Q 01/05

Which man in the Bible built an ark to survive a great flood, then planted a vineyard and got drunk?

A) Adam

B) Isaac

C) Noah

D) Jacob

Answer · why

C) Noah

Noah lay uncovered in his tent after the wine. A 4th-century archbishop defended him: as the first person ever to taste wine, he could not have known ...

Q 02/05

Which Hebrew baby was hidden among the bulrushes of the Nile and adopted by Pharaoh's daughter?

A) Moses

B) Ishmael

C) Benjamin

D) Isaac

Answer · why

A) Moses

Moses owes his name to the princess who found him. She said, "I drew him out of the water", a play on the Hebrew verb for drawing out.

Q 03/05

Which youngest son of Jesse of Bethlehem played the lyre to soothe a tormented King Saul?

A) Jonathan

B) David

C) Abner

D) Eliab

Answer · why

B) David

David joined the royal court as a musician and armour-bearer, long before he wore the crown. Scripture later calls him "the sweet psalmist of Israel".

Q 04/05

Which Philistine champion from Gath was felled by a single stone from a shepherd boy's sling?

A) Achish

B) Agag

C) Abimelech

D) Goliath

Answer · why

D) Goliath

Goliath stands "six cubits and a span", about 9 feet 9 inches, in the standard Hebrew text. The Dead Sea Scrolls give a more human 6 feet 9.

Q 05/05

Which judge of Israel killed a lion with his bare hands but lost his strength when his hair was cut?

A) Samson

B) Jephthah

C) Othniel

D) Shamgar

Answer · why

A) Samson

Samson was a Nazirite from birth, so the haircut broke a lifelong vow. His hair had begun to grow back in prison when he pulled down a Philistine temp...