Q 01/05

According to Genesis 1, on which day of creation did God make the sun, moon and stars?

A) The second day

B) The fourth day

C) The first day

D) The sixth day

Answer · why

B) The fourth day

The sun, moon and stars came on the fourth day, a day after the plants, even though light itself had been made on day one.

Q 02/05

God made Eve from which part of Adam's body?

A) A finger bone

B) A lock of hair

C) A tooth

D) A rib

Answer · why

D) A rib

Adam himself was formed from the dust of the ground. God caused a deep sleep to fall on him before taking the rib.

Q 03/05

Which son of Adam and Eve is described in Genesis 4 as 'a keeper of sheep'?

A) Lamech

B) Abel

C) Enoch

D) Seth

Answer · why

B) Abel

Abel kept sheep while his brother Cain farmed, and God's respect for Abel's offering over Cain's led to the Bible's first murder.

Q 04/05

Who is the longest-lived person in the Bible, dying at 969 years old?

A) Jared

B) Methuselah

C) Mahalaleel

D) Lamech

Answer · why

B) Methuselah

Methuselah was Noah's grandfather, and by the ages given in Genesis 5 he died in the very year of the flood.

Q 05/05

How long did the rain fall during Noah's flood, according to Genesis 7?

A) Two days and two nights

B) Seven days and seven nights

C) Forty days and forty nights

D) One hundred and fifty days

Answer · why

C) Forty days and forty nights

The rain fell for forty days and forty nights, but the waters covered the earth for 150 days, and Noah's family spent about a year aboard.