Q 01/05

What did Gideon leave on a threshing floor overnight, twice, to confirm that God would save Israel through him?

A) A cloak

B) A fleece

C) A staff

D) A basket

Answer · why

B) A fleece

A fleece gave Gideon exactly the sign he asked for on the first morning and, at his request, the opposite sign on the second.

Q 02/05

How many soldiers did Gideon keep for his attack on the Midianite camp after God twice cut down his army?

A) 300

B) 1,000

C) 3,000

D) 10,000

Answer · why

A) 300

300 men were all that remained of an army that began at thirty-two thousand; everyone else was sent back to the tents before the battle.

Q 03/05

The Gideons, a society named after the biblical hero Gideon, are best known for leaving Bibles in which places?

A) Train carriages

B) Phone booths

C) Hotel rooms

D) Post offices

Answer · why

C) Hotel rooms

Hotel rooms have held Gideon Bibles since 1908, when the society placed its first copies in the Superior Hotel in Superior, Montana.

Q 04/05

How did the few men Gideon kept for battle drink at the water, unlike the thousands he sent home?

A) Kneeling at the edge

B) Using their helmets

C) Wading in waist-deep

D) Lapping like dogs

Answer · why

D) Lapping like dogs

Lapping like dogs, with water scooped to the mouth by hand, marked out the chosen few; every man who got down on his knees to drink was dismissed.

Q 05/05

What did Gideon's soldiers hide inside clay jars until the moment they surrounded the Midianite camp after dark?

A) Sling stones

B) Burning torches

C) Sharpened daggers

D) Hot coals

Answer · why

B) Burning torches

Burning torches appeared on every side at once when the jars were smashed, and the whole Midianite army ran, crying out as it fled.