Below are over 120 Bible trivia questions with their answers to test your knowledge of God’s Word.
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1) Of what wood was Noah’s Ark made?
A. Gopher wood
B. Acacia wood
C. Cedar of Lebanon
D. Carob wood
ANSWER: Gopher wood (Gen 6:14)
2) How long was Noah’s ark?
A. 500 cubits
B. 100 cubits
C. 300 cubits
D. 250 cubits
ANSWER: 300 cubits (Gen 6:15)
3) For how long did the flood rain fall?
A. 80 days and nights
B. 12 days and nights
C. 107 days and nights
D. 40 days and 40 nights
ANSWER: 40 days and 40 nights (Gen 7:12)
4) How long did the flood cover the earth?
A. 19 days
B. 150 days
C. 50 days
D. 15 days
ANSWER: 150 days (Gen 7:24)
5) How old was Joseph when his brethren sold him into slavery?
A. 69
B. 23
C. 17
D. 90
ANSWER: 17 (Gen 37:2)
6) What are the names of Joseph’s two sons?
A. John and Mark
B. Cain and Abel
C. Ephraim and Manasseh
D. Dan and Naphtali
ANSWER: Ephraim and Manasseh (Gen 41:51–52)
7) How long did Moses’s mother hide him to escape the death verdict of Pharaoh?
A. 13 months
B. 10 months
C. 3 months
D. 7 months
ANSWER: 3 months (Exod 2:2)
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8) Who was Moses’s father-in-law?
A. Laban
B. Mordechai
C. Jethro
D. Cyrus
ANSWER: Jethro (Exod 3:1)
9) What was the name of Aaron’s (Moses’s brother) wife?
A. Elisheba
B. Miriam
C. Zipporah
D. Deborah
ANSWER: Elisheba (Exod 6:23)
10) How old was Moses when he gave God’s message to Pharaoh: “Let my people go”?
A. 80 years
B. 18 years
C. 13 years
D. 39 years
ANSWER 80 years (Exod 7:7)
11) What was the first of the ten plagues in Egypt?
A. Frogs
B. Water turned into blood
C. Plague of lice
D. Darkness
ANSWER: Water turned into blood (Exod 7:20)
12) Where was Moses buried?
A. In Canaan
B. In a cave
C. In the valley of Moab
D. In the desert
ANSWER: In the valley of Moab (Deut 34:6)
13) What was the height of Goliath? In other words, how giant was this giant?
A. Six cubits and a span
B. Seven cubits and two spans
C. Nine cubits and a span
D. Five cubits and three spans
ANSWER: Six cubits and a span (1 Sam 17:4)
14) When Saul was pursuing David, in which cave did David seek refuge?
A. Cave at Makkedah
B. Cave of Machpelah
C. Cave of Adullam
D. Dambulla Cave
ANSWER Cave of Adullam (1 Sam 22:1)
15) Who was the chief of the three mighty men of David?
A. Jonathan
B. Benaiah
C. Josheb-basshebeth
D. Abishai
ANSWER: Josheb-basshebeth (2 Sam 23:8)
16) How did Paul escape Damascus when the Jews were trying to kill him?
A. He was let down from the city walls in a basket
B. An angel lifted him out
C. An earthquake created the means of escape
D. Silas came to his rescue
ANSWER: He was let down from the city walls in a basket (Acts 9:25)
17) Where was Paul stoned?
A. Melita
B. Damascus
C. Galilee
D. Lystra
ANSWER: Lystra (Acts 14:19)
18) Where was an altar erected “to the unknown God”?
A. Athens
B. Capernaum
C. Thessalonica
D. Jericho
ANSWER Athens (Acts 17:22–23)
19) What Athenian judge was converted under Paul’s preaching?
A. Eunice
B. Candace
C. Eubulus
D. Dionysius
ANSWER: Dionysius (Acts 17:34)
20) Prior to raising Eutychus from the dead, Paul preached a lengthy sermon. At what hour did he end his sermon?
A. Early morning
B. Mid afternoon
C. Late evening
D. Midnight
ANSWER Midnight (Acts 20:7)
21) What was the total number of the children of Israel that went down to Egypt?
A. 1000
B. 70
C. 53
D. 560
ANSWER: 70 (Gen 46:27)
22) Upon what mountain was Israel cursed for disobedience?
A. Mount Moriah
B. Mount Zion
C. Mount Carmel
D. Mount Ebal
ANSWER Mount Ebal (Deut 27:13)
23) By whom were the children of Israel carried captive into Assyria?
A. Nebuchadnezzar
B. Tiglathpileser
C. Darius
D. Ahaz
ANSWER Tiglathpileser (2 Kgs 15:29)
24) What were Solomon’s other names?
A. Jedediah and Lemuel
B. Joab and Lemuel
C. Jedediah and Joab
D. Lemuel and Jeremiah
ANSWER Jedediah and Lemuel (2 Sam 12:25; Prov 31:1)
25) What king was guilty of idolatry in making two golden calves and commanding the people to worship them?
A. Jeroboam
B. Jehu
C. Ahab
D. Joram
ANSWER
26) Who was the most wicked king of Israel?
A. Ahab
B. Abimelech
C. Manasseh
D. Menahem
ANSWER Ahab (1 Kgs 21:25)
27) What two kings disguised themselves before going into battle, and were both slain by archers?
A. Ahab and Zedekiah
B. Enosh and Zedekiah
C. Japeth and Josiah
D. Ahab and Josiah
ANSWER: Ahab and Josiah (1 Kings 22:34; 2 Chron 35:22)
28) What king was killed by his own sons?
A. Manasseh
B. Sennacherib
C. Ahaz
D. Ahab
ANSWER: Sennacherib (2 Kgs 19:36)
29) What king of Judah was overtaken by an invading army and had his eyes put out?
A. Zedekiah
B. Jehoram
C. Abijah
D. Rehoboam
ANSWER: Zedekiah (2 Kgs 25:7)
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30) What king’s name meant peaceable?
A. Manasseh
B. Josiah
C. Solomon
D. David
ANSWER: Solomon (1 Chron 22:9)
31) Who was made king of Judah at seven years of age after having been hidden for six years?
A. Jehoshaphat
B. Hosea
C. Joash
D. Ahaz
ANSWER: Joash (2 Chron 23:11)
32) What king did God smite with leprosy?
A. Athaliah
B. Jehoram
C. Amaziah
D. Uzziah
ANSWER: Uzziah (2 Chron 26:19)
33) What king of Israel followed heathen practices by burning his children in the fire?
A. Abimelech
B. Ahab
C. Menahem
D. Ahaz
ANSWER: Ahaz (2 Chron 28:3)
34) What king was on the throne of Judah when he was only eight years old?
A. Adonibezek
B. Jehoiachin
C. Joash
D. David
ANSWER: Jehoiachin (2 Chron 36:9)
35) What was the name of the king of Judah who had his eyes put out and then was imprisoned for life?
A. Zedekiah
B. Absalom
C. Jehoshaphat
D. Abimelech
ANSWER: Zedekiah (Jer 52:11)
36) Who prophesied that Judah should be carried captive into Babylon?
A. Zechariah
B. Nahum
C. Jeremiah
D. Haggai
ANSWER: Jeremiah (Jer 20:4)
37) Which of the prophets was carried captive to Babylon?
A. Ezekiel
B. Malachi
C. Nehemiah
D. Zechariah
ANSWER: Ezekiel (Ezek 1:1)
38) What prophet was suspended between earth and heaven by a lock of his hair?
A. Isaiah
B. Ezekiel
C. Joel
D. Jeremiah
ANSWER: Ezekiel (Ezek 8:3)
39) Who took Judas’s place among the twelve?
A. Matthias
B. Stephen
C. Jude
D. Paul
ANSWER: Matthias (Acts 1:23)
40) Which of the apostles first suffered martyrdom?
A. Andrew
B. Stephen
C. James
D. Paul
ANSWER: James (Acts 12:2)
41) What were the first words God spoke to man?
A. Rule the earth
B. Fill the earth
C. Be fruitful and multiply
D. Love your neighbor
ANSWER: Be fruitful and multiply (Gen 1:28)
42) What is the meaning of Jehovah Shammah?
A. Jehova is there (Ezek 48:35)
B. Jehova is here
C. Jehova is near
D. Jehova is with us
ANSWER: Jehova is there (Ezek 48:35)
43) How did God manifest his presence at the dedication of the temple?
A. Fire came down from heaven
B. A cloud came from heaven
C. Rain came from heaven
D. A thunder came from heaven
ANSWER: Fire came down from heaven (2 Chron 7:1)
44) On what three occasions are we expressly told that Jesus wept?
A. In Gethsemane and twice in Bethlehem
B. Over Jerusalem and twice in Nazareth
C. At the grave of Lazarus, over Jerusalem, and in Gethsemane
D. At the grave of Lazarus, over Jerusalem, and in Bethlehem
ANSWER: At the grave of Lazarus, over Jerusalem, and in Gethsemane (John 11:33; Luke 19:41; Heb 5:7)
45) Quote the first and last words of Jesus while on earth?
A. “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life”; and, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
B. “Why were you searching for me? Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?”; and, “It is finished”
C. “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind”; and, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit”
D. “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life”; and, “It is finished.”
ANSWER: “Why were you searching for me? Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?”; and, “It is finished” (Luke 2:49; John 19:30).
46) Who delivered Israel by killing 600 Philistines with an ox goad?
A. David
B. Jonathan
C. Shamgar
D. Samson
ANSWER: Shamgar (Judg 3:31)
47) What is the whole duty of man, according to the Scriptures?
A. Be fruitful and multiply
B. Love your enemies
C. Take care of the earth
D. Fear God and keep his commandments
ANSWER: Fear God and keep his commandments (Eccl 12:13)
48) Who was the first Christian martyr?
A. Stephen
B. Peter
C. John
D. Paul
ANSWER: Stephen (Acts 7:58)
49) Who lost their lives for using “strange” fire?
A. Nadab and Abihu
B. Jacob and Esau
C. Ahab and Zedekiah
D. Sisera and Barek
ANSWER: Nadab and Abihu (Lev 9:24; 10:1–2)
50) What man of Israel was stoned for blaspheming God?
A. The son of Isaac
B. Methuselah
C. The son of Shelomith
D. Kenan
ANSWER: The son of Shelomith (Lev 24:10–11)
51) Which three men were swallowed alive in a pit?
A. Korah, Dathan, Hadad
B. Jetur, Dathan, Abiram
C. Korah, Dathan, Abiram
D. Korah, Dathan, Rachab
ANSWER: Korah, Dathan, Abiram (Num 26:9–10)
52) What tribe had no inheritance in the land of promise?
A. Reubenites
B. Levites
C. Gadites
D. Manassa
ANSWER: Levites (Deut 8:1, 5)
53) What woman upon the death of her son, the king of Judah, murdered her grandchildren and usurped the kingdom?
A. Jezebel
B. Rahab
C. Athaliah
D. Anna
ANSWER: Athaliah (2 Chron 22:10)
54) What man, although warned, invited his murderer to a feast?
A. Jesse
B. Gedaliah
C. Gideon
D. Dan
ANSWER: Gedaliah (Jer 40:14)
55) How many Philistines did Samson slay with a jaw bone?
A. 1,000
B. 40
C. 666
D. 2,000
ANSWER: 1,000 (Judg 15:15)
56) What warrior fought so long and desperately that his hand was stuck to the hilt of his sword?
A. Elijah
B. Jabez
C. Eleazar
D. Cush
ANSWER: Eleazar (2 Sam 23:10)
57) Who was in command of the largest army recorded in the Bible?
A. Zedekiah
B. Ahab
C. Asa
D. Amon
ANSWER: Asa (2 Chron 14:9): This comprised 300,000 men from Judah and 280,000 men from Benjamin.
58) What was the garden of Eden guarded with to prevent future access to the tree of life?
A. A pillar of fire
B. A cherubim and a flaming sword
C. A giant wall
D. Leviathan
ANSWER: A cherubim and a flaming sword (Gen 3:24)
59) What is the first city mentioned in the Bible?
A. Babylon
B. Nineveh
C. Enoch
D. Sodom
ANSWER: Enoch (Gen 4:17)
60) What is the name of the city to which Lot escaped at the destruction of Sodom?
A. Golon
B. Zoar
C. Silo
D. Cabul
ANSWER: Zoar (Gen 19:23)
61) How many cities were given to the Levites for their use?
A. 56
B. 48
C. 34
D. 99
ANSWER: 48 (Josh 21:11)
62) Which two men hid in a well to save their lives?
A. Jonathan and Ahimaaz
B. Gideon and Phurah
C. Saul and Jonathan
D. David and Jonathan
ANSWER: Jonathan and Ahimaaz (2 Sam 17:17–19)
62) What queen of Bible times is described by the adjective “that wicked woman”?
A. Lydia
B. Esther
C. Athaliah
D. Jezebel
ANSWER: Athaliah (2 Chron 24:7)
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63) “Labour not to be __“
Answer: rich (Proverbs 23:4)
64) “For the price of wisdom is __“
Answer: “Above rubies (Job 28:18)
65) “The light of the body is____________”
Answer: The eye (Matthew 6:22)
66) “Avoid foolish , and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the ; for they are unprofitable and vain.”
Answer: Questions, law (Titus 3:9)
67) “Sanctify them through thy : thy word is .”
Answer: Truth (John 17:17)
68) “By faith _ blessed and _ concerning things to come”
Answer: Isaac, Jacob, Esau (Hebrews 11:20).
69) “He that hath the son hath _ and he that hath not the son of God hath not _.”
Answer: Life (1 John 5:12)
70) Philip was instructed by an angel to go south from Jerusalem along a road that led to which city?
Answer: Gaza (Acts 8:26)
71) How long did Moses’s mother hide him to escape the death edict of Pharaoh?
A. 13 months
B. 10 months
C. 3 months (Exod 2:2)
D. 7 months
72) Who was Moses’s father-in-law?
A. Laban
B. Mordechai
C. Jethro (Exod 3:1)
D. Cyrus
73) What was the name of Aaron’s (Moses’s brother) wife?
A. Elisheba (Exod 6:23)
B. Miriam
C. Zipporah
D. Deborah
74) How old was Moses when he gave God’s message to Pharaoh: “Let my people go”?
A. 80 years (Exod 7:7)
B. 18 years
C. 13 years
D. 39 years
75) What was the first of the ten plagues in Egypt?
A. Frogs
B. Water turned into blood (Exod 7:20)
C. Plague of lice
D. Darkness
76) Where was Moses buried?
A. In Canaan
B. In a cave
C. In the valley of Moab (Deut 34:6)
D. In the desert
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77) What was the height of Goliath? In other words, how giant was this giant?
A. Six cubits and a span (1 Sam 17:4)
B. Seven cubits and two spans
C. Nine cubits and a span
D. Five cubits and three spans
78) When Saul was pursuing David, in which cave did David seek refuge?
A. Cave at Makkedah
B. Cave of Machpelah
C. Cave of Adullam (1 Sam 22:1)
D. Dambulla Cave
79) Who was the chief of the three mighty men of David?
A. Jonathan
B. Benaiah
C. Josheb-basshebeth (2 Sam 23:8)
D. Abishai
80) Who restored Paul’s sight after the Lord blinded him?
A. Peter
B. Luke
C. Ananias (Acts 9:17–18)
D. Matthew
81) How did Paul escape Damascus when the Jews were trying to kill him?
A. He was let down from the city walls in a basket (Acts 9:25)
B. An angel lifted him out
C. An earthquake created the means of escape
D. Silas came to his rescue
82) Where was Paul stoned?
A. Melita
B. Damascus
C. Galilee
D. Lystra (Acts 14:19)
83) Where was an altar erected “to the unknown God”?
A. Athens (Acts 17:22–23)
B. Capernaum
C. Thessalonica
D. Jericho
84) What Athenian judge was converted under Paul’s preaching?
A. Eunice
B. Candace
C. Eubulus
D. Dionysius (Acts 17:34)
85) What was Paul’s occupation?
A. Carpentry
B. Tentmaking (Acts 18:3)
C. Stonemasonry
D. Fishing
86) Prior to raising Eutychus from the dead, Paul preached a lengthy sermon. At what hour did he end his sermon?
A. Early morning
B. Mid afternoon
C. Late evening
D. Midnight (Acts 20:7)
87) What does Paul say is the fulfillment of the law?
A. Righteousness
B. Patience
C. Faith
D. Love (Rom 13:10)
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88) What was the total number of the children of Israel that went down to Egypt?
A. 1000
B. 70 (Gen 46:27)
C. 53
D. 560
89) How long were the children of Israel in Egypt?
A. 150 years
B. 40 years
C. 215 years
D. 666 years
90) How were the children of Israel guided in their forty years of wandering in the wilderness?
A. By a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night (Exod 13:21)
B. By the voice of God
C. By Moses
D. By Aaron’s rod
91) How long did the children of Israel journey in the wilderness of Shur before they found water?
A. 5 days
B. 15 days
C. 3 days (Exod 15:22)
D. 7 days
92) Upon what mountain was Israel cursed for disobedience?
A. Mount Moriah
B. Mount Zion
C. Mount Carmel
D. Mount Ebal (Deut 27:13)
93) By whom were the children of Israel carried captive into Assyria?
A. Nebuchadnezzar
B. Tiglathpileser (2 Kgs 15:29)
C. Darius
D. Ahaz
94) How long were the children of Israel in captivity?
A. 70 years (Jer 25:11)
B. 49 years
C. 59 years
D. 100 years
95) What were Solomon’s other names?
A. Jedediah and Lemuel (2 Sam 12:25 ; Prov 31:1)
B. Joab and Lemuel
C. Jedediah and Joab
D. Lemuel and Jeremiah
96) What king was guilty of idolatry in making two golden calves and commanding the people to worship them?
A. Jeroboam (1 Kgs 12:28)
B. Jehu
C. Joktan
D. Joram
97) Who was the most wicked king of Israel?
A. Ahab (1 Kgs 21:25)
B. Abimelech
C. Manasseh
D. Menahem
98) What two kings disguised themselves before going into battle, and were both slain by archers?
A. Ahab and Zedekiah
B. Enosh and Zedekiah
C. Japeth and Josiah
D. Ahab and Josiah (1 Kings 22:34 ; 2 Chron 35:22)
99) What king was killed by his own sons?
A. Manasseh
B. Sennacherib (2 Kgs 19:36)
C. Ahaz
D. Jotham
100) What king of Judah was overtaken by an invading army and had his eyes put out?
A. Zedekiah (2 Kgs 25:7)
B. Jehoram
C. Abijah
D. Rehoboam
101) What king’s name meant peaceable?
A. Manasseh
B. Josiah
C. Solomon (1 Chron 22:9)
D. David
102) Who was made king of Judah at seven years of age after having been hidden for six years?
A. Jehoshaphat
B. Hosea
C. Joash (2 Chron 23:11)
D. Ahaz
103) What king did God smite with leprosy?
A. Athaliah
B. Jehoram
C. Amaziah
D. Uzziah (2 Chron 26:19)
104) What king of Israel followed heathen practices by burning his children in the fire?
A. Abimelech
B. Ahab
C. Menahem
D. Ahaz (2 Chron 28:3)
105) What king was on the throne of Judah when he was only eight years old?
A. Adonibezek
B. Jehoiachin (2 Chron 36:9)
C. Joash
D. David
106) What was the name of the king of Judah who had his eyes put out and then was imprisoned for life?
A. Zedekiah (Jer 52:11)
B. Absalom
C. Jehoshaphat
D. Abimelech
107) What was the first prophecy?
A. The end of the age
B. The victory over Satan of the seed of the woman (Gen 3:15)
C. The second coming of Christ
D. The destruction of the temple
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108) What aged prophet’s hands were upheld by two persons and caused the armies of Israel to be victorious?
A. Elisha
B. Elijah
C. Moses (Exod 17:12)
D. Hosea
109) What prophet foretold the result of the ten tribes of Israel?
A. Isaiah
B. Nahum
C. Ahijah (1 Kgs 11:29)
D. Nehemiah
109) Who prophesied that Judah should be carried captive into Babylon?
A. Zechariah
B. Nahum
C. Jeremiah (Jer 20:4)
D. Haggai
110) Which of the prophets was carried captive to Babylon?
A. Ezekiel (Ezek 1:1)
B. Malachi
C. Nehemiah
D. Zechariah
111) What prophet was suspended between earth and heaven by a lock of his hair?
A. Daniel
B. Ezekiel (Ezek 8:3)
C. Joel
D. Elisha
112) What prophet was sent as a missionary to the Ninevites?
A. Jonah (Jonah 1:1–2)
B. Paul
C. Elon
D. Malachi
113) The destruction of Nineveh was the fulfillment of whose prophecy?
A. The prophet Jonah
B. The prophet Isaiah
C. The prophet Daniel
D. The prophet Nahum (Nah 3)
114) What was our Savior’s last command to his disciples?
A. Help widows and orphans
B. Love others
C. Make disciples of all the nations and baptize them (Matt 28:19)
D. Honor the Sabbath
115) Of whom did our Savior say, “I will make you fishers of men?”
A. Of Matthew, Peter, and Simeon
B. Of Simeon, Peter, and Andrew (Mark 1:17)
C. Of James, Peter, and Andrew
D. Of Thomas, Matthew, and Peter
116) What two distinct promises did our Savior make to his disciples when he was about to leave them?
A. The gift in heaven and his return
B. The salvation of their souls and the gift of the Comforter
C. The riches of the world and a place in heaven
D. The gift of the Comforter and his own personal return (John 12:16 , 19 , 22 , 28)
117) Which apostle told Christ he had left all to follow him?
A. Matthew
B. James
C. John
D. Peter (John 13:37)
118) Who took Judas’s place among the twelve?
A. Matthias (Acts 1:23)
B. Stephen
C. Jude
D. Paul
119) Which of the apostles first suffered martyrdom?
A. Andrew
B. Thomas
C. James (Acts 12:2)
D. Paul
120) What were the first words God spoke to man?
A. Rule the earth
B. Fill the earth
C. Be fruitful and multiply (Gen 1:28)
D. Love your neighbor
121) Who lost their lives for using “strange” fire?
A. Nadab and Abihu (Lev 9:24 ; 10:1–2)
B. Jacob and Esau
C. Ahab and Zedekiah
D. Sisera and Barek
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122) What man of Israel was stoned for blaspheming God?
A. The son of Isaac
B. Methuselah
C. The son of Shelomith (Lev 24:10–11)
D. Kenan
123) Which three men were swallowed alive in a pit?
A. Korah, Dathan, Hadad
B. Jetur, Dathan, Abiram
C. Korah, Dathan, Abiram (Num 26:9–10)
D. Korah, Dathan, Rachab
124) What tribe had no inheritance in the land of promise?
A. Reubenites
B. Levites (Deut 8:1 , 5)
C. Gadites
D. Manassa
125) Who was punished with death for touching the ark of God?
A. Caleb
B. Naaman
C. Uzza (1 Chron 13:9 , 13)
D. Obed
126) What woman upon the death of her son, the king of Judah, murdered her grandchildren and usurped the kingdom?
A. Jezebel
B. Rahab
C. Athaliah (2 Chron 22:10)
D. Anna
127) What man, although warned, invited his murderer to a feast?
A. Jesse
B. Gedaliah (Jer 40:14)
C. Gideon
D. Dan
128) What city was taken by stratagem and burned, with 12,000 women and children?
A. Nineveh
B. Thessalonica
C. Ai (Josh 8:5 , 25)
D. Bethel
129) How many Philistines did Samson slay with a jaw bone?
A. 1,000 (Judg 15:15)
B. 40
C. 666
D. 2,000
130) What warrior fought so long and desperately that his hand was stuck to the hilt of his sword?
A. Elijah
B. Jabez
C. Eleazar (2 Sam 23:10)
D. Cush
