Q 01/05

According to Genesis, what did God create on the first day?

A) Land and sea

B) Animals

C) Light

D) Stars

Answer · why

C) Light

In Genesis 1:3, God said "Let there be light," making light the first thing created on day one.

Q 02/05

What fruit is commonly depicted as Eden's forbidden fruit, though the Bible never specifies?

A) Fig

B) Pomegranate

C) Grape

D) Apple

Answer · why

D) Apple

The choice is often traced to a Latin pun: malum meant 'evil', while a near-identical word borrowed from Greek meant this fruit.

Q 03/05

Who was the first person the Bible records as committing murder?

A) Lamech

B) Esau

C) Cain

D) Nimrod

Answer · why

C) Cain

Cain killed his brother Abel out of jealousy after God accepted Abel's offering but rejected Cain's (Genesis 4:8).

Q 04/05

Which bird did Noah release from the ark that, on its third flight, did not return?

A) A raven

B) A dove

C) A sparrow

D) An eagle

Answer · why

B) A dove

Genesis also has a raven that 'went to and fro' until the waters dried; scholars read the two birds as traces of two sources woven together.

Q 05/05

What sign did God place in the sky as a promise never to flood the entire earth again?

A) A star

B) A cloud

C) A rainbow

D) The sun

Answer · why

C) 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).

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