Difficult Bible Quiz and Bible Trivia Quiz
You are allowed to peek because we are not all biblical scientists.
Try answering these fairly tuff Bible and trivia questions.
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Who wrote the Bible?
a. Hippocrates.
b. Greek philosophers.
c. Holy Spirit-inspired writers.
c. Holy Spirit-inspired writers.
They were prophets, disciples, and believers in God.
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What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
a. The story of an Arabian knight who fought on the side of the Christians.
b. Authors credit Gilgamesh with writing the book of David.
c. A story about the great flood and the Ark.
c. A story about the massive flood and the Ark.
The Epic of Gilgamesh is a story written on twelve tablets.
George Smith discovered the Assyrian tablets in 1872.
One of the tables tells the exact same story as Noah and the Ark.
The names are different, but the facts are the same.
The Epic of Gilgamesh gives the Bible credibility and proof of its history.
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What is the Moabite Stone?
a. It tells of a war fought with Israel in 850 BC, in which Moab revolted against King Jehoram of the northern kingdom of Israel, as described in the Bible.
b. It is a story about the Ammonites that lived in Moab after they captured the land.
c. The stone tells the story of Moab, the grandson of Lot, and his descendants.
a. It tells of a war fought with Israel as described in the Bible. 2 Kings 3.
A missionary in Jerusalem found the stone tablet in 1868.
It is believed that King Mesha constructed it as a victory stone.
The Moabite story that shows that the Bible is real and accurate.
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Who wrote this statement around 77 AD?
“At this time there was a wise man called Jesus, and his conduct was good.
He was known to be virtuous.
Many people among the Jews and the other nations became his disciples.
Pilate sentenced him to death by crucifixion.
But those who would become his disciples did not abandon his discipleship.
They reported that he had appeared to them three days after his crucifixion and that he was alive.”
a. Josephus.
b. Shakespeare.
c. King of Judea.
a. Josephus.
Flavius Josephus was a Jewish historian.
He was from Jerusalem and born after the crucifixion of Jesus.
Josephus is considered the ultimate authority on the history of Israel and the Hebrews at the time of Jesus.
Josephus confirms that the Bible is real and gives an accurate depiction of the facts.
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Who wrote about the crucifixion of Jesus, his brother James, and the resurrection around 115 AD?
a. Charles Dickens.
b. Cornelius Tacitus.
c. Socrates.
b. Cornelius Tacitus.
He is considered the greatest Roman historian.
Tacitus was a politician who reached high ranks.
He wrote that Nero blamed the Christians for burning Rome, when we know Nero was partially responsible.
Tacitus described the Romans' persecution and hatred of the Christians, including the hanging of their disciples on crosses.
The Bible tells the same story, giving authentication of the Bible's existence.
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Who wrote these words in the second century?
“The Christians, you know, worship a man to this day—the distinguished personage who introduced their novel rites and was crucified on that account. You see, these misguided creatures start with the general conviction that they are immortal for all time... and deny the gods of Greece and worship the crucified sage.”
a. Martin Luther King.
b. Lucian of Samosata.
c. Homer, the Greek writer.
b. Lucian of Samosata.
He was a very sarcastic writer and loved to ridicule the Christians.
Lucian is considered the original comedic writer for his satirical works that often mocked people, particularly Christians.
His writings are important because he acknowledges the existence of the Christians and their leaders.
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How long were the Israelites (Hebrews) held captive by Egypt?
a. Forty Years.
b. Four Hundred Years.
c. They were held for a millennium.
b. Four hundred years.
Genesis 15:13.
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How tall was Goliath?
a. 6 feet tall, big for people of the time.
b. He was 6 cubits and a span in height.
c. The Bible describes him as 6 yards tall.
b. He was 6 cubits and a span in height.
This length translates to approximately 10 feet.
The Bible describes these tall people as Nephilim.
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Are unicorns mentioned in the King James Bible?
a. Yes.
b. No.
c. Yes and no.
c. Yes and no.
In the early printings of the King James Bible, the Greek Septuagint was mistranslated.
The translators mistranslated wild oxen as unicorns.
Later printed versions of the Bible corrected unicorn to read oxen.
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Name one of the two men who killed 300 men with his spear at one time.
a. Samson.
b. Gideon.
c. Jashobeam, King David's chief captain.
c. Jashobeam, King David's chief captain.
1 Chronicles 11:11
Also Abishai, the brother of Joab.
1 Chronicles 11:20
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Who did God want to kill because his son was not circumcised?
a.Jacob.
b. Moses.
c. Abraham.
b. Moses.
Exodus 4:24-26
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Who was 2 years older than his father?
a. Jehoram.
b. Joseph.
c. Lot.
a. Jehoram.
Jehoram was 32 years old when he began to reign.
The Bible says he reigned for eight years and died when he was 40 years old.
His youngest son, Ahaziah, began to reign right after him at the age of 42, after Jehoram died at 40.
2 Chronicles 22:1-2
Doing the math shows that the son, Ahaziah, was two years older than his father.
2 Chronicles 21:20, 2 Chronicles 22:1-2
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Who named every animal on the earth?
a. Noah.
b. Adam.
c. God.
b. Adam.
Genesis 2:20.
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God forbids humans to swear. Did God ever swear?
a. No.
b. Yes.
c. Maybe.
d. I don't know.
d. I don't know.
Here is what the Bible says: "By myself I have sworn; my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked; before me every knee will bow; by me every tongue will swear."
Isaiah 45:23
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Who fought over the dead body of Moses?
a. The devil and the archangel Michael.
b. Aaron and Miriam.
c. Aaron and Joshua.
a. The devil and the archangel Michael.
"But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
Jude 1:9
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What did Jesus do on the Sabbath that upset the Pharisees?
a. He preached outside the temple, and all the people left the temple to hear him talk.
b. He healed the withered hand of a man who was in the synagogue.
c. Jesus baptized some followers in the temple.
b. He healed the withered hand of a man.
Matthew 12:8-13
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What happened to Jesus after he killed the herd of pigs by sending devils into them and causing them to enter the water and drown?
a. The “whole city” asked him to leave.
b. The owners of the pigs threw stones at Jesus.
c. The devils left the pigs upon entering the water and attacked Jesus.
a. The “whole city” asks him to leave.
"I don’t blame them," said Jesus.
Matthew 8:34
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What verse of the Bible is missing in the original manuscripts and added later by the printers?
a. Matthew 17:21.
b. Last verse of the Bible.
c. The first verse of the Bible.
a. Matthew 17:21
Read about it.
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What Bible did Shakespeare use?
a. Vulgate.
b. Geneva.
c. King James.
b. Geneva.
Shakespeare and the first pilgrims to America used the popular Geneva Bible.
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Who was the widow in Bethulia that seduced General Holofernes of the invading Persian army in his tent, getting him drunk, and then decapitating him with his sword?
a. Judith.
b. Jezebel.
c. Ester.
a. Judith.
She put the head in a bag, took it to the city gates, and showed it to the invading army, scaring them off.
The story is found in the Book of Judith in the Apocrypha.
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Which of the following animals do not appear in the Bible?
a. House cat.
b. Alligator.
c. Dog.
a. House cat.
Over 100 animals are mentioned in the Bible, including hippopotami, crocodiles, hartebeests, cheetahs, bears, lions, donkeys, asses, camels, wolves, sheep, cattle, pigs, leopards, bears, hyenas, and jackals, but no cats.
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About how many religious manuscripts are not included in the standard modern Christian Bible?
a. Fourteen.
b. Fifty-four.
c. Seventy-five.
c. Seventy-five.
The standard Christian Bible has 66 books.
One website claims that the Bible omits 75 additional books.
The Apocrypha is a set of books added to some Bibles from those seventy-five.
The books included in the Apocrypha vary depending on the particular Bible used and the Christian denomination.
The standard Apocrypha has fourteen books and sometimes fifteen.
The extended Apocrypha can have up to fifty-four books.
My source.
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Who had the most wives and concubines in the Bible?
a. Abraham.
b. King Solomon.
c. King David.
b. King Solomon.
He had 700 wives and 300 concubines.
Kings 11:1-6
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What does Adam's name mean in Old Hebrew?
a. First human.
b. My creation.
c. The ground.
c. The ground.
This information is according to Chilton, Bruce, et al.
The Cambridge Companion to the Bible.
New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
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Out of the things listed below, which did not happen at the moment of Jesus' resurrection?
a. The thick curtain in the nearby temple ripped in half.
b. The moon stood still until the morning.
c. Bodies came out of their graves.
d. Darkness fell over Israel.
b. The moon stood still at night.
Matthew 27:45–56
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What chapter of the Bible starts each of its 22 sections with a different letter of the Hebrew alphabet?
a. Psalm 119:
b. Proverbs 113:
c. Deuteronomy 26:
a. Psalm 119.
Each of its 22 sections begins with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Each section contains 8 verses that start with the same letter.
It is also the longest Psalm in the Bible.
Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the light.
No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 14:6