Bible Trivia
Written by Jay Yeager
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 13:43

Bible Trivia  

  1. Which tribe is renowned for having left-handed men? ______________________________________________________________
  2. Which two men never tasted physical death? ______________ ______________
  3. How many times did God alter time? ___________
    1. Where are they found? _________________________________________
  4. Which prophet wrote of the virgin birth? __________________________
  5. How many rivers flowed out of the Garden of Eden? _____________________
  6. What prophet was the herdsman from Tekoa? ___________________________
  7. Who penned the first five books of the Bible? ___________________________
  8. Who was the oldest man in the Bible? ______________________________
  9. What three things were placed in the Ark? ____________________ ____________________________ ______________________________
  10. Who appeared with Jesus on the Mount of transfiguration? ________________
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  11. Who was the king of Salem? ________________________________________
  12. What three kings reigned during the United Kingdom? _________________ ___________________ _______________________________
    1. How long did they reign? ____________________________________
  13. How many proverbs did Solomon write? ______________________________
  14. Whose tomb was Jesus buried in? ___________________________________
  15. What widow did Peter raise from the dead? _____________________________
  16. When was Paul circumcised? ________________________________________
  17. Who was the first apostle to preach to the Gentiles? _______________________
  18. In what city was Paul stoned? ________________________________________
  19. Who took the place of Judas? ________________________________________
  20. Who was at the center of the disagreement between Paul and Barnabas? _________________________________________________________
  21. What five “two chapters” emphasize the church/kingdom? ______________
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  22. Who was the woman that reigned over Judah? __________________________
  23. Who was the woman that judge Israel? _______________________________
  24. What two Gentile women were included in the genealogy of Christ? __________
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  25. Who were the parents of John the Baptist? _______________________________
  26. What three feast were all males required to attend? _______________________
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  27. Who was the only person to be cleansed of leprosy during the days of Elisha? _______________________________________________________________
  28. Who had the apostle James put to death? ________________________________
  29. How did Jesus redeem us from the curse of the law? __________________
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  30. Was the apostle Peter a married man? _________
  31. Who was imprisoned with Paul in the city of Philippi? ____________________
  32. Who did Paul refuse to have circumcised, and why? ___________________
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  33. What was the name of John Mark’s mother? _________________________
  34. Which prophet wrote of the “valley full of dry bones”? ________________
  35. How old was Moses when:
    1. He fled Egypt? __________________________
    2. Stood before Pharaoh? _______________________
    3. When he died? ____________________________
  36. What was Luke’s occupation? ___________________________
  37. Who said “If a man die, shall he live again?” ___________________________

 True or false

  1. Moses married an Ethiopian woman? _________________
  2. Saul of Tarsus (the apostle Paul) was a Sadducee? _____________________
  3. Abraham married Keturah? ___________________
  4. Paul suffered mightily after being bit by a viper? ________________
  5. The apostle John wrote six books in the New Testament? ______________
  6. The brothers of Jesus did not believe on him until after the resurrection? ______

 Answers

  1. Benjamin (Judges 3:15; 20:15-16)
  2. Enoch and Elijah (Genesis 5:24; Hebrews 11:5; II Kings 2:11)
  3. Two
    1. Joshua 10:13; Isaiah 38:8)
  4. Isaiah (Isaiah 7:14)
  5. One – then they divided into four heads (Genesis 2:10-11)
  6. Amos (Amos 1:1)
  7. Moses (Numbers 33:1-2; Deuteronomy 31:9; 24-26; Exodus 34:27-28; John 5:45-47; Matthew 8:4; 19:7-8; Mark 1:44; Acts 3:22; 15:1; 5; 28:23)
  8. Methuselah (Genesis 5:27)
  9. Manna – Aaron’s rod – tables of the covenant (Hebrews 9:4)
  10. Moses and Elijah (Matthew 17:1-5)
  11. Melchizedek (Genesis 14:18)
  12. Saul (I Samuel 11:15), David (II Samuel 5:3) and Solomon (I Kings 2:12)
    1. Forty years. Saul (Acts 13:21), David (I Kings 2:11) and Solomon (I Kings 11:42)
  13. 3.000 (I Kings 4:32)
  14. Joseph of Arimathaea (Matthew 27:57-60; John 19:38)
  15. Dorcas (Acts 9:36-41)
  16. On the eighth day (Philippians 3:5)
  17. Peter (Acts 15:7)
  18. Lystra (Acts 14:8-21)
  19. Matthias (Acts 1:15-26)
  20. John Mark (Acts 15:32-36)
  21. Isaiah 2, Daniel 2, Joel 2; Acts 2, Ephesians 2
  22. Athaliah (II Kings 11:1-16)
  23. Deborah (Judges 4:4)
  24. Ruth and Rahab (Matthew 1:5)
  25. Zacharias and Elisabeth (Luke 1:5)
  26. Passover, Pentecost and the feast of tabernacles (Deuteronomy 16:16)
  27. Naaman (Luke 4:27)
  28. Herod –the grandson of Herod the great- (Acts 12:1)
  29. Jesus became a curse for us (Galatians 3:13)
  30. Yes (Matthew 8:14; Luke 4:38-39)
  31. Silas (Acts 16:25)
  32. Titus. Because of false teachers who were trying to bind circumcision on Christians (Galatians 2:3-5; Acts 15:1)
  33. Mary (Acts 12:12)
  34. Ezekiel (Ezekiel 37:1-10)
  35. A. 40 (Acts 7:23). B. 80 (Exodus 7:7). C. 120 (Deuteronomy 34:7)
  36. Physician (Colossians 4:14)
  37. Job (Job 14:14)

 True or false

  1. True (Numbers 12:1)
  2. False – Paul was a Pharisee (Acts 23:6)
  3. True (Genesis 25:1)
  4. False – he felt no harm (Acts 28:3-5)
  5. False – John wrote five books (John – 1st John 2nd John 3rd John and Revelation)
  6. True (John 7:1-5; Acts 1:14)