Bible Trivia Questions and Answers With Scriptural Reference
Bible Trivia Questions and Answers With Scriptural Reference
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1. When Samson killed 1000 Philistines at Lehi what weapon did he used?
Answer: The Jawbone of an Ass (Judges 15: 15)
2. How old was David when he was the anointed King of Israel?
Answer: 30 years (II Samuel 5: 4)
5. What are the final words of Jesus recorded in the New Testament?
Answer: “Surely I come quickly” (Revelations 22: 20)
6. How many rivers were formed from the river that went out of Eden? Name them.
Answer: Four; Pison, Gihon, Hiddekel, & Euphrates (Genesis 2: 10)
7. Who told Naaman to wash in the river Jordan seven times in order to cure his leprosy?
Answer: Elisha (II Kings 5: 10)
8. Who said, “…As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord”?
Answer: Joshua (Joshua 24: 15)
9. In what village was Christ when he turned the water into wine?
Answer: Cana of Galilee (John 2: 11)
11.God tested Abraham by telling him to offer his only son as a burnt offering. Who was that
son?
Answer: Isaac (Genesis 22: 2)
15.When they heard the adversity that had befallen Job, how many of his friends came to
comfort and mourn with him?
Answer: Three (Job 2: 11)
16.When Job’s three friends heard of all the evil that came to him, they went to mourn and
comfort him. State the names of Job’s three friends.
Answer: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, Zophar the Naamathite (Job 2: 11)
17.The Bible says Jesus had four brothers. What were their names?
Answer: James, Joses, Simon and Judas (Mark 6: 3; Matthew 13: 55)
20.When the multitude came out to be baptized, how did John the Baptist characterized
them?
Answer: generation of vipers (Luke 3: 7)
23.Who said, “Silver and Gold have I none, but such as I have give I thee”?
Answer: Peter (Acts 3: 6)
24.James, the brother of John was the first Apostle martyred. How was he killed?
Answer: With the sword (Acts 12: 2)
25.How old was Abraham when his son Isaac was born?
Answer: 100 years (Genesis 21: 5)
26.Who took his rod and stretched out his hand upon the waters of Egypt to turn them into
blood?
Answer: Aaron (Exodus 7: 19- 20)
28.According to the book of Revelations, what needs to be done to receive the crown of life?
Answer: Be thou faithful unto death (Revelations 2: 10)
30.Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible. What is the shortest?
Answer: Psalm 117.
31.What are the dimensions of the Arc of the Covenant? (ark of Shittim Wood)
Answer: 2 ½ cubits long, 1 ½ cubits wide, 1 ½ cubits high (Exodus 37: 1)
35.To which king did Isaac hide his spousal relationship with Rebecca by claiming she was his
sister?
Answer: Abimelech (Genesis 26: 1-9)
36.Who were the three named women who found Christ’s tomb open and empty?
Answer: Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James (Luke 24: 10)
38.To what land did Moses flee after killing the Egyptian soldier?
Answer: Midian (Exodus 2: 15)
39.Christ’s first miracle was turning water into wine. Where did this happen?
Answer: The wedding at Cana (John 2: 6-9)
47.How many books of the bible are named after women? State them.
Answer: 2; Ruth and Esther
48.In the Bible, for what “price” did Esau sell his birthright to his younger twin brother, Jacob?
Answer: Pottage of Lentiles (Genesis 25: 29-34)
49.What is the name of the sea where Christ harnessed a raging storm?
Answer: The Sea of Galilee