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Children's Comprehensive Bible Question Quiz

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100 mixed general Bible trivia information questions for children.

Answer these questions about the physical Bible.

What is the total number of books in the Bible?
a. Two (2) books.
b. Forty (40) books.
c. Sixty-six (66) books.

c. There are 66 books in the Bible.
Which language was most of the original Old Testament written in?
a. Farsi.
b. Hebrew.
c. Egyptian.

b. The Old Testament was primarily written in Hebrew.
Which language was most of the original New Testament written in?
a. Latin.
b. Greek.
c. Roman.

b. The New Testament was primarily written in Koine Greek.
Which book is first in the Bible?
a. Alpha.
b. Moses.
c. Genesis.

c. The first book in the Protestant Bible is Genesis.
Moses is believed to have written Genesis.
Which book is the last book in the Bible?
a. John 3.
b. Omega.
c. Revelation.

c. The last book in the Protestant Bible is Revelation.
John is believed to have written Revelation.
A few Bibles have a third section added between the testaments.
What is this middle section called?
a. Beatitudes.
b. Apocrypha.
c. Books of law.

b. The Apocrypha is a third section of scripture added to some Bibles.
What year was the original King James Bible published?
a. 1492.
b. 1611.
c. 1776.

b. The King James Bible was published in the year 1611.
What are the first words in the Bible?
a. "In the beginning ...".
b. "On the first day ...".
c. "God made Adam and Eve."

a. The first few words of the Bible are "In the beginning..."
How are the words that Jesus spoke shown in some Bibles?
a. Written in italics.
b. His words are in bold.
c. Words of Jesus are in red letters.

c. The words that Jesus spoke are written in red ink.
What are the first four books of the New Testament called?
a. Torah.
b. Pentateuch.
c. The Gospels.

c. The first four books of the New Testament are known as the Gospels.
They tell the story of Jesus' ministry.
What are the first five books of the Old Testament called?
a. Gospels.
b. Pentateuch.
c. Books of Creation.

b. The first five books of the Old Testament are known as the Pentateuch.
What is the Bible considered to be?
a. One complete book.
b. Two books bound together.
c. A collection of many books bound together.

c. The Bible is a collection of many books bound together.

Who are these Bible Characters?

Who were the first humans on earth?
a. Abraham and Sarah.
b. Mary and Joseph.
c. Adam and Eve.

c. Adam and Eve were the first humans on earth.
What did God create Adam from?
a. Carbon.
b. The sun's rays.
c. Dust of the Earth.

c. God created Adam from the dust of the earth and called him man.
How was Eve created?
a. From Adam's rib.
b. From the Virgin Mary.
c. From the dust of the Earth.

c. Eve was created from Adam's rib and was called woman.
Who did God give the 10 commandments to?
a. Noah.
b. Moses.
c. Abraham.

b. God gave the 10 commandments to Moses on two slabs of slate.
Who was transported by a big fish?
a. Jesus.
b. Peter.
c. Jonah.

c. Jonah was transported to Nineveh over a 3-day period by a big fish.
Who was the first murderer in the Bible?
a. Adam. He killed Eve for eating an apple.
b. Pontius Pilate. He allowed Jesus to be crucified.
c. Cain. He killed his brother Abel because he was jealous.

c. Cain was jealous of his brother Abel because Abel's animal sacrifice was considered better than Cain's crop sacrifice.
Who killed 1,000 Philistines with a jawbone?
a. Samson.
b. David.
c. Daniel.

a. Samson killed 1,000 Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey.
He hated the Philistines for things they had done to him and his family.
While in a rage, he killed them.
Who did God tell to build a giant boat ?
a. Peter and his brother Andrew.
b. Jacob and his twelve sons.
c. Noah.

c. Noah built the giant boat known as the Ark.
He is estimated to have been 500 years old and spent about 100 years building it.
The Ark was in preparation for a flood that would destroy the world.
Who was put into a lion's den for praying to God instead of an idol?
a. Daniel.
b. Paul.
c. John.

a. Daniel was ordered into the lion's den by King Darius.
He was sentenced to the den for not praying to an idol.
King Darius was tricked into this decision by his jealous subjects who disliked Daniel.
Who was the wisest king in the Bible?
a. Saul.
b. Herod.
c. Solomon.

c. Solomon was considered to be the wisest king of Israel.
Who was the mother of Jesus?
a. Ruth.
b. Mary.
c. Hannah.

a. A virgin named Mary was the mother of Jesus.
Who killed the giant Philistine named Goliath?
a. David the shepherd with a sling and a stone.
b. Peter with his sword at the Garden of Gethsemane.
c. Elijah, who called out some bears from the woods to kill Goliath.

a. David the shepherd killed the giant Philistine Goliath.
He used a sling and smooth stone.
David was a young shepherd at the time.
Goliath was fighting for the Philistines during a battle with the Israelites.

Questions about the birth of Jesus.

Who is called the Son of God?
a. Adam, who was created from the dust of the ground.
b. Abraham, the founder of Judaism, is the Son of God.
c. Jesus, who was born in the flesh to a virgin.

c. Jesus.
Who was king when Jesus was born?
a. Saul, the very first king, reigned during the time of his birth.
b. Solomon, the wisest king, oversaw the birth of Jesus.
c. King Herod was ruling at the time Jesus was born.

c. King Herod.
Who were the earthly parents of Jesus?
a. Adam and Eve.
b. Mary and Joseph.
c. Abraham and Sarah.

b. Mary and Joseph.
Who told Mary she was going to have baby Jesus?
a. Her cousin Elizabeth.
b. The Angel Gabriel.
c. God in a Vision.

b. The Angel Gabriel.
What city was Jesus born in?
a. The birth took place in a temple in Jerusalem.
b. Jesus was born in a barn in Nazareth.
c. He was born near Bethlehem.

c. Jesus was born near Bethlehem.
The family traveled to Bethlehem like everyone else for the census.
What city did Jesus grow up in when he was a child?
a. Jesus grew up in Nazareth.
b. Bethlehem is where Jesus lived his entire life.
c. Jesus lived in Jerusalem during his childhood.

a. Jesus grew up in Nazareth.
Who were the Wise Men?
a. Angelic messengers from the West.
b. Prophets that traveled far from Egypt.
c. They were learned men known as the Magi.

c. The wise men were intelligent and were called Magi.
They traveled to Israel to honor the "King of the Jews."
The Bible does not state there were three wise men.
Tradition assumes there were three because of having three gifts.
How did the three Wise Men know how to find Jesus?
a. An angel told them what city Jesus was in.
b. The wise men followed a heavenly star.
c. They went and asked Pontius Pilate.

b. The wise men followed a heavenly star.
Where did Joseph and Mary stay when Jesus was born?
a. At a roadside inn along the road from Nazareth.
b. In an animal stable near Bethlehem.
c. In a hotel basement in Bethlehem.

b. In an animal stable near Bethlehem.
Why did Joseph and Mary take baby Jesus to Egypt?
a. King Herod wanted to kill Jesus.
b. So Jesus could be baptized.
c. They had to go pay taxes.

a. King Herod wanted to kill Jesus.
Who brought gifts to baby Jesus?
a. Three wise men called Magi.
b. The priests from Bethlehem.
c. King Herod.

a. Three wise men called Magi.
Besides the Magi, who else came to visit the baby Jesus?
a. Shepherds from a nearby field.
b. Priests from the synagogue.
c. Believers from Bethlehem.

a. Shepherds from a nearby field.

Questions about Jesus the Messiah.

Who denied Jesus three times on the night of his arrest?
a. Judas. He said he did not recognize Jesus.
b. Peter. He denied Jesus before the cock crowed.
c. Mary. The mother of Jesus said she didn't know Him.

b. Peter denied Jesus three times before the cock crowed on the night of the arrest.
Who betrayed Jesus at the moment of his arrest?
a. Mary Magdalene, who wanted nothing to do with Jesus.
b. Judas Iscariot, who kissed Jesus.
c. Saul, who hated the Jews.

b. Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus.
in the Garden of Gethsemane by identifying Jesus to the mob that came to arrest him.
What does Jesus say is the first and greatest commandment?
a. Give honor to your parents.
b. Love your neighbors.
c. Go to church.

b. According to Jesus, the first and greatest commandment is the love of God and the love of your fellow man.
During Jesus' arrest, who cut the ear off a guard?
a. Paul, using Peter's knife.
b. Peter with his sword.
c. Judas with his knife.

b. Peter cut off the right ear of the high priest's slave Malchus with his sword.
Peter was trying to prevent the arrest of Jesus.
Jesus then had to put the ear back on and heal Malchus.
This was probably the last miracle Jesus performed.
After the crucifixion, where was the body of Jesus taken?
a. The priests took it to the temple.
b. A man named Joseph moved the body to a tomb.
c. His brothers buried him in the Garden of Gethsemane.

b. A man named Joseph.
He was a wealthy man from Arimathea, Judea, who claimed the body of Jesus and placed him in his burial cave.
Joseph and Nicodemus wrapped Jesus' body in burial cloth and spices.
What did Judas do to identify Jesus when they arrested him?
a. Judas shook hands with Jesus.
b. Judas pointed and said, "That's him; that's Jesus."
c. Judas walked up to Jesus and kissed Him on the face.

c. Judas walked up to Jesus and kissed him on the face to identify Jesus to the mob.
When did Jesus rise from the dead after his crucifixion?
a. The first day.
b. The second day.
c. The third day.

c. Jesus rose on the third day after his crucifixion.
He stayed on Earth for 40 days before ascending into Heaven.
What happened right after Jesus was baptized?
a. The spirit of God descended like a dove upon Jesus.
b. The ground shook like an earthquake.
c. The skies opened up with thunder.

a. The spirit of God entered Jesus when he was baptized.
Before Jesus started preaching, what did He do for work?
a. He was a carpenter.
b. He was a deacon in the synagogue.
c. He was a fisherman like many of the villagers.

a. Jesus worked as a carpenter like his stepfather, Joseph.
What was the first miracle that Jesus did?
a. He cured a blind man.
b. He made wine for a wedding.
c. He fed 5000 people with five loaves of bread and two fish.

b. Jesus' first miracle was making 120 gallons of wine at a wedding in Cana.
The host ran out of wine, and Mary insisted that her son, Jesus, make more wine.
What did Joseph, the father of Jesus, do for work?
a. He was a carpenter.
b. He was a fisherman.
c. He was a tax collector.

a. Joseph was a carpenter.
A verse in the Bible says Jesus wept.
Why?
a. Judas betrayed Him.
b. His best friend, Lazarus, had died.
c. Jesus knew of His upcoming crucifixion.

b. Jesus wept for the sisters of Lazarus when he saw how upset they were over their brother Lazarus' death.

Questions about the Apostles.

How many apostles were there?
a. Jesus authorized six apostles.
b. Jesus selected twelve apostles.
c. Forty apostles all together served Jesus.
d. Ten disciples were selected to follow Him.

b. Jesus selected twelve apostles.
He had many disciples but only twelve apostles.
What did Jesus do to the apostles at the Last Supper?
a. Kept giving them wine until they were in a relaxed state.
b. Made them wash their hands before eating the bread.
c. Jesus washed their feet.

c. At the Last Supper, Jesus washed the feet of the apostles.
Jesus wanted to show them humility and servitude.
The belief is that this shows Jesus as serving humanity and also symbolizes the washing away of sin.
Which disciple was a doctor?
a. Matthew.
b. Luke.
c. John.

b. Luke was a doctor, a disciple, and wrote the book of Luke.
Which disciple was a tax collector?
a. Matthew.
b. Luke.
c. John.

a. Matthew was a tax collector for Rome.
Was Paul an apostle?
a. No.
b. Yes.

a. No. Paul was not an apostle.
Paul was a disciple.
Jesus had an inner circle of apostles.
Who were they?
a. Peter, James, and John.
b. Peter, Simon, and Judas.
c. Peter, Thomas, and Matthew.

a. Peter, James, and John were considered Jesus' inner circle.
Was there a thirteenth apostle
a. No.
b. Yes.

b. Yes, there was a 13th apostle.
He replaced Judas Iscariot.
Who replaced Judas Iscariot?
a. Mathias.
b. Luke.
c. Jonah.

a. Matthias replaced Judas Iscariot as an apostle.
Which apostle did Jesus name the rock?
a. Peter, because Jesus changed Simon's name to Peter, which means "rock."
b. James, because he was the foundation of the Judaism movement.
c. John, because he was persistent and steadfast in his beliefs.

a. Jesus changed Simon's name to Peter.
He was also referred to in the Bible as Simon Peter.
After the resurrection, which apostle doubted that it was Jesus?
a. Peter did not believe the resurrection took place.
b. Matthew denied everything that happened after the crucifixion.
c. Thomas doubted Jesus was risen until he saw the scars in His hands.

c. Thomas.
Thomas doubted Jesus was risen until he saw the scars in His hands.
Which apostle was crucified upside down?
a. Thomas, because he wanted to suffer more than Jesus.
b. Peter, because he felt unworthy to die the same as Jesus.
c. Matthew, because he wanted to show defiance to the authorities.

b. Peter allowed himself to be crucified upside down because he felt less worthy than Jesus.
Which apostles did Jesus call the sons of thunder?
a. James and John.
b. Peter and Matthew.
c. Bartholomew and Thaddeus.

a. James and John were called the sons of thunder by Jesus.

Quiz about the Boat called the Ark.

What does the word "ark" mean?
a. A boat or ship.
b. A chest or box.
c. A waterproof container.

b. An ark is defined as a chest or box.
It is some kind of container.
Moses' Ark of the Covenant was a chest that stored the Ten Commandments.
Noah's Ark was a large container called a boat that housed hundreds of animals.
How many unclean animals went into the Ark?
a. Two pairs of hoofed and one pair of non-hoofed animals.
b. A pair of each unclean kind.
c. Three pairs of each kind.

b. Noah boarded a pair of each unclean animal and seven pairs of clean animals on the Ark.
How many people were on the Ark?
a. Four people went on the Ark: Noah and his three sons.
b. Two people were on the Ark: Noah and his wife.
c. Eight people, which included all of Noah's family.

c. The Ark contained eight people.
All aboard were Noah and his wife, along with his three sons and their wives.
Who built the Ark?
a. Moses.
b. Noah.
c. Adam.

b. Noah built the giant boat called the Ark at the instructions of God.
How long did it take to build the Ark?
a. 1 year.
b. 40 years.
c. 50-120 years.

c. The belief is that it could have taken Noah 50 to 120 years to build the Ark.
The Bible is not clear on this.
Refer to the answer in the next question.
What was Noah's age when God told him to build the Ark?
a. 480 years.
b. 120 years.
c. 80 years.

a. It is estimated that Noah was over 480 years old when he built the Ark.
There is nothing about how long he took to build the Ark.
The Bible states he was 600 years old when the flood came.
The Bible states that Noah was 500 years old when he had his three sons.
We don't know if they were triplets or closely born in years.
We do know that his sons and their wives were on the Ark.
What kind of wood was the Ark built of?
a. Oak.
b. Pine.
c. Gopher.

c. The wood that the Ark was built of was gopher.
No one knows for sure what gopher wood is.
It is only mentioned in the Bible once and concerning the Ark.
Perhaps it was a term used for wood treated to repel water.
Genesis 6:14
What was the measurement used to build the Ark?
a. Yards.
b. Cubits.
c. Meters.

b. The measurement used to build the Ark was cubits.
A cubit was the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger.
Thus, to say that a cubit varied depending on the physical size of the carpenter.
How long did the people stay in the Ark?
a. 40 weeks.
b. 40 days.
c. A year.

c. Noah and his family lived on the Ark for a full year.
Where did the Ark rest after the flood?
a. Mount Ararat.
b. Mount Sinai.
c. The Alps.

a. The Ark came to rest on Mount Ararat after the flood subsided.
What two birds flew from the Ark?
a. Raven first and then a dove later.
b. Pigeon and then a pelican.
c. A dove and then an eagle.

a. A raven and a dove flew from the Ark after it rested on Mt. Ararat.
The raven left first and never returned.
The dove left later and returned with part of a small piece of branch in its mouth.
After the Ark landed, what did God create as a covenant with Noah?
a. God placed the white clouds in the sky above.
b. God made the sky turn blue.
c. God created a rainbow.

c. God created a rainbow.
It was a sign created to show that God would never again destroy the world with a flood.

Questions about the Exodus from Egypt.

Who led the Hebrews out of Egypt when they were slaves?
a. Noah, with his three sons.
b. Moses, with his brother and sister.
c. Father Abraham, with his nephew.

b. Moses, with the help of his brother Aaron, sister Miriam, and friend Joshua, led the Hebrew slaves out of Egypt into the promised land.
To whom did God give the stone tablets that contained the commandments?
a. Joseph was given the tablets by God when he was an administrator in Egypt.
b. Adam received the tablets after eating from the Tree of Knowledge.
c. Moses accepted the tablets from God on Mount Sinai.

c. Moses received the stone tablets of God's commandments while visiting with God on Mount Sinai.
How many commandments are there?
a. Six commandments are written out on six parchments.
b. The Ten Commandments are etched on two stone tablets.
c. Twelve commandments are written out on both sides of one stone slate.

b. There are ten commandments that God wrote on stone tablets with his finger.
What is the first commandment?
a. Honor your father and mother.
b. Thou shalt have no other gods but me.
c. Thou shalt only go to Christian churches.

b. Thou shalt have no gods but me.
What "message" from God did Moses say to the Egyptian Pharaoh?
a. "Let my people go."
b. "You must repent of your sins."
c. "I have been sent to destroy your land because you sinned."

a. Moses took the message to Pharaoh, stating, "Let my people go."
What happened when the Israelites were complaining of hunger?
a. Turkeys appeared every morning at sunrise for 40 days.
b. God sent nomad merchants to them with food.
c. A substance called "manna" fell from the sky.

c. Food called manna fell from the sky and covered the ground.
The Hebrews had to pick it up every morning for their daily meals.
On the sixth day, they picked up twice as much so that they would have some for the Sabbath.
How many plagues did God put upon the Egyptians?
a. Two.
b. Ten.
c. Twelve.

b. God put ten plagues on the Egyptians for enslaving the Hebrews.
What was the last plague?
This plague forced Pharaoh to release the Hebrew slaves.
a. God killed all the Egyptian "firstborn" children of each family, regardless of age.
b. God made it rain for forty days and forty nights.
c. God turned all the water into red blood.

a. God killed all the Egyptian firstborn regardless of age as his last plague.
This plague finally upset the Egyptians so much that they demanded their pharaoh "let thy people go."
When Moses came down from the mountain, why was he angry?
a. He saw that the people were worshiping a "golden calf."
b. The people were complaining and wanted to return to Egypt.
c. The people picked Miriam, the sister of Moses, as their new leader.

a. Moses saw that the people were worshipping a golden calf idol.
Moses was so angry that he threw the tablets of the Ten Commandments that God made to the ground and broke them.
Who parted the Red Sea so the Israelites could escape Pharaoh?
a. Noah to escape the flood.
b. Moses to escape from the Egyptian army that was upon them.
c. Aaron parted the sea because Moses had gotten old and frail.

b. Moses parted the Red Sea to allow the slaves to escape from the approaching Egyptian army.
After the army entered the parted sea, it collapsed and killed them all.
The king wanted to kill Moses when he was a baby.
How was Moses saved?
a. His mother disguised him as a girl.
b. His mother put him in a basket and placed it in the river.
c. His mother took Moses and his sister, Miriam, to Mesopotamia.

b. Moses was saved from being killed when his mother placed him in a waterproof basket and set him afloat on the Nile River.
The daughter of Pharaoh found him and adopted him.
Moses grew up in Egypt. Why did he suddenly leave?
a. Moses "murdered" an Egyptian.
b. He went off to "fight a war" for the pharaoh.
c. He wanted to "marry a woman" from a distant tribe.

a. Moses murdered an Egyptian taskmaster.
Moses became upset when he saw the taskmaster beating a Hebrew slave.

Children's Comprehensive Bible Question Quiz

100 mixed general Bible trivia information questions for children.

Answer these questions about the physical Bible.

Who are these Bible Characters?

Questions about the birth of Jesus.

Questions about Jesus the Messiah.

Questions about the Apostles.

Quiz about the Boat called the Ark.

Questions about the Exodus from Egypt.

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