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All 30 bible trivia questions, with answers

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1. 1. What is the first book of the Bible?

   • Exodus
   • Genesis
   • Psalms
   • Matthew
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   Genesis. The name comes from the Greek for 'origin' or 'beginning'.

2. 2. Who built the ark?

   • Moses
   • Abraham
   • Noah
   • Jacob
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   Noah. Genesis gives its dimensions in cubits — roughly 450 feet long.

3. 3. How long did it rain during the great flood?

   • 7 days
   • 12 days
   • 40 days and 40 nights
   • 100 days
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   40 days and 40 nights. Forty is a recurring biblical number: Moses on Sinai, Israel in the wilderness, and Jesus in the desert all involve forty.

4. 4. Who led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt?

   • Joshua
   • Moses
   • Aaron
   • David
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   Moses. Moses was raised in Pharaoh's own household after being found in a basket on the Nile.

5. 5. How many commandments did God give Moses?

   • 7
   • 10
   • 12
   • 15
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   10. Exodus says they were written on two stone tablets — which Moses shattered on seeing the golden calf.

6. 6. What weapon did David use to defeat Goliath?

   • A sword
   • A spear
   • A sling and stone
   • A bow
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   A sling and stone. David refused King Saul's armor and picked five smooth stones from a stream — he only needed one.

7. 7. Which strongman's power was linked to his hair?

   • Samson
   • Gideon
   • Saul
   • Elijah
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   Samson. Delilah had his head shaved while he slept, and his strength left him — until his hair grew back.

8. 8. Who was swallowed by a great fish?

   • Elisha
   • Jonah
   • Jeremiah
   • Amos
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   Jonah. He spent three days and nights inside it after fleeing God's call to preach in Nineveh.

9. 9. In what town was Jesus born?

   • Nazareth
   • Jerusalem
   • Bethlehem
   • Capernaum
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   Bethlehem. The prophet Micah had named Bethlehem as the Messiah's birthplace centuries earlier.

10. 10. How many apostles did Jesus choose?

    • 7
    • 10
    • 12
    • 14
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    12. After Judas's death, the remaining eleven cast lots and chose Matthias to restore the number.

11. 11. What is the last book of the Bible?

    • Jude
    • Malachi
    • Acts
    • Revelation
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    Revelation. It was written by a man named John while exiled on the Greek island of Patmos.

12. 12. Who betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver?

    • Peter
    • Thomas
    • Judas Iscariot
    • Barabbas
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    Judas Iscariot. He identified Jesus to the soldiers with a kiss in the Garden of Gethsemane.

13. 13. What was Jesus' first miracle?

    • Walking on water
    • Turning water into wine
    • Feeding the 5,000
    • Healing a leper
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    Turning water into wine. It happened at a wedding in Cana — and the steward marveled that the best wine came last.

14. 14. What is the shortest verse in the Bible?

    • 'Jesus wept.'
    • 'Pray continually.'
    • 'Rejoice always.'
    • 'God is love.'
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    'Jesus wept.'. John 11:35 — two words in English, at the tomb of his friend Lazarus.

15. 15. What was the name of the garden where Adam and Eve lived?

    • Gethsemane
    • Eden
    • Canaan
    • Goshen
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    Eden. Genesis names four rivers flowing from it, including the Tigris and the Euphrates.

16. 16. Who was thrown into the lions' den?

    • Daniel
    • Joseph
    • Ezekiel
    • Nehemiah
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    Daniel. He was thrown in for praying to God despite the king's decree — and emerged without a scratch.

17. 17. Who received a coat of many colors from his father?

    • Benjamin
    • Reuben
    • Joseph
    • Judah
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    Joseph. His jealous brothers sold him into slavery in Egypt — where he rose to second-in-command to Pharaoh.

18. 18. Which book of the Bible has the most chapters?

    • Genesis
    • Isaiah
    • Psalms
    • Jeremiah
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    Psalms. Psalms has 150 chapters, including Psalm 117, the shortest chapter, and Psalm 119, the longest.

19. 19. Who denied knowing Jesus three times?

    • John
    • Peter
    • Andrew
    • Philip
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    Peter. Jesus had predicted it: 'before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.'

20. 20. Which three men were thrown into the fiery furnace?

    • Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
    • Peter, James, and John
    • Cain, Abel, and Seth
    • Shem, Ham, and Japheth
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    Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. King Nebuchadnezzar saw a fourth figure walking in the flames with them, and they emerged unburned.

21. 21. What was the apostle Paul's name before his conversion?

    • Silas
    • Simon
    • Saul
    • Stephen
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    Saul. He was blinded by a light on the road to Damascus while traveling to arrest Christians.

22. 22. With what did Jesus feed the crowd of five thousand?

    • Five loaves and two fish
    • Seven loaves and three fish
    • Two loaves and five fish
    • Bread and wine
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    Five loaves and two fish. Twelve baskets of leftovers were collected afterward — one detail all four Gospels record.

23. 23. On which mountain did Moses receive the Ten Commandments?

    • Mount Ararat
    • Mount Nebo
    • Mount Carmel
    • Mount Sinai
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    Mount Sinai. Moses spent forty days and nights on the mountain — twice.

24. 24. Whose wife was turned into a pillar of salt?

    • Abraham's
    • Lot's
    • Isaac's
    • Noah's
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    Lot's. She looked back at the destruction of Sodom after being warned not to.

25. 25. Who is the oldest person named in the Bible?

    • Adam
    • Noah
    • Methuselah
    • Abraham
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    Methuselah. Genesis records his age as 969 years — hence the phrase 'old as Methuselah'.

26. 26. How did the walls of Jericho fall?

    • An earthquake
    • The Israelites marched around them and blew trumpets
    • A siege engine
    • Fire from heaven
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    The Israelites marched around them and blew trumpets. They marched once a day for six days, then seven times on the seventh day before the shout.

27. 27. Who baptized Jesus?

    • Peter
    • John the Baptist
    • James
    • Andrew
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    John the Baptist. It happened in the Jordan River — and John protested that Jesus should be baptizing him.

28. 28. Who committed the first murder in the Bible?

    • Cain
    • Abel
    • Lamech
    • Esau
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    Cain. Cain killed his brother Abel out of jealousy over their offerings — and answered God with 'Am I my brother's keeper?'

29. 29. Which king proposed cutting a disputed baby in half to find its true mother?

    • David
    • Saul
    • Solomon
    • Hezekiah
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    Solomon. The real mother offered to give the child up rather than see it harmed — which is how Solomon knew.

30. 30. Who was Ruth's devoted mother-in-law?

    • Naomi
    • Esther
    • Hannah
    • Deborah
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    Naomi. Ruth's pledge — 'where you go I will go' — was made to Naomi, and Ruth became an ancestor of King David.

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