruction: What is the only sin that cannot be forgiven?

Response: Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (Mark 3:29)


Instruction: How did David defeat Goliath?

Response: He hit him with a stone from his sling (1 Sam 17:49-50)


Instruction: What did Joseph’s brothers do to get rid of him?

Response: Threw him in a pit and then sold him to strangers (Gen 37:24-27)


Instruction: Who wrote the letter to Philemon?

Response: Paul (Phm 1:1)


Instruction: In what was Jesus wrapped before he was buried?

Response: Linen clothes (John 19:40)


Instruction: What was the name of Moses’ brother?

Response: Aaron (Exo 7:1)


Instruction: What sin is Cain remembered for?

Response: Murder (Gen 4:8)


Instruction: “The Lord is my Shepherd,” is the opening line to which Psalm?

Response: Psalm 23 (Ps 23:1)


Instruction: What is the last book of the New Testament?

Response: Revelation (Rev 1:1-22:21)


Instruction: Who wrote the majority of the New Testament letters?

Response: Paul (Rom 1:1 - Jude 1:25)


Instruction: What was David’s occupation before he became king?

Response: Shepherd (1 Sam 17:15)


Instruction: Who hid two spies but claimed not to know of their whereabouts when asked?

Response: Rahab (Josh 2:1-5)


Instruction: Whose prayer resulted in his being thrown into a den of lions?

Response: Daniel (Dan 6:7)


Instruction: What was the apparent source of Samson’s strength?

Response: Long hair (Jdg 16:17)


Instruction: From which country did Moses help the Israelites escape from their lives of slavery?

Response: Egypt (Exo 13:3)


Instruction: Who was the fourth person in the fiery furnace along with Daniel’s friends?

Response: An angel (Dan 3:28)


Instruction: What did Joseph’s brothers do to deceive their father to cover up that they had sold Joseph into slavery?

Response: Dipped his coat in the blood of a goat (Gen 37:31)


Instruction: What kind of leaves did Adam and Eve sew together to make clothes for themselves?

Response: Fig (Gen 3:7)


Instruction: Who did Jesus say was the “father of lies”?

Response: The devil (John 8:44)


Instruction: What was the name of the tower that the people were building when God confused their language?

Response: Tower of Babel (Gen 11:4,9)


Instruction: What is the common name of the prayer that Jesus taught to his disciples?

Response: The Lord’s Prayer (Matt 6:9)


Instruction: Whose name means “father of a great multitude”?

Response: Abraham (Gen 17:5)


Instruction: Of what did Potiphar’s wife falsely accuse Joseph resulting in him being thrown into prison?

Response: Rape (Gen 39:12-20)


Instruction: Which sea did the Israelites cross through to escape the Egyptians?

Response: Red Sea (Exo 13:18)


Instruction: What is “more difficult than a camel going through the eye of a needle”?

Response: A rich man entering the Kingdom of God (Matt 19:24)


Instruction: For how many years did the Israelites wander in the wilderness?

Response: Forty (Josh 5:6)


Instruction: What does a “good tree” bring forth?

Response: Good fruit (Matt 7:17)


Instruction: Which small body part can “boast of great things”?

Response: Tongue (Jam 3:5)


Instruction: What was the name of Abraham’s first wife?

Response: Sarah (Gen 17:15)


Instruction: What did God do on the seventh day, after he had finished creating everything?

Response: Rested (Gen 2:1-3)


Instruction: On what day did the apostles receive the Holy Spirit?

Response: Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-4)


Instruction: At the Last Supper, what items of food and drink did Jesus give thanks for?

Response: Bread and wine (Matt 26:26-27)


Instruction: When Jesus was in the wilderness, what was he tempted to turn into loaves of bread?

Response: Stones (Matt 4:3)


Instruction: What were the religious leaders called who continually tried to trap Jesus with their questions?

Response: Pharisees and Sadducees (Mark 10:2)


Instruction: What miracle did Jesus do for Lazarus?

Response: Raised him from the dead (John 11:43-44)


Instruction: On which mountain were the Israelites given the Ten Commandments?

Response: Mt. Sinai (Exo 34:32)


Instruction: Who was Solomon’s father?

Response: David (1 Ki 2:12)


Instruction: What job did Jesus’ earthly father, Joseph, do?

Response: Carpenter (Matt 13:55)


Instruction: How did Judas betray Christ?

Response: With a kiss (Luke 22:48)


Instruction: Solomon judged wisely over the rightful mother of a child, but how did he determine who the child belonged to?

Response: Threatened to divide the child (with a sword) (1 Ki 3:25)


Instruction: Whose father was prepared to sacrifice him on an altar?

Response: Isaac (Gen 22:9)


Instruction: At the age of twelve, Jesus was left behind in Jerusalem. Where did his parents find him?

Response: In the temple (Luke 2:42-46)


Instruction: When the disciples saw Jesus walking on water, what did they think he was?

Response: A ghost (Matt 14:26)


Instruction: What gift did Salome, daughter of Herodias, ask for after she danced for Herod?

Response: John the Baptist’s head (Matt 14:6-8)


Instruction: How did Samson kill all the people in the temple?

Response: Pushed the pillars over and the temple collapsed (Jdg 16:30)


Instruction: Which musical instrument did David play for Saul?

Response: Harp / Lyre (1 Sam 16:23)


Instruction: What was Esau doing while Jacob stole his blessing?

Response: Hunting (Gen 27:1-3,23)


Instruction: Why did Jacob initially send Joseph’s brothers into Egypt?

Response: To buy corn (Gen 42:2-3)


Instruction: Who was David’s great friend?

Response: Jonathan (1 Sam 18:1)


Instruction: Who said “thy God shall be my God”?

Response: Ruth (Ruth 1:16)


Instruction: Which of Christ’s belongings did the soldiers cast lots for after they had crucified him?

Response: His (seamless) coat (Matt 27:35)


Instruction: What does the name Emmanuel mean?

Response: God with us (Matt 1:23)


Instruction: What does James say we should do if we lack wisdom?

Response: Ask God for wisdom, in faith (Jam 1:5)


Instruction: Where did Jesus meet the woman of Samaria?

Response: By a well (John 4:7)


Instruction: Which disciple tried to walk on water, as Jesus did?

Response: (Simon) Peter (Matt 14:29)


Instruction: Why did Elimelech go to live in Moab with his family?

Response: Famine in his home town (Ruth 1:1-2)


Instruction: Who lied about the price they received for a piece of land and died as a result?

Response: Ananias & Sapphira (Acts 5:1-11)


Instruction: With whom did David commit adultery?

Response: Bathsheba (2 Sam 11:4)


Instruction: When the Prodigal Son returned, his father gave him a robe, shoes and what other item?

Response: Ring (Luke 15:22)


Instruction: How many books are there in the Bible?

Response: Sixty-six (Gen 1:1 - Rev 22:21)


Instruction: What are the names of Lazarus’ sisters?

Response: Mary and Martha (John 11:1-3)


Instruction: Where did Jonah go after being thrown overboard and reaching dry land?

Response: Nineveh (Jon 3:3)


Instruction: For what did Esau sell his birthright to Jacob? Answers on Page 26

Response: A meal (Gen 25:30-34)


Instruction: What happened to Elimelech in Moab?

Response: He died (Ruth 1:3)


Instruction: What does the shepherd in the parable of the lost sheep do once he realizes one is missing?

Response: Goes and looks for it (Matt 18:12)


Instruction: What is the name of the disciple who betrayed Jesus?

Response: Judas Iscariot (Mark 14:10)


Instruction: What golden animal did the Israelites make as an idol?

Response: Calf (Exo 32:4)


Instruction: Who did Jesus appear to first after his resurrection?

Response: Mary Magdalene (Mark 16:9)


Instruction: What job did Peter and Andrew do?

Response: Fishermen (Matt 4:18)


Instruction: Which prophet tried to flee from God when asked to preach God’s message in Nineveh?

Response: Jonah (Jon 1:2-3)


Instruction: What is the collective name of the stories Jesus told to convey his message?

Response: Parables (Matt 13:10-13)


Instruction: What was noticeable about Jacob’s twin brother, Esau, at birth?

Response: He was red and hairy (Gen 25:25)


Instruction: Who wanted to kill Jesus when he was a baby?

Response: Herod (the Great) (Matt 2:13)


Instruction: What did the earth look like in the beginning?

Response: Without form and empty (Gen 1:2)


Instruction: How did the father first respond upon seeing the Prodigal Son returning home?

Response: He ran out and embraced him (Luke 15:20)


Instruction: Which well known Psalm of David contains the line, “he maketh me to lie down in green pastures”?

Response: Psalm 23 (Ps 23:2)


Instruction: Abraham’s wife, Sarah, bore a special son. What was his name?

Response: Isaac (Gen 17:19)


Instruction: Which son did Jacob love more than all the others?

Response: Joseph (Gen 37:3)


Instruction: Who was Jacob’s grandfather?

Response: Abraham (Matt 1:2)


Instruction: To which city will all nations one day go to worship God?

Response: Jerusalem (Zec 14:16)


Instruction: Who said, “I am the true vine”?

Response: Jesus (John 15:1)


Instruction: When there was no water to drink in the wilderness, how did Moses provide it?

Response: God told him to strike a rock (Exo 17:6)


Instruction: To which tribe did Jesus belong?

Response: Judah (Heb 7:14)


Instruction: What tragedy did Jacob think had happened to Joseph?

Response: An evil beast had devoured him (Gen 37:33)


Instruction: What affliction did Hannah suffer from, that allowed Peninnah to provoke her?

Response: She was barren (1 Sam 1:6)


Instruction: Which is the gate that “leads to life”?

Response: The narrow gate (Matt 7:14)


Instruction: What happened to the man who built his house upon the sand?

Response: His house fell flat (Matt 7:27)


Instruction: What was the relationship of Mary (mother of Jesus) to Elisabeth?

Response: Cousin (Luke 1:36)


Instruction: How should we treat those who are our enemies, according to Jesus?

Response: Love your enemies, bless them that curse you (Matt 5:44)


Instruction: Who said, “Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased”?

Response: God (Mark 1:11)


Instruction: Which son did Jacob not send to Egypt for grain during the famine?

Response: Benjamin (Gen 42:4)


Instruction: What does the word “gospel” mean?

Response: Good news (Mark 1:1 / Strongs G2098)


Instruction: Who suggested that Jonah be thrown overboard?

Response: Jonah himself (Jon 1:12)


Instruction: What did Ruth do to Boaz while he was sleeping?

Response: Uncovered his feet and lay down next to him (Ruth 3:7)


Instruction: As Esau grew, he was described as a what...?

Response: Cunning hunter (Gen 25:27)


Instruction: When Jesus went to dinner at Simon the Pharisee’s house, what did a woman do for him?

Response: Washed and anointed his feet with precious ointment (Luke 7:36-46)


Instruction: What was Bathsheba doing when David first saw her?

Response: Washing herself (2 Sam 11:2)


Instruction: When the law was given to the children of Israel, what were they told not to worship?

Response: Other gods (Exo 34:14; Deut 8:19)


Instruction: Who ran from Mount Carmel to Samaria faster than Ahab could drive his chariot?

Response: Elijah (1 Ki 18:44-46)


Instruction: How many sons did Jacob (Israel) have?

Response: Twelve (Gen 35:22)


Instruction: Which disciple wanted to see the imprint of the nails before he would believe?

Response: Thomas (John 20:24-25)


Instruction: Which king dreamed about a large statue of a man made from different metals?

Response: Nebuchadnezzar (Dan 2)


Instruction: What form did the Holy Spirit take at the baptism of Jesus?

Response: Dove (Luke 3:22)


Instruction: Complete the saying of Jesus: “for the tree is known by his ____”

Response: Fruit (Matt 12:33)


Instruction: What miracle did Jesus perform at the marriage in Cana?

Response: Water into wine (John 2:1-11)


Instruction: What was the first thing Noah built when he came out of the ark?

Response: Altar (Gen 8:20)


Instruction: Who claimed that the golden calf simply came out of the fire?

Response: Aaron (Exo 32:24)


Instruction: Towards which city was Saul travelling when he encountered a light from heaven?

Response: Damascus (Acts 9:3)


Instruction: What did the sailors of the ship Jonah was on do to increase their chances of survival?

Response: Threw the cargo overboard (Jon 1:5)


Instruction: Who was Jacob’s mother?

Response: Rebekah (Gen 27:11)


Instruction: How long will the Kingdom of God last?

Response: Forever (2 Pe 1:11)


Instruction: Which is the longest Psalm?

Response: Psalm 119 (Ps 119)


Instruction: In which town was Jesus born?

Response: Bethlehem (Matt 2:1)


Instruction: How were sins forgiven in the Old Testament?

Response: Animal sacrifice (Lev 4)


Instruction: How were the Thessalonians told to pray?

Response: Without ceasing (1 Th 5:17)


Instruction: What happened to the city of Jericho after the priests blew their trumpets?

Response: Walls fell down (Josh 6:20)


Instruction: Which garden did Jesus go to, to pray in before his arrest?

Response: Gethsemane (Matt 26:36)


Instruction: Who was instructed by God to leave his home and family to travel to a country he did not know?

Response: Abraham (Abram) (Gen 12:1)


Instruction: What was Jesus teaching about when he said, “What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder”?

Response: Marriage (and divorce) (Matt 19:6)


Instruction: In the Lord’s Prayer, what follows the line, “Hallowed be thy name”?

Response: Thy kingdom come (Matt 6:10)


Instruction: What was Jonah found doing on the ship while the storm was raging?

Response: Sleeping (Jon 1:5)


Instruction: Five of the Ten Virgins did not take enough of what?

Response: Oil (Matt 25:3)


Instruction: What was the name of Joseph’s master in Egypt?

Response: Potiphar (Gen 37:36)


Instruction: Aaron turned his rod into a serpent before Pharaoh, and Pharaoh’s magicians did likewise, but what happened to their serpents?

Response: Aaron’s rod swallowed them (Exo 7:12)


Instruction: To which country did Mary and Joseph escape when Herod killed all the babies in Bethlehem?

Response: Egypt (Matt 2:13-14)


Instruction: What is the name of the angel who appeared to Mary?

Response: Gabriel (Luke 1:26)


Instruction: Which land did the Lord promise to Abram?

Response: Canaan (Gen 17:8)


Instruction: What should we “seek first”?

Response: The Kingdom of God and his righteousness (Matt 6:33)


Instruction: Which Psalm contains the line, “He leads me beside the still waters”?

Response: Psalm 23 (Ps 23:2)


Instruction: In the parable of the ten virgins, what were they waiting for?

Response: Bridegroom (Matt 25:1)


Instruction: What event occurred to help release Paul and Silas from prison?

Response: Earthquake (Acts 16:26)


Instruction: Which prisoner did the crowd call for to be released when Pilate asked them?

Response: Barabbas (Matt 27:21)


Instruction: How does James say we should “treat the rich and the poor”?

Response: Do not judge them, but treat them impartially (Jam 2:1-4)


Instruction: How many plagues did God send on Egypt?

Response: Ten (Exo 7:14-12:30)


Instruction: When Jesus asked “whom say ye that I am?” what did Peter reply?

Response: Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God (Matt 16:16)


Instruction: What did King Solomon ask for when God appeared to him in a dream?

Response: Wisdom (to judge between good and evil) (1 Ki 3:9)


Instruction: Who said, “Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall not enter therein”?

Response: Jesus (Luke 18:16-17)


Instruction: How did the angel of the Lord appear to Moses, when he was a shepherd?

Response: From within a burning bush (Exo 3:2)


Instruction: Which of David’s descendants will reign forever?

Response: Jesus (Luke 1:32-33)


Instruction: On what mountain did Moses receive the law from God?

Response: Mount Sinai (Lev 26:46)


Instruction: Which of his wives did Jacob love the most?

Response: Rachel (Gen 29:30)


Instruction: What was the name of the ark where the commandments given to Moses were to be kept?

Response: Ark of the Covenant (Deut 10:2,8)


Instruction: What did Jesus say to those who accused the adulteress?

Response: He that is without sin, let him first cast a stone (John 8:7)


Instruction: Where is the “best place to pray”?

Response: In your closet with the door shut (Matt 6:6)


Instruction: What does James say happens if we “draw nigh to God”?

Response: He will draw nigh to us (Jam 4:8)


Instruction: Where was Jesus baptized?

Response: River Jordan (Mark 1:9)


Instruction: Which plant is “the least of all seeds, but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs”?

Response: Mustard (Matt 13:31-32)


Instruction: Which city “came down from heaven prepared as a bride”?

Response: New Jerusalem (Rev 21:2)


Instruction: At Capernaum, how did the man sick of the palsy gain access to the house in which Jesus was?

Response: Through the roof (Mark 2:4)


Instruction: What did God breathe into Adam’s nostrils?

Response: The breath of life (Gen 2:7)


Instruction: What did Pharaoh’s dream of good and bad ears of wheat represent?

Response: Seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine (Gen 41:29)


Instruction: To whom was the Revelation of Jesus Christ given?

Response: John (Rev 1:1)


Instruction: How long was Jonah stuck inside the great fish for?

Response: Three days (Jon 1:17)


Instruction: When Jesus walked on water, which sea was it?

Response: Sea of Galilee (John 6:1-19)


Instruction: Who told Joseph that Jesus would save his people from their sins?

Response: Angel of the Lord (Matt 1:21)


Instruction: Where did the man who received one talent from his master hide it?

Response: In the ground (Matt 25:25)


Instruction: To whom did Jesus say, “Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith”?

Response: The disciples (Matt 8:26)


Instruction: What was the name of Hagar’s son?

Response: Ishmael (Gen 16:15)


Instruction: Who was Jacob’s first wife?

Response: Leah (Gen 29)


Instruction: What was Jesus wrapped in when he was born?

Response: Swaddling clothes (Luke 2:7)


Instruction: What did the Israelites do whilst Moses was receiving the Ten Commandments from God?

Response: Made a golden calf (Deut 9:15-16)


Instruction: What guided the Israelites through the wilderness?

Response: A pillar of cloud and of fire (Exo 13:21)


Instruction: At what age did Jesus start his ministry?

Response: Thirty (Luke 3:23)


Instruction: What animal spoke to Balaam?

Response: Donkey (Num 22:28)


Instruction: What is the last book of the Old Testament?

Response: Malachi (Mal 4:6 - Matt 1:1)


Instruction: What happened to Daniel after he gave thanks to God by his open window?

Response: He was thrown into the lions’ den (Dan 6:10,16)


Instruction: What was Jonah’s reaction to the way the people of the city of Nineveh responded to God’s message?

Response: He was angry (Jon 4:1)


Instruction: Zacharias and Elizabeth were told by an angel that they would have a son. What was he to be called?

Response: John (Luke 1:13)


Instruction: How did Jesus say we should receive the Kingdom of God?

Response: As a little child (Luke 18:17)


Instruction: What happened to anyone who was not found written in the book of life?

Response: They were cast in the lake of fire (Rev 20:15)


Instruction: In his Sermon on the Mount, what does Jesus say about tomorrow?

Response: Take no thought for it (Matt 6:34)


Instruction: What did Joseph instruct to be put in Benjamin’s sack?

Response: His grain money and a silver cup (Gen 44:2)


Instruction: What did Paul do to the soothsayer which made her masters unhappy?

Response: Commanded the spirit of divination to leave her (Acts 16:18-19)


Instruction: What was the name of the place where Jesus Christ was crucified?

Response: Golgotha / Calvary (John 19:17)


Instruction: What object featured in Jacob’s dream at Bethel?

Response: Ladder (Gen 28:12)


Instruction: What are the names of Joseph’s parents?

Response: Jacob and Rachel (Gen 46:19)


Instruction: What animal did Samson kill on his way to Timnah?

Response: Lion (Jdg 14:6)


Instruction: What was the name of Ruth’s second husband?

Response: Boaz (Ruth 4:13)


Instruction: Complete this common phrase of thanksgiving found in the Bible: “O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his _____ endureth for ever.”

Response: Mercy (Ps 106:1)


Instruction: Who wrote the majority of the Psalms?

Response: David (Ps 1 - 150)


Instruction: Which prophet anointed David as king?

Response: Samuel (1 Sam 16:13)


Instruction: A “soft answer turneth away...” what?

Response: Wrath (Pro 15:1)


Instruction: What job did the Prodigal Son end up taking after he had spent his inheritance?

Response: Pig feeder (Luke 15:15)


Instruction: Why shouldn’t we give anyone the title of “Father”?

Response: We have one father, who is in heaven (Matt 23:9)


Instruction: What kind of water does Jesus discuss with the Samaritan woman at the well?

Response: Living water (John 4:10)


Instruction: How did Jesus heal the blind man?

Response: He covered his eyes with clay and told him to wash (John 9:6-7)


Instruction: Where did Jesus find Zacchaeus,the tax collector?

Response: Up a tree (Luke 19:4-5)


Instruction: What is the name of Jesus’ cousin, born six months before him?

Response: John (Luke 1:36)


Instruction: Who was the first child born?

Response: Cain (Gen 4:1)


Instruction: Which apostle, who was described as “full of grace and power, and doing great wonders and signs among the people”, was stoned to death?

Response: Stephen (Acts 7:59)


Instruction: Who deceived Jacob by giving Leah as a wife instead of Rachel?

Response: Laban (Gen 29:25)


Instruction: What did Jesus send disciples to fetch on his triumphal entry into Jerusalem?

Response: Donkey and colt (Matt 21:1-2)


Instruction: In the parable of the lost sheep, how many sheep did the shepherd count safely into the fold?

Response: Ninety-nine (Matt 18:12)


Instruction: What does James say we should say when we make our future plans?

Response: If the Lord will, I will do this or that (Jam 4:15)


Instruction: What type of coin did Judas accept as payment for betraying Jesus?

Response: Silver (Matt 26:15)


Instruction: What was the writer of the letter asking of Philemon?

Response: To receive his slave back as a brother in Christ (Phm 1:17)


Instruction: What was the covenant between God and Noah?

Response: Never to flood the earth again (Gen 9:11)


Instruction: Which prophet said, “Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son”?

Response: Isaiah (Isa 7:14)


Instruction: To what object does James compare the tongue?

Response: The rudder on a ship (Jam 3:4)


Instruction: Which of David’s sons rebelled against him?

Response: Absalom (2 Sam 15)


Instruction: What does Paul say about women’s long hair?

Response: It is a glory to her (given as a covering) (1 Cor 11:15)


Instruction: What did Naomi tell the people in Bethlehem to call her?

Response: Mara (Ruth 1:20)


Instruction: When Jesus told his disciples to beware of the “leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees”, to what was he referring?

Response: The doctrines of the Pharisees and Sadducees (Matt 16:12)


Instruction: How was Daniel protected from the lions in the den?

Response: An angel shut their mouths (Dan 6:22)


Instruction: “Everyone that is proud in heart” is what to the Lord?

Response: An abomination (Pro 16:5)


Instruction: What did John the Baptist say when he saw Jesus?

Response: Behold the Lamb of God! (John 1:29)


Instruction: How did the city that Jonah was sent to react to God’s message of destruction?

Response: They repented (Jon 3:8)


Instruction: Who asked Jesus to remember him when he came into his kingdom?

Response: The criminal on the cross (Luke 23:42)


Instruction: Of what, specifically, was man not allowed to eat in the Garden of Eden?

Response: Tree of knowledge of good and evil (Gen 2:17)


Instruction: What was Solomon famous for building?

Response: Temple (1 Ki 7:51)


Instruction: Jesus asked: “Can the blind lead the....?”

Response: Blind (Luke 6:39)


Instruction: Who told Peter to “watch and pray that he entered not into temptation”?

Response: Jesus (Matt 26:40-41)


Instruction: What is Paul’s command to husbands in his letter to the Colossians?

Response: Love your wives, and do not be bitter towards them (Col 3:19)


Instruction: Which river was Naaman told to wash in to rid himself of leprosy?

Response: Jordan (2 Ki 5:10)


Instruction: What miracle had Jesus performed when he said, “It is I; be not afraid”?

Response: Walking on water (John 6:19-20)


Instruction: Why did Solomon turn away from God when he was old?

Response: His foreign wives turned his heart after other gods (1 Ki 11:4)


Instruction: What is the “chorus” in Psalm 136 which is repeated in every verse?

Response: For his mercy endureth forever (Ps 136)


Instruction: In what city was Jesus brought up as a child?

Response: Nazareth (Matt 2:23)


Instruction: Which female judge described herself as “a mother in Israel”?

Response: Deborah (Jdg 5:7)


Instruction: After the angels had announced the birth of Christ and left the shepherds, what did the shepherds do?

Response: Went quickly to Bethlehem (Luke 2:15-16)


Instruction: According to Peter, what “covers a multitude of sins”?

Response: Love (1 Pe 4:8)


Instruction: In prison, for whom did Joseph interpret dreams?

Response: The butler and the baker (Gen 40:5)


Instruction: To what preservative does the Lord compare his disciples?

Response: Salt (Matt 5:13)


Instruction: What was Jesus’ first miracle?

Response: Changing water into wine (John 2:11)


Instruction: Who spotted Moses in the Nile placed in an ark of bulrushes?

Response: Pharaoh’s daughter (Exo 2:5)


Instruction: Who was Bathsheba’s first husband?

Response: Uriah (2 Sam 11:3)


Instruction: Why were Daniel’s three friends thrown into the fiery furnace?

Response: They wouldn’t bow down to Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image (Dan 3:11-12)


Instruction: Out of the ten lepers who Jesus healed, how many came back to say thank you?

Response: One (Luke 17:15)


Instruction: What did Jesus say the sellers had turned his house of prayer into?

Response: A den of thieves (Luke 19:46)


Instruction: In the New Jerusalem where are the names of the twelve tribes written?

Response: On the twelve gates (Rev 21:12)


Instruction: How often was the year of the Lord’s release?

Response: Every seven years (Deut 15:1-2)


Instruction: Which tribe of Israel looked after the religious aspects of life?

Response: Levi (Num 18:20-24)


Instruction: Where was Paul when he wrote the letter to Philemon?

Response: In prison (Phm 1:23)


Instruction: Who preached, “Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand”?

Response: John the Baptist (Matt 3:1-2)


Instruction: What was the name of James’ and John’s father?

Response: Zebedee (Mark 10:35)


Instruction: What bird did God provide to the Israelites for meat in the wilderness?

Response: Quail (Exo 16:13)


Instruction: Who closed the door of Noah’s ark?

Response: God (Gen 7:16)


Instruction: “Hate stirs up strife”, but what does love cover?

Response: All sins (Pro 10:12)


Instruction: Who wrote the line: “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want”?

Response: David (Ps 23:1)


Instruction: Which prisoners experienced an earthquake after their prayer?

Response: Paul and Silas (Acts 16:26)


Instruction: What was the name of Joseph’s youngest brother?

Response: Benjamin (Gen 44:12)


Instruction: Who did Jesus pray for that his faith failed not?

Response: (Simon) Peter (Luke 22:32)


Instruction: What was the new name given to Daniel while in captivity?

Response: Belteshazzar (Dan 1:7)


Instruction: Which wise man wrote the majority of Proverbs?

Response: Solomon (Pro 1:1)


Instruction: Which king asked for the foreskins of 100 Philistines?

Response: Saul (1 Sam 18:25)


Instruction: Who rolled away the tomb stone?

Response: An Angel (Matt 28:2)


Instruction: What did Samson find in the carcass of the animal he had killed at a later time?

Response: Bees and honey (Jdg 14:8)


Instruction: What is “friendship with the world”, according to James?

Response: Enmity with God (Jam 4:4)


Instruction: Who said “glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill to men”?

Response: Angels (Luke 2:13-14)


Instruction: In which book of the Bible does the story of Noah’s ark appear?

Response: Genesis (Gen 6 - 8)


Instruction: When Samuel was called by the Lord as a child, who did he think was calling?

Response: Eli, the priest (1 Sam 3:2-6)


Instruction: To whom did Jesus say “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God”?

Response: Nicodemus (John 3:3)


Instruction: Who does Paul say is head of the woman?

Response: Man (1 Cor 11:3)


Instruction: Who sang a song celebrating the downfall of Sisera?

Response: Deborah & Barak (Jdg 5:1)


Instruction: What happens to “treasure laid up on earth”?

Response: Becomes corrupted and thieves steal it (Matt 6:19)


Instruction: Whose mother was instructed to drink no wine or strong drink during her pregnancy?

Response: Samson’s (Jdg 13:7)


Instruction: Who was the successor to Moses?

Response: Joshua (Josh 1:1-6)


Instruction: What should you not “throw before swine”?

Response: Pearls (Matt 7:6)


Instruction: What was the name of the woman who hid the spies at Jericho?

Response: Rahab (Josh 2:3-4)


Instruction: In the letter to the Corinthians, who does Paul say is a “new creature”?

Response: Any man in Christ (2 Cor 5:17)


Instruction: Which prophet is recorded as having an earnest prayer for no rain answered?

Response: Elijah (Jam 5:17)


Instruction: According to Thessalonians, what will happen to the believers alive at the return of Christ?

Response: They will be caught up together in the clouds (1 Th 4:17)


Instruction: How did the Philistines discover the answer to Samson’s riddle?

Response: They threatened Samson’s bride, who told them (Jdg 14:15)


Instruction: When he was approached by Jesus, who said, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me.”?

Response: Legion (Mark 5:7)


Instruction: What was the reason that Jacob and his family began a new life in Egypt?

Response: Famine in Canaan (Gen 47:4)


Instruction: How was Isaac’s wife chosen?

Response: His father sent a servant back to Mesopotamia to choose a wife from his own family (Gen 24)


Instruction: Whose father was so pleased to see him that he gave him the best robe and killed the fatted calf?

Response: Prodigal son (Luke 15:23-24)


Instruction: What was the name of Solomon’s son who succeeded him as king?

Response: Rehoboam (1 Ki 11:43)


Instruction: How did the people listening to the Sermon on the Mount view Jesus’ teachings?

Response: He taught as one with authority (Matt 7:29)


Instruction: What does faith require to make it a living faith?

Response: Works (Jam 2:17)


Instruction: What did Jesus say you should do if someone asks you to go with them for a mile?

Response: Go with them for two miles (Matt 5:41)


Instruction: In the parable of the grain of mustard seed, when it becomes a tree birds come and do what?

Response: Build nests (Matt 13:32)


Instruction: The field that Judas Iscariot purchased with his betrayal money was called Aceldama, but as what was it also known?

Response: Field of Blood (Acts 1:19)


Instruction: Who did Jesus raise from the dead by a prayer of thanks to God?

Response: Lazarus (John 11:41)


Instruction: The king’s wrath is as “the roaring” of what?

Response: A lion (Pro 19:12)


Instruction: What was the name of Ruth’s son?

Response: Obed (Ruth 4:17)


Instruction: According to James, what happens if you break one commandment of the law?

Response: You are guilty of breaking the whole law (Jam 2:10)


Instruction: “Go to the ____, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.” What animal should we take lessons from?

Response: Ant (Pro 6:6)


Instruction: How did the wise men know that the King of the Jews had been born?

Response: They saw a star in the East (Matt 2:2)


Instruction: What test did Elijah set the prophets of Baal, which failed, proving their god to be false?

Response: Lighting a fire under the sacrifice on the altar (1 Ki 18:24)


Instruction: Who was the tax collector that climbed up a tree so he could see Jesus?

Response: Zacchaeus (Luke 19:5)


Instruction: What is Jesus’ final commission to his disciples?

Response: Teach all nations, baptizing them (Matt 28:19)


Instruction: The Lord said that Jacob and Esau were two what in the womb?

Response: Nations (Gen 25:23)


Instruction: When a man said to Jesus, “who is my neighbor?” what parable did Jesus reply with?

Response: The good Samaritan (Luke 10:29)


Instruction: What happens to the man who “puts his hand to the plough and looks back”?

Response: He is not fit for the Kingdom of God (Luke 9:62)


Instruction: What did Samson do to the Philistines’ crops after discovering his bride had been given to someone else?

Response: Burned them (Jdg 15:5)


Instruction: Who was Jesus talking to when he taught the Lord’s Prayer?

Response: Disciples (Matt 5:1)


Instruction: Ananias and Sapphira sold some property and secretly kept part of the proceeds for themselves. What happened to them?

Response: They died (Acts 5:1-11)


Instruction: To the beauty of which plant did Jesus compare to King Solomon?

Response: Lilies (of the field) (Luke 12:27)


Instruction: What was on top of the Ark of the Covenant?

Response: The mercy seat and two cherubim (Exo 25:22)


Instruction: Who came to see Jesus by night?

Response: Nicodemus (John 19:39)


Instruction: For how long was the dragon bound in the bottomless pit?

Response: 1,000 years (Rev 20:1-3)


Instruction: Complete the Beatitude: “Blessed are the pure in heart...”

Response: ...for they shall see God. (Matt 5:8)


Instruction: For how many pieces of silver did Judas betray Christ?

Response: Thirty (Matt 26:15)


Instruction: Who did Abram marry?

Response: Sarai (Gen 11:29)


Instruction: What did Jesus say he would leave with the disciples?

Response: Peace (John 14:27)


Instruction: What did Paul ask Philemon to have ready for him?

Response: A room (Phm 1:22)


Instruction: In Egypt, what did Joseph accuse his brothers of at their first meeting?

Response: Being spies (Gen 42:9)


Instruction: Where did Jesus first see Nathanael?

Response: Under the fig tree (John 1:48)


Instruction: Which disciple was a tax collector?

Response: Matthew (Levi) (Luke 5:27)


Instruction: Which city was the letter to Philemon written from?

Response: Rome (while under house arrest) (Phm 1:23)


Instruction: What horrific act did the women do to their children during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem?

Response: Boiled and ate them (Lam 4:10)


Instruction: What does the name Abraham mean?

Response: Father of a multitude (Gen 17:5)


Instruction: When the Pharisees asked Jesus whether it was lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, what object did he use to answer their question?

Response: A penny (denarius) (Matt 22:19)


Instruction: When Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch arrive at some water, what does the eunuch say?

Response: What is there to stop me getting baptized? (Acts 8:36)


Instruction: Who said to Mary, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!”?

Response: Elisabeth (Luke 1:41-42)


Instruction: Seven fat and seven thin of what type of animal appeared to Pharaoh in a dream?

Response: Cattle (or Cows) (Gen 41:1-4)


Instruction: How old was Sarah when her son Isaac was born?

Response: Ninety (Gen 17:17; 21:5)


Instruction: About what age was Jesus when he was baptized?

Response: Thirty (Luke 3:23)


Instruction: Which book comes after the book of Job?

Response: Psalms (Job 42:17 - Ps 1:1)


Instruction: How many horsemen are there in Revelation chapter 6?

Response: Four (Rev 6:2-8)


Instruction: What was the first temptation of Christ?

Response: To turn a stone into bread (Matt 4:3)


Instruction: After the first king of Israel failed God, what was the name of the second man who was anointed king?

Response: David (1 Sam 16:1,13)


Instruction: What type of tree did Zacchaeus climb to see Jesus?

Response: Sycamore (Luke 19:4)


Instruction: When Jesus forgave the sins of the sick man let down through the roof to him, to what did the Pharisees object?

Response: They thought only God could forgive sins (Mark 2:7)


Instruction: What was the name of Abraham’s nephew?

Response: Lot (Gen 12:5)


Instruction: Israel split into two kingdoms after the reign of King Solomon, with Israel in the north, but what was the name of the southern kingdom?

Response: Judah (1 Ki 11:31-36; 12:20-21)


Instruction: What did James’ and John’s mother ask of Jesus?

Response: For her sons to sit on Jesus’ right and left hands in the kingdom (Matt 20:21)


Instruction: What did the dove bring back to Noah?

Response: Olive leaf (Gen 8:11)


Instruction: How many books are there in the New Testament?

Response: Twenty-seven (Matt 1:1 - Rev 22:21)


Instruction: Who was appointed to replace Judas Iscariot as a disciple?

Response: Matthias (Acts 1:26)


Instruction: What did Abraham’s son carry for his sacrifice?

Response: The wood (Gen 22:6)


Instruction: In which book of the Bible would we find Haman, the son of Hammedatha?

Response: Esther (Est 3:1)


Instruction: What did Elisha do for the Shunammite’s son?

Response: Raised him back to life (2 Ki 4:32-37)


Instruction: Which book of the Bible precedes Philemon?

Response: Titus (Tit 3:15 - Phm 1:1)


Instruction: What were the names of Elimelech’s two sons?

Response: Mahlon & Chilion (Ruth 1:2)


Instruction: Until when did Jesus remain in Egypt with his parents, when he was a baby?

Response: Until the death of Herod the Great (Matt 2:15)


Instruction: In the parable of the sower, what does the seed represent?

Response: Word of God (Luke 8:11)


Instruction: What was the first plague the Lord sent upon Egypt?

Response: Water turned into blood (Exo 7:21)


Instruction: What did the disciples do when people brought their young children to Jesus?

Response: They rebuked them (Matt 19:13)


Instruction: Who does Jesus say are the two most important people to love?

Response: God and your neighbor (Luke 10:27)


Instruction: What happened to Jesus on the 8th day of his life?

Response: He was circumcised (Luke 2:21)


Instruction: Who looked after the coats of the men who stoned Stephen?

Response: Saul (Acts 7:58)


Instruction: What profession did Zebedee, father of James and John, have?

Response: Fisherman (Matt 4:21)


Instruction: Which two sisters married Jacob?

Response: Rachel and Leah (Gen 29:28)


Instruction: Into which land did God send Abraham to sacrifice his special son, Isaac?

Response: Moriah (Gen 22:2)


Instruction: In Revelation, what was the wife of the Lamb arrayed in?

Response: Fine white linen (Rev 19:8)


Instruction: Which Israelite woman had two Moabite daughters-in-law?

Response: Naomi (Ruth 1:4)


Instruction: When Peter was asked if Jesus paid temple taxes, what animal concealed a coin with which to pay the taxes?

Response: Fish (Matt 17:27)


Instruction: In Nebuchadnezzar’s dream what did the different metals of the statue represent?

Response: Kingdoms of the world (Dan 2:37-44)


Instruction: What did God initially give man to eat?

Response: Plants and Fruit (Gen 2:9,16)


Instruction: Which city did David pray for the peace of?

Response: Jerusalem (Ps 122:6)


Instruction: What did the crew of the ship Jonah was on do once the storm had ceased?

Response: They made sacrifices to God (Jon 1:16)


Instruction: How many people were saved in the ark?

Response: Eight (1 Pe 3:20)


Instruction: What disease did the Lord send upon Miriam?

Response: Leprosy (Num 12:10)


Instruction: The name of the Lord is like what place of safety?

Response: A strong tower (Pro 18:10)


Instruction: With what was Jesus’ side pierced?

Response: Spear (John 19:34)


Instruction: Who wrote the book of Acts?

Response: Luke (Acts 1:1 (cf Luke 1:3))


Instruction: What did Jesus say when the Pharisees asked why he ate with publicans and sinners?

Response: They that be whole need not a physician,but they that are sick. (Matt 9:11-12)


Instruction: How did Moses command the Red Sea to divide so the Israelites could cross over?

Response: He lifted up his rod and stretched his hand over the sea (Exo 14:16,21)


Instruction: Where was Jonah when he prayed to God with the voice of thanksgiving?

Response: In the fish’s belly (Jon 2:9)


Instruction: What was Noah’s ark made out of?

Response: Gopher (cypress) wood (Gen 6:14)


Instruction: Who brought Elijah bread and meat to eat during the drought?

Response: Ravens (1 Ki 17:4)


Instruction: Whose mother-in-law did Jesus heal?

Response: (Simon) Peter’s (Matt 8:14-15)


Instruction: Which bird does Jesus say we have more value than?

Response: Sparrow (Matt 10:31)


Instruction: In which city was David’s throne over Israel?

Response: Jerusalem (2 Sam 5:5)


Instruction: How old was Moses when he died?

Response: 120 (Deut 34:7)


Instruction: What event did Peter, James and John witness in a mountain with Jesus?

Response: Transfiguration (Matt 17:1)


Instruction: Which apostle was a Pharisee?

Response: Paul (Acts 23:6)


Instruction: The desolation of which city is described in Revelation chapter 18?

Response: Babylon (Rev 18:2)


Instruction: Which king in the Old Testament built the first temple in Jerusalem?

Response: Solomon (2 Chr 3:1)


Instruction: Why did Jesus say we should not “judge people”?

Response: So that we are not judged (Matt 7:1)


Instruction: What happened to the prison keeper and his family after finding Paul and Silas released from their chains?

Response: They believed and were baptized (Acts 16:33)


Instruction: How is man “tempted”?

Response: He is enticed by his own lust (Jam 1:14)


Instruction: What natural disaster happened when Abram and Sarai arrived in the land of Canaan?

Response: A famine (Gen 12:10)


Instruction: Which disciple did Paul commend for having “the same faith his mother had”?

Response: Timothy (2 Tim 1:5)


Instruction: What did the shepherds do after they had visited Jesus?

Response: Spread the news about Jesus’ birth (Luke 2:17)


Instruction: Who went back to Jerusalem after the captivity to encourage the people to build the walls of the city again?

Response: Nehemiah (Neh 2:17)


Instruction: Who was the first of the apostles to perform a miracle in the name of Jesus?

Response: Peter (Acts 3:6)


Instruction: How did Korah and his family die after seeking priesthood duties beyond those they already had?

Response: They were swallowed up by the earth (Num 16:1-35)


Instruction: What was the name of Isaac’s wife?

Response: Rebekah (Gen 24:67)


Instruction: How does the Bible describe the location of the Garden of Eden?

Response: In the east (Gen 2:8)


Instruction: In the vision of Jesus in Revelation, what came out of Jesus’ mouth?

Response: A sharp sword (Rev 19:15)


Instruction: What was Paul’s home town?

Response: Tarsus (Acts 21:39)


Instruction: Which judge was betrayed to the Philistines by a woman?

Response: Samson (Jdg 16:5-6)


Instruction: What happened to forty-two of the children who made fun of Elisha’s baldness?

Response: Two bears came out of the woods and killed them (2 Ki 2:24)


Instruction: What came out of the fire Paul made on Malta and attacked him?

Response: Viper (Acts 28:3)


Instruction: Who refused to worship Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image?

Response: Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego (Dan 3:12)


Instruction: In the Sermon on the Mount, what did Jesus say would happen to the meek?

Response: They will inherit the earth (Matt 5:5)


Instruction: Where did Moses first meet his future wife?

Response: By a well in the land of Midian (Exo 2:16-21)


Instruction: Out of the ten lepers Jesus healed, what nationality was the one who returned to thank him?

Response: Samaritan (Luke 17:16)


Instruction: Who did the men of Athens ignorantly worship?

Response: The Unknown God (Acts 17:22-23)


Instruction: What did Saul see on the road approaching Damascus?

Response: A shining light from heaven (Acts 9:3)


Instruction: How long did Jonah say it would be before Nineveh was to be overthrown?

Response: Forty days (Jon 3:4)


Instruction: What was the name of Samson’s father?

Response: Manoah (Jdg 13:24)


Instruction: Who did Amnon love, and then hate even more than he had loved her?

Response: Tamar (2 Sam 13:15)


Instruction: Where were the Jews taken captive to when Jerusalem was destroyed?

Response: Babylon (Jer 29:4)


Instruction: When was the festival of Passover established?

Response: When the plague of the death of the firstborn was brought upon the land of Egypt (Exo 12:27)


Instruction: What sin did Noah commit after he began to be a “man of the soil”?

Response: Drunkenness (Gen 9:20-21)


Instruction: Why were the Israelites afraid to enter the Promised Land?

Response: The inhabitants were great and tall (Num 13:33-14:4)


Instruction: What did the silversmith do with Micah’s silver?

Response: Made it into an idol (Jdg 17:4)


Instruction: What was Paul’s profession?

Response: Tentmaker (Acts 18:3)


Instruction: What was the name of Ahasuerus’ new queen?

Response: Esther (Est 2:17)


Instruction: According to the words of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount, “a city that is on a hill cannot be...” what?

Response: Hidden (Matt 5:14)


Instruction: What was the fate of Shechem, the prince who fell in love with Dinah, daughter of Jacob?

Response: He, his father, and the men of his city were slain by Dinah’s brothers (Gen 34)


Instruction: What book of the Bible follows Philemon?

Response: Hebrews (Phm 1:25 - Heb 1:1)


Instruction: During Jacob’s struggle with the angel, the hollow of which part of Jacob’s body was touched and put out of joint?

Response: Hollow of thigh / Hip (Gen 32:25)


Instruction: Which Christian doctrine did the Sadducees reject?

Response: Resurrection (Matt 22:23)


Instruction: For how many years had the woman with the issue of blood suffered before she was healed by Jesus?

Response: Twelve years (Matt 9:20)


Instruction: What was the affliction of Bartimaeus?

Response: Blind (Mark 10:46)


Instruction: What was the color of the robe placed on Jesus by the soldiers?

Response: Scarlet / Purple (Matt 27:28; John 19:2)


Instruction: How did Paul say we should let our requests be made known to God?

Response: By prayer and supplication with thanksgiving (Php 4:6)


Instruction: In the Sermon on the Mount, what does Jesus tell us the earth is?

Response: God’s footstool (Matt 5:35)


Instruction: In which book of the Bible do we find “Nebuchadnezzar’s image”?

Response: Daniel (Dan 2:31-36)


Instruction: Where was Abraham born?

Response: Ur (Gen 11:31)


Instruction: Who was given a son following her prayer to God in the temple, during which the priest accused her of being drunk?

Response: Hannah (1 Sam 1:13)


Instruction: Who asked for an understanding heart to judge God’s people?

Response: Solomon (1 Ki 3:9)


Instruction: What is “sin”?

Response: The transgression of the law (1 Jn 3:4)


Instruction: For how long did David reign?

Response: Forty years (2 Sam 5:4)


Instruction: How many Psalms are there in the Bible?

Response: 150 (Ps 1:1-150:6)


Instruction: Jesus used a little child to show the futility of an argument among the disciples. What were they arguing about?

Response: Who is the greatest in heaven (Matt 18:1-4)


Instruction: Whose twelve year old daughter did Jesus raise from the dead?

Response: Jairus’ (Luke 8:41)


Instruction: What was the name of Ruth’s great-grandson?

Response: David (Ruth 4:22)


Instruction: On what island was John when he was given the vision of Revelation?

Response: Patmos (Rev 1:9)


Instruction: What happened to King Nebuchadnezzar before being restored as king?

Response: He went mad and lived as a beast (Dan 4:33-36)


Instruction: Where did Jonah try to run to instead of going to Nineveh as God had commanded?

Response: Tarshish (Jon 1:3)


Instruction: Who did Paul send to Rome, requesting that she was given a welcome worthy of the saints?

Response: Phoebe (Rom 16:1-2)


Instruction: Whose mother took him a little coat once a year?

Response: Samuel (1 Sam 2:19)


Instruction: Which judge killed Eglon, King of Moab?

Response: Ehud (Jdg 3:15-25)


Instruction: In a parable told by Jesus, what did the rich man do with the surplus of crops that he grew?

Response: Built larger barns to store them (Luke 12:18)


Instruction: In the parable of the leaven, what is leaven more commonly known as?

Response: Yeast (Matt 13:33)


Instruction: What bird could poor people use for sacrifices if they could not afford lambs?

Response: Turtledoves or Pigeons (Lev 5:7)


Instruction: Which book of prophecy was the Ethiopian eunuch reading from?

Response: Isaiah (Acts 8:30)


Instruction: Who said, “When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things”?

Response: Paul (1 Cor 13:11)


Instruction: What is the first line of Psalm 1?

Response: Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly (Ps 1:1)


Instruction: What was Peter’s mother- in-law sick with?

Response: A fever (Matt 8:14)


Instruction: Who instructed her daughter to ask for the head of John the Baptist?

Response: Herodias (Matt 14:8)


Instruction: Who decreed that a census of the entire Roman world should be taken at the time of Jesus’ birth?

Response: Augustus Caesar (Luke 2:1)


Instruction: Which woman, who was “full of good works and acts of charity”, was raised from the dead by Peter at Lydda?

Response: Tabitha (Dorcas) (Acts 9:40)


Instruction: What did Daniel do for Nebuchadnezzar that no-one else was able to do?

Response: Interpret his dreams (Dan 2)


Instruction: What was on the head of the woman “clothed with the sun”?

Response: A crown of twelve stars (Rev 12:1)


Instruction: How did Uriah, Bathsheba’s husband, die?

Response: Cut down after David instructed his men to abandon Uriah in battle (2 Sam 11:15)


Instruction: When Paul was shipwrecked on Malta how many people on the ship drowned?

Response: None (Acts 27:22,44)


Instruction: How did Jesus say true worshippers should worship God when he was talking to the woman at the well?

Response: In spirit and truth (John 4:23-24)


Instruction: Which profession does Jesus compare himself to spiritually?

Response: Shepherd (John 10:14)


Instruction: Under the Mosaic Law, what was the punishment for someone who hit their father?

Response: Death (Exo 21:15)


Instruction: What presents did Pharaoh give to Joseph when he was given charge of Egypt?

Response: His ring, fine linen and a gold chain (Gen 41:42)


Instruction: What was taken off and handed over to signify the agreement between Boaz and the kinsman?

Response: Sandal (Ruth 4:8)


Instruction: Peacocks were imported by which king of Israel?

Response: Solomon (1 Ki 10:22)


Instruction: Why did Boaz allow Ruth to glean in his field?

Response: She had looked after Naomi (Ruth 2:11)


Instruction: What punishment was Zacharias given for not believing the angel?

Response: He was made dumb (Luke 1:20)


Instruction: Which direction did the scorching wind upon Jonah come from?

Response: East (Jon 4:8)


Instruction: Why did the kinsman not want to marry Ruth?

Response: Didn’t want to spoil his inheritance (Ruth 4:6)


Instruction: How many times did Samson lie about his source of strength to Delilah?

Response: Three (Jdg 16:15)


Instruction: Which book of the Bible begins with “The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.”?

Response: Matthew (Matt 1:1)


Instruction: Jephthah made a vow to God, with what effect on his daughter?

Response: Her life was sacrificed to God (Jdg 11:30-40)


Instruction: Who did Mary suppose Jesus to be at first after the resurrection?

Response: Gardener (John 20:15)


Instruction: How did Jesus reveal the one who would betray him?

Response: Dipped a piece of bread and passed it to him (John 13:26)


Instruction: Which two Old Testament characters appeared with Jesus at the transfiguration?

Response: Elijah and Moses (Matt 17:3)


Instruction: Who prayed for the fiery serpents to be taken away from Israel?

Response: Moses (Num 21:7)


Instruction: Which married couple did Paul become friends with at Corinth?

Response: Aquila and Priscilla (Acts 18:2)


Instruction: Who persuaded Delilah to betray Samson?

Response: Lords of the Philistines (Jdg 16:5)


Instruction: When Jesus died, for how long was there darkness over the land?

Response: Three hours (Luke 23:44)


Instruction: What service did Nehemiah perform for King Artaxerxes?

Response: Cupbearer (Neh 1:11)


Instruction: What is the next line of the Lord’s Prayer after “Give us this day our daily bread...”?

Response: And forgive us our debts/sins (Matt 6:11-12; Luke 11:4)


Instruction: What did Abigail prevent David from doing to Nabal?

Response: Murdering him (1 Sam 25:34-35)


Instruction: Who became nurse to Ruth’s son?

Response: Naomi (Ruth 4:16)


Instruction: According to the law, why could the Israelites not eat blood?

Response: God said, “the blood is the life.” (Deut 12:23)


Instruction: What relation was Jacob to Abraham?

Response: Grandson (Matt 1:2)


Instruction: What killed the plant that God had provided Jonah for shade?

Response: A worm (Jon 4:7)


Instruction: What did the prophet Micah say about Jesus’ birth?

Response: He would be born in Bethlehem (Mic 5:2)


Instruction: What did John do with the little book he took from the angel?

Response: He ate it (Rev 10:10)


Instruction: Who went up yearly to worship God in Shiloh, and one year prayed to God for a baby?

Response: Hannah (1 Sam 1:3-11)


Instruction: In which tribe was the city of Bethlehem?

Response: Judah (Mic 5:2)


Instruction: What was Peter doing when he denied Jesus for the second time?

Response: Warming himself by a fire (John 18:25)


Instruction: What did Jonah do while he waited to see Nineveh’s fate?

Response: He sat down on the East of the city and made a shelter (Jon 4:5)


Instruction: Who carried the cross for Christ?

Response: Simon of Cyrene (Matt 27:32)


Instruction: On which mountain range did Noah’s ark come to rest?

Response: Ararat (Gen 8:4)


Instruction: Which two tribes of Israel were not named after sons of Jacob?

Response: Ephraim and Manasseh (Josh 14:4)


Instruction: What did the Queen of Sheba give to Solomon?

Response: (120 talents of) gold, spices, and precious stones (1 Ki 10:10)


Instruction: What should Philemon do if his slave owed him anything?

Response: Charge it to Paul (Phm 1:18)


Instruction: How many books are there in the Old Testament?

Response: Thirty-nine (Gen 1:1 - Mal 4:6)


Instruction: According to Old Testament law, what should you not cook a young goat in?

Response: Its mother’s milk (Ex 23:19)


Instruction: What did Joseph want to do when he discovered Mary was pregnant?

Response: (Quietly) divorce her (Matt 1:19)


Instruction: What did Boaz say Naomi was selling?

Response: A parcel of land (Ruth 4:3)


Instruction: Abram was rich in gold, silver and what else?

Response: Cattle (Gen 13:2)


Instruction: How much of Elijah’s spirit did Elisha receive?

Response: Double (portion) (2 Ki 2:9)


Instruction: What was unusual about the 700 Benjamite soldiers who could sling a stone and hit their target every time?

Response: They were all left-handed (Jdg 20:16)


Instruction: What relation was Annas to Caiaphas?

Response: Father-in-law (John 18:13)


Instruction: According to James, what is “pure and undefiled religion”?

Response: To visit the fatherless and widows, and to keep yourself unspotted from the world (Jam 1:27)


Instruction: When in prison at what time did Paul and Silas pray and sing to God?

Response: Midnight (Acts 16:25)


Instruction: What did Daniel and his three friends eat instead of the king’s meat and drink?

Response: Pulses and water (Dan 1:12)


Instruction: What did Jesus say is the “greatest commandment in the law”?

Response: To love God with all your heart, soul and mind (Mark 12:29-30)


Instruction: Who was afflicted with leprosy for speaking out against Moses?

Response: Miriam (Num 12:10)


Instruction: After the Babylonian exile, the Jews sought wealth and possessions for themselves. What should they have been doing?

Response: Rebuilding the temple (Hag 1:2-6)


Instruction: What did God count Abram’s faith to him as?

Response: Righteousness (Gen 15:6)


Instruction: What sin stopped Moses from leading the children of Israel into the Promised Land?

Response: Hitting a rock twice (instead of speaking to it) (Num 20:11)


Instruction: Whose hair when cut annually weighed two hundred shekels by the king’s weight?

Response: Absalom (2 Sam 14:26)


Instruction: During what traumatic event did the apostle Paul take bread and give thanks?

Response: Sea voyage (Acts 27:35)


Instruction: Which man killed a lion with his bare hands?

Response: Samson (Jdg 14:5-6)


Instruction: What was the sign that the angels gave to the shepherds, so that they would recognize Jesus?

Response: Wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger (Luke 2:12)


Instruction: Who was to be named Zacharias, after the name of his father, until his mother intervened?

Response: John (Luke 1:60)


Instruction: In what town did Jesus turn water into wine?

Response: Cana (John 2:1-11)


Instruction: How long had the infirm man lain at the pool of Bethesda?

Response: Thirty-eight years (John 5:5)


Instruction: What “doeth good like a medicine”?

Response: A merry heart (Pro 17:22)


Instruction: What was God to give Abraham as an everlasting possession?

Response: The land of Canaan (Gen 17:8)


Instruction: What lie was told about Naboth that led to him being stoned and Ahab taking possession of his vineyard?

Response: He had blasphemed against God and the king (1 Ki 21:10)


Instruction: Which supernatural being or beings does the Bible say the Sadducees did not believe in?

Response: Angels (Acts 23:8)


Instruction: Who won the hand of Caleb’s daughter, Achsah?

Response: Othniel (Josh 15:16-17)


Instruction: What is the “light of the body”?

Response: The eye (Matt 6:22)


Instruction: The southern kingdom of divided Israel eventually fell, but to which great power?

Response: Babylon (2 Ki 25)


Instruction: You will be healed if you “pray for one another” and what else?

Response: Confess your faults (Jam 5:16)


Instruction: What is in the hypocrite’s eye?

Response: A beam (Matt 7:5)


Instruction: Which book of the Bible follows Jonah?

Response: Micah (Jon 4:11 - Mic 1:1)


Instruction: What inscription was on the altar in Athens?

Response: To the Unknown God (Acts 17:23)


Instruction: In which book of prophecy do we read about the valley of dry bones?

Response: Ezekiel (Eze 37:1)


Instruction: Which baby was named after his mother’s laughter?

Response: Isaac (Gen 21:6 / Strong’s H3327)


Instruction: Demetrius, of Ephesus was a...?

Response: Silversmith (Acts 19:24)


Instruction: On which day of the year could the High Priest enter the Holiest Place, the inner most part of the temple where the covenant box was kept?

Response: Day of Atonement (Lev 16)


Instruction: What was the name of the temple gate at which the lame man was laid daily?

Response: Beautiful Gate (Acts 3:2)


Instruction: To which Jewish sect did Nicodemus belong?

Response: Pharisees (John 3:1)


Instruction: What is the first recorded dream of Joseph, son of Jacob?

Response: Sheaves of wheat bowing down to other sheaves (Gen 37:5-7)


Instruction: To which tribe did the apostle Paul belong?

Response: Benjamin (Rom 11:1)


Instruction: How does James say we should “wait for the coming of the Lord”?

Response: Patiently (Jam 5:7)


Instruction: “The blessed man will be like a tree planted by”.... what?

Response: Rivers of water (Ps 1:1-3)


Instruction: How old was Abraham when his son Isaac was born?

Response: 100 (Gen 21:5)


Instruction: In the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican, what did the Pharisee thank God for?

Response: That he was not sinful like other men (Luke 18:11)


Instruction: How many times did Jesus say you should forgive your brother when he sins against you?

Response: Seventy times seven (Matt 18:22)


Instruction: What question concerning marriage did the Pharisees use to tempt Jesus?

Response: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? (Divorce) (Matt 19:3)


Instruction: How does Paul tell us to “work out our own salvation”?

Response: With fear and trembling (Php 2:12)


Instruction: In the parable of the cloth and wine, why does no man put new wine into old bottles?

Response: It will burst the bottles (Luke 5:37)


Instruction: In which city did King Herod live at the time of Jesus’ birth?

Response: Jerusalem (Matt 2:3)


Instruction: What is the “root of all evil”?

Response: Love of money (1 Tim 6:10)


Instruction: What does the law say to do when you see a bird in its nest?

Response: Let the mother bird go free (Deut 22:6-7)


Instruction: Which tribe of Israel received no inheritance of land?

Response: Levi (Deut 10:9)


Instruction: In Nebuchadnezzar’s dream what happened to destroy the statue made from different metals?

Response: A stone hit the feet and broke them into pieces (Dan 2:34)


Instruction: Which King took possession of Naboth’s vineyard?

Response: Ahab (1 Ki 21:16)


Instruction: For how many days did Jesus appear to his disciples after his resurrection?

Response: Forty (Acts 1:3)


Instruction: Who did Paul write a letter to concerning his slave Onesimus?

Response: Philemon (Phm 1:1-25)


Instruction: How many churches of Asia Minor were listed in Revelation?

Response: Seven (Rev 1:11)


Instruction: What object did Gideon place on the ground to receive a sign from God?

Response: Fleece (Jdg 6:37)


Instruction: Why did Moses’ hand become leprous?

Response: As a sign (Exo 4:6-8)


Instruction: In which city in Judah did Cyrus tell the Israelites to build the temple?

Response: Jerusalem (Ezr 6:3)


Instruction: Which missionary was described as having “known the holy scriptures from an early age”?

Response: Timothy (2 Tim 3:15)


Instruction: What affliction did Paul strike Elymas the sorcerer down with?

Response: Blindness (Acts 13:8,11)


Instruction: Who was Boaz a kinsman of?

Response: Elimelech (Ruth 2:1)


Instruction: What animals were carved on Solomon’s throne?

Response: Lions (1 Ki 10:19)


Instruction: What did Jesus and the disciples have for breakfast when Jesus appeared to them after the resurrection by the Sea of Tiberias?

Response: Bread and fish (John 21:13)


Instruction: Which woman was a seller of purple goods?

Response: Lydia (Acts 16:14)


Instruction: What were the restrictions on marriage for the daughters of Zelophehad?

Response: They must marry within their tribe (Num 36:6)


Instruction: Who said, “A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel,” when he saw Jesus?

Response: Simeon (Luke 2:25,32)


Instruction: How did Moses assure victory against the Amalekites?

Response: Kept his hands held up (Exo 17:11-12)


Instruction: What was the occupation of Hosea’s wife?

Response: Harlot (Hos 1:2)


Instruction: In the Sermon on the Mount, what does Jesus say you should do when you fast?

Response: Anoint your head, and wash your face (Matt 6:18)


Instruction: Which church did Jesus accuse of being lukewarm?

Response: Laodicea (Rev 3:16)


Instruction: Why are the Thessalonians told not to worry about those Christians who have died?

Response: They will be raised to life again (1 Th 4:13-15)


Instruction: In the parable of the sower, what happened to the seed that fell on the path?

Response: Eaten by birds (Matt 13:4)


Instruction: What was the name of the man who requested Jesus’ body for burial?

Response: Joseph (of Arimathaea) (Matt 27:57-58)


Instruction: How many Philistines did Samson say he had killed with the jawbone of a donkey?

Response: 1,000 (Jdg 15:16)


Instruction: Which book of the Bible precedes Jonah?

Response: Obadiah (Oba 1:21 - Jon 1:1)


Instruction: Who did Samuel anoint as the first King of Israel?

Response: Saul (1 Sam 10:1,19-24)


Instruction: What was mankind’s first sin in the Bible?

Response: Eating some fruit (Gen 3:6)


Instruction: What was the first bird released from the ark?

Response: Raven (Gen 8:7)


Instruction: What nationality was Timothy’s father?

Response: Greek (Acts 16:1)


Instruction: In Revelation, what is the “number of a man”?

Response: 666 (Rev 13:18)


Instruction: How many elders sat around the throne of God?

Response: Twenty-four (Rev 4:4)


Instruction: What order did Joshua give to God while fighting the Amorites?

Response: Make the sun and moon stand still (Josh 10:12-14)


Instruction: How many years did the Lord add to Hezekiah’s life after being healed of his sickness?

Response: Fifteen (2 Ki 20:6)


Instruction: What was the second plague upon Egypt?

Response: Frogs (Exo 8:6)


Instruction: Which disciple looked after Mary, after the death of Jesus?

Response: John (John 19:26-27)


Instruction: Jesus was a high priest after the order of which ancient king, mentioned in Psalm 110?

Response: Melchizedek (Ps 110:4)


Instruction: Which two provinces looked up to Thessalonica as an example?

Response: Macedonia & Achaia (1 Th 1:7)


Instruction: Who was Noah’s father?

Response: Lamech (Gen 5:28-29)


Instruction: Who did Pilate send Jesus to after he had interrogated him?

Response: Herod (Luke 23:7)


Instruction: Daniel had a dream about four things. What sort of things?

Response: Beasts (Dan 7:3)


Instruction: In the parable of the sower, what did the seed that fell among thorns represent?

Response: Those people who hear God’s word but then it’s choked out by worldly cares (Matt 13:22)


Instruction: Who was the father of Jonah?

Response: Amittai (Jon 1:1)


Instruction: What relation to Abram was Lot?

Response: His nephew (Gen 14:12)


Instruction: Who will the “least person in the Kingdom of God” be greater than?

Response: John the Baptist (Luke 7:28)


Instruction: In what month of Elisabeth’s pregnancy did the angel appear to Mary?

Response: Sixth (Luke 1:26)


Instruction: What was the content of the cupbearer’s dream interpreted by Joseph?

Response: A vine bringing forth grapes which are pressed into a cup (Gen 40:9-12)


Instruction: “Hope deferred” maketh what sick?

Response: The heart (Pro 13:12)


Instruction: Who laid their hands on Saul of Tarsus, curing him of the blindness he received on the road to Damascus?

Response: Ananias (Acts 9:17)


Instruction: Who was Paul with when he wrote the letter to Philemon?

Response: Timothy (Phm 1:1)


Instruction: What did Joseph send to his father from Egypt?

Response: Ten male donkeys and ten female donkeys laden with goods from Egypt (Gen 45:23)


Instruction: In which town did Martha and Mary live?

Response: Bethany (John 11:1)


Instruction: Who stole her father’s household gods?

Response: Rachel (Gen 31:32)


Instruction: What was the fate of the man who had no wedding robe at the parable of the marriage feast?

Response: Cast into darkness (Matt 22:13)


Instruction: How long did Solomon reign over Israel?

Response: Forty years (1 Ki 11:42)


Instruction: In Psalm 52, the psalmist describes himself as what kind of tree in the house of God?

Response: Olive (Ps 52:8)