Q 01/05

Which people ruled the city Jonah was sent to prophesy against?

A) The Hittites

B) The Babylonians

C) The Assyrians

D) The Persians

Answer · why

C) The Assyrians

Nineveh, the Assyrian capital, stood near present-day Mosul in Iraq; a mosque said to hold Jonah's tomb stood there until 2014.

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

Jesus later compared the span to the time he would spend 'in the heart of the earth'.

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

The port is also transliterated Joppa; from there he took a ship bound for Tarshish.

Q 04/05

For which destination did Jonah's ship set sail?

A) Crete

B) Tarshish

C) Cyprus

D) Carthage

Answer · why

B) Tarshish

The location is uncertain, but it was understood as somewhere far to the west, the opposite direction from Nineveh.

Q 05/05

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

A) They cast lots

B) Jonah confessed unprompted

C) A voice came from the sea

D) An angel appeared

Answer · why

A) They cast lots

They initially refused to throw him overboard and kept rowing, but eventually gave in and the sea grew calm.