Q 01/05

In Jonah's day, which people ruled the city he was sent to warn?

A) The Hittites

B) The Babylonians

C) The Assyrians

D) The Persians

Answer · why

C) The Assyrians

The Assyrians. Nineveh, their capital, was later sacked in 612 BC by a coalition that included the Babylonians and the Medes.

Q 02/05

How long did Jonah remain inside the sea creature?

A) One night and a day

B) Three days and nights

C) Seven days and nights

D) Forty days and nights

Answer · why

B) Three days and nights

Three days and nights. In one rabbinic legend, the creature spent that time showing Jonah the depths, including the path Israel took through the Red S...

Q 03/05

Which port did Jonah flee to in order to sail away from his mission?

A) Sidon

B) Tyre

C) Jaffa

D) Gaza

Answer · why

C) Jaffa

Jaffa. Called Joppa in older Bibles, it is where Jonah found a ship and paid his own fare to flee 'from the presence of the Lord'.

Q 04/05

For which destination did Jonah's ship set sail?

A) Crete

B) Tarshish

C) Cyprus

D) Ophir

Answer · why

B) Tarshish

Tarshish. Jonah later told God why he had fled there: he had known all along that God was gracious and would spare Nineveh.

Q 05/05

How did the sailors discover that Jonah was to blame for the storm?

A) They cast lots

B) The captain had a dream

C) A voice came from the sea

D) An angel appeared

Answer · why

A) They cast lots

They cast lots. Asked who he was, Jonah said he was a Hebrew who feared the God who made the sea and the dry land.