Easy Bible Quiz about Bible History

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​Easy Bible Questions
 

1. What is the overall theme of the Christian Bible?
   
   a. The Bible encompasses the entirety of Earth's history, from Adam's birth to 1611 AD.
   b. It is about God’s love for his people and His instructions for humanity to live by.
   c. The Bible is entirely about God's punishment for disobedience.
   
   b. The Bible reveals God's love for His people.

   The Bible contains God’s master plan of salvation from humanity's disobedience.

   God’s forgiveness and salvation through the sacrifice of Jesus is the theme of the Bible.

   The crucifixion of Jesus is the prominent theme of the Bible.

   The Bible presents the promise of eternal life through Jesus Christ.

   It explores themes of creation, redemption, and the relationship between God and humanity.

   The Bible emphasizes love, grace, and the importance of faith in everyday life.

   
    

2. Why should the Bible be believed?
   
   a. The Bible should be believed because it says we should.
   b. Nostrodamus unequivocally established the authenticity of the Bible.
   c. The historical accuracy of events described in the Bible, along with the discovery of related artifacts, supports its validity.
   
   c. The scientific and historical accuracy of the Bible is continuously being revealed or uncovered.
   Many scientists are now challenging their original creation hypothesis and discovering scientifically that the biblical rendition may be accurate.
   Archeologists are constantly uncovering evidence that corresponds to the stories in the Bible.
   All this provides evidence of the Bible’s trustworthiness.
   Here is one of many websites that describes the facts that support the Bible's authenticity.
   
    

3. How did the early believers express their very first forms of scripture?
   
   a. God's believers first expressed themselves using lead paints on linen cloth.
   b. Verbally (or orally) in songs, poems, stories, and other narratives.
   c. Using chalk or kaolinite on slabs of slate.
   
   b. Verbally. The written language of the Bible came about in the 10th century BC
   Wikipedia offers additional information about early scripture.
   
    

4. What writings or documents created the Bible?
   
   a. The writings of Nostradamus.
   b. Ancient Hebrew and Greek writings were recorded on scrolls.
   c. Aramaic writings discovered in the tombs beneath Jerusalem.
   
   b. Ancient Hebrew and Greek writings.
   The Bible came from ancient Hebrew and ancient Koine Greek, written on scrolls.
   Some of the original Biblical texts were also written in Aramaic.
   
    

5. Between what years were the biblical manuscripts written?
   
   a. 3500 BC-000 BC.
   b. 2000 BC—1400 BC.
   c. 1400 BC–100 AD
   
   c. 1400 BC–100 AD.
   It took over 1,500 years to write the biblical manuscripts.
   The scrolls were written from around 1450 BC (the time of Moses) to about 100 AD (the time of John, the last apostle).
   Moses most likely was the one who wrote the first five books of the Bible.
   
    

6. What is another name for the ancient scriptural scrolls?
   
   a. Codex or manuscript.
   b. Anecdotes.
   c. Pretext.
   
   a. Codex or manuscripts.
   
    

7. What are the first and last books of the standard Bible?
   
   a. Alpha and Beta.
   b. Abraham and Moses.
   c. Genesis and Revelation.
   
   c. Genesis and Revelation.
   Moses is credited with writing Genesis.
   The book of Genesis tells the story of the beginning of Earth's timeline.
   An unknown John is credited with writing the Book of Revelation.
   Revelation tells the story of the end of the Earth's timeline.
   
    

8. Why do some of the books of the Bible have red lettering in them?
   
   a. The red lettering represents the words that Jesus spoke in the Gospels.
   b. This is to emphasize significant biblical concepts.
   c. Red letters show the words that Abraham, the patriarch, gave.
   
   a. These are the words spoken by Jesus in the New Testament.
   Bibles with red lettering are the Red Letter Editions.
   
    

9. When and where was the first Bible printed on a printing press?
   
   a. 1454 in Germany.
   b. 1611 in England.
   c. 1663 in America.
   
   a. 1454 AD in Germany.
   Johannes Gutenberg invented the "movable type mold" printing press.
   The first Bible printed using his printing press was in 1454 AD at Mainz, Germany.
   Gutenberg printed 180 Bibles, of which 48 copies exist today.
   The Bible was called the Gutenberg Bible because he was the one who printed it.
   It was also known as the 42-line Bible, the Mazarin Bible, or the B42.
   
    

10. What is the first of the Ten Commandments?
    
    a. Love your neighbors as you would love yourself.
    b. You shall have no other gods.
    c. Keep the Sabbath holy.
    
    b. You shall have no other gods but me.
    Exodus 20:1–17
    
     

11. Did the scriptures always have sixty-six (66) books, as the Bible does today?
    
    a. No
    b. Yes, exactly as it was in the year 100 A.D.
    c. Yes, but some religious denominations added the Apocrypha. 
    
    a. NO.
    The early believers utilized numerous books not found in the Bible.
    In 367 AD, Father Athanasius of the Catholic Church selected the books that the Catholic Church agreed upon to make the Bible.
    During 382 AD, the Council of Rome under Pope Damasus formalized these as the Bible.
    In 400 AD, St. Jerome placed them together as the first 66-book Bible.
    It was handwritten and unbound, unlike the single tome we use today.
    
     

12. Which section of the original Bible manuscripts was in Hebrew?
    
    a. Apocrypha.
    b. Old Testament.
    c. New Testament.
    d. The Gospels of Jesus.
    
    b. Old Testament.
    Ancient Hebrew was the primary language of the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Old Testament.
    
     

13. Which section of the original Bible manuscripts was in Koine Greek?
    
    a. Apocrypha.
    b. Old Testament.
    c. New Testament.
    d. The Pentateuch.
    
    c. New Testament.
    Ancient Koine Greek was the primary language of the New Testament.
    
     

14. Which famous English Bible version was printed in the year 1611?
    
    a. The Catholic canon as approved by Pope Damasus the First.
    b. The King James Version as approved by the King of England.
    c. This text refers to the Vulgate approved by Saint Jerome.
    
    b. King James.
    The first version of the King James Bible was published in 1611.
    Several revisions have been made since then to correct some errors.
    The New King James Version (NKJV), published by Thomas Nelson in 1982, is the most recent, up-to-date, and accurate version of the Bible.
    
     

15. What is the Old Testament of the Bible all about?
    
    a. The Bible tells the story of God and His people before the birth of Christ.
    b. It explains what heaven is and what life is like there.
    c. The Old Testament is the basic story of the birth of Jesus and his life.
    
    a. This book is the story of God and His people.
    This portion of the Bible tells the story from the creation of the Earth up to 400 years before the birth of Jesus the Messiah.
    The stories explain how God's chosen people were continually disobedient as a result of the punishments they received.
    The books reveal to us events of the future, of which many have already taken place.
    
     

16. In the Old Testament, why did God evict Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden?
    
    a. Eve persuaded Adam to consume an apple.
    b. God expelled Adam and Eve because they disobeyed Him.
    c. The serpent convinced Adam and Eve that he was the Lord, and they believed him.
    
    b. Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden because they disobeyed God.
    God banished Adam and Eve because they disobeyed Him by eating the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
    Genesis 3
    
     

17. Where was Jesus born?
    
    a. Bethlehem.
    b. Jerusalem.
    c. Nazareth.
    
    a. Jesus was born in Bethlehem.
    Matthew 2:1-12
    
     

18. What is the basic theme of the Book of Revelation?
    
    a. Revelation reveals everything we need to know about Heaven and Hell.
    b. This book tells stories about the lives and times of the twelve disciples.
    c. The Book of Revelation describes apocalyptic visions and prophecies of the end of the world.
    
    c. The Book of Revelation is about the end of the world, aka the End of Times.
    Revelation describes the fight between good and evil. Good will win.
    The judgment of man and the arrival of a New Jerusalem are revealed and explained.
    
     

19. Which section of the Christian Bible originated in ancient Judaism?
    
    a. Apocrypha.
    b. The Gospels.
    c. Old Testament.
    d. The New Testament.
    
    c. Old Testament.
    Jews have been using the codices and manuscripts that form the Old Testament since their origin in Judaism.
    Jewish people prefer to call the Old Testament the First Testament, because it came before the New Testament.
    
     

20. What was the first miracle recorded in the Bible that Jesus performed?
    
    a. He healed a leper.
    b. Jesus made wine out of water.
    c. Lazarus was raised from the dead by Jesus.
    
    b. Jesus made wine out of water at a wedding.
    John 2:1-11
    
     

21. What happened to the first few authors who translated the Bible into English?
    
    a. The church praised their efforts and made them saints.
    b. They were hung upside down by the church on the cross for heresy against God.
    c. The church burned these men's bodies for blasphemy against it.
    
    The church burned these men for their blasphemy against it.
    The church executed the first few scholars who translated the Bible into English for blasphemy and burned their bodies.
    Leaders of the church did not like the idea of the common man being able to read the Bible and interpret it for themselves.
    Bibles written in English took away some of the control that the church had over the congregation.
    
     

22. What was the first complete Bible written in English?
    
    a. King James Version.
    b. Vulgate Translation.
    c. Tyndale Bible.
    
    c. Tyndale Bible.
    The Tyndale Bible was the first complete English-language version.
    The church leaders literally and physically burned William Tyndale for this blasphemous deed.
    
     

23. The early Christian church utilized this Latin Bible.
    
    a. Septuagint.
    b. Vulgate.
    c. Torah.
    
    b. Vulgate.
    The Latin Vulgate was the most popular Bible used by the early Christian churches.
    Pope Damasus authorized Saint Jerome to translate the Bible in 382 AD.
    Latin was the common language of the Catholic Church at that time.
    This practice was one of the early steps the Catholic Church took to control the masses.
    Greek was the common language spoken during the writing of the Septuagint.
    The Hebrew Bible was written in the ancient Hebrew language.
    
     

24. What significant discoveries did researchers uncover in a cave near the sea?
    
    a. Holy Aramaic scriptures found near the Red Sea.
    b. Masoretic text found near the Sea of Galilee.
    c. Dead Sea Scrolls.
    
    c. The Dead Sea Scrolls.
    Bedouin shepherds discovered these scrolls when they sought refuge in a cave on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea.
    They discovered more than 25,000 pages and fragments written in ancient Hebrew and Aramaic.
    The surviving pages contain most of the Hebrew Bible.
    
     

25. This monarch permitted the printing of Bibles in English for the first time.
    
    a. Queen Mary I in 1553.
    b. Queen Elizabeth I in 1558.
    c. King James I in 1611.
    
    c. King James.
    King James I was the monarch of England and Ireland.
    He was also King James VI of Scotland.
    His actual name was James Charles Stuart (19 June 1566–27 March 1625).
    King James was a Christian.
    James authorized the English translation of the Bible.
    He authorized and insisted on a new translation that would be small enough for an individual to carry.
    King James insisted on having it written in a language the common person could understand.
    
    Queen Mary was described as a holy terror.
    She was known as Bloody Mary.
    Queen Mary hated Christians and their beliefs, killing everyone who was a believer and destroying any religious artifacts and books they had.
    
    Queen Elizabeth is a sad story. 
    Elizabeth was the only surviving child of Henry VIII 
    She was the last and longest-reigning monarch of the House of Tudor. 
    Elizabeth was two years old when her parents' marriage was annulled.
    Her mother was executed, and Elizabeth was declared illegitimate.
    She established the first official English Protestant church.
    
     

26. What story does the Book of Exodus tell?
    a. Exodus is a prophecy about the end of the world.
    b. It is the story of King Exodus and how he defeated the Philistines.
    c. The Book of Exodus narrates how the Israelites, led by Moses, exited Egypt.
    
    c. The narrative recounts the Israelites' journey from Egypt to the promised land, accompanied by Moses.
    
     

27. Which Bible book is considered the oldest and the first one written?
    
    a. Genesis.
    b. Exodus.
    c. Job.
    
    c. Job.
    Job is the first written and oldest book of the Bible.
    Whether Moses or King Solomon wrote the book is a matter of debate.
    People passed down many Bible verses verbally through the generations before they became written as manuscripts.
    Job is such a book.
    
     

28. What is the first English Bible with chapter divisions and numbered verses?
    
    a. Geneva.
    b. Bishops.
    c. King James.
    
    a. The Geneva Bible.
    The Geneva Bible was the first Bible to have chapters and numbered verses.
    Dissidents of the church wrote the Geneva Bible in 1560 at Geneva.
    William Wittingham led several other scholars in translating the Bible after Queen "Bloody" Mary died.
    The Geneva Bible was the most popular Bible until the 1611 King James Version.
    Another name given to the Geneva Bible was "Breeches Bible",
     This version of the King James Bible described Adam and Eve as wearing “breeches” to cover their nakedness instead of the traditional "fig leaves."
    Genesis 3:7.
    
     

29. Who was the first person to begin writing the Bible in English?
    
    a. Thomas Matthew in the year 1537 AD.
    b. John Wycliffe in 1382 AD.
    c. John Darby in 1872 AD.
    
    b. John Wycliffe.
    The first person to attempt to translate the books of the Bible into English was John Wycliffe.
    Translating the Bible into English was considered heresy against the church.
    The church killed Wycliffe and burned his body for writing an English translation of the Bible.
    
     

30. When were the original Ten Commandments created?
    a. 31st century BC (Adam).
    b. 21st century BC (Noah).
    c. 14th century BC (Moses).
    
    c. 14th century BC.
    God wrote the Ten Commandments on stone tablets with his finger in the 14th century BC.
    God gave them to Moses on Mount Sinai.
    A gold-lined rectangular chest called the Ark of the Covenant housed them.
    God created two sets, as Moses destroyed the first set in his anger when he saw the multitude worshipping a golden calf.
    Wow! That must have been a scene.
     

Humorous words and phrases from the 1950s:

 

What was the original meaning of "Go to the Sandbox"?

a. Going to the Sandbox meant you were going to the bathroom.
b. It meant that you were going outside to play in the backyard.
c. You were going to the school's playground.
d. Traveling to someplace safe.

a. Going to the sandbox meant that you were going to the bathroom.
It was a slang developed from the cat's litter box, which was filled with sand.
You can figure out for yourself what cats did in the sandbox.


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