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This Bible trivia quiz spans Genesis to Revelation in 150 free questions with answers: the patriarchs and the Exodus, kings and prophets, the life and parables of Jesus, the early church, and the geography and books of the Bible itself. Names and phrasing follow the King James Bible, so answers match what most people learned in Sunday school, and every question comes with the answer and a short explanation once you have picked. A dozen questions are written as 'Who am I?' riddles: a tax collector up a sycamore tree, a judge who chose 300 men by how they drank water, a cup-bearer who rebuilt a wall in 52 days, a prophet whose donkey talked back. They work as Bible trivia questions for adults at a church group or small-group night, as Bible trivia for teens and youth groups (no trick questions, no obscure genealogies), as a Sunday school or confirmation-class warm-up, and as a family game night where the grandparents finally get their revenge. Every answer has been verified against the text of Scripture and a reference source, and each question shows its explanation and citation once you have answered. Play the full set for a score you can share, then try the easier Bible Stories quiz or the harder one if you want more.
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Q 01In Luke's Christmas story, what was the newborn Jesus laid in?
A manger
A manger, an animals' feeding trough, because there was no room at the inn; only Luke tells it this way, and Matthew has the wise men find the child in a house.
Q 02How many days did God take to create the world according to Genesis?
6 days
6 days of work, then a seventh of rest: the Sabbath law copies the pattern, telling Israel to labour six days and stop on the seventh because that is what God did.
Q 03Who built the ark to survive the great flood?
Noah
Noah built the ark at God's command; as the flood ebbed he sent out a raven, then a dove that came back with a fresh olive leaf, proof that dry land had reappeared.
Q 04Who parted the Red Sea?
Moses
Moses stretched out his hand and the sea divided (Exodus 14); its Hebrew name, Yam Suph, is often read as 'Sea of Reeds', which is why scholars have long argued over which water was meant.
Q 05What were the names of the first man and woman according to the Bible?
Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve; she is simply 'the woman' until after the forbidden fruit is eaten, when Adam names her Eve because she would be 'the mother of all the living'.
Q 06Which disciple betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver?
Judas Iscariot
Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus; only Matthew's Gospel gives the price of thirty pieces of silver, and Matthew has Judas fling the coins back into the temple before hanging himself.
Q 07How many books make up the Protestant Bible?
66
The Protestant canon has 66 books, 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New; Catholic Bibles run to 73 because they include deuterocanonical books such as Tobit and Maccabees.
Q 08What is the last book of the Bible?
Revelation
Revelation closes the New Testament; it was among the last books accepted into the canon and was absent from the original Syriac Peshitta used by the Church of the East.
Q 09What was David's job when he volunteered to fight the giant Goliath?
Shepherd
Shepherd: David told the king he had killed lions and bears while guarding his father's sheep, then turned down royal armour and faced Goliath with a sling and five stones.
Q 10In which city was Jesus born?
Bethlehem
Bethlehem, on which Matthew and Luke agree; they differ on why the family was there—Matthew implies Joseph already lived there, while Luke has them travel from Nazareth for a census.
Q 11Which prayer, beginning 'Our Father', did Jesus teach his disciples?
The Lord's Prayer
The Lord's Prayer; in Luke, Jesus gives it because a disciple asks to be taught how to pray, though it is Matthew's longer wording that churches recite.
Q 12Who was swallowed by a great fish and spent three days inside it?
Jonah
The prophet Jonah was swallowed by a great fish (often depicted as a whale) after fleeing from God's command to preach to Nineveh. He spent three days and nights inside before being vomited onto dry land.
Q 13What is the shortest verse in the King James Bible?
Jesus wept.
Jesus wept (John 11:35) is the King James Bible's shortest verse, but not the shortest in the original Greek, where the verse behind 'Rejoice evermore' is two letters shorter.
Q 21What did God create on the first day according to Genesis?
Light
Light comes first, with day and night separated; the sky follows on day two, Earth, seas and vegetation on day three, and the Sun and Moon only on day four.
Q 22Which apostle is known as 'the doubter' for questioning Jesus' resurrection?
Thomas
Thomas, also called Didymus, is known as 'Doubting Thomas' because he refused to believe Jesus had risen until he could see and touch the wounds himself (John 20:24-29).
Q 23What is the longest book of the Bible by number of chapters?
Psalms
Psalms, with 150 chapters; its editors arranged the songs in five books, probably in imitation of the Torah, and each book closes with a short hymn of praise.
Q 14Which Old Testament figure was tested by God and lost everything but remained faithful?
Job
Job lost his children, wealth and health yet refused to curse God; the test was proposed by 'the satan', the Adversary, who claimed Job served God only because God protected him.
Q 15What was the first miracle Jesus performed according to the Gospel of John?
Turning water into wine
Turning water into wine at a wedding in Cana, at his mother's prompting, is what John calls the first of Jesus' 'signs'.
Q 16How many plagues did God send upon Egypt?
10
10 plagues, the last of them the death of every Egyptian firstborn; Israelite families marked their doors with lamb's blood so that it would pass over them, the origin of Passover.
Q 17The wedding favourite 'Love is patient, love is kind' comes from Paul's letter to the church in which city?
Corinth
Corinth; Paul was not writing for weddings but to a quarrelling church split into rival factions, which he scolds earlier in the letter for boasting about which leader each followed.
Q 18By what other name are the Ten Commandments known?
The Decalogue
The Decalogue, Greek for 'ten words'; the text never numbers them one by one, so Jews, Catholics and most Protestants split the same verses into ten in different ways.
Q 19Which river was Jesus baptized in?
Jordan
Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River, as recorded in Matthew 3:13-17. After his baptism, the heavens opened and the Spirit of God descended like a dove.
Q 20Who was the first king of Israel?
Saul
Saul, whose name means 'asked for'; the people had demanded a king from the prophet Samuel, who anointed Saul but later turned against him.
Q 24Who interpreted Pharaoh's dreams about seven fat cows and seven thin cows?
Joseph
Joseph; the cows foretold seven years of plenty followed by seven of famine, and Pharaoh rewarded Joseph with the post of second-in-command of Egypt (Genesis 41).
Q 25What are the Beatitudes?
Blessings from the Sermon on the Mount
The Beatitudes are the blessings opening the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5; Luke's shorter version, delivered on a plain, pairs four blessings with four woes, and the name comes from beatus, Latin for 'blessed'.
Q 26Which Old Testament prophet was carried up to heaven in a whirlwind as a chariot of fire appeared?
Elijah
Elijah; as he rose his cloak fell to his disciple Elisha, who picked it up and struck the river with it, parting the water just as his master had done.
Q 27What is the Pentateuch?
The first five books of the Bible
The first five books of the Bible, Genesis to Deuteronomy; tradition credits them to Moses, even though the last chapter describes his own death and burial.
Q 28In the Book of Ruth, who is told 'Wherever you go, I will go'?
Naomi, by her daughter-in-law
Naomi; her daughter-in-law Ruth refused to abandon her widowed mother-in-law (Ruth 1:16), and that loyalty led to marriage with Boaz and a place in King David's family tree.
Q 29Jesus said his apostles would judge Israel's twelve what?
Tribes
Tribes: the saying pairs the twelve apostles with Israel's twelve tribes, and after the betrayer's death lots were drawn and Matthias was chosen to bring the count back up.
Q 30Which parable tells of a young man who squanders his inheritance and is welcomed home by his father?
The Prodigal Son
The Prodigal Son (Luke 15); his father runs to meet him and kills the fattened calf for a feast, which so angers the dutiful older brother that he refuses to come in.