BIBLE QUIZ: 50 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
BIBLE QUIZ 50 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
- What famous town are five miles south of Jerusalem?
ANSWER: Bethlehem.
- Who said, “Thou art the man”?
ANSWER: Nathan to David; 2 Sam. 12:7.
- What Book of the Bible tells about the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem?
ANSWER: The Book of Nehemiah.
- In connection with what two greatest events is hyssop mentioned?
ANSWER: The Passover; Ex. 12:22. The crucifixion of Jesus; John 19:29.
- Finish the quotation: “Ho, every one that thirsteth.”
ANSWER: “Come ye to the waters”; Isa. 55:1.
- Which of the brothers of Jesus wrote Books of the New Testament?
ANSWER: James and Jude.
- Give exactly “the golden rule.”
ANSWER: “All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them”; Matt. 7:12
BIBLE QUIZ QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
- What European city first heard Christian preaching?
ANSWER: Philippi; Acts 16:12. 13.
- Name the three famous Johns of the New Testament.
ANSWER: John the Baptist, John the Apostle, and John Mark, usually called Mark.
- Of what rich man did Satan ask the question, “Doth he fears God for naught?”
ANSWER: Job; see Job 1:9.
- What general sacrificed his daughter in fulfillment of his vow?
ANSWER: Jephthah; Judge 11:31-40.
- The story of what prophet is connected with a gourd.
ANSWER: Jonah; see Jonah 4:1-11.
- What is the best-known Bible reference to a pearl?
ANSWER: Christ’s parable of “the pearl of great price”; Matt. 13:45, 46.
- Who was Jacob’s favorite wife?
ANSWER: Rachel; Gen. 29:18-20.
- What was the duty of the Levites?
ANSWER: To take care of the temple; Num. 8:23-26.
- What is the highest mountain in Palestine?
ANSWER: Mt. Hermon, 9166 above the sea.
- Complete the proverb, “A wise son maketh…
ANSWER: “A glad father”; Prov. 10:1.
- Who was pulled out of a dungeon by cords eased with rotten rags?
ANSWER: Jeremiah; see Jer. 38:10-13.
- Where is the tree whose leaves are “for the healing of the nations”?
ANSWER: In the New Jerusalem; Rev. 22:2.
- Who wrote about “the valley of the shadow of death”?
ANSWER: David in the Twenty-third Psalm.
BIBLE QUIZ QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
- In what book of the Bible is the benediction beginning, “Now unto him, that can keep you from falling”?
ANSWER: In Jude, the last two verses.
- Where in the Bible is the famous description of the power of the tongue?
ANSWER: James 3:1-18.
- Where in the Bible is a vivid picture of a thunderstorm?
ANSWER: Job 37:1-14.
- Repeat Christ’s saying about idle words.
ANSWER: “Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment”; Matt. 12:36.
- Where was the burning bush?
ANSWER: In the wilderness near Mt. Horeb; Ex. 3:1, 2.
- Who was Peter’s brother?
ANSWER: Andrew; John 1:40.
- Who in Europe was the first to become a Christian?
ANSWER: Lydia; Acts 16: 14, 15.
- What Psalm did Moses write, and how does it begin?
ANSWER: Ps. 90: “Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.”
- Who was Mordecai?
ANSWER: The first cousin and foster father of Esther; see Esth, 2:7.
- On what occasion did two bears kill forty-two children?
ANSWER: When they mocked Elisha; 2 Kings 2:24.
BIBLE QUIZ QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
- What was the brazen serpent?
ANSWER: It was made by Moses and placed on a pole for the people to look at and be healed of the bites of a plague of serpents; Num. 21:5-9.
- What is the “love chapter” of the Bible?
ANSWER: 1. Cor. 13.
- What is the longest chapter in the Bible?
ANSWER: Ps. 119 (176 verses).
- What is the whole sentence “pleased not himself?”
ANSWER: “Even Christ pleased not himself”; Rom. 15:3.
- What is the longest river in Palestine?
ANSWER: The Jordan.
- How many thousands did Christ feed at one time? And on another occasion how many ANSWER: Five Thousand (Matt. 14:21). Four thousand (Matt. 15:38). thousands?
BIBLE QUIZ QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
- What was Matthew’s other name?
ANSWER: Levi; compare Matt. 9:9 with Mark 2:14.
- Who was David’s great friend?
ANSWER: Jonathan; 1 Sam. 18:1.
- What is the Decalogue?
ANSWER: The Ten Commandments; Ex. 20:1-17.
- Complete the verse: “O come, let us worship and bow down.”
ANSWER: “Let us kneel before the Lord our maker”; Ps. 95:6.
- What is the rest of the verse beginning, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for”?
ANSWER: “The evidence of things not seen”; Heb. 11:1.
- Who led the way to the place of the Last Supper?
ANSWER: A man bearing a pitcher of water; Mark 14: 12-16.
- What was the food of John the Baptist in the wilderness?
ANSWER: Locusts and wild honey; Mark 1:6.
- What are the other names of the Sea of Galilee?
ANSWER: Sea of Chinnereth (Num. 34:11); Lake of Gennesaret (Luke 5:1); Sea of Tiberias (John 6:1).
- “Bear ye one another’s burdens” – what is the rest?
ANSWER: “And so fulfill the law of Christ”; Gal, 6:2.
- Who saw the famous version of deepening waters?
ANSWER: Ezekiel; see Ezek. 47:1-5.
- To what does the Psalmist compare a large family of children?
ANSWER: To a quiver full of arrows; Ps. 127:4, 5.
BIBLE QUIZ QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
- What king was hidden in the temple for the first six years of his life?
ANSWER: Joash; 2 Kings 11:1-3.
- Who was the mother of Moses?
ANSWER:
Jochebed; Num. 26:59.
- What is the first tree named in the Bible?
ANSWER:
The fig-tree, Gen. 3:7; for it is not said what kind of tree was “the tree of knowledge of good and evil,” Gen. 2:17,-traditionally held to have been an apple-tree