Children's Easy Bible Quiz and Questions

Places in the Bible concerning Jesus
 

1. Where was the birthplace of Jesus?
   
   a. Galilee
   b. Nazareth.
   c. Jerusalem.
   d. Bethlehem.
   
   Answer D: Bethlehem
   
   Jesus was born in an animal shelter (stable) just outside Bethlehem.
   Luke 2:1-7
   
    

2. In which village was Jesus raised as a teenager?
   
   a. Galilee
   b. Nazareth.
   c. Jerusalem.
   d. Bethlehem.
   
   Answer B: Nazareth.
   
   Jesus was raised in Nazareth, the hometown of his mother.
   Matthew 2:19-23
   
    

3. What city was Jesus crucified in?
   
   a. Galilee
   b. Nazareth.
   c. Jerusalem.
   d. Bethlehem.
   
   Answer C: Jerusalem.
   
   Jesus was crucified in Jerusalem on a hill called Golgotha.
   Matthew 27:30-35
   
    

4. Where did John the Baptist baptize Jesus?
   
   a. Red Sea.
   b. The Nile River.
   c. In the River Jordan.
   
   Answer C: River Jordan.
   
   Jesus was baptized in the River Jordan by his cousin John the Baptist.
   Matthew 3:13-17
   
    

5. Which area of Israel did Jesus do much of his teaching in?
   
   a. Northern Judea.
   b. Jerusalem.
   c. Galilee.
   
   Answer C: Galilee.
    
   Jesus preached mostly in Galilee, generally along the northern shore near Capernaum.
   This was the base of operations for much of Jesus’s ministry.
   Jesus did many miracles and teachings in this area.
   
    

6. Where did Jesus recruit his first disciples (apostles)?
   
   a. Along the coast of the Sea of Galilee.
   b. In Jerusalem, in the temple.
   c. Nazareth.
   
   Answer A: Sea of Galilee.
   
   When Jesus was walking along the shoreline, he met two fishermen who were brothers, Andrew and Peter, whom he recruited first.
   Matthew 4:18-22
   
    

7. Jesus was upset and overturned the tables of the money changers here.
   
   a. He flipped the tables over in the flea market in Nazareth.
   b. In the Jerusalem bank, Jesus knocked over the money tables.
   c. He upset the tables of the money changers who were outside the temple.
   
   Answer C: The temple.
   
   Jesus became frustrated and upset the tables of the money changers outside the temple.
   Matthew 21:12-13
   
    

8. Where did Jesus perform his first miracle according to many scholars?
   
   a. The first miracle happened at the pool of Siloam, where Jesus cured a man of blindness.
   b. Jesus changed water into wine at a wedding in Cana.
   c. He cured a withered hand in the synagogue.
   
   Answer B: At a wedding.
   
   The first recognized miracle of Jesus was changing water to wine at a wedding in Cana, Galilee, at the request of his mother.
   John 2:1-10
   
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9. Where was Jesus at age twelve when his parents lost him for three days?
   
   a. Jesus was at the temple listening to the priests and teachers.
   b. He was lost and wandering the streets of Jerusalem.
   c. He was at his friend Lazarus' house.
   
   Answer A: The temple.
   
   Jesus was at the temple asking questions of and listening to the priests and teachers.
   Luke 2:41-52
   
    

10. Where was Jesus betrayed by Judas?
    
    a. Jesus was betrayed and pointed out by Judas as He entered Jerusalem on a donkey.
    b. The betrayal took place at the synagogue in Jerusalem.
    c. Jesus was betrayed in the Garden of Gethsemane.
    
    Answer C: Garden of Gethsemane.
    
    Jesus was betrayed by Judas in the Garden of Gethsemane, which was located on the Mount of Olives just outside of Jerusalem.
    Luke 22:39-48

Other significant locations in the Bible are worth exploring.

 

1. Name a city that God destroyed with fire and brimstone.
   
   a. Babel.
   b. Sodom.
   c. Bethany.
   
   Answer B: Sodom.
   
   Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by God using fire and brimstone because the people there were really evil sinners disobeying God's commands.
   Genesis 19:22-25
   
    

2. ​What city did the walls crumble when the Israelites marched around it?
   
   a. Damascus.
   b. Jericho.
   c. Sodom.
   
   Answer B: Jericho.
   
   The walls of Jericho fell down after the Israelites marched around it for seven days blowing trumpets.
   Joshua 6:1–27
   
    

3. ​Where did God send Jonah to preach?
   
   a. Jericho.
   b. Nineveh.
   c. Tarshish.
   
   Answer B: Nineveh.
   
   Jonah was sent to Ninevah by God to preach to the people there.
   He was trying to escape God by taking a boat to Tarshish, but God intervened and sent a fish to retrieve Jonah.
   Jonah 3
   
    

4. Where did Jesus speak to Saul before his conversion as an apostle?
   
   a. On the road to Damascus.
   b. The temple in Jerusalem.
   c. On the Mount of Olives.
   
   Answer A: Road to Damascus.
   
   Saul was traveling on the road to Damascus because the priests wanted him to arrest some Christians in Damascus.
   Jesus stopped him and blinded him so that he couldn't make the trip.
   Acts 9:1-9
   
    

5. Which body of water did Moses divide with his staff?
   
   a. Red Sea.
   b. Dead Sea.
   c. Sea of Galilee.
   
   Answer A: Red Sea.
   
   Moses used his staff with outstretched hands to divide the Red Sea during the exodus from Egypt.
   Exodus 14
   
    

6. Where did Moses receive the Ten Commandments?
   
   a. The Garden of Gethsemane.
   b. Mount Sinai in the desert.
   c. Egypt before the Exodus.
   
   Answer B: Mount Sinai.
   
   Moses received the Ten Commandments while visiting with God on Mount Sinai.
   Exodus 31:18
   
    

7. Where did Moses die?
   
   a. In Canaan, the promised land.
   b. The valley of Moab.
   c. Mount Nebo.
   
   Answer C: Mount Nebo.
   
   God did not allow Moses to enter the land promised to Abraham of milk and honey.
   This was the punishment Moses got for having anger issues and disobeying God.
   God allowed Moses to see the land from atop Mount Nebo but did not allow him to enter it.
   Moses died on Mount Nebo and was buried in an unmarked grave in the Valley of Moab.
   Deuteronomy 34:1-8
   
    

8. ​Where was the land of milk and honey that God let the Israelites settle in?
   
   a. Canaan.
   b. Babylon.
   c. Persia.
   
   Answer A: Canaan.
   
   Moses led the Israelites to the land of milk and honey in Canaan.
   However, God punished Moses and did not allow Moses to enter the promised land.
   Exodus 13:11
   
    

9. Where did Noah's Ark come to rest after the Great Flood?
   
   a. Mount Ararat.
   b. Mount Sinai.
   c. Mount Nebo.
   
   Answer A: Mount Ararat.
   
   Noah's Ark was brought to rest on Mount Ararat after the flood.
   Genesis 8:1-4
   
    

10. Where was the first home of Adam and Eve?
    
    a. Garden of Gethsemane.
    b. Garden of Eden.
    c. Mount Sinai.
    
    Answer B: Garden of Eden.
    
    God planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.
    Genesis 2:8