Q 01/05

What did King Solomon order done to a baby claimed by two women, to reveal the real mother?

A) Raise it at court

B) Cut it in two

C) Cast lots for it

D) Give it to a priest

Answer · why

B) Cut it in two

Cut it in two, he said, and the real mother at once begged him to hand the boy to her rival instead. Solomon gave her the baby: only a mother would ra...

Q 02/05

Which son, whose name recalls laughter, did Sarah bear to Abraham when she was ninety years old?

A) Ishmael

B) Esau

C) Isaac

D) Jacob

Answer · why

C) Isaac

Isaac means he laughs, because both parents laughed at the idea of a baby so late in life. Sarah said that everyone who heard the news would laugh alo...

Q 03/05

To which mother bird sheltering her young did Jesus compare himself while lamenting over Jerusalem?

A) A hen

B) A dove

C) An eagle

D) A sparrow

Answer · why

A) A hen

A hen was his picture of protective love, spoken in a lament over a city that had turned away its prophets. Matthew and Luke both record the saying.

Q 04/05

In the Book of Exodus, who found the infant Moses in a basket among the reeds and adopted him?

A) Pharaoh's wife

B) Pharaoh's granddaughter

C) Pharaoh's sister

D) Pharaoh's daughter

Answer · why

D) Pharaoh's daughter

Pharaoh's daughter even chose the name Moses, because she drew him out of the water. Without knowing it, she also paid the boy's own birth mother wage...

Q 05/05

Which reward do the Ten Commandments promise to those who honour their father and mother?

A) A long life

B) Great wealth

C) Many children

D) Victory in battle

Answer · why

A) A long life

A long life in the land is the reward, which is why Paul later called this the first commandment with a promise attached.