Easy Bible Character Quiz with Answers.

1. Who founded the Judaism religion?
   a. Abraham.
   b. Adam.
   c. Jesus.
   
   a. Abraham.
   Abraham is the founding father of the original Hebrew religion of Judaism, which started in Judah.
   
    

2. Who is the Messiah?
   a. Abraham.
   b. Elijah.
   c. Jesus.
   
   c. Jesus.
   Jesus is known as the Messiah, or anointed one, who delivers the sinful ones from their sin.
   
    

3. Who was king when Jesus was born?
   a. Solomon.
   b. Herod.
   c. Saul.
   
   b. Herod.
   Herod the Great was king when Jesus was born.
   He wanted to kill Jesus.
   
    

4. Who despised the disciples but was converted while traveling to Damascus?
   a. Judas.
   b. Saul.
   c. John.
   
   b. Saul.
   Saul of Tarsus saw to the killing of many believers.
   While traveling to Damascus, he was met by a heavenly being most people believe was Jesus.
   The encounter resulted in Saul becoming a believer and an apostle.
   Saul's name was changed to Paul.
   
    

5. Who brought gold, myrrh, and frankincense to young Jesus?
   a. Shepherds.
   b. Priests.
   c. Magi.
   
   c. Magi.
   An unknown number of wise and educated men, known as the Magi, came to visit Jesus sometime after his birth.
   A star in the east guided them.
   They brought three expensive gifts.
   Tradition assumes that if there were 3 gifts, there must have been 3 Magi.
   
    

6. Who built a giant boat called the Ark?
   a. Adam.
   b. Noah.
   c. Moses.
   
   b. Noah.
   Noah received instructions to construct a massive boat.
   The purpose was to save humanity and the animal world from the destruction of the world that was coming in a massive flood.
   
    

7. How many people were on the Ark?
   a. Two.
   b. Four.
   c. Eight.
   
   c. Eight.
   Eight people were on the Ark.
   Noah, his wife, his three sons, and their wives were on the Ark.
   
    

8. Who did God transport to Nineveh using a big fish?
   a. Jonah.
   b. Daniel.
   c. David.
   
   a. Jonah.
   God commanded Jonah to go to Nineveh to deliver a message.
   Jonah tried to run away.
   God dispatched a large fish to carry Jonah.
   The trip took 3 days.
   The fish spit Jonah out on the beach near Nineveh.
   
    

9. Who was thrown into a lion's den?
   a. Jonah.
   b. Daniel.
   c. David.
   
   b. Daniel.
   Daniel was forced into a lion's den at the command of King Darius, the Mede.
   Darius was tricked into giving the order by his jealous underlings.
   
    

10. Which prophet did God take up to heaven in a fiery chariot?
    a. Enoch.
    b. Moses.
    c. Elijah.
    
    c. Elijah.
    Elijah did not die.
    Something resembling a fiery chariot transported Elijah directly to heaven.
    Elisha was with him at the time and assumed Elijah's ministry.
    
     

11. What did God give Moses when he was on Mount Sinai?
    a. A staff with a serpent's head.
    b. The Ten Commandments.
    c. The Beatitudes.
    
    b. Ten Commandments.
    Moses received two stone tablets during the 40 days he was with God.
    They contained the original Ten Commandments.
    God himself engraved them with his finger.
    
     

12. How many sets of the commandments did God make for Moses?
    a. One.
    b. Two.
    c. Three.
    
    b. Two.
    Moses brought down the first set of tablets, and upon his arrival at the camp, he witnessed the Israelites having a party, and they were worshiping a golden calf idol.
    Moses was so angry that he threw the commandments to the ground and broke them into pieces.
    Moses had to trek back up the mountain to ask God to create a second set of tablets.
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13. How did Aaron explain to Moses about how and why the golden calf was made?
    a. "An angel came and told us to make a golden idol."
    b. "The devil showed up and forced us to make a golden calf."
    c. "There was this fire, and the people threw some gold into it, and out came this calf."
    
    c. There was this fire.
    People threw some gold into it, and out came this calf."
    Really!
    Exodus 32:24
    
     

14. When she looked back at Gomorrah, she turned into a pillar of salt.
    a. Eve.
    b. Ruth.
    c. Lot's wife.
    
    c. Lot's wife.
    Lot's wife disobeyed God.
    She looked back at Gomorrah as it was being destroyed by God.
    
     

15. Who slew 1,000 Philistines with a single blow to the jawbone?
    a. David, who faced the Philistines during a battle.
    b. Samson, after the Israelites gave him to the Philistines.
    c. Steven, the disciple, after the Sanhedrin came to stone him.
    
    b. Samson.
    Samson killed 1,000 Philistines out of revenge for them killing his wife.
    
     

16. His jealous brothers sold him into slavery because of a coat.
    a. Esau.
    b. Joseph.
    c. Benjamin.
    
    b. Joseph.
    His jealous brothers sold Joseph into slavery to an Egyptian guard named Potiphar.
    Joseph became a powerful leader in Egypt, serving directly under the Pharaoh.
    
     

17. This fellow used a sling and smooth stone to kill a giant.
    a. Samson.
    b. Daniel.
    c. David.
    
    c. David
    David went to the battlefront when he was a young shepherd to take food and drink.
    While there, he heard the blasphemous shouting of the Philistine giant Goliath.
    David decided to answer the giant's challenge.
    He attacked the giant with a sling and a smooth stone.
    After David slayed Goliath, David chopped the giant's head off with the giant's sword.
    
     

18. Who betrayed Jesus to the religious mob on the night of His arrest?
    a. Simon.
    b. Thomas.
    c. Judas Iscariot.
    
    c. Judas Iscariot.
    As Jesus predicted at the Last Supper, Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus.
    Judas identified Jesus with a kiss when the religious mob came to the Garden of Gethsemane to arrest Jesus.
    
     

19. What was King Daniel's first occupation?
    a. Prophet of God.
    b. Captain of the guard.
    c. Shepherd for his father.
    
    c. Shepherd for his father.
    
     

20. What happened to Judas Iscariot after the mob took Jesus away?
    a. He fled to Egypt.
    b. He committed suicide.
    c. The disciples slew him.
    
    b. He committed suicide.
    The Bible says his guts spewed out.
    
     

21. This man denied knowing Jesus three times on the night of Jesus' arrest.
    a. Paul.
    b. Peter.
    c. Judas.
    
    b. Peter.
    Even though Peter said he would never deny Jesus, he did so on the night of Jesus' arrest.
    At the Last Supper, Jesus predicted Peter would deny him three times before the cock crowed in the morning.
    
     

22. This person watched as Moses floated among the reeds along the riverbank.
    a. The mother of Moses.
    b. The brother of Moses.
    c. The sister of Moses.
    
    c. The sister of Moses.
    Moses' mother hid him for three months.
    Fearing for his life, she put Moses into a basket and placed it on the river.
    She hoped that the royal court would find Moses and spare his life.
    Moses' sister, Miriam, followed along the riverbank.
    Pharaoh's daughter found and adopted Moses.
    Pharaoh's daughter, without knowing, hired Moses' biological mother as his nursemaid.
    Pharaoh's court and family did not know that the nursemaid was the biological mother.
    
     

23. Jesus brought this man back to life after being dead for four days.
    a. Andrew.
    b. Lazarus.
    c. Nicodemus.
    
    b. Lazarus.
    Lazarus was Jesus' friend who had died.
    Jesus deliberately waited four days before raising Lazarus back to life to demonstrate God's power.
    
     

24. Who is the oldest person in the Bible?
    a. Methuselah.
    b. Noah.
    c. Adam.
    
    a. Methuselah.
    Methuselah was 969 years old when he died.
    Noah lived to be 950 years old.
    Adam lived to be 930 years old.
    
     

25. Who killed Abel because of jealousy?
    a. Cain.
    b. Seth.
    c. Adam.
    
    a. Cain.
    Abel's older brother, Cain, was jealous of him and killed him.
    Cain was upset because God seemed to favor Abel's animal sacrifice more than Cain's crop sacrifice.
    
     

26. Where was Jesus born?
    a. Galilee.
    b. Nazareth.
    c. Bethlehem.
    
    c. Bethlehem.
    Jesus was born just outside Bethlehem in an animal shelter.
    After he was born, he was wrapped in swaddling clothes and placed in an animal feeding trough called a manger.
    
     

27. How many criminals were crucified with Jesus?
    a. One.
    b. Two.
    c. Three.
    
    b. Two.
    At the crucifixion, two criminals were also on the cross.
    There was one criminal on either side of Jesus.
    Jesus told one of them that he would see him in paradise.
    
     

28. Who baptized Jesus?
    a. Caiaphas the Priest.
    b. His cousin John.
    c. Friar Tuck.
    
    b. His cousin John.
    The cousin of Jesus, John the Baptist, baptized Jesus in the River Jordan.
    The Holy Spirit descended upon Jesus after the baptism.
    God spoke and said he was well pleased.
    John lived in the wilderness, ate locusts and honey, and wore fur-skin clothes.
    
     

29. What city did Jesus grow up in?
    a. Damascus.
    b. Jerusalem.
    c. Nazareth.
    
    c. Nazareth.
    Jesus lived in Nazareth as a child and until he started his ministry.
    
     

30. This prophet led the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery.
    a. Samson.
    b. Moses.
    c. Noah.
    
    b. Moses.
    Moses was chosen by God to lead the enslaved Hebrews out of Egypt.
    His brother Aaron was his spokesman, and Joshua was his right-hand man.
    
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    "He saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.

He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit."
Titus 3:1-11