Children's Easy Bible Quiz of Bible Persons and Characters
This is an easy Bible quiz for children about people in the Bible.
How good is your knowledge about the popular characters in the Bible?
Can you answer these easy children's Bible questions?
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Who is the Messiah?
a. Abraham.
b. Jesus.
c. Isaac.
Answer B: Jesus.
Jesus is the Messiah and is called the Christ.
Prophecy foretold that the Messiah was to bring peace to the world and rebuild the temple.
Matthew 1:16
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Who died on the cross for us?
a. Adam.
b. Jesus.
c. Moses.
Answer B: Jesus.
Jesus died on the cross for us as a payment to God for our sins.
John 3:16
Romans 5:8:
Isaiah 53:5
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Who or what are disciples as described in the Bible?
a. Students (believers) who gathered around and often followed Jesus to learn from Him.
b. They are priests who consistently pray in the synagogue several times a day.
c. The disciples were the inner circle of Jesus' ministry.
Answer A: Students
Disciples are basically students, learners, and believers that gathered around and sometimes followed Jesus to learn from Him.
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Who or what are apostles?
a. Priests and clergy of the temple that supported Jesus.
b. Part of Jesus' inner circle that was sent on missions.
c. They were members of the Aaronic priesthood.
Answer B: Members of Jesus' inner circle.
Apostles were disciples that were part of Jesus' inner circle.
Jesus sent them out on missions to preach.
They also had responsibilities in Jesus' ministry, including healing.
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How many total apostles did Jesus have?
a. Ten (10).
b. Eleven (11).
c. Twelve (12).
d. Thirteen (13).
Answer D: Thirteen (13).
There were twelve (12) original disciples, called apostles, who followed Jesus.
Judas died, and Matthias took his place, making a total of thirteen apostles.
Luke 6:12-13
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Who were the earthly parents of Jesus?
a. Abraham and Sarah.
b. Joseph and Mary.
c. David and Abigail.
Answer B: Joseph and Mary.
Joseph and Mary are the parents of Jesus.
Luke 1:26-28
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Which Bible person built a giant boat called the Ark?
a. Abraham.
b. Moses.
c. Adam
d. Noah
Answer D: Noah.
Noah built a boat called the Ark.
It took Noah over fifty years to build it.
Most likely, his family helped him build it.
Hebrews 11:7
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How many unclean animals of each species was Noah to take aboard the Ark?
a. Each animal species should have one member.
b. Seven pairs of every unclean animal.
c. Two of each animal species (1 pair).
Answer C: Two.
Noah was instructed to bring aboard two, one pair, and two of each unclean animal species.
Genesis 7:1-3
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Who in the Bible, because of his long hair, had the strength of ten men?
a. King David.
b. Samson.
c. Moses
Answer B: Samson.
Samson had outstanding strength because of his long hair.
Judges 16:15-19
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Who was the king when Jesus was born?
a. Herod the Great.
b. Pontius Pilate.
c. King David.
Answer A: Herod the Great.
Herod the Great was king when Jesus was born.
Matthew 2:1-2
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Who brought gold, myrrh, and frankincense to young Jesus?
a. The Magi, who originated in the east, brought gifts to Jesus.
b. Priests from Nazareth brought the three gifts.
c. Members of the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem.
Answer A: Magi.
The Magi from the east brought gifts to the young Jesus when he was a boy of two years or less.
Matthew 2:1-12
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Which person in the Bible was thrown into a lion's den?
a. Daniel.
b. Jonah.
c. Elijah.
Answer A: Daniel.
Daniel was thrown into a lion's den by the pagan king because he prayed to God instead of to the king.
Daniel 6:6-16
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Who did God take to heaven in a fiery chariot?
a. Abraham.
b. Enock.
c. Elijah.
Answer C: Elijah.
Elijah was taken to heaven in a fiery chariot while he was alive.
2 Kings 2:6-15
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Who was the wisest king in the Bible?
a. King David.
b. King Solomon.
c. King Nebuchadnezzar.
Answer B: King Solomon.
King Solomon was the wisest king in the Bible.
1 kings 4:29-34
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Who was swallowed by a big fish?
a. Jonah.
b. John the Baptist.
c. Noah's son Japheth.
Answer A: Jonah.
Jonah was swallowed by a big fish that God sent.
Jonah 1:17
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Which Bible character did God hand the Ten Commandments to?
a. Elisha.
b. Aaron.
c. Moses.
Answer C: Moses.
God gave the Ten Commandments on two stone slabs to Moses on Mount Sinai.
Exodus 31:18
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Who killed the giant named Goliath?
a. Aaron killed Goliath during a battle in the desert against the Amalekites.
b. David, the shepherd boy, engaged in combat with the Philistines.
c. Jonah was sent to Ninevah by God to fight the Assyrians.
Answer B: David.
David killed Goliath when he was a young shepherd boy herding his father's sheep.
I Samuel 17:48-53
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What are the names of Adam and Eve's first two sons?
a. Ham and Shem.
b. Cain and Abel.
c. Esau and Jacob.
Answer B: Cain and Abel.
Adam and Eve's first two sons are Cain and Abel.
Genesis 4:1-3
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Who was the third son of Adam and Eve?
a. Seth.
b. Jacob.
c. Methuselah.
Answer A: Seth.
Seth was the third son of Adam and Eve.
Genesis 5:1-8
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Which son was killed by his brother because of jealousy?
a. Cain killed Abel.
b. Abel killed Cain.
c. Cain killed Seth.
Answer A: Cain killed Abel.
Cain killed Abel because he was jealous that God preferred Abel's offering.
Genesis 4:8
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How many days did it take for God to create earth with everything on it?
a. Six days.
b. One week (seven days).
c. A typical workweek (five days).
Answer A: Six days.
It took God six days to create the earth, and then he rested on the seventh day.
Genesis 1:31
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What was the ruler of Egypt called?
a. King.
b. Pharaoh.
c. Emperor.
Answer B: Pharaoh.
The ruler of Egypt is called a pharaoh.
Jeremiah 46:2
“Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vain glory; rather,
humbly regard others as more important than yourselves.”
Philippians 2:3