Easy Bible Quiz about Biblical Characters and People.

Easy Bible Questions:

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1. Who founded the Judaic religion?
   
   a. Abraham.
   b. Judah.
   c. Adam.
   d. Jesus.
   
   Abraham is the patriarch of the religion, and God's people all started with him.
   He is the founding father of the original Hebrew religion of Judaism, which started in Judah.
   However, some scholars suggest that his grandson Jacob first instituted Judaism.
   God changed Abraham's grandson's name from Jacob to Israel, and the religion was born.
   Abraham founded Judaism.
   Answer A: Abraham.
   
    

2. Who is the Messiah?
   
   a. Abraham.
   b. Elijah.
   c. Jesus.
   
   Jesus is Immanuel, King of Kings, and the Messiah.
   He was the anointed one who delivers the sinful ones from their sin and the fires of hell.
   John 4:21-26.
   Answer C: Jesus.
   
    

3. Who was the king when Jesus was born?
   
   a. Solomon.
   b. Herod.
   c. Saul.
   
   King Herod the Great was king when Jesus was born.
   Herod thought Jesus was a threat and wanted to kill Him.
   Matthew 2:1-2.
   Answer B: Herod.
   
    

4. Who hated the disciples but experienced conversion on the way to Damascus?
   
   a. Pilate.
   b. Judas.
   c. Saul.
   
   Being a Pharisee, Saul of Tarsus saw to the killing of many believers, including the first martyr, Stephen.
   On his journey to Damascus, he encountered a heavenly entity, commonly believed to be Jesus.
   Saul became a believer and an apostle as a result of the encounter.
   The Lord changed Saul's name to Paul.
   Paul did not personally know Jesus when he was alive and was not among the original disciples.
   Acts 9:1-19.
   Answer C: Saul.
   
    

5. Who brought gold, myrrh, and frankincense to young Jesus?
   
   a. Shepherds.
   b. Priests.
   c. Magi.
   
   An unknown number of wise and educated men, known as the Magi, visited Jesus sometime after his birth.
   A star in the east guided them.
   They brought three expensive gifts.
   Tradition assumes that if there were three gifts, there must have been three Magi.
   "Magi" is the plural form of the word, meaning two or more.
   "Magus" is the singular form of the word, meaning just one.
   The Bible does not specify the number of magi.
   Some scholars say that there may have been more than three Magi.
   Matthew 2:1-12.
   Answer C: Magi.
   
    

6. Who was the judge at the trial of Jesus?
   
   a. Herod Antipas
   b. Pontius Pilate.
   c. Barrabas.
   d. Caiaphas.
   
   Herod the Great was the king of Judea during the time of Jesus' birth.
   At Jesus' trial, Pontius Pilate served as both the judge and the governor of Judea.
   Barabbas was a criminal that was released from prison during the trial of Jesus.
   Caiaphas, the head priest of the Sanhedrin, disliked the preaching of Jesus disrupting things.
   The elders and priests came and took Jesus to the house of Caiaphas with their complaint and false witnesses against Jesus so that they could sanction their actions.
   Matthew 26:46-66
   Answer B: Pontius Pilate.
   
    

7. When Jesus healed ten lepers, how many came back to thank Him?
   
   a. All of the lepers came back and thanked Jesus.
   b. Only one leper thanked Jesus.
   c. No one thanked Jesus.
   
   Only one leper came back and thanked Jesus for healing him.
   The leper was a Samaritan.
   Luke 17:11-19.
   Answer B: Only one.
   
    

8. What type of tree did Zacchaeus sit in so that he could see Jesus on Easter Sunday?
   
   a. Zacchaeus was sitting on a branch of a sycamore fig tree.
   b. He was hanging onto the trunk of a palm tree.
   c. Zachaeus was sitting in an olive tree.
   
   Zacchaeus was a tax collector.
   He was short and could not see over the crowd, so he climbed the tree.
   Zacchaeus was sitting in a sycamore fig tree.
   Luke 19:1-4.
   Answer A: Sycamore Fig Tree
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9. Who did Delilah seduce to obtain information about the source of his strength?
   
   a. King David.
   b. Solomon.
   c. Samson.
   
   The Philistines wanted to capture Samson but were afraid of his great strength.
   They persuaded Delilah to seduce Samson to learn the secret of his strength.
   Judges 16.
   Answer C: Samson.
   
    

10. Who built a giant boat called the Ark?
    
    a. Adam.
    b. Noah.
    c. Moses.
    
    God gave Noah instructions to construct a massive boat called the Ark.
    It took Noah and his sons about 100 years to build the Ark.
    The purpose was to save humanity and the animal world from the destruction of the world by a massive flood.
    Genesis 6:9-22.
    Answer B: Noah.
    
     

11. How many people were on the Ark?
    
    a. Two.
    b. Four.
    c. Eight.
    
    Noah, his three sons, and the four wives were on the Ark.
    That made a total of eight people on the Ark.
    Genesis 6:17-18.
    Answer C: Eight.
    
     

12. Who did God transport to Nineveh using a giant fish?
    
    a. Jonah.
    b. Daniel.
    c. David.
    
    God commanded Jonah to go to Nineveh to deliver a message.
    Jonah refused to do it and tried to run away to Tarshish on a boat.
    Because Jonah was on the boat, it encountered adverse weather.
    Jonah jumped from the boat to save it and the occupants.
    God dispatched a large fish to pick up Jonah and deliver him to Nineveh.
    It took three days to make the trip.
    The fish spat Jonah out on the beach near Nineveh.
    Jonah 1:14-17.
    Answer A: Jonah.
    
     

13. Who was forced into the lion's den?
    
    a. Sampson.
    b. Daniel.
    c. David.
    
    Daniel went into a lion's den at the command of King Darius, the Mede.
    Jealous underlings tricked Darius into giving the order.
    As we know from Sunday school, the lions behaved like kittens, and Daniel was safe.
    Daniel 6.
    Answer B: Daniel.
    
     

14. Which prophet did God take up to heaven in a fiery chariot?
    
    a. Enoch.
    b. Moses.
    c. Elijah.
    
    Something resembling a fiery chariot transported Elijah directly to heaven.
    Elijah did not die but was taken alive straight to heaven.
    2 Kings 2:10-17.
    Answer C: Elijah.
    
     

15. Who took over Elijah's ministry after he was taken to heaven?
    
    a. Gehazi, his servant.
    b. Jehoshaphat.
    c. Elisha.
    
    Elisha was the apprentice of Elijah, as appointed by God.
    He took over for Elijah after he was called to heaven.
    Elisha inherited the mantle (cloak) of Elijah and performed many miracles.
    Elijah's cloak was dropped as he entered the fiery chariot, and Elisha took it, assuming the responsibilities that came with it.
    2 Kings 2:8-15.
    Answer C: Elisha.
    
     

16. What did God give to Moses when he was on Mount Sinai?
    
    a. God gave Moses the Ten Commandments and several hundred laws.
    b. Moses received a staff adorned with a serpent's head.
    c. God gave Moses the Beatitudes.
    
    Moses received two stone tablets during the time on the mountain with God.
    The tablets contained the original Ten Commandments.
    God himself engraved the tablets with his finger.
    He also revealed most of the 613 laws known as the Mitzvot, which are the commandments and guidelines that govern Jewish life and practice.
    Exodus 19.
    Answer A: The Ten Commandments.
    
     

17. How many sets of the commandments did God make for Moses?
    
    a. One.
    b. Two.
    c. Three.
    
    Moses brought down a set of tablets of the Ten Commandments from the mountain.
    Upon his arrival at the camp, Moses witnessed the Israelites having a party and worshiping a golden calf.
    Moses was so angry that he threw the commandments to the ground and broke them into pieces.
    Because Moses destroyed the original tablets, he had to trek back up the mountain to ask God to create a second set of tablets. How humiliating.
    Exodus 34:1-4.
    Answer B: Two.
    
     

18. How did Aaron explain to Moses about the golden calf?
    
    a. "An angel came and told us to make a golden idol."
    b. "The devil showed up and forced us to make a golden calf."
    c. "There was a fire, and the people tossed some gold into it, and poof, a calf emerged."
    
    Aaron stated, "The people threw some gold into the fire, and suddenly, a calf emerged."
    Really!
    Exodus 32.
    Answer C: The calf just magically emerged from the fire after tossing gold into it.
    
     

19. When she looked back at Gomorrah, she turned into a pillar of salt.
    
    a. Eve.
    b. Ruth.
    c. Lot's wife.
    
    Lot's wife disobeyed God.
    She looked back at Sodom during its destruction by God.
    As a result, she was transformed into a pillar of salt.
    Genesis 19:23-26.
    Answer C: Lot's wife.
    
     

20. Who slew 1,000 Philistines with a single blow of a jawbone?
    
    a. David slew the Philistines when he faced them during a battle.
    b. Samson, after he was given to the Philistines by the Israelites.
    c. Stephen, the disciple, when he resisted an attempt to stone him.
    
    Samson killed 1,000 Philistines out of revenge because they killed his wife.
    Judges 15:14-16.
    Answer B: Samson.
    
     

21. Who was sold into slavery by his brothers?
    
    a. Esau.
    b. Joseph.
    c. Benjamin.
    
    Joseph's brothers were jealous of a coat that their father had given him.
    Joseph's jealous brothers sold him into slavery to slave traders.
    An Egyptian guard named Potiphar bought Joseph from the slave traders.
    Joseph became a leader in Egypt, serving directly under the Pharaoh.
    Genesis 37:18-36.
    Answer B: Joseph.
    
     

22. This shepherd used a sling and a smooth stone to kill a giant.
    
    a. Samson.
    b. Daniel.
    c. David.
    
    David went to the battlefront when he was a young lad to take food and drink.
    While there, he heard the blasphemous shouting of the Philistine giant Goliath.
    David decided to answer the giant's challenge.
    He attacked the giant with a sling and a smooth stone.
    After David slew Goliath, David chopped the giant's head off with the giant's sword.
    1 Samuel 17:33-54.
    Answer C: David.
    
     

23. When David was a shepherd, what animal did he protect his sheep from?
    
    a. Lions and Bears.
    b. Wolves and Coyotes.
    c. He protected them from venomous snakes and Gila monsters.
    
    David protected the sheep from the natural predators of lions and bears.
    The Bible says David would track after the predators and remove the sheep from their mouths.
    1 Samuel 17:34-37.
    Answer A: Lions and bears.
    
     

24. Who betrayed Jesus to the religious mob on the night of His arrest?
    
    a. The server at the Last Supper, Jediah.
    b. The jealous tax collector, Matthew.
    c. The greedy disciple, Judas Iscariot.
    
    As Jesus predicted at the Last Supper, Judas Iscariot betrayed Him.
    Judas identified Jesus with a kiss when the religious mob arrived in the Garden of Gethsemane to arrest Him.
    Matthew 26:14-16.
    Answer C: Judas Iscariot.
    
     

25. What happened to Judas Iscariot after the mob took Jesus away?
    
    a. Judas fled to Egypt.
    b. The disciples slew him.
    c. Judas committed suicide.
    
    The Bible asserts that Judas took his life by hanging himself, resulting in his guts spilling out.
    Matthew 27:3-10.
    Answer C: He committed suicide.
    
     

26. How much was Judas paid to identify Jesus on the night of the arrest?
    
    a. Twenty pieces of gold.
    b. Thirty pieces of silver.
    c. He received nothing.
    
    Judas received thirty pieces of silver from the Pharisees.
    The common price for a slave at the market was thirty pieces of silver.
    Jesus' life was only worth the price of a slave to the Pharisees.
    Matthew 26:14-16
    Answer B: Judas received thirty pieces of silver.
    
     

27. What was King David's first occupation?
    
    a. Prophet of God.
    b. Captain of the guard.
    c. Shepherd for his father.
    
    When David was a young boy, he was a shepherd for his father.
    1 Samuel 16:8-13.
    Answer C: A shepherd.
    
     

28. What island was John exiled on when he wrote the Book of Revelation?
    
    a. Malta.
    b. Crete.
    c. Patmos.
    
    John was exiled on the Greek island of Patmos in the Aegean Sea.
    Patmos was a Roman penal colony, and John lived in a cave on the island.
    Revelation 1:9.
    Answer C: The Island of Patmos.
    
     

29. This man denied knowing Jesus three times on the night of Jesus' arrest.
    
    a. Paul.
    b. Peter.
    c. Matthew.
    
    Even though Peter said he would never deny Jesus, he did so on the night of Jesus' arrest.
    Jesus predicted that Peter would betray him three times before dawn during the Last Supper.
    As it happened, as Peter followed Jesus through the streets, on three occasions someone in the crowd identified Peter as a follower of Jesus, which he denied each time.
    Luke 22:54-62.
    Answer B: Peter.
    
     

30. This person watched as Moses floated among the reeds along the riverbank.
    
    a. Jochebed. The mother of Moses.
    b. Aaron. The brother of Moses.
    c. Miriam. The sister of Moses.
    
    Moses' mother hid him for three months from the authorities.
    Fearing for his life, she put Moses into a basket and placed it in the Nile River.
    She hoped that the royal court would discover Moses and spare his life.
    Moses' sister, Miriam, followed along the riverbank.
    Pharaoh's daughter found him in the river and adopted him.
    Exodus 2:1-10.
    Answer C: Miriam.
    
     

31. Jesus brought this man back to life after being dead for four days.
    
    a. Andrew.
    b. Lazarus.
    c. Nicodemus.
    
    Lazarus was Jesus' friend who had died.
    Jesus deliberately waited four days before raising Lazarus back to life to demonstrate God's power.
    John 11:38-44.
    Answer B: Lazarus.
    
     

32. Is someone named Ben-Hur (Son of Hur) in the Bible?
    
    a. No, it is a fictitious name.
    b. Yes, it is the same person in the movie Ben-Hur.
    c. Yes, but it is not the same character as in the movies.
    
    The name Son of Hur (Ben-Hur) appears in the Bible.
    Ben-Hur was an officer of the court and an administrator (governor) in Ephraim.
    King Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, and Ben-Hur was listed as one of them.
    Each officer had to serve the court for one month a year, providing for the king.
    1 Kings 4:7-8.
    Answer C: Yes. However, he is not the one depicted in the movie.
    
     

33. Who is the oldest person in the Bible?
    
    a. Methuselah.
    b. Noah.
    c. Adam.
    
    Methuselah was 969 years old when he died.
    Noah lived to be 950 years old.
    Adam lived to be 930 years old.
    Genesis 5:21-27.
    Answer A: Methuselah.
    
     

34. Who killed Abel because of jealousy?
    
    a. Cain.
    b. Seth.
    c. Adam.
    
    Abel was a rancher, and Cain was a farmer.
    Cain was upset because God seemed to favor Abel's animal sacrifice more than Cain's crop sacrifice.
    Cain killed Abel because of jealousy.
    Genesis 4:8.
    Answer A: Cain killed Abel.
    
     

35. Where was Jesus born?
    
    a. The birth took place in a cave located in Galilee.
    b. He was born in his parents' home in Nazareth.
    c. Jesus was born just outside Bethlehem.
    
    Jesus was born just outside Bethlehem in an animal shelter.
    The family was in Bethlehem for the census, and all the rooms were full at the inns.
    After he was born, Jesus was wrapped in swaddling clothes and placed in a feeding trough called a manger.
    Luke 2:2-7.
    Answer C: Bethlehem.
    
     

36. What city did Jesus grow up in?
    
    a. The family moved to Jerusalem after leaving Bethlehem following the census.
    b. He grew up in Damascus, where his stepfather was a carpenter.
    c. Jesus grew up in Nazareth, the home of his parents.
    
    Jesus lived in Nazareth until he started his ministry.
    He was born near Bethlehem and died in Jerusalem.
    Jesus started his ministry in Capernaum.
    Luke 2:51-52.
    Answer C: Nazareth.
    
     

37. Who was the first recorded person to be taken straight to heaven without dying first?
    
    a. Elijah.
    b. Enoch.
    c. Moses.
    
    Enoch was the first recorded person taken straight to heaven without dying.
    Genesis states, "Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him."
    Enoch was the great-grandfather of Noah and the father of Methuselah.
    Genesis 5:21-29.
    Answer B: Enoch.
    
     

38. How many criminals did they crucify the same day as Jesus?
    
    a. One.
    b. Two.
    c. Three.
    
    At the crucifixion, two criminals were also on a cross.
    There was one criminal on either side of Jesus.
    Jesus told one of them that he would see him in paradise.
    Luke 23:32-34.
    Answer B: Two.
    
     

39. Who baptized Jesus?
    
    a. Caiaphas, the high priest in the temple, was the one who baptized Jesus.
    b. Jesus was baptized by His cousin John the Baptist.
    c. Friar Tuck baptized Jesus.
    
    John the Baptist, the cousin of Jesus, baptized Jesus in the River Jordan.
    After the baptism, the Holy Spirit descended upon Jesus, resembling a dove.
    God spoke and said he was well pleased.
    John lived in the wilderness, ate locusts and honey, and wore fur-skin clothes.
    Matthew 3:13-17.
    Answer B: John the Baptist.
    
     

40. This prophet led the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery.
    
    a. Moses.
    b. Jacob.
    c. Noah.
    
    God chose Moses to lead the enslaved Hebrews out of Egypt.
    His brother Aaron was his spokesman, and Joshua was his right-hand man.
    The story of Moses.
    Answer A: Moses.
    
     

Fun phrases from the 1950s:
 

What does it mean to be radioactive?

a. The term "radioactive" refers to something that is very popular or currently trending.
b. Radioactive means you have a serious illness.
c. It means that you are not well-liked.

Answer A.
Being radioactive means being very popular.
Hula hoops and pet rocks were once upon a time radioactive.


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