Children's Comprehensive Bible Question Quiz

Children's Bible quiz and Bible trivia quiz.

The answers are below the question.
Don't look at the answer until after you guess. Well, unless you have to.

100 mixed general Bible trivia information questions for children.

Answer these questions about the physical Bible.

What is the total number of books in the Bible?
a. Two (2) books.
b. Forty (40) books.
c. Sixty-six (66) books.

c, The Bible comprises 66 books.
Which language was most of the original Old Testament written in?
a. Farsi.
b. Hebrew.
c. Egyptian.

b. The Old Testament was primarily written in Hebrew.
Which language was most of the original New Testament written in?
a. Latin.
b. Greek.
c. Roman.

b. The New Testament was primarily written in Koine Greek.
Which book is first in the Bible?
a. Alpha.
b. Moses.
c. Genesis.

c. The first book in the Protestant Bible is Genesis.
Moses is believed to have written Genesis.
Which book is the last in the Bible?
a. John 3.
b. Omega.
c. Revelation.

c. The last book in the Protestant Bible is Revelation.
John is believed to have written Revelation.
A few Bibles have a third section added between the testaments.
What is this middle section called?
a. Beatitudes.
b. Apocrypha.
c. Books of law.

b. The Apocrypha is a third section of scripture added to some Bibles.
What year was the original King James Bible published?
a. 1492.
b. 1611.
c. 1776.

b. The King James Bible was published in the year 1611.
What are the first words in the Bible?
a. "In the beginning ...".
b. "On the first day ...".
c. "God made Adam and Eve."

a. The first few words of the Bible are "In the beginning..."
How are the words that Jesus spoke shown in some Bibles?
a. Written in italics.
b. His words are in bold.
c. The words spoken by Jesus are printed in red letters.

c. The words that Jesus spoke are written in red ink.
What are the first four books of the New Testament called?
a. Torah.
b. Pentateuch.
c. The Gospels.

c. The first four books of the New Testament are known as the Gospels.
They tell the story of Jesus' ministry.
What are the first five books of the Old Testament called?
a. Gospels.
b. Pentateuch.
c. Books of Creation.

b. The first five books of the Old Testament are known as the Pentateuch.
What is the Bible considered to be?
a. One complete book.
b. Two books bound together.
c. A collection of many books bound together.

c. The Bible is a collection of many books bound together.

Who are these Bible characters?

Who were the first humans on earth?
a. Abraham and Sarah.
b. Mary and Joseph.
c. Adam and Eve.

c. Adam and Eve were the first humans on earth.
What did God create Adam from?
a. Carbon.
b. The sun's rays.
c. Dust of the Earth.

c. God created Adam from the dust of the earth and called him man.
How did Eve come into existence?
a. From Adam's rib.
b. From the Virgin Mary.
c. From the dust of the Earth.

a. Eve was created from Adam's rib and was called a woman.
Who did God give the 10 commandments to?
a. Noah.
b. Moses.
c. Abraham.

b. Moses.
God gave the 10 commandments to Moses on two slabs of slate.
Who did the big fish transport?
a. Jesus.
b. Peter.
c. Jonah.

c. Jonah.
A big fish transported Jonah to Nineveh over a 3-day period.
Who was the first murderer in the Bible?
a. Adam. He killed Eve for eating an apple.
b. Pontius Pilate. He allowed Jesus to be crucified.
c. Cain. He killed his brother Abel because he was jealous.

c. Cain.
He was jealous of his brother Abel because Abel's animal sacrifice was considered better than Cain's crop sacrifice.
Who killed Philistines with a jawbone?
a. Samson.
b. David.
c. Daniel.

a. Samson.
He used the jawbone of a donkey to kill 1,000 Philistines.
He hated the Philistines for things they had done to him and his family.
In his rage, he took their lives.
Whom did God instruct to build a giant boat ?
a. Peter and his brother Andrew.
b. Jacob and his twelve sons.
c. Noah.

c. Noah.
He built the giant boat known as the Ark.
Estimates place his age at 500 years, during which he spent approximately 100 years building the Ark.
The Ark was in preparation for a flood that would destroy the world.
Who was put into a lion's den for praying to God instead of an idol?
a. Daniel.
b. Paul.
c. John.

a. Daniel.
King Darius ordered Daniel into the lion's den.
King Darius sentenced Daniel to the den for not praying to an idol.
Jealous subjects, who disliked Daniel, tricked King Darius into this decision.
Who was the wisest king in the Bible?
a. Saul.
b. Herod.
c. Solomon.

c. Solomon.
He was considered the wisest king in Israel.
Who was the mother of Jesus?
a. Ruth.
b. Mary.
c. Hannah.

a. Mary.
A virgin named Mary was the mother of Jesus.
Who killed the giant Philistine named Goliath?
a. David the shepherd with a sling and a stone.
b. Peter with his sword at the Garden of Gethsemane.
c. Elijah, who called out some bears from the woods to kill Goliath.

a. David the shepherd killed the giant Philistine Goliath.
He used a sling and smooth stone.
David was a young shepherd at the time.
Goliath was fighting for the Philistines during a battle with the Israelites.

There are numerous questions about the birth of Jesus.

Who is known as the Son of God?
a. Adam, whom God created from the dust of the ground.
b. Abraham, the founder of Judaism, is the Son of God.
c. Jesus, who was born in the flesh to a virgin.

c. Jesus.
Who was king when Jesus was born?
a. Saul, the very first king, reigned at the time of his birth.
b. Solomon, the wisest king, oversaw the birth of Jesus.
c. King Herod was ruling at the time Jesus was born.

c. King Herod.
Who were the earthly parents of Jesus?
a. Adam and Eve.
b. Mary and Joseph.
c. Abraham and Sarah.

b. Mary and Joseph.
Who told Mary she was going to have baby Jesus?
a. Her cousin Elizabeth.
b. The Angel Gabriel.
c. God in a Vision.

b. The Angel Gabriel.
What city was Jesus born in?
a. The birth took place in a temple in Jerusalem.
b. Jesus was born in a barn in Nazareth.
c. He was born near Bethlehem.

c. Jesus was born near Bethlehem.
The family traveled to Bethlehem like everyone else for the census.
What city did Jesus grow up in when he was a child?
a. Jesus grew up in Nazareth.
b. Bethlehem is where Jesus lived his entire life.
c. Jesus lived in Jerusalem during his childhood.

a. Jesus grew up in Nazareth.
Who were the Wise Men?
a. Angelic messengers from the West.
b. Prophets who traveled far from Egypt.
c. They were learned men known as the Magi.

c. Magi.
The wise men, known as Magi, were renowned for their intelligence.
They traveled to Israel to honor the "King of the Jews."
The Bible does not state there were three wise men.
Tradition assumes that there were three wise men because there were three gifts.
How did the three Wise Men know how to find Jesus?
a. An angel told them what city Jesus was in.
b. The wise men followed a heavenly star.
c. They went and asked Pontius Pilate.

b. The wise men followed a heavenly star.
Where did Joseph and Mary stay when Jesus was born?
a. At a roadside inn along the road from Nazareth.
b. In an animal stable near Bethlehem.
c. In a hotel basement in Bethlehem.

b. In an animal stable near Bethlehem.
Why did Joseph and Mary take baby Jesus to Egypt?
a. King Herod intended to kill Jesus.
b. So Jesus could be baptized.
c. They had to go pay taxes.

a. King Herod wanted to kill Jesus.
Who brought gifts to baby Jesus?
a. Three wise men called Magi.
b. The priests from Bethlehem.
c. King Herod.

a. Three wise men called Magi.
Besides the Magi, who else came to visit the baby Jesus?
a. Shepherds from a nearby field.
b. Priests from the synagogue.
c. Believers from Bethlehem.

a. Shepherds from a nearby field.

Questions about Jesus the Messiah.

Who denied Jesus three times on the night of his arrest?
a. Judas. He said he did not recognize Jesus.
b. Peter. He denied Jesus before the cock crowed.
c. Mary. The mother of Jesus said she didn't know Him.

b. Peter.
Before the cock crowed on the night of the arrest, Peter denied Jesus three times.
Who betrayed Jesus at the moment of his arrest?
a. Mary Magdalene, who wanted nothing to do with Jesus.
b. Judas Iscariot, who kissed Jesus.
c. Saul, who hated the Jews.

b. Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus.
In the Garden of Gethsemane, Judas betrayed Jesus by identifying him to the mob who came to arrest him.
What does Jesus say is the first and greatest commandment?
a. Give honor to your parents.
b. Love your neighbors.
c. Go to church.

b. Love your neighbors.
According to Jesus, the first and greatest commandment is the love of God and the love of your fellow man.
During Jesus' arrest, who cut the ear off a guard?
a. Paul, using Peter's knife.
b. Peter with his sword.
c. Judas with his knife.

b. Peter with a sword.
He cut off the right ear of the high priest's slave Malchus with his sword.
Peter was trying to prevent the arrest of Jesus.
Jesus then healed Malchus by putting his ear back on.
This was probably the last miracle Jesus performed.
After the crucifixion, where was the body of Jesus taken?
a. The priests took it to the temple.
b. A man named Joseph moved the body to a tomb.
c. His brothers buried him in the Garden of Gethsemane.

b. A man named Joseph.
He was a wealthy man from Arimathea, Judea, who claimed the body of Jesus and placed him in his burial cave.
Joseph and Nicodemus wrapped Jesus' body in burial cloth and spices.
What did Judas do to identify Jesus when they arrested him?
a. Judas shook hands with Jesus.
b. Judas pointed and said, "That's him; that's Jesus."
c. Judas walked up to Jesus and kissed Him on the face.

c. Judas walked up to Jesus and kissed him on the face to identify Jesus to the mob.
When did Jesus rise from the dead after his crucifixion?
a. The first day.
b. The second day.
c. The third day.

c. Jesus rose on the third day after his crucifixion.
He stayed on Earth for 40 days before ascending into Heaven.
What transpired immediately following Jesus' baptism?
a. The spirit of God descended like a dove upon Jesus.
b. The ground shook like an earthquake.
c. The skies opened up with thunder.

a. The spirit of God entered Jesus when he was baptized.
Before Jesus started preaching, what did He do for work?
a. He was a carpenter.
b. He was a deacon in the synagogue.
c. He was a fisherman like many of the villagers.

a. Jesus worked as a carpenter, just like his stepfather, Joseph.
What was the first miracle that Jesus performed?
a. He cured a blind man.
b. He made wine for a wedding.
c. He fed 5000 people with five loaves of bread and two fish.

b. He made wine.
Jesus' first miracle was making 120 gallons of wine at a wedding in Cana.
The host ran out of wine, and Mary insisted that her son, Jesus, make more wine.
What did Joseph, the father of Jesus, do for work?
a. He was a carpenter.
b. He was a fisherman.
c. He was a tax collector.

a. Joseph was a carpenter.
A verse in the Bible says Jesus wept.
Why?
a. Judas betrayed Him.
b. His best friend, Lazarus, had died.
c. Jesus knew of His upcoming crucifixion.

b. Jesus wept for the sisters of Lazarus when he saw how upset they were over their brother Lazarus' death.

Questions about the Apostles.

How many apostles were there?
a. Jesus authorized six apostles.
b. Jesus selected twelve apostles.
c. Forty apostles all together served Jesus.
d. He selected ten disciples to follow Him.

b. Jesus selected twelve apostles.
He had many disciples but only twelve apostles.
What did Jesus do to the apostles at the Last Supper?
a. Kept giving them wine until they were in a relaxed state.
b. Made them wash their hands before eating the bread.
c. Jesus washed their feet.

c. Jesus washed their feet.
At the Last Supper, Jesus washed the feet of the apostles.
Jesus wanted to show them humility and servitude.
The belief is that this shows Jesus as serving humanity and also symbolizes the washing away of sin.
Which disciple was a doctor?
a. Matthew.
b. Luke.
c. John.

b. Luke was a doctor, a disciple, and wrote the book of Luke.
Which disciple was a tax collector?
a. Matthew.
b. Luke.
c. John.

a. Matthew worked as a tax collector for Rome.
Was Paul an apostle?
a. No.
b. Yes.

a. No. Paul was not an apostle.
Paul was a disciple.
Jesus had an inner circle of apostles.
Who were they?
a. Peter, James, and John.
b. Peter, Simon, and Judas.
c. Peter, Thomas, and Matthew.

a. Peter, James, and John were considered members of Jesus' inner circle.
Was there a thirteenth apostle
a. No.
b. Yes.

b. Yes, there was a 13th apostle.
He replaced Judas Iscariot.
Who replaced Judas Iscariot?
a. Mathias.
b. Luke.
c. Jonah.

a.Matthias.
He succeeded Judas Iscariot as an apostle.
Which apostle did Jesus name the rock?
a. Peter, because Jesus changed Simon's name to Peter, which means "rock."
b. James, because he was the foundation of the Judaism movement.
c. John, because he was persistent and steadfast in his beliefs.

a. Peter.
Jesus changed Simon's name to Peter.
He was also referred to in the Bible as Simon Peter.
After the resurrection, which apostle doubted that it was Jesus?
a. Peter did not believe the resurrection took place.
b. Matthew denied everything that happened after the crucifixion.
c. Thomas doubted Jesus was risen until he saw the scars in His hands.

c. Thomas.
Thomas didn't believe Jesus had risen until he saw the scars on His hands.
Which apostle was crucified upside down?
a. Thomas because he wanted to suffer more than Jesus.
b. Peter, because he felt unworthy to die the same as Jesus.
c. Matthew, because he wanted to show defiance to the authorities.

b. Peter allowed himself to be crucified upside down because he felt less worthy than Jesus.
Which apostles did Jesus call the sons of thunder?
a. James and John.
b. Peter and Matthew.
c. Bartholomew and Thaddeus.

a. James and John.
Jesus referred to James and John as the sons of thunder.

Quiz about the boat called the Ark.

What does the word "ark" mean?
a. A boat or ship.
b. A chest or box.
c. A waterproof container.

b. A chest or box.
An ark is some kind of container defined as a chest or box.
Moses' Ark of the Covenant was a chest that stored the Ten Commandments.
Noah's Ark was a big, boat-like container that held hundreds of animals.
How many unclean animals went into the Ark?
a. Two pairs of hoofed and one pair of non-hoofed animals.
b. A pair of each unclean kind.
c. Three pairs of each kind.

b. A pair of each unclean animal.
Noah boarded a pair of each unclean animal and seven pairs of clean animals on the Ark.
How many people were on the Ark?
a. Four people went on the Ark: Noah and his three sons.
b. Two people were on the Ark: Noah and his wife.
c. Eight people, which included all of Noah's family.

c. The Ark contained eight people.
All aboard were Noah and his wife, along with his three sons and their wives.
Who built the Ark?
a. Moses.
b. Noah.
c. Adam.

b. Noah built the giant boat called the Ark at the instructions of God.
How long did it take to build the Ark?
a. 1 year.
b. 40 years.
c. 50-120 years.

c. The belief is that it could have taken Noah 50 to 120 years to build the Ark.
The Bible is not clear on this.
Refer to the answer in the next question.
What was Noah's age when God told him to build the Ark?
a. 480 years.
b. 120 years.
c. 80 years.

a. It is estimated that Noah was over 480 years old when he built the Ark.
We don't know how long Noah took to build the Ark.
The Bible states he was 600 years old when the flood came.
The Bible states that Noah was 500 years old when he had his three sons.
We don't know if Noah's three sons were triplets or if they were close in age.
We do know that his sons and their wives were on the Ark.
What kind of wood was the Ark built of?
a. Oak.
b. Pine.
c. Gopher.

c. Gopher.
The wood that the Ark was built of was gopher.
No one knows for sure what gopher wood is.
The Bible mentions gopher wood only once, in relation to the Ark.
Perhaps it was a term used for wood treated to repel water.
Genesis 6:14
What was the measurement used to build the Ark?
a. Yards.
b. Cubits.
c. Meters.

b. The measurement used to build the Ark was cubits.
A cubit was the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger.
Therefore, the cubit varied based on the physical size of the carpenter.
How long did the people stay in the Ark?
a. 40 weeks.
b. 40 days.
c. A year.

c. Noah and his family lived on the Ark for a full year.
Where did the Ark rest after the flood?
a. Mount Ararat.
b. Mount Sinai.
c. The Alps.

a. Mount Ararat.
After the flood subsided, the Ark came to rest on Mount Ararat.
Which two birds flew from the Ark?
a. A raven first and then a dove later.
b. A pigeon, and then a pelican.
c. A dove and then an eagle.

a. After the Ark rested on Mt. Ararat, both a raven and a dove departed from it.
The raven left first and never returned.
The dove left later and returned with part of a small piece of branch in its mouth.
After the Ark landed, what did God create as a covenant with Noah?
a. God placed the white clouds in the sky above.
b. God made the sky turn blue.
c. God created a rainbow.

c. God created a rainbow.
It was a sign created to show that God would never again destroy the world with a flood.

Questions about the Exodus from Egypt.

Who led the Hebrews out of Egypt when they were slaves?
a. Noah, with his three sons.
b. Moses, with his brother and sister.
c. Father Abraham, with his nephew.

b. Moses, with the help of his brother Aaron, sister Miriam, and friend Joshua, led the Hebrew slaves out of Egypt into the promised land.
To whom did God give the stone tablets that contained the commandments?
a. God gave the tablets to Joseph when he served as an administrator in Egypt.
b. Adam received the tablets after eating from the Tree of Knowledge.
c. Moses accepted the tablets from God on Mount Sinai.

c. Moses received the stone tablets of God's commandments while visiting with God on Mount Sinai.
How many commandments are there?
a. Six commandments are written out on six parchments.
b. The Ten Commandments are etched on two stone tablets.
c. One stone slate has the twelve commandments written on both sides.

b. There are ten commandments that God wrote on stone tablets with his finger.
What is the first commandment?
a. Honor your father and mother.
b. Thou shalt have no other gods but me.
c. Thou shalt only go to Christian churches.

b. Thou shalt have no gods but me.
What "message" from God did Moses say to the Egyptian Pharaoh?
a. "Let my people go."
b. "You must repent of your sins."
c. "I have been sent to destroy your land because you sinned."

a. "Let my people go."
Moses delivered the message to Pharaoh, urging him to release his people.
What happened when the Israelites were complaining of hunger?
a. Turkeys appeared every morning at sunrise for 40 days.
b. God sent nomad merchants to them with food.
c. A substance called "manna" fell from the sky.

c. Food called manna fell from the sky and covered the ground.
The Hebrews had to pick it up every morning for their daily meals.
On the sixth day, they picked up twice as much so that they would have some for the Sabbath.
How many plagues did God put upon the Egyptians?
a. Two.
b. Ten.
c. Twelve.

b. God put ten plagues on the Egyptians for enslaving the Hebrews.
What was the last plague?
This plague forced Pharaoh to release the Hebrew slaves.
a. God killed all the Egyptian "firstborn" children of each family, regardless of age.
b. God made it rain for forty days and forty nights.
c. God turned all the water into red blood.

a. God killed all the Egyptian firstborn regardless of age as his last plague.
This plague finally upset the Egyptians so much that they demanded that their pharaoh "let the Israelites go."
When Moses came down from the mountain, why was he angry?
a. He saw that the people were worshiping a "golden calf."
b. The people were complaining and wanted to return to Egypt.
c. The people picked Miriam, the sister of Moses, as their new leader.

a. Moses saw that the people were worshipping a golden calf idol.
Moses became so enraged that he hurled the tablets containing God's Ten Commandments onto the ground, shattering them.
Who parted the Red Sea so the Israelites could escape Pharaoh?
a. Noah to escape the flood.
b. Moses to escape from the Egyptian army that was upon them.
c. Aaron parted the sea because Moses had gotten old and frail.

b. Moses parted the Red Sea to allow the slaves to escape from the approaching Egyptian army.
After the army entered the parted sea, it collapsed and killed them all.
The king wanted to kill Moses when he was a baby.
How did Moses manage to escape?
a. His mother disguised him as a girl.
b. His mother put him in a basket and placed it in the river.
c. His mother took Moses and his sister, Miriam, to Mesopotamia.

b. Moses was saved from being killed when his mother placed him in a waterproof basket and set him afloat on the Nile River.
The daughter of Pharaoh found him and adopted him.
Moses grew up in Egypt. Why did he suddenly leave?
a. Moses "murdered" an Egyptian.
b. He went off to "fight a war" for the pharaoh.
c. He wanted to "marry a woman" from a distant tribe.

a. Moses murdered an Egyptian taskmaster.
Moses became upset when he saw the taskmaster beating a Hebrew slave.

Additional questions about people in the Bible.

What musical instrument did David play?
a. Lyre.
b. Trumpet.
c. Kettle Drum.

a. David played the lyre.
He would often play it for the king to soothe his pain.
When David was king, with whom did he commit adultery?
a. Jezebel, wife of Ahab.
b. Bathsheba, Uriah's wife.
c. Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile.

b. Bathsheba.
David committed adultery with Bathsheba, Uriah's wife.
David saw her bathing on the rooftop next door and lusted after her.
To have Bathsheba all to himself, he sent Uriah into battle for his death.
In what city did God cause the walls to fall when the people marched?
a. Jericho.
b. Sodom.
c. Ancient Jerusalem.

a. The walls of Jericho.
The walls fell when the Israelites walked around the city for several days.
Who lost his immense strength when his hair was cut?
a. King Saul.
b. Samson.
c. David.

b. Samson.
He was powerful until he was tricked into having his hair cut by Delilah.
What did Samson use to kill 1,000 Philistines?
a. A two-edged sword of Egyptian steel.
b. The strength of his bare hands.
c. The jawbone of a jackass.

c. Samson used a jawbone to kill the Philistines.
Whose donkey talked?
a. Jesus on Palm Sunday when he rode it into the city.
b. Balaam, when he beat the donkey for not moving along.
c. Saul when he was riding the donkey on the Damascus Road.

b. Balaam was riding his donkey when it stopped moving on the pathway.
The donkey stopped because a heavenly being was in his path.
Balaam beat the donkey to try and make him move.
The donkey turned his head and asked Balaam, "Why are you beating me?"
Saul killed many believers.
What was his name after he converted?
a. Mark.
b. Paul.
c. Judas.

b. Paul.
Saul of Tarsus disliked the Jews and killed many of them.
After he converted, God changed his name to Paul.
How long did Jonah stay in the big fish?
a. Twenty-four hours, starting at noon.
b. Two days and one night.
c. Three days and three nights.

c. Jonah spent three days and three nights inside the large fish.
The fish spit Jonah up onto the beach when they arrived at Nineveh.
What tribe did Goliath fight for?
a. Midianites.
b. Philistines.
c. Canaanites.

b. Goliath fought for the Philistines.
He didn't last long, as young David the shepherd killed him with a sling and stone.
How many wives does the Bible say King Solomon had?
a. He had several dozen; he had a concubine.
b. One— that was all that God would allow.
c. Seven hundred— much more than God says we should have.

c. King Solomon had a total of over 700 wives and concubines in his harem.
Who was given a coat of many colors by his father, Jacob?
a. John the Baptist because he lived as a hermit in the wilderness.
b. The Apostle John, because he led the apostles.
c. Joseph, Jacob's youngest son at the time.

c. Jacob gave his coat to his favorite son, Joseph.
What happened after Jacob gave the coat to his son?
a. All the other brothers became very jealous and sent Joseph into slavery.
b. The brothers stole the coat and sold it at the market.
c. The brothers were happy, and they threw a party.

a. All the other brothers were filled with jealousy.
The brothers sold Joseph to slave traders.
How many tribes of Israel were there?
a. six (6).
b. twelve (12).
c. twenty-four (24).

b. The nation of Israel had twelve tribes.
The descendants (twelve sons) of Jacob founded them.
Jacob is the patriarch of the Judean religion.
God changed his name to Israel.
Who is the oldest person in the Bible?
a. Methuselah.
b. Moses.
c. Adam.

a. Methuselah.
At 969 years old, Methuselah holds the title of the oldest person in the Bible.
Who did God take to Heaven in a fiery chariot?
a. Elijah.
b. Moses.
c. Enoch.

a. Elijah.
A fiery chariot carried Elijah directly to heaven.
What were Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego forced into?
a. A fiery furnace.
b. A lion's den.
c. A deep well.

a. A fiery furnace.
The three young men found themselves in a fiery furnace because of worshipping God instead of the king's idol.

And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Acts 2:21