Bible Heroes Trivia
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68 free Bible Heroes trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Sep 2026.
Every Sunday school kid knows David and his sling. Fewer remember Shamgar and his ox goad, Benaiah's lion in a snowy pit, or Jael and her tent peg. This heroes Bible trivia quiz covers the whole cast: the patriarchs (Noah, Abraham, Joseph), the deliverers of Exodus and Judges (Moses, Joshua, Caleb, Deborah, Gideon, Ehud, Jephthah, Samson), the kings and prophets (David, Jonathan, Josiah, Hezekiah, Elijah, Elisha, Daniel), the women of courage (Ruth, Esther, Hannah, Abigail, Rahab, Miriam), the exiles who went home (Ezra, Nehemiah, Mordecai) and the New Testament heroes (Peter, Paul, Stephen, Barnabas, Timothy, Priscilla and Aquila). Most questions ask you to name the hero from what he or she did; the rest test the details, like how many men Gideon kept, how tall Goliath was and how many days the wall took. Difficulty runs from easy for children's church to hard for lifelong Bible readers, so it works for youth groups, family game night and church quiz competitions. Every answer is quoted directly from the Bible text (World English Bible), with the verse cited, so nothing depends on tradition or half-remembered stories.
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Q 01Which judge of Israel killed a thousand Philistines with the fresh jawbone of a donkey?
Samson
Samson then grew so thirsty he feared he would die, until God split open a hollow place and water came out.
Q 02God told which judge of Israel to keep only the men who lapped water like dogs, and send the rest home?
Gideon
Gideon's small band then surrounded the Midianite camp at night with trumpets, jars and torches, and the enemy army fled.
Q 03Which Philistine champion did the shepherd boy strike in the forehead with a stone from his sling?
Goliath
Goliath fell face down, and because David carried no sword, he cut off the giant's head with Goliath's own sword.
Q 04Who told King Darius that God had sent an angel to shut the lions' mouths?
Daniel
Daniel came out unharmed, and the king had the men who had accused him thrown into the same den, with their wives and children.
Q 05Which prophet's Mount Carmel sacrifice was consumed by fire from heaven that even licked up the trench water?
Elijah
Elijah had the altar soaked with water three times, and after the fire fell he had the prophets of Baal seized and killed at the brook Kishon.
Q 06Which queen of the Bible was asked whether she had come to the kingdom 'for such a time as this'?
Esther
Esther then risked death by going to the king unsummoned, after asking the Jews of Susa to fast for three days.
Q 07Who was told to build a ship 300 cubits long, 50 wide and 30 high?
Noah
Noah found favour with God, who was grieved by human wickedness and had resolved to wipe out life on earth with a flood.
Q 08Which patriarch, about to sacrifice his son, saw a ram caught by its horns in a thicket?
Abraham
Abraham sacrificed the ram in Isaac's place, and an angel then promised to bless his offspring because he had obeyed.
Q 09Which former prisoner did Pharaoh set 'over all the land of Egypt'?
Joseph
Joseph had read Pharaoh's dreams of fat and lean cows as years of plenty followed by famine, and he went on to save Egypt during that famine.
Q 10Who said to her mother-in-law, 'Where you go, I will go, and where you stay, I will stay'?
Ruth
Ruth said it after her sister-in-law Orpah went back to her own people, choosing to follow Naomi to Judah instead.
Q 11Which prophet spent three days and three nights inside a great fish?
Jonah
Jonah had fled God's order to preach in Nineveh, and when the city repented and was spared, he grew angry enough to want to die.
Q 12Which royal cupbearer asked the Persian king to send him to rebuild the city of his fathers' tombs?
Nehemiah
Nehemiah went on to rebuild Jerusalem's walls in defiance of Sanballat the Horonite and other hostile neighbours.
Q 13Who drove a tent peg through the temple of the sleeping general Sisera?
Jael
Jael had welcomed Sisera into her tent and given him milk when he asked for water, then killed him as he slept.
Q 21Which sister of Aaron led the women in dancing with tambourines after the crossing of the Red Sea?
Miriam
Miriam was later struck with a skin disease and shut out of the camp for seven days after she and Aaron spoke against Moses.
Q 22Which farmer, called while plowing with twelve yoke of oxen, became a prophet's successor?
Elisha
Elisha slaughtered the oxen, boiled their meat over the ploughing gear and fed the people before following his new master.
Q 23What creatures fed a prophet bread and meat, morning and evening, beside the brook Cherith?
Ravens
Ravens fed him there until the brook dried up in a drought, and God then sent him to a widow in Zarephath.
Q 14Which woman of Jericho hid the two spies that Joshua sent to view the land?
Rahab
Rahab let the spies down through her window in the city wall, and the scarlet cord she tied there later spared her family.
Q 15Which prophetess judged Israel from beneath a palm tree?
Deborah
Deborah summoned Barak to fight Sisera, and went into battle with him when he refused to go without her.
Q 16Which left-handed judge hid a sword on his right thigh and killed King Eglon of Moab?
Ehud
Ehud locked the doors on his way out, and Eglon's servants, assuming the king was relieving himself, waited so long that Ehud escaped.
Q 17Who wrestled all night with a mysterious man and was then renamed Israel?
Jacob
Jacob came away with an injured hip, which is why Jewish law forbids eating the sciatic nerve.
Q 18Which judge of Israel vowed to sacrifice whatever came out of his door first if he defeated the Ammonites?
Jephthah
Jephthah's only child, his daughter, came out dancing to meet him, and the daughters of Israel honoured her memory four days every year.
Q 19Which of the twelve spies said 'Let us go up at once, and possess it'?
Caleb
Caleb and Joshua were the only spies spared when the other ten died of a plague, and Joshua later gave Caleb Hebron.
Q 20Which boy answered God's call in the night with 'Speak; for your servant hears'?
Samuel
Samuel was then serving the priest Eli, and he grew up to anoint both Saul and David as kings.
Q 24What separated a prophet from his successor just before the prophet was taken up to heaven in a whirlwind?
A chariot and horses of fire
A chariot and horses of fire came between them, and the successor who watched it received a double portion of the prophet's spirit.
Q 25Which Syrian army commander was cured of leprosy by dipping seven times in the Jordan?
Naaman
Naaman at first stormed off in anger at such a simple order, until his servants persuaded him to try it.
Q 26Who is traditionally called the first Christian martyr, stoned while praying 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit'?
Stephen
Stephen's last words asked God not to hold the sin against his killers, who had laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Q 27Who heard 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me' after falling to the ground on the road to Damascus?
Paul
Paul was left blind for three days, until Ananias laid hands on him and his sight returned.
Q 28Which disciple stepped out of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus?
Peter
Peter began to sink when he saw the wind and grew afraid, and Jesus caught him, asking why he had doubted.
Q 29Which Levite from Cyprus did the apostles nickname 'Son of Encouragement'?
Barnabas
Barnabas sold his land and gave the money to the apostles, and later introduced the newly converted Saul to them.
Q 30Which tentmaking couple, expelled from Rome by Claudius, hosted the apostle to the Gentiles in Corinth?
Priscilla and Aquila
Priscilla and Aquila later took the eloquent preacher Apollos aside and explained the way of God to him more accurately.