Instruction: Who was compared unfavorably to the lilies of the field?

Response: King Solomon (Matt 6:28-29)


Instruction: Of what did Peter and John heal the man at the temple gate called Beautiful?

Response: Lameness (Acts 3:2)


Instruction: Which region was specially noted for its balm?

Response: Gilead (Jer 46:11)


Instruction: What should the Thessalonians do with brethren who are “not obeying the epistle’s word”?

Response: Have no company with them so that they are ashamed (2 Th 3:14)


Instruction: Why should a father not “provoke a child to anger”?

Response: In case they become discouraged (Col 3:21)


Instruction: What did God rain down on the Amorite army as they passed through Beth-Horon, killing more of them than the Israelite army did?

Response: Hailstones (Josh 10:11)


Instruction: While John was baptizing, what did he call the Pharisees and Sadducees?

Response: Generation of vipers (Matt 3:7)


Instruction: Whose son did Elijah raise from the dead?

Response: The widow of Zarephath (1 Ki 17:22)


Instruction: Which group of people stood and watched Jesus as he ascended into heaven?

Response: Men of Galilee (Disciples) (Acts 1:11)


Instruction: What object did Elisha cause to float?

Response: Axe head (2 Ki 6:5-6)


Instruction: By what name was the disciple Tabitha also known?

Response: Dorcas (Acts 9:36)


Instruction: From which land did Isaac tell Jacob not to take a wife?

Response: Canaan (Gen 28:1)


Instruction: How does Paul describe marriage in Hebrews?

Response: Honorable (Heb 13:4)


Instruction: To whom was Jesus referring when he said, “Go tell that fox, behold I cast out devils?”

Response: Herod (Luke 13:31-32)


Instruction: How old was Joseph when he began serving Pharaoh?

Response: Thirty (Gen 41:46)


Instruction: What did Naboth refuse to sell?

Response: Vineyard (1 Ki 21:2-3)


Instruction: Which living creatures in the water were deemed unclean?

Response: Those without fins and scales (Deut 14:9)


Instruction: What must a Christian do to “earn their own bread to eat”?

Response: Work quietly (2 Th 3:12)


Instruction: What was the name of the father of Caleb the spy?

Response: Jephunneh (Num 13:6)


Instruction: Which apostle baptized the Ethiopian eunuch?

Response: Philip (Acts 8:38)


Instruction: Who promised the “gift of power to tread on serpents and scorpions”?

Response: Jesus (Luke 10:19)


Instruction: Which king was saved from death by Abraham’s prayer?

Response: Abimelech (Gen 20:17)


Instruction: What did Abram do when he heard that Lot was made a prisoner of war?

Response: Fought to rescue him (Gen 14:14-16)


Instruction: Who sang, “My soul doth magnify the Lord”?

Response: Mary (Luke 1:46)


Instruction: At what place did the Israelites arrive only to find the water was too bitter to drink, where upon God caused it to become sweet?

Response: Marah (Exo 15:23)


Instruction: Which Psalm describes how well the Lord knows man, starting with the line, “O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me”?

Response: Psalm 139 (Ps 139:1)


Instruction: When Moses blessed the tribes before his death, to what animal did he compare Gad?

Response: Lion (Deut 33:20)


Instruction: When Saul defeated the Amalekites he disobeyed God and took possessions from the land. What was the name of the king he also spared?

Response: Agag (1 Sam 15:9)


Instruction: What was Paul’s “distinguishing mark” in the letters he wrote?

Response: He wrote the greetings in his own handwriting (2 Th 3:17)


Instruction: Which king had a feast using the gold and silver vessels taken from the temple in Jerusalem?

Response: Belshazzar (Dan 5:2)


Instruction: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise”... what?

Response: Wisdom and instruction (Pro 1:7)


Instruction: How should a “merry person” behave, according to James?

Response: Sing psalms (Jam 5:13)


Instruction: What sacrifice did Mary and Joseph offer when the days of purification were complete after Jesus’ birth?

Response: Two turtledoves or pigeons (Luke 2:24)


Instruction: Who sat down under a tree and asked the Lord to take away his life?

Response: Elijah (1 Ki 19:4)


Instruction: What god did the Philistines offer sacrifices to?

Response: Dagon (Jdg 16:23)


Instruction: Which judge unknowingly vowed his daughter to the Lord as a burnt offering?

Response: Jephthah (Jdg 11:30-40)


Instruction: God appeared to Jacob on the way to Egypt in a vision at Beer-sheba, but what did he tell him?

Response: Don’t fear going to Egypt, he would be made into a great nation there (Gen 46:3)


Instruction: What did God tell the people not to eat after the flood?

Response: Blood (Gen 9:4)


Instruction: What punishment was given to Gehazi for his greed?

Response: Made leprous (2 Ki 5:25-27)


Instruction: How did Rahab let the invading Israelites identify her house?

Response: She tied a red thread in the window (Josh 2:18)


Instruction: Which angel told Daniel the meaning of his vision of the ram and the goat?

Response: Gabriel (Dan 8:16)


Instruction: Which king helped Solomon with his building projects?

Response: Hiram, King of Tyre (1 Ki 7:13)


Instruction: How many missionary journeys did Paul undertake before his journey to Rome?

Response: Three (Acts 13 - 21)


Instruction: What was Timothy advised to take to help with his illnesses?

Response: Wine (1 Tim 5:23)


Instruction: What happened to the prophet from Judah who was led to disobey God when a prophet from Bethel lied to him saying he was allowed to come back and share a meal with him?

Response: Killed by a lion (1 Ki 13:24)


Instruction: Who was the goddess of the Ephesians?

Response: Diana (Artemis) (Acts 19:28)


Instruction: How many volunteer soldiers did Gideon have initially?

Response: 32,000 (Jdg 7:3)


Instruction: What will Jesus “drink new in the Kingdom of God”?

Response: The fruit of the vine (Matt 26:29)


Instruction: What objects did Gideon and his army use to defeat the Midianites?

Response: Trumpets, pitchers and lamps (Jdg 7:15-22)


Instruction: Who had a slave named Onesimus?

Response: Philemon (Phm 1:10-11)


Instruction: In which province was Thessalonica located?

Response: Macedonia (Acts 16-18)


Instruction: Which is the shortest Psalm?

Response: Psalm 117 (Ps 117)


Instruction: How did the townspeople regard Ruth?

Response: As a virtuous (worthy) woman (Ruth 3:11)


Instruction: In Revelation, how many people from each tribe were “sealed”?

Response: 12,000 (Rev 7:5-8)


Instruction: Who slept under a juniper tree after fleeing for his life?

Response: Elijah (1 Ki 19:5)


Instruction: Who thought that the gift of God could be purchased with money?

Response: Simon (the sorcerer) (Acts 8:18)


Instruction: What is described as a “tree of life to them that lay hold upon her”?

Response: Wisdom (Pro 3:18)


Instruction: What relation was John Mark to Barnabas?

Response: Cousin / Sister’s son (KJV) (Col 4:10)


Instruction: Finish the proverb: “The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself.”..

Response: ...bringeth his mother to shame (Pro 29:15)


Instruction: Why wasn’t David allowed to build God’s house?

Response: Because he was a man of war (1 Chr 28:3)


Instruction: Which parts of his body did Peter ask Jesus to wash, after being told that unless Jesus washed his feet he would have no part with him?

Response: Feet, hands and head (John 13:9)


Instruction: What did the Holy Spirit look like when the disciples received it?

Response: Tongues of fire (Acts 2:3)


Instruction: Which two of the eight signs, or miracles, recorded in John, are also recorded in other gospel records?

Response: Feeding of the 5,000 and Jesus walks on water (John 6:1; 6:16)


Instruction: Who led the people of Israel into the Promised Land?

Response: Joshua (Josh 1:2)


Instruction: With what object did Jael kill Sisera?

Response: Tent peg (Jdg 4:21)


Instruction: “Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts”, is followed by which line?

Response: Praise ye him, sun and moon, praise him, all ye stars of light (Ps 148:2-3)


Instruction: Which of Leah’s sons brought her mandrakes?

Response: Reuben (Gen 30:14)


Instruction: It is “better to obtain wisdom” than what?

Response: Gold (Pro 16:16)


Instruction: In which book of the Bible do we read of David and Goliath?

Response: 1 Samuel (1 Sam 17)


Instruction: Many of the chief rulers privately believed in Jesus. Why did they not confess this belief publicly?

Response: They were afraid the Pharisees would put them out of the synagogue (John 12:42)


Instruction: When Jesus left Nazareth and began his ministry in Capernaum, what message did he preach?

Response: Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand (Matt 4:17)


Instruction: According to James, what should we do after “confessing our faults to one another”?

Response: Pray for one another (Jam 5:16)


Instruction: How old was Joshua when he died?

Response: 110 (Josh 24:29)


Instruction: Who was the king of Judea at the time of Jesus’ birth?

Response: Herod (the Great) (Matt 2:1)


Instruction: What seed did Manna look like?

Response: Coriander (Num 11:7)


Instruction: Which disciple brought the boy with five loaves and two fishes to Jesus?

Response: Andrew (John 6:8)


Instruction: According to James, what should we do when we “fall into temptation”?

Response: Count it all joy (Jam 1:2)


Instruction: Whose “days are like grass,” according to the Psalmist?

Response: Man (Ps 103:15)


Instruction: Which animal is associated with the first four of the seven seals?

Response: Horse (Rev 6)


Instruction: Which kind of bird did Jesus say were “sold two for a farthing”?

Response: Sparrows (Matt 10:29)


Instruction: Who was the father of Abraham?

Response: Terah (Gen 11:31)


Instruction: How were the family warned that someone wanted to kill the baby Jesus?

Response: In a dream (Matt 2:13)


Instruction: How did the sailors discover Jonah was responsible for the storm?

Response: Cast lots (Jon 1:7)


Instruction: What did the chief priest and Pharisees give Judas to enable him to help arrest Jesus?

Response: A band of men and officers (John 18:3)


Instruction: How old was Josiah when he became king of Judah?

Response: Eight (2 Ki 22:1)


Instruction: What was the name of Abigail’s first husband?

Response: Nabal (1 Sam 25:3)


Instruction: Why did Jephthah flee to the land of Tob?

Response: He was illegitimate and his brothers drove him out (Jdg 11:1-3)


Instruction: Where did the hypocrites “love to pray”?

Response: Standing in synagogues and on street corners (Matt 6:5)


Instruction: Who did Paul heal at Lystra?

Response: A lame man (Acts 14:8)


Instruction: Which animal did the ten spies liken themselves to, when compared to the people of the land of Canaan?

Response: Grasshoppers (Num 13:33)


Instruction: After Pilate found no guilt in Christ, for what reason did the Jews say that Jesus should die?

Response: He claimed to be the Son of God (John 19:7)


Instruction: In a parable told by Jesus, two men went up to the temple to pray, a Pharisee and who else?

Response: Publican (tax collector) (Luke 18:10)


Instruction: Who were the first two disciples to be called?

Response: Simon (Peter) and Andrew (Matt 4:18-19)


Instruction: How many sons did Gideon have?

Response: Seventy (Jdg 8:30)


Instruction: On which day of the creation did God create trees and plants?

Response: Third (Gen 1:11-13)


Instruction: On which island did Paul preach on his first missionary journey?

Response: Cyprus (Acts 13:4)


Instruction: Why did the Pharisees deride Jesus when he said, “You cannot serve God and Mammon”?

Response: They were covetous (loved money) (Luke 16:13-14)


Instruction: What was Samson’s offer of reward if the Philistines could solve his riddle?

Response: Clothing (Jdg 14:12)


Instruction: How many of Nineveh’s inhabitants could not “discern their left hand from their right hand”?

Response: 120,000 (Jon 4:11)


Instruction: What did the mighty angel throw into the sea that represented the throwing down of Babylon?

Response: A stone like a great millstone (Rev 18:21)


Instruction: God calls us to a life of holiness, but according to Thessalonians what are we told we are doing if we ignore this advice?

Response: Despising God (1 Th 4:7-8)


Instruction: How did Paul escape from Damascus?

Response: In a basket down the city wall (Acts 9:23-25)


Instruction: According to the Book of Proverbs, what is “bound in the heart of a child”?

Response: Foolishness (Pro 22:15)


Instruction: Which men murdered the Levite’s concubine?

Response: The men of Gibeah (Jdg 19:15-28)


Instruction: What happened when the third vial of wrath was poured on the earth?

Response: The rivers and fountains of waters became blood (Rev 16:4)


Instruction: On what type of stone were the twelve children of Israel to have their names engraved, as part of the High Priest’s garments?

Response: An onyx (Exo 28:9)


Instruction: What sin did Achan commit?

Response: Theft (Josh 7:1)


Instruction: Who was the father of Saul?

Response: Kish (1 Sam 14:51)


Instruction: What four beasts did Daniel see in a vision?

Response: Lion, Bear, Leopard & Terrible beast (Dan 7:3-7)


Instruction: Wisdom is “more precious” than which gems?

Response: Rubies (Pro 8:11)


Instruction: What did the Israelites borrow from their Egyptian neighbors?

Response: Jewels and clothing (Exo 3:22)


Instruction: Who came into Galilee preaching the Kingdom of God?

Response: Jesus (Mark 1:14)


Instruction: What did God create on the fifth day?

Response: Underwater creatures and birds (Gen 1:20-23)


Instruction: What Egyptian name did Pharaoh give to Joseph?

Response: Zaphnath-paaneah (Gen 41:45)


Instruction: What did Jesus do before driving the money-changers out of the temple?

Response: Made a whip (John 2:14)


Instruction: What reward did Jesus say the twelve apostles would get for forsaking everything and following him?

Response: You will sit on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel (Matt 19:28)


Instruction: Who said, “Worthy is the lamb who was slain”?

Response: Thousands upon thousands of angels (Rev 5:11-12)


Instruction: Who gave water to the camels of Abraham’s servant, in answer to his prayer?

Response: Rebekah (Gen 24:14-19)


Instruction: In which gospel does Jesus state that he is the “Bread of Life?”

Response: John (John 6:48)


Instruction: How many fish were caught in the miracle of the draught of fishes?

Response: 153 (John 21:11)


Instruction: From which minor prophet is Jesus quoting when he says, “I am come to set the daughter against her mother”?

Response: Micah (Mic 7:6)


Instruction: After seeing the destruction of Jericho and Ai, the inhabitants of which city pretended to be travelers from a far off land to make a covenant of peace with the Israelites?

Response: Gibeon (Josh 9:3-6)


Instruction: In the parable of the Good Samaritan, who was the first man to pass by the wounded man?

Response: Priest (Luke 10:31)


Instruction: What did Paul do when he couldn’t bear to be away from the brethren at Thessalonica any longer?

Response: Sent Timothy to encourage them (1 Th 3:1-2)


Instruction: What did James and John want to do to the unwelcoming Samaritan village?

Response: Call down fire from heaven (Luke 9:54)


Instruction: Jesus said not to “swear by your head” because you cannot do what?

Response: Make one hair black or white (Matt 5:36)


Instruction: On the fourth day God made the Sun, Moon and what else?

Response: Stars (Gen 1:14-18)


Instruction: In the New Jerusalem described in Revelation, what are the twelve gates made from?

Response: Pearls (Rev 21:21)


Instruction: Which Psalm is entitled “A Prayer of Moses”?

Response: Psalm 90 (Ps 90:1)


Instruction: On what day of creation were dry land and seas created?

Response: Third (Gen 1:9-13)


Instruction: How many tribes was Jeroboam promised he would rule over?

Response: Ten (1 Ki 11:31)


Instruction: Which brother did Joseph imprison while the others returned to Jacob?

Response: Simeon (Gen 42:24)


Instruction: How many spies did Moses send out to explore the land of Canaan?

Response: Twelve (Num 13:2-16)


Instruction: Which bird does Job say is “lacking in wisdom”, due to the fact she leaves her eggs on the floor?

Response: Ostrich (Job 39:13-17)


Instruction: Whose mother found him a wife from Egypt?

Response: Ishmael (Gen 21:21)


Instruction: Noah was a “preacher” of what?

Response: Righteousness (2 Pe 2:5)


Instruction: Which of the twelve sons of Jacob had a name that means “praise”?

Response: Judah (Gen 29:35)


Instruction: What is the message of the parable that Jesus told Simon the Pharisee?

Response: He who has many debts forgiven, loves the one who forgave him more than he who has few debts forgiven. (Luke 7:42-43)


Instruction: How many men and women were in the temple to watch Samson entertain them?

Response: 3,000 (Jdg 16:27)


Instruction: Who escorted the slave with the letter to Philemon?

Response: Tychicus (Col 4:7-9)


Instruction: Who was Paul writing to when he wrote “I will receive you and will be a Father unto you and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty”?

Response: Corinthians (2 Cor 6:17-18)


Instruction: What was the name of the servant who had his ear cut off at the arrest of Jesus?

Response: Malchus (John 18:10)


Instruction: What did Samson carry to the top of the hill overlooking Hebron?

Response: City gates (Jdg 16:3)


Instruction: Whose house did Paul go to in Caesarea?

Response: Philip (Acts 21:8)


Instruction: Who went to sleep during one of Paul’s sermons and fell out of the window?

Response: Eutychus (Acts 20:9)


Instruction: Which prophet of God told Naaman to wash in the river Jordan to cure his leprosy?

Response: Elisha (2 Ki 5:10)


Instruction: What occupation did Priscilla have?

Response: Tentmaker (Acts 18:2-3)


Instruction: One title of God is El Shaddai, which means what?

Response: Almighty God (Gen 17:1)


Instruction: What is the seventh commandment?

Response: Thou shall not commit adultery (Exo 20:14)


Instruction: How many cities of refuge were on the east side of Jordan?

Response: Three (Deut 4:41-43)


Instruction: What was the name of Joseph’s (son of Jacob) first born son?

Response: Manasseh (Gen 41:51)


Instruction: According to the Bible what sort of man was Noah?

Response: Just / Godly / Blameless (Gen 6:9)


Instruction: How many tribes inherited land on the east of Jordan?

Response: Two and a half (Josh 18:7)


Instruction: What relation was Lois to Timothy?

Response: Grandmother (2 Tim 1:5)


Instruction: In the parable of the Good Samaritan, who was the second man to pass by the robbed man?

Response: Levite (Luke 10:30-32)


Instruction: What was the name of the city where Lydia was converted?

Response: Philippi (Acts 16:11-14)


Instruction: Against which enemy did Jephthah lead Israel?

Response: Ammonites (Jdg 11:9-11)


Instruction: What was the name of the prophet who prophesied that Paul would be bound at Jerusalem?

Response: Agabus (Acts 21:10-11)


Instruction: How did King Zimri commit suicide?

Response: Burned his house down while still inside it (1 Ki 16:18)


Instruction: In the parable of the laborers in the vineyard how much was each person paid to work?

Response: One pence (denarius) (Matt 20:2)


Instruction: Whose wife went into labor and gave birth on hearing the news that the Ark of God was captured and that her father-in-law and husband were dead?

Response: Phinehas’ (1 Sam 4:19)


Instruction: In Luke’s account of the Beatitudes who does Jesus say the Kingdom of God belongs to?

Response: The poor (Luke 6:20)


Instruction: For what reason did Isaac say he loved Esau?

Response: Isaac ate of his venison (Gen 25:28)


Instruction: In the ritual cleansing of a leper under the Law of Moses, which animals were to be offered on the eighth day?

Response: Lambs (Lev 14:10)


Instruction: Who should you “withdraw from”, according to the epistles of Thessalonians?

Response: Idle/disorderly brethren (2 Th 3:6)


Instruction: Psalm 91 verses 11 and 12 are quoted in which New Testament incident?

Response: The temptation of Jesus (Matt 4:6)


Instruction: How was the earth watered initially before rain?

Response: Mist went up from the earth (Gen 2:5-6)


Instruction: What proportion of his goods did Zacchaeus give away to the poor?

Response: Half (Luke 19:8)


Instruction: How old was Anna the prophetess when she saw Jesus?

Response: Eighty-four (Luke 2:37)


Instruction: What did Rachel steal from her father, Laban, when she left home with her husband Jacob?

Response: Household gods / idols (Gen 31:19)


Instruction: The snail is mentioned in which Psalm?

Response: Psalm 58 (Ps 58:8)


Instruction: How does Psalm 96 say we should worship God?

Response: In the beauty of holiness (Ps 96:9)


Instruction: Why should children listen to “the instruction of a father”?

Response: To gain understanding (Pro 4:1)


Instruction: What did the disciples say to Jesus before the ascension?

Response: Lord will you at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? (Acts 1:6)


Instruction: What did Jesus eat to convince the disciples that he was indeed raised from the dead?

Response: Fish and honeycomb (Luke 24:42)


Instruction: How old was Joseph when he died? Where was David born?

Response: 110 (Gen 50:22)


Instruction: Where was David born?

Response: Bethlehem (1 Sam 17:58)


Instruction: How were the Thessalonians told to “keep their own bodies”?

Response: In sanctification and honor (1 Th 4:4)


Instruction: How many companions did the Philistines give to Samson at the feast in Timnah?

Response: Thirty (Jdg 14:11)


Instruction: How many times did Noah send out the dove?

Response: Three (Gen 8:8-12)


Instruction: What instruments were used to praise God when the temple foundation was rebuilt?

Response: Trumpets and cymbals (Ezr 3:10)


Instruction: How many “minor prophets” are there?

Response: Twelve (Hos 1:1 - Mal 4:6)


Instruction: “Honor thy father and thy mother” is one of the ten commandments. Which one?

Response: Fifth (Exo 20:12)


Instruction: What did Daniel see by the river Hiddekel?

Response: A man clothed in linen (Dan 10:5)


Instruction: In the time of the Judges, civil war broke out against which tribe?

Response: Benjamin (Jdg 20)


Instruction: Paul thanks God that he did not baptize any of the Corinthians, except for which people?

Response: Crispus, Gaius and the household of Stephanas (1 Cor 1:14-16)


Instruction: Which Pharisee said that if the gospel truly comes from God, no-one will be able to stop it spreading?

Response: Gamaliel (Acts 5:34-39)


Instruction: Where does Solomon say that leopards live?

Response: Mountains (Song 4:8)


Instruction: What did the New Jerusalem look like in the book of Revelation?

Response: Like a bride (Rev 21:2)


Instruction: Melchizedek was a high priest, but also king of where?

Response: Salem (Gen 14:18, Heb 7:1)


Instruction: Which king had the longest reign over the Kingdom of Israel?

Response: Jeroboam II (2 Ki 14:23)


Instruction: On what day of the week was Christ resurrected?

Response: First (John 20:1)


Instruction: Paul and Silas were imprisoned during the second missionary journey, but in what city did this happen?

Response: Philippi (Acts 16:12)


Instruction: What is the shortest book in the Old Testament?

Response: Obadiah (Oba 1:1-21)


Instruction: In Matthew’s account of the Sermon on the Mount, what was the first of the Beatitudes?

Response: Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Matt 5:3)


Instruction: Jesus appeared to his disciples after the resurrection beside which sea?

Response: Sea of Tiberias (Galilee) (John 6:1; 21:1)


Instruction: How many wise men does the Bible say came to visit Jesus?

Response: It doesn’t say (Matt 2:1-12)


Instruction: Where did Philip preach the good news about the Kingdom of God leading to many baptisms?

Response: Samaria (Acts 8:12)


Instruction: What did Paul do immediately after receiving his sight back?

Response: He was baptized (Acts 9:18)


Instruction: What was the name of the city where Elijah raised the widow’s son from the dead?

Response: Zarephath (1 Ki 17:9-23)


Instruction: Who said, “To obey is better than sacrifice”?

Response: Samuel (1 Sam 15:22)


Instruction: What was the name of a man who was given the Spirit of God, to enable him to become a good craftsman, and assist with the building of the tabernacle?

Response: Bezaleel (Exo 31:2-3)


Instruction: Which prophet told Jeroboam he would rule over ten tribes?

Response: Ahijah (1 Ki 11:30-31)


Instruction: What did Melchizedek give to Abram?

Response: Bread and wine (Gen 14:18)


Instruction: What argument prompted Jesus to tell his disciples that they would judge the twelve tribes in the kingdom?

Response: Disputing who was the greatest disciple (Luke 22:24-30)


Instruction: Who was king of the southern kingdom when the northern kingdom of Israel fell to Assyria?

Response: Hezekiah (2 Ki 18:9-12)


Instruction: The fifth trumpet in Revelation is a plague which was also a plague upon Egypt in Exodus. Which one?

Response: Locusts (Rev 9:1-4)


Instruction: In Zechariah, the prophet has a vision of a man riding a red horse and standing under what kind of tree?

Response: Myrtle (Zec 1:8)


Instruction: For how long did Abdon, son of Hillel, judge Israel?

Response: Eight years (Jdg 12:13-14)


Instruction: When the Israelites came to Elim, how many palm trees were there?

Response: Seventy (Exo 15:27)


Instruction: How many rivers did the river in Eden split into once it left the garden?

Response: Four (Gen 2:10)


Instruction: What was the name of the Sorcerer Paul met on the island of Cyprus?

Response: Elymas (Bar-Jesus) (Acts 13:8)


Instruction: How much did Ruth glean on her first day in Boaz’s field?

Response: An ephah of barley (Ruth 2:17)


Instruction: Who thanked King David for allowing his (David’s) son Absalom to return to Jerusalem?

Response: Joab (2 Sam 14:22)


Instruction: In the parable of the lamp, where is the candle to be “set once it is lit”?

Response: In a candlestick (Luke 11:33)


Instruction: “A wholesome (healing), tongue” is described as what?

Response: A tree of life (Pro 15:4)


Instruction: Three of David’s mighty men risked their lives against the Philistines to get him a drink of water from where?

Response: A well of Bethlehem (2 Sam 23:15-16)


Instruction: What feast was instituted when Queen Esther saved the Jews from destruction?

Response: Purim (Est 9:24-26)


Instruction: What was the name of the field where Abraham buried his wife?

Response: Machpelah (Gen 23:19)


Instruction: From which country did Solomon import horses?

Response: Egypt (1 Ki 10:28)


Instruction: What miracle did Jesus perform just before healing Legion of his unclean spirit?

Response: Calming of the storm (Mark 4:39 - 5:2)


Instruction: Why did Pharaoh give Joseph’s family the land of Goshen to live in?

Response: To keep them separate as they were shepherds, which were an abomination to the Egyptians (Gen 46:34)


Instruction: After the exile, the Israelites returned and started to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem, but which other prophet along with Zechariah was sent to encourage the completion of the partly built temple?

Response: Haggai (Hag 2:4)


Instruction: At what place did the writer to the Thessalonians say he’d been given rough treatment?

Response: Philippi (1 Th 2:2)


Instruction: Who was well reported of at Lystra and Iconium?

Response: Timothy (Acts 16:2)


Instruction: In John’s first epistle which three things are said to testify and agree about Jesus?

Response: The Spirit, the water and the blood (1 Jn 5:8)


Instruction: In Proverbs, how shall the “man’s belly be satisfied”?

Response: By the fruit of his mouth (Pro 18:20)


Instruction: What did Rahab hide the two spies under?

Response: Stalks of flax (Josh 2:6)


Instruction: In years, roughly how long did Paul spend in Ephesus?

Response: Three years (Acts 20:31)


Instruction: Which gospel records the fewest of the miracles performed by Jesus?

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


Instruction: What does Psalm 16 say there is in “the Lord’s right hand”?

Response: Pleasures for evermore (Ps 16:11)


Instruction: Who walked barefoot and naked for three years at the Lord’s command?

Response: Isaiah (Isa 20:2-3)


Instruction: Who promised to give their daughters to Shechemites if they agreed to be circumcised, only to kill them instead three days later while they were still sore?

Response: Sons of Jacob (Gen 34:13)


Instruction: Which god did the people of Lystra think Paul was?

Response: Mercurius (Hermes) (Acts 14:12)


Instruction: What happened to the sun when the sixth seal was opened?

Response: It became as black as sackcloth (of hair) (Rev 6:12)


Instruction: What characteristics are attached to the breastplate mentioned in Thessalonians?

Response: Faith and love (1 Th 5:8)


Instruction: Of which animal were the kings of Israel told not to have lots?

Response: Horses (Deut 17:14-16)


Instruction: In Revelation, unclean spirits came out of the mouth of the dragon, in the form of what animals?

Response: Frogs (Rev 16:13)


Instruction: How old was Noah when the floods came?

Response: 600 (Gen 7:6)


Instruction: Which animal skins, dyed red, were used as an offering to help make the tabernacle?

Response: Rams (Exo 25:3-5)


Instruction: Which king contributes words of wisdom in Proverbs chapter 31?

Response: Lemuel (Pro 31:1)


Instruction: In which Jewish month is the Passover?

Response: Abib (Deut 16:1)


Instruction: Who did Daniel see sitting in a throne in his vision of the four beasts?

Response: The Ancient of Days (Dan 7:9)


Instruction: The Ethiopian eunuch, held what office of responsibility to Candace, queen of the Ethiopians?

Response: Treasurer (Acts 8:27)


Instruction: How does Psalm 100 say we should come before the Lord’s presence?

Response: With singing (Ps 100:2)


Instruction: How many concubines did Solomon have?

Response: 300 (1 Ki 11:3)


Instruction: How did Moses make the bitter waters of Marah drinkable?

Response: Threw a piece of wood into the water (Exo 15:23-25)


Instruction: How did Adam and Eve feel about their nakedness at first?

Response: They were not ashamed (Gen 2:25)


Instruction: Who deceived the worshippers of Baal into attending sacrifices only to destroy them all once they had arrived?

Response: Jehu (2 Ki 10:18-28)


Instruction: The branched candlestick in the tabernacle had its cups carved in the likeness of which plant?

Response: Almond blossom (Exo 25:33)


Instruction: What happened to the soldiers of Gideon who lapped the river water with their tongues like dogs?

Response: They were chosen to fight against the Midianites (Jdg 7:5-7)


Instruction: How many sections (or books) is the book of Psalms split into?

Response: Five (Ps 1; 43; 73; 90; 107)


Instruction: How old was Abraham’s first wife when she died?

Response: 127 years (Gen 23:1)


Instruction: To what does the “seventy weeks” prophecy refer?

Response: The coming of the Messiah (Dan 9:20-27)


Instruction: To which tribe did Anna the prophetess belong?

Response: Asher (Luke 2:36)


Instruction: What part of Paul’s clothing did Agabus use?

Response: Girdle (belt) (Acts 21:11)


Instruction: David says in the Psalms that “adders’ poison is under their lips”. To whom is he referring?

Response: Evil men (Ps 140:1-3)


Instruction: Who was the father in law of Caiaphas, the high priest at the time of Jesus death?

Response: Annas (John 18:13)


Instruction: Who did Paul take with him on his first missionary journey?

Response: Barnabas (Acts 13:4)


Instruction: Jesus initially sent the twelve disciples to preach to which group of people?

Response: House of Israel (Matt 10:5-6)


Instruction: Where will the believers reign in the Kingdom of God?

Response: On Earth (Rev 5:10)


Instruction: Who did Joseph’s brothers sell him to?

Response: Ishmaelites (Gen 37:28)


Instruction: Who shall the “prayer of faith” save?

Response: The sick (Jam 5:15)


Instruction: Where did Delilah live?

Response: Valley of Sorek (Jdg 16:4)


Instruction: Who was Paul referring to when he said, “May the Lord grant mercy to his household, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains”?

Response: Onesiphorus (2 Tim 1:16)


Instruction: How many elders witnessed Boaz’s agreement with the kinsman?

Response: Ten (Ruth 4:2)


Instruction: According to Job, what is the hope of “a tree that is cut down”?

Response: It will sprout again (Job 14:7)


Instruction: What should the Israelites not destroy when they besiege a city?

Response: Trees for meat (Deut 20:19-20)


Instruction: What offering did Gideon present to the Lord under the oak tree?

Response: A young goat and some unleavened bread (Jdg 6:19)


Instruction: On what island was Paul shipwrecked as he made his way to Rome?

Response: Malta (Acts 28:1)


Instruction: “An excellent wife” is a what to her husband?

Response: A crown (Pro 12:4)


Instruction: To what tribe did Samson belong?

Response: Dan (Jdg 13:25)


Instruction: In which book of the Bible would you find the record of Balaam and his donkey?

Response: Numbers (Num 22:22-35)


Instruction: What are Psalms 120-134 collectively known as?

Response: The Songs of Degrees (or Ascents) (Ps 120 - 134)


Instruction: When Joseph was in prison, whose dream did he correctly interpret to mean he would be restored to his job?

Response: Butler (Gen 42:32-36)


Instruction: What is “sanctified by the word of God and prayer”?

Response: God’s creation (1 Tim 4:5)


Instruction: In the parable of the good father, if a son asks for an egg, what would the good father not give him?

Response: A scorpion (Luke 11:12)


Instruction: Fearing that Saul wanted to kill him, what lie did David ask Jonathan to tell his father if asked why he wasn’t at the king’s table for the New Moon feast?

Response: He had gone to Bethlehem for a family gathering (1 Sam 20:6)


Instruction: What was the name of the field that Jacob requested to be buried in?

Response: Machpelah (Gen 50:12-13)


Instruction: How long did Noah live for after the flood?

Response: 350 years (Gen 9:28)


Instruction: Paul, Timothy and who else sent their greetings to Thessalonica?

Response: Silvanus (1 Th 1:1)


Instruction: How many years did Jacob live for?

Response: 147 (Gen 47:28)


Instruction: What animal is “better than a dead lion”?

Response: A living dog (Ecc 9:4)


Instruction: One of the ten plagues of Egypt was the plague of boils, but which number was it?

Response: Sixth (Exo 9:8)


Instruction: After being left behind in Berea, in which city did Silas and Timothy meet up with Paul?

Response: Corinth (Acts 18:1-5)


Instruction: Who told his wife not to worry that she was barren and said, “am not I better to thee than ten sons”?

Response: Elkanah (1 Sam 1:8)


Instruction: What does Job say is “poured out like water”?

Response: His groanings (roarings) (Job 3:24)


Instruction: A word “fitly spoken” is like what of gold set in pictures of silver?

Response: Apples (Pro 25:11)


Instruction: On which occasion in the Bible does it specifically say that believers sung a hymn?

Response: Jesus and the disciples celebrating Passover (Matt 26:30)


Instruction: To which city did Samson go down to and kill thirty men?

Response: Ashkelon (Jdg 14:19)


Instruction: Who was the Persian king when the rebuilding of the temple after the exile was finally complete?

Response: Darius (Ezr 6:15)


Instruction: What part of King Asa’s body was diseased?

Response: Feet (1 Ki 15:23)


Instruction: Which priest anointed Solomon?

Response: Zadok (1 Ki 1:39)


Instruction: Who does James say is the “source of every good and every perfect gift”?

Response: Father of Lights (Jam 1:17)


Instruction: Which disciple asked Jesus to show them the Father?

Response: Philip (John 14:8)


Instruction: What did Athaliah do when she saw her son, Ahaziah, was dead?

Response: Destroyed the rest of the royal family (2 Ki 11:1)


Instruction: Who had a bed 13.5 foot long by 6 foot wide?

Response: Og (Deut 3:11)


Instruction: Whose handkerchiefs were able to heal the sick?

Response: Paul (Acts 19:12)


Instruction: How did Daniel react to the vision by the river Hiddekel?

Response: He felt ill and weak (Dan 10:8)


Instruction: Which Old Testament prophet was given a book to eat by God?

Response: Ezekiel (Eze 3:2)


Instruction: What was the name of the centurion who looked after Paul on the journey to Rome?

Response: Julius (Acts 27:1)


Instruction: Which book of the Bible comments that “dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savor?”

Response: Ecclesiastes (Ecc 10:1)


Instruction: “Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man”, but what shall his mouth be filled with afterwards?

Response: Gravel (Pro 20:17)


Instruction: What does Zechariah see in a vision that destroys the houses of thieves and liars?

Response: A thirty foot flying roll (Zec 5:1-4)


Instruction: How long did it take Solomon to build his own house?

Response: Thirteen years (1 Ki 7:1)


Instruction: At which battle were the Israelites defeated because Joshua attacked without seeking God’s guidance first?

Response: Ai (Josh 7:5-12)


Instruction: In the parable of the debtors, one owed 500 denarii (pence), but how much did the other one owe?

Response: Fifty (Luke 7:41)


Instruction: What was the name of the man who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years?

Response: Aeneas (Acts 9:33)


Instruction: How old was Abram when he first became a father?

Response: Eighty-six years (Gen 16:16)


Instruction: How old was David when he died?

Response: Seventy (2 Sam 5:4)


Instruction: How long was Noah’s ark?

Response: 300 cubits / 450 feet (Gen 6:15)


Instruction: During Paul’s third missionary journey, roughly for how long did he minister in the school of Tyrannus at Ephesus?

Response: Two years (Acts 19:10)


Instruction: What does James say “envying and strife in your heart” brings?

Response: Confusion and every evil work (Jam 3:16)


Instruction: Which honorable counselor was waiting for the Kingdom of God?

Response: Joseph of Arimathea (Mark 15:43)


Instruction: One of the Ten Commandments forbids the coveting of a neighbor’s property. Which one?

Response: Tenth (Exo 20:17)


Instruction: What did God specifically command concerning the eating of the thanksgiving offering that the Israelites made?

Response: They must eat it on the day it is offered. (Lev 7:15; 22:30)


Instruction: Which tribe’s blessing from Jacob said they would “dwell at the haven of the sea”?

Response: Zebulun (Gen 49:13)


Instruction: Jesus accused the Pharisees of hypocritically paying tithes on herbs, and omitting which weightier matters of the law?

Response: Judgment, mercy, and faith (Matt 23:23)


Instruction: Which king of Heshbon would not let the Israelites pass through his land?

Response: Sihon (Deut 2:30; Jdg 11:19-20)


Instruction: What occasion did David write Psalm 105 for?

Response: Bringing the ark back to Jerusalem (1 Chr 15-16)


Instruction: Which one of the Ten Commandments was an instruction not to lie (bear false witness)?

Response: Ninth (Exo 20:16)


Instruction: What was the name of the god that Barnabas was called at Lystra?

Response: Jupiter (Zeus) (Acts 14:12)


Instruction: How many horns did the ram in Daniel’s vision have?

Response: Two (Dan 8:3)


Instruction: Onesimus, was a run away slave from which city?

Response: Colosse (Col 4:9; Phm 1:12)


Instruction: The disciple Thomas was also known as Didymus, but what does this name mean?

Response: Twin (John 11:16 / Strongs G1324)


Instruction: Which king decreed that the Jews could return to their land to rebuild the temple?

Response: Cyrus (Ezr 1:1-3)


Instruction: Isaiah took a cake of what to heal Hezekiah?

Response: Figs (2 Ki 20:7)


Instruction: Who prayed, “I pray thee, open his eyes that he may see?”

Response: Elisha (2 Ki 6:17)


Instruction: How many silver shekels did Jeremiah pay to Hanameel for a field in Anathoth?

Response: Seventeen (Jer 32:9)


Instruction: In the love poetry of Song of Solomon the lady’s hair is described as a flock of which animal?

Response: Goats (Song 4:1)


Instruction: What is the first offering made to the Lord recorded in the Bible?

Response: Cain’s fruit of the ground (Gen 4:3)


Instruction: In Revelation 22, who does it say has the right to the tree of life?

Response: Those that do God’s commandments (Rev 22:14)


Instruction: In Proverbs, what metal is the “tongue of the just” likened to?

Response: Silver (Pro 10:20)


Instruction: Which three tribes camped on the northern side of the tabernacle in the wilderness?

Response: Dan, Asher, Naphtali (Num 2:25-29)


Instruction: To where did Paul & Silas flee after upsetting the Jews at Thessalonica?

Response: Berea (Acts 17:10)


Instruction: How many silver pieces would each Philistine lord give to Delilah if she betrayed Samson?

Response: 1,100 (Jdg 16:5)


Instruction: In the parable about a fig tree, when you see the “tree putting forth leaves”, what is near?

Response: Summer (Matt 24:32)


Instruction: According to Proverbs, how do those “seeking death” acquire their wealth?

Response: By lying (Pro 21:6)


Instruction: In the prophecy of Isaiah, where will a little child play in the kingdom age?

Response: Over the hole of a snake (Isa 11:8)


Instruction: In Genesis, who was buried under an oak tree below Bethel?

Response: Deborah (Rebekah’s nurse) (Gen 35:8)


Instruction: What color was the High Priest’s robe?

Response: Blue (Exo 28:31)


Instruction: Who does Paul thank God for because their “faith and love grew exceedingly”?

Response: The Thessalonians (2 Th 1:3)


Instruction: Which nation does Jeremiah say is dwelling in Gad?

Response: Ammon (Jer 49:1)


Instruction: In which city were Paul and Barnabas worshipped as gods?

Response: Lystra (Acts 14:8-12)


Instruction: What does the name Israel mean?

Response: Prevails with God (Gen 32:28)


Instruction: What must an Israelite do when “building a new house”?

Response: Build a guard rail around the roof (Deut 22:8)


Instruction: Which prophet said, “Out of Egypt have I called my son”?

Response: Hosea (Hos 11:1)


Instruction: “Deceit is in the heart of them that”... do what?

Response: Imagine evil (Pro 12:20)


Instruction: Jesus quotes a portion of text from the Old Testament in connection with the parable of the vineyard owner, “The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:”, but which Old Testament book did this come from?

Response: Psalms (Mark 12:10; Ps 118:22)


Instruction: Where did Paul leave the sick Trophimus?

Response: Miletum (Miletus) (2 Tim 4:20)


Instruction: In a battle against the Syrians, what killed 27,000 of them in the city of Aphek?

Response: A wall fell on them (1 Ki 20:30)


Instruction: What weight of gold was Solomon recorded as acquiring in one year?

Response: 666 talents (1 Ki 10:14)


Instruction: Who addresses an epistle to the “twelve tribes which are scattered abroad”?

Response: James (Jam 1:1)


Instruction: Who was killed by a wet blanket?

Response: Benhadad (2 Ki 8:15)


Instruction: In the parable of the Prodigal Son, what portion would the son have received?

Response: A third (Deut 21:17; Luke 15:12)


Instruction: What did Elisha throw into Jericho’s water supply to “heal” it?

Response: Salt (2 Ki 2:21)


Instruction: With what unusual weapon did Shamgar slay 600 Philistines?

Response: A cattle prod (ox goad) (Jdg 3:31)


Instruction: In which tribe was the city of Ramoth-Gilead?

Response: Gad (Deut 4:43)


Instruction: Why do the four and twenty elders in Revelation give thanks to God?

Response: God has taken his power and commenced his reign (Rev 11:17)


Instruction: David refers to the tribe of Judah as his what in the Psalms?

Response: His lawgiver (royal scepter) (Ps 60:7)


Instruction: When Isaiah describes the desolation of the last days, a man shall “cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, to the moles” and the what?

Response: Bats (Isa 2:20)


Instruction: Who gave thanks to the Lord when she saw the baby Jesus?

Response: Anna the Prophetess (Luke 2:36-38)


Instruction: Children in the region of what age were to be killed, in the hope that the young Jesus would also be killed?

Response: Two years and under (Matt 2:16)


Instruction: Who is described in the Psalms as “spreading himself like a green bay tree”?

Response: The wicked (Ps 37:35)


Instruction: Aeneas was confined to bed for eight years suffering from the palsy, but which town did he dwell in?

Response: Lydda (Acts 9:32-33)


Instruction: Where was Solomon anointed?

Response: Gihon (1 Ki 1:38)


Instruction: Christ was led away to which high priest first?

Response: Annas (Luke 3:2; John 18:13)


Instruction: Whose mother does Paul greet in the letter to the Romans?

Response: Rufus’ (Rom 16:13)


Instruction: Which Psalm does Paul quote from in his exhortation at Antioch?

Response: Psalm 2 (Acts 13:33; Ps 2:7)


Instruction: “The legs of the lame hanging limp” are like what in the mouth of fools?

Response: A parable (Pro 26:7)


Instruction: How does Peter say a husband should treat his wife?

Response: With honor (1 Pe 3:7)


Instruction: After being told by God to remain in Gerar, who told the men there when questioned that his wife was merely his sister?

Response: Isaac (Gen 26:1-7)


Instruction: Why does David say “the daughters of Judah should be glad”?

Response: Because of the judgments of the Lord (Ps 48:11; 97:8)


Instruction: For how many shekels of silver did Abraham purchase the field of Machpelah?

Response: 400 (Gen 23:16)


Instruction: In Ezekiel’s prophecy, who is said to be the “mother of Jerusalem”?

Response: A Hittite (Eze 16:3)


Instruction: Who did Jesus say was “not far from the Kingdom of God”?

Response: One of the Scribes (Mark 12:28-34)


Instruction: Who succeeded Herod the Great after his death?

Response: Archelaus (Matt 2:22)


Instruction: On Paul’s journey to Rome, at what location did he meet brethren whom he thanked God for?

Response: Appii forum (Acts 28:15)


Instruction: Proverbs describes a “fair woman without discretion” as like a jewel of gold in what?

Response: A pig’s snout (Pro 11:22)


Instruction: What does the name Abram mean?

Response: High father / Father of heights (Gen 17:5 / Strong’s H87)


Instruction: How many begotten sons of David are named in the Bible?

Response: Nineteen (1 Chr 3:1-9)


Instruction: In Luke’s account of the Sermon on the Mount to who does Jesus say “God is kind”?

Response: The unthankful and the evil (Luke 6:35)


Instruction: How many cities did the Levites possess?

Response: Forty-eight (Josh 21:41)


Instruction: The angel said to Mary that Jesus would “reign over the house” of which Old Testament character?

Response: Jacob (Luke 1:33)