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48 free Bible Stories trivia questions with answers — literature quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
50 free Bible Stories trivia questions with answers. These easy Bible trivia questions and answers walk through the stories most people meet first: creation, Noah's ark, Joseph's coat, Moses and the plagues, David and Goliath, Daniel in the lions' den, Jonah, the Nativity, the parables and miracles of Jesus, and the first Easter. Fifty questions in all, most of them answerable by anyone who has sat through Sunday school, with a handful of trickier ones (how tall was Goliath, exactly?) to keep the adults honest. It is a ready-made round for Sunday school, youth group, Bible study icebreakers and family game night. Every answer is checked against the text of Scripture, and each question shows the explanation and the citation once you answer, so you can look the passage up yourself. Work through the whole set for a score to share, or use the questions one at a time as a warm-up.
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Q 01According to Genesis, what did God create on the first day?
Light
In Genesis 1:3, God said "Let there be light," making light the first thing created on day one.
Q 02What fruit is commonly depicted as Eden's forbidden fruit, though the Bible never specifies?
Apple
The apple likely comes from a Latin pun: malum meant 'evil' while mālum, borrowed from Greek, meant 'apple'; Genesis 3 says only 'the fruit of the tree'.
Q 03Who was the first person the Bible records as committing murder?
Cain
Cain killed his brother Abel out of jealousy after God accepted Abel's offering but rejected Cain's (Genesis 4:8).
Q 04Which bird did Noah release from the ark that, on its third flight, did not return?
A dove
Noah's dove went out three times: it first found no resting place, then returned with an olive leaf, and on the third flight did not come back (Genesis 8:8–12).
Q 05What sign did God place in the sky as a promise never to flood the entire earth again?
A rainbow
After the flood, God set a rainbow in the clouds as a covenant sign that He would never again destroy all life with a flood (Genesis 9:13).
Q 06What were the people building when God confused their languages in Genesis 11?
A tower
The people of Babel were building a tower "with its top in the heavens" to make a name for themselves. God confused their language and scattered them across the earth (Genesis 11:1-9).
Q 07God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son on Mount Moriah. What was the son's name?
Isaac
God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son Isaac, but provided a ram as a substitute at the last moment (Genesis 22).
Q 08What did Esau sell to his brother Jacob in exchange for a bowl of stew?
His birthright
Esau, famished after being in the field, traded his birthright as firstborn to Jacob for bread and lentil stew (Genesis 25:29-34).
Q 09How many years in total did Jacob serve Laban for his daughters Leah and Rachel?
Fourteen
Jacob served seven years for Rachel, was given Leah instead, then served seven more after marrying Rachel a week later — fourteen years for the two daughters (Genesis 29:27–30; 31:41).
Q 10What distinctive garment did Jacob give to his son Joseph that made his brothers jealous?
A coat of many colors
Jacob gave Joseph a richly ornamented robe (often called a "coat of many colors"), which fueled his brothers' jealousy and led them to sell him into slavery (Genesis 37).
Q 11Which brother talked the others out of killing Joseph, suggesting a cistern instead?
Reuben
Reuben urged his brothers to throw Joseph into a cistern rather than kill him, planning to rescue him later; while he was away, Judah proposed selling Joseph to Ishmaelite traders (Genesis 37:21–28).
Q 12What did Jochebed hide among the bulrushes of the Nile in Exodus 2?
Her infant son in a basket
Jochebed hid her infant son Moses in a papyrus basket among the reeds of the Nile; Pharaoh's daughter found him there and adopted him (Exodus 2:1–10).
Q 13Through what unusual natural phenomenon did God first speak to Moses in the wilderness?
A burning bush
Q 21Who betrayed Samson by discovering and revealing the secret of his strength?
Delilah
Delilah, bribed by the Philistine lords with 1,100 pieces of silver each, coaxed the secret from Samson and had his seven locks shaved while he slept (Judges 16:4–19).
Q 22Which Moabite woman famously declared to her mother-in-law Naomi, "Where you go I will go"?
Ruth
Ruth's declaration of loyalty to Naomi is one of the Bible's most famous expressions of devotion. Ruth eventually married Boaz and became the great-grandmother of King David (Ruth 1:16).
Q 23What weapon did the young shepherd David use to defeat the giant Goliath?
A sling and stone
David refused King Saul's armor and instead used his shepherd's sling and a smooth stone from a stream to strike Goliath in the forehead (1 Samuel 17:40-50).
At Horeb a bush burned without being consumed, and from the burning bush God commissioned Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt (Exodus 3:2–10).
Q 14What was the tenth and final plague that God sent upon Egypt before Pharaoh released the Israelites?
Death of the firstborn
The tenth plague was the death of every Egyptian firstborn at midnight; Israelite homes marked with lamb's blood on the doorposts were passed over, the origin of Passover (Exodus 12).
Q 15What body of water did Moses part so the Israelites could escape the Egyptian army?
The Red Sea
Moses stretched out his hand and God parted the Red Sea (or Sea of Reeds), allowing the Israelites to cross on dry ground before the waters closed over the pursuing Egyptians (Exodus 14).
Q 16On which mountain did Moses receive the Ten Commandments?
Mount Sinai
Moses received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai, also called Horeb (Exodus 19–20); he smashed the first tablets in anger and later received a second set (Exodus 32–34).
Q 17What idol did the Israelites make while Moses was on the mountain receiving the commandments?
A golden calf
Fearing Moses would not return, the people had Aaron melt their gold earrings into a golden calf, which they worshipped with feasting (Exodus 32:1–6).
Q 18For how long did the Israelites wander in the wilderness before entering the Promised Land?
40 years
The Israelites wandered 40 years, one year for each of the 40 days the spies had scouted Canaan (Numbers 14:33–34), until the faithless generation had died.
Q 19What happened when the Israelites, after marching around Jericho for a week, blew trumpets and shouted?
The walls fell down
They had circled the city once a day for six days and made a final set of circuits on the last morning before the shout.
Q 20What was the source of Samson's extraordinary physical strength?
His uncut hair
Samson's uncut hair was the outward sign of his Nazirite vow (Judges 13:5); once his lover had it shaved while he slept, his strength left him and the Philistines seized him (Judges 16).
Q 24How tall was Goliath according to the traditional Hebrew text of 1 Samuel?
Six cubits and a span (about 9 feet 9 inches)
The Masoretic Text describes Goliath as "six cubits and a span," approximately 9 feet 9 inches tall, though the Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint give a shorter "four cubits and a span."
Q 25Which woman did King David see bathing from his rooftop, leading to adultery?
Bathsheba
David saw Bathsheba bathing, committed adultery with her, and then arranged for her husband Uriah to be killed in battle to cover it up (2 Samuel 11).
Q 26What prophet challenged the priests of Baal to a contest on Mount Carmel to prove whose God was real?
Elijah
Elijah challenged 450 prophets of Baal to call down fire from heaven on an altar. When Baal's prophets failed and God consumed Elijah's drenched sacrifice with fire, the people turned back to God (1 Kings 18).
Q 27In 2 Kings, who sees his master taken to heaven in a whirlwind and takes up his fallen mantle?
Elisha
Elisha watched Elijah taken up by a whirlwind with chariots of fire, picked up the mantle that fell from him and parted the Jordan with it (2 Kings 2:9–14).
Q 28What punishment did Daniel receive for continuing to pray to God in defiance of King Darius's decree?
Being thrown to the lions
He emerges unharmed, and the king has the accusers thrown in instead.
Q 29Which Babylonian king had Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego thrown into a fiery furnace?
Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar had the three thrown into the furnace for refusing to worship his golden statue, then saw a fourth figure walking unharmed in the flames with them (Daniel 3:25).
Q 30What mysterious event occurred during King Belshazzar's feast that terrified him and his guests?
A hand wrote on the wall
Daniel read the words 'Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin' as a judgement that the kingdom would fall to the Medes and Persians, which is where the idiom 'the writing on the wall' comes from.