SRLCSI BIBLE QUIZ BEE 2023

Easy questions
1. Name three Israelite kings.
(Saul, David, Solomon)
2. Who built the ark?
(Noah)
3. Where did Jesus grow up?
(Nazareth)
4. Who lived in Ur and moved to a country he did not
know?
(Abraham)
5. What happened first? Murder of Abel or the great
flood?
(Murder of Abel)
6. What was the name of the blind beggar at the gate of
Jericho?
(Bartimaeus)
7. Was Goliath a Philistine or an Egyptian?
(Philistine)
8. What was Jacob’s brother called?
(Esau)
9. What happened first? The exodus of Egypt or the „fall
of Jericho”?
(Exodus)
10. How many years of famine did Joseph prophesise to
the Pharaohs?
(seven)

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11. Which books come before and after the gospel
according to Luke?
(The gospels according to Mark and John)
12. What was Jacob’s youngest son called?
(Benjamin)
13. Where do we first hear about a shepherd?
(Abel, 1. Moses 4,2)
14. Who said: „How long will you waver between two
opinions?”
(Elijah on Mount Carmel)
15. Which two birds did Noah send out of the ark as
messengers?
(Raven and dove)
16. Who said: „I myself, and my house, want to serve
the Lord!”?
(Joshua)
17. Which commander had leprosy?
(Naemann)
18. Which towns were destroyed by fire and brimstone?
(Sodom and Gomorrah)
19. Name three of Jesus’ disciples whose names begin
with „J”.
(Jacob, John and Judas)
20. How many people were saved on the ark?
(8)
21. Who had a coat made of camel hair and ate locusts
and wild honey?
(John the Baptist)
22. Who said to whom: „A person sees what is in front of
his eyes but God sees the heart”?
(God to Samuel)

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 23. What is quoted in John 14,6?
(I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to
the father except through me).
24. Which type of animal did Balaam ride?
(A donkey)
25. What type of tree did Zaccariah climb?
(Mulberry-fig tree)

Medium questions
1. Who commanded the sun and moon to stay still?
(Joshua)
2. For which type of tree was Lebanon well known?
(Cedar)
3. How did Stephanus die?
(Stoned to death)
4. Where was Jesus taken prisoner?
(Gethsemane)
5. Which biblical book tells of David and Goliath?
(1. Samuel)
6. Is Horeb the name of a town or a mountain?
(A mountain)
7. Where did a jailer find his faith?
(Philippi)
8. What were the two sons of Zebadee (one of the
disciples) called?
(John and Jacob)
9. Which book reports on the missionary travels of Paul?
(The Acts of the Apostles)
10. What was Jacob’s eldest son called?
(Rueben)

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11. Name three prisoners mentioned in the bible.
(Joseph, Samson, Paul)
12. Who prophesised the coming of Jesus shortly
beforehand?
(John the Baptist)
13. What were the names of the mother and
grandmother of Jacob?
(Rebecca, Sara)
14. Name three prophets?
(Elijah, Jeremiah, Jonah)
15. What happened first? Jesus’ christening or the
feeding of the 5000?
(Jesus’ christening)
16. Name three missionaries named in the bible.
(Paul, Silas, Barnabas)
17. What was Ruth’s husband called?
(Boas)
18. Which illness did Mephiboseth suffer from?
(He was lame)
19. What came first? Elias ascension or Enoch’s
rapture?
(Enoch’s rapture)
20. Who made the golden calf and the bronze snake?
(Aaron, Moses)
21. Name three women in the bible whose names begin
with „R”.
(Rebecca, Rachel, Ruth)
22. Which king had a sundial?
(Hezekiah)
23. Which disciple found a coin in the mouth of a fish?
(Peter)

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 24. What was Harn’s father called? What were his
brothers called?
(Noah, Shem, Japheth)
25. What is written in 1. Timothy 2,4?
(God wants all people to be saved and come to
recognise the truth.)

Difficult questions
1. Name three soldiers mentioned in the bible.
(Joab, Naemann, Cornelius)
2. In which book of the bible to we read about Haman?
(Esther)
3. Which 3 books of the old testament begin with the
letter „M”?
(Moses, Micah, Malachi)
4. Which Roman was in charge of cultivation in Syria at
the time of Jesus’ birth?
(Cyrenius)
5. What happened first? Preacher Paul on the
Areopagus or the execution of Jacob?
(Execution of Jacob)
6. What were the names of Abraham’s brothers?
(Nahor, Haran)
7. What was the name of a female judge and her
companion?
(Deborah, Barak)
8. What happened first? Appointment of Matthew as an
apostle or the appearance of the Holy Spirit?
(Appointment of Matthew as an apostle)

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9. What was the goddess in Ephesus called who was
worshipped the most?
(Diana)
10. What was Priscilla’s husband called; which job did
he have?
(Aquila, tent maker)
11. Name three sons of David.
(Salomon, Absalom, Nathan)
12. Who was Bernice?
(The wife of king Agrippa)
13. What happened first? The beheading of John or the
feeding of the 5000?
(John was beheaded)
14. Who was Ahasveros?
(A Persian king, Xerxes 1.)
15. Where in the bible are apples mentioned for the first
time?
(Proverbs 25,11)
16. Who said: „See, I have not heard the half of it. You
have more knowledge and goodness than me, this is
rumour I have heard”.
(The queen of Saba to Solomon)
17. What was the great-grandson of Boa called?
(David)
18. Who said: „It won’t take much more for you to
convince to become a Christian”?
(Agrippa to Paul)
19. Who was Zippora?
(Moses’ wife)
20. How old did Enoch become?
(365 years old)

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 21. Who said: „Philistines rule over you!”?
(Delilah to Samson)
22. What was Timotheus grandmother called?
(Lois)
23. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small
spark.
(The tongue/James 3,5)
24. Which names were Daniel and his three friends
given in Babylon?
(Belshazzar, Sadrach, Mesach, Abednego)
25. What is written in 2. Corinthians 5,20?
(We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors as though
God were making his appeal through us; We implore
you on God’s behalf: Be reconciled with God!)

Very difficult questions

1. What does Jahwe-Schammah mean?
(God himself/Ezekiel 48,35)
2. How much bread and fish was available to feed the
5000? How many baskets were left over?
(7 x bread and several small fish, 7 baskets/Matthew
15,3)
3. What is the name of the storm winds which can hit
Crete?
(Euroklydon/Acts. 27,14)
4. How many wonders did Elijah and Elisa perform?
(Elisa performed exactly twice as many as Elijah.
Deliverance 2. Kings 2,9)
5. When was Passover celebrated? Day and month.
(14th day of the 1st month)

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6. What was the name of the first tool maker in the bible?
(Tubalkain/1. Moses 4,22)
7. What did Jacob call the place where he fought with
God?
(Pniel/1. Moses 32,30)
8. How many chapters does the book Jeremiah have?
How many verses does the letter of Judas have?
(52, 25)
9. What is written in Romans 1,20+21a?
(For since the creation of the world God’s invisible
qualities, his eternal power and divine nature, have
been clearly seen, being understood from what has
been made, so that men are without excuse. For
although they knew God they neither glorified him as
God nor gave thanks to him.)
10. Who is Peter’s first letter addressed to?
(The dispersed strangers)
11. Where is “Satan’s throne”?
(In purgatory/Revelations 2,12.13)
12. These promote controversies rather than God’s work
– which is by faith (1Timothy 1,4).
(Tales, gender register)
13. What happened with the animals which were killed
as a sacrifice?
(They were burned outside of the camp /3 Mo 4,1-12)
14. What was shown on the high priest’s head band?
( Holiness of Jahwe/2. Mo 39,30)
15. What was Job’s mother called?
(Zeruja/2 Samuel 2,13)
16. How many wonders did God perform?
(They cannot be counted/Job 5,8.9)

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17. Which job/position in Israelite society did Ezra have?
(Land cultivator/Ezra 7,1; priest, scribe/Ezra 7,11)
18. What were the two columns called on the temple
built by Solomon?
(Jakin, Boas/l kings 7,21)
19. Which books come before and after Daniel?
(Ezekiel, Hosea)
20. Who said: „His blood comes over us and our
children”?
(The people of Israel at the release of Barrabas)
21. Which spirit was in the possessed girl in Philippi?
(A python spirit/Acts 16,16)
22. Which thing were the only things to be taken over
from the Old Testament during the council of Apostles
in Jerusalem?
(Instead we should write to them, telling them to
abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual
immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and
from blood / Acts 15,20)
23. What did Epaphroditus do?
(He brought Paul a gift from the Philippians 2,25-27;
4,18)
24. Where did Paul leave his coat?
(In Troas, Carpus)
25. How many years went by before Paul moved back
to Jerusalem?
(14 years/Galatians 2,1)

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 Women in the Old Testament Bible Quiz

1. What does "Eve" mean?(Genesis 3:20)

▪ "mother of all living"
2. Who married Abraham?(Genesis 17:15)
▪ Sarah
3. Looking for a wife for Isaac, Abraham's servant
found:(Genesis 24:67)
▪ Rebekah
4. Jacob agreed to work 7 years for the hand of:(Genesis 29:28)
▪ Rachel
5. This woman promised the Lord that if He would bless her with
a son, she would dedicate the boy to Him. She later bore
Samuel.(1 Samuel 1:20)
▪ Hannah
6. David's original wife was:(1 Samuel 18:26)
▪ Michal
7. This woman remained with her mother-in-law, Naomi, after
Naomi's husband and sons died.(Ruth 1:16)
▪ Ruth
8. This woman rumored that Joseph tried to commit adultery with
her.(Genesis 39:14)
▪ Potiphar's wife
9. This harlot housed spies sent by Joshua to take the city of
Jericho.(Joshua 2:1)
▪ Rahab
10. This woman married Moses.(Exodus 2:21)
▪ Zipporah
11. After David looked upon her lustfully, he had an affair with
this woman that ultimately led to the death of her original
husband.(2 Samuel 11:2)
▪ Bathsheba

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12. This woman tempted Samson to reveal the secret to his
massive strength, which she used to betray him to the
Philistines.(Judges 16:6)
▪ Delilah
13. This brave Israelite woman became queen of Persia and
used her influence to protect her people, the Jews.(Esther 7:3)
▪ Esther
14. This woman was given to Jacob as a wife deceitfully before
he could marry her younger sister, who he loved.(Genesis
29:25)
▪ Leah
15. The prophet Hosea was commanded to marry this woman,
though she was a harlot.(Hosea 1:3)
▪ Gomer
16. This Egyptian woman was Sarah's handmaiden, and bore
Ishmael through Abraham.(Genesis 16:15)
▪ Hagar
17. This wicked queen wanted to kill the prophet Elijah.(1 Kings
19:2)
▪ Jezebel
18. This woman gave birth to Moses.(Exodus 6:20)
▪ Jochebed
19. This woman was turned into a pillar of salt because she
looked back as Sodom and Gomorrah were being
destroyed.(Genesis 19:6)
▪ Lot's wife
20. This woman was Ruth's sister-in-law.(Ruth 1:4)
▪ Orpah

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 Bible Quiz: Who Said That? New Testament

1. "Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian."(Acts 26:28)

▪ Saul
▪ King Agrippa
▪ King Herod
▪ Ponteus Pilate
2. "Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife
well stricken in years."(Luke 1:18)
▪ Peter
▪ Mark
▪ Zacharias
▪ Joseph
3. "I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that
cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not
worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and
with fire...."(Matthew 3:11)
▪ Matthew
▪ James
▪ John the Baptist
▪ Peter
4. "If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be
made bread."(Matthew 4:3)
▪ Satan
▪ a Sadducee
▪ a Pharisee
▪ a Samaritan
5. "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."(Matthew 4:19)
▪ Peter
▪ Jesus
▪ John the Baptist
▪ Satan
6. "Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"(Luke
18:18)

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 ▪ a publican
▪ a rich ruler
▪ Simon Peter
▪ a Sadducee
7. "Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same
condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due
reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing
amiss."(Luke 23:40)
▪ Martha
▪ a Samaritan
▪ Lazarus
▪ one of the thieves that was crucified with Jesus
8. "Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to
draw."(John 4:15)
▪ the good Samaritan
▪ Andrew
▪ Mary Magdalene
▪ the Samaritan woman at the well
9. "Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the
water"(Matthew 14:28)
▪ Matthew
▪ Simon Peter
▪ Timothy
▪ James
10. "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and
stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have
gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her
chickens under her wings, and ye would not!"(Matthew 23:37)
▪ Paul
▪ Jesus
▪ King Herod
▪ Peter

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 Bible Quiz: How Many?

1. How many apostles did Jesus call?(Luke 6:13)

▪ 12
▪ 45
▪ 3
▪ 70
2. How many days passed between Jesus' death and
resurrection?(Matthew 12:40)
▪ 0
▪ 10
▪ 3
▪ 7
3. For how many years did the Children of Israel wander in the
wilderness?(Numbers 14:33)
▪ 40
▪ 180
▪ 72
▪ 360
4. In how many days did God create the Earth?(Genesis 1:31)
▪ 6
▪ 13
▪ 3
▪ 19
5. How many of the twelve tribes of Israel were lost?(1 Kings
11:31)
▪ 6
▪ 1
▪ 10
▪ 0
6. For how many days and nights did it rain during the great
flood?(Genesis 7:12)
▪ 100
▪ 40

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 ▪ 66
▪ 24
7. For how many days did Jesus fast before Satan came
tempting him?(Matthew 4:2)
▪ 40
▪ 14
▪ 25
▪ 3
8. For how many days and nights was Jonah in the belly of the
great fish?(Jonah 1:17)
▪ 1
▪ 7
▪ 3
▪ 5
9. How many of each (unclean) animal did Noah gather onto the
ark?(Genesis 7:2)
▪ 6
▪ 2
▪ 8
▪ 4
10. How many commandments did the Lord give to Moses on
tablets?(Exodus 20:3-17)
▪ 40
▪ 10
▪ 2
▪ 16

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 Fill-in-the-blank Bible Quiz: New Testament Scriptures

1. "And Jesus increased in wisdom and __________, and in

favour with God and man."(Luke 2:52)
▪ stature
2. "Ye are the __________ of the earth...."(Matthew 5:13)
▪ salt
3. "Ye are the __________ of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hid."(Matthew 5:14)
▪ light
4. "Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a
__________, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto
all that are in the house."(Matthew 5:15)
▪ bushel
5. "If ye __________ me, keep my commandments."(John
14:15)
▪ love
6. "For God sent not his Son into the world to __________
the world; but that the world through him might be
saved."(John 3:17)
▪ condemn
7. "Suffer the little __________ to come unto me, and forbid
them not: for such is the kingdom of God."(Mark 10:14)
▪ children
8. "Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the __________
days."(Matthew 12:12)
▪ sabbath
9. "This day is this scripture fulfilled in your
__________."(Luke 4:21)
▪ ears
10. "Wist ye not that I must be about my __________
business?"(Luke 2:49)
▪ Father'

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 Additional Questions

1. Who was the first Martyr after Christ?

▪ Stephen
2. How did Enoch die?
▪ He didn't
3. What does Barnabas mean?
▪ The Encourager
4. Who was the first King of Israel?
▪ Saul
5. Who was David's best friend?
▪ Jonathon
6. How many people came to know Christ on the day of
Pentecost?
▪ 3,000
7. How many apostles were there?
▪ 12
8. What was Jesus's first miracle?
▪ Turned water to wine in Cana
9. Who was the oldest person in the Bible?
▪ Methuselah
10. How tall was Goliath?
▪ 10' tall

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