Bible Quiz

Can You Pass This Test? Knowing the Bible and its facts makes it possible for us to become familiar with the history of man and his relationship with God. Some are more important than others, but many Bible facts are of such imperative value that we really need to know them in order to know God and how He deals with man. Why not test your memory?
In what book do we read of the beginning of man, the heavens and the earth?
A) Leviticus B) Psalms C) Song of Solomon D) Genesis E) Ecclesiastes	Answer D) Genesis
Who was the brother of Miriam and Aaron?
A) Moses B) Abraham C) Solomon D) Balaam	Answer A) Moses
What Jewish girl became Queen of Persia?
A) Sarah B) Ruth C) Mary Magdalene D) Esther	Answer D) Esther
In the Old Testament, what book tells of the lives of David, Bathsheba and Absalom?
A) Song of Solomon B) 2 Samuel C) 1 Kings D) 1 Samuel E) 2 Chronicles	Answer B) 2 Samuel
What man in the Old Testament said, “As for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah”?
A) Elijah B) Joshua C) Jeremiah D) Lot E) Eli	Answer B) Joshua
What man deceived his father and his brother so that he could have his family’s birthright?
A) Joseph B) Jacob C) Esau D) Benjamin E) Cain	Answer B) Jacob
How many people, including Noah, were saved in the ark?
A) forty B) twelve C) seven D) eight	Answer D) eight
How many books are in the Old and New Testaments combined?
A) 27 B) 39 C) 40 D) 66 E) 70	Answer D) 66
How long did Israel wander in the wilderness before they entered the “promised land”?
A) 40 years B) 12 months C) 7 years D) 2 years	Answer A) 40 years
What Old Testament prophet said “a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son”?
A) Malachi B) Isaiah C) Nahum D) Micah E) Elijah	Answer B) Isaiah
What scribe led a group of Jewish captives back to their homeland and read the law of God to them?
A) Zerubbabel B) Gehazi C) Ezra D) Abiram E) Mordecai	Answer A) Zerubbabel
To whom did Jesus say, “Ye must be born again”?
A) Nicodemus B) John the Baptist C) Pilate D) Judas	Answer A) Nicodemus
Which apostle wrote the most books in the Bible?
A) Peter B) Paul C) Timothy D) James	Answer B) Paul
In which chapter of the New Testament do we find, “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved”?
A) Acts 2 B) Romans 6 C) Mark 16 D) John 4 E) Ephesians 4	Answer C) Mark 16
Which of Jesus’ apostles betrayed Him for thirty pieces of silver?
A) Judas B) Simon Peter C) James	Answer A) Judas
What book in the New Testament describes the beginning of Christ’s church and its early history?
A) Galatians B) Acts C) Philippians D) 1 Peter E) 1 Corinthians	Answer B) Acts
Where do we read the details of Jesus’ “Sermon on the Mount”?
A) John 3:3-5 B) Matthew 5,6,7 C) Luke 24:44-49 D) Mark 16:15-20	Answer B) Matthew 5,6,7
How may Bible passages reveal signs of Jesus’ second coming?
A) none B) one C) seven D) twenty-four	Answer A) none
To whom did Jesus say, “Today thou shalt be with me in Paradise”?
A) Barabbas B) Herod C) the thief on the cross D) Pontius Pilate E) Simon	Answer C) the thief on the cross
Whose conversion is recorded in Acts chapters 9, 22 and 26?
A) Joseph of Arimathea B) Nicodemus C) John the baptist D) Saul of Tarsus	Answer D) Saul of Tarsus
What Christian was stoned to death while Saul of Tarsus looked on?
A) Philip B) Stephen C) Timothy	Answer B) Stephen
Who accompanied Paul on his first “missionary journey”?
A) Barnabas B) John C) Titus D) Simon Peter	Answer A) Barnabas
Whose sermon is recorded in Acts chapter two?
A) John B) Andrew C) James D) Peter E) Mark	Answer D) Peter
Which of these passages specifically tells us that the Bible is God’s inspired Word?
A) John 3:16 B) 2 Timothy 3:16-17 C) Matthew 7:13-21 D) Hebrews 12:1-2	Answer B) 2 Timothy 3:16-17
How many individuals were baptized on that first Pentecost after Jesus’ resurrection?
A) seventy-times-seven B) five thousand C) three thousand D) one hundred twenty	Answer C) three thousand

Original Bible Quiz Questions:

Who is identified as the “mother of all living”?
A) Earth B) Sarah C) Eve D) Mary	Answer C) Eve
God made a covenant with Abraham by passing through two halves of
A) A dead animal B) A broken stone C) A flowing river D) An olive tree	Answer A) A dead animal
Sarah’s handmaid was
A) A Canaanite B) An Egyptian C) A Philistine D) A Chaldean	Answer B) An Egyptian
Cain, the son of Adam, was known for being:
A) A keeper of sheep B) A tiller of the ground C) A maker of chariots D) A keeper of oxen	Answer B) A tiller of the ground
How old was Abraham when Ishmael was born?
A) 25 B) 42 C) 86 D) 500	Answer C) 86
The names of two sons born to Lot were
A) Reumah and Gaham B) Cain and Abel C) Jacob and Esau D) Moab and Benammi	Answer D) Moab & Benammi
In addition to water, what item did Abraham give Hagar when he sent her out into the wilderness?
A) Bible B) Knife C) Bread D) Grapes	Answer C) Bread
What did Abraham use to pay for the cave of Machpelah?
A) Silver B) Gold C) Camels D) Sheep	Answer A) Silver
Where did Abraham’s servant go to find a wife for Isaac?
A) Mesopotamia B) Egypt C) Palestine D) Edom	Answer A) Mesopotamia
Who was Jacob’s brother?
A) Rebekah B) Esau C) Joseph D) Isaac	Answer B) Esau
Which of the following was not a son of Shem?
A) Ham B) Elam C) Aram D) Lud	Answer A) Ham
Which of the following was a son of Noah?
A) Javan B) Japheth C) Lamech D) Jepthah	Answer B) Japeth
Who did not die but was translated to heaven?
A) Isaac B) Enoch C) Methuselah D) Eshcol	Answer B) Enoch
Who built the city of Nineveh?
A) Nimrod B) Asshur C) Shinar D) Cain	Answer B) Asshur
How is antediluvian defined?
A) before the flood B) father of nations C) against Adam D) God will provide	Answer A) before the flood