Bible quiz with answers: trivia questions and answers
More than 3,000 Bible quiz questions, sorted by book and by character. Try 3 free questions below, then pick a book or a person. Every answer is explained with the verse it comes from.
3 free Bible trivia questions
1. How long did the rain of the flood fall on the earth?
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Answer: 40 days. “The rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.” The hundred and fifty days are the time the waters prevailed upon the earth (7:24). Genesis 7:12
2. What name does God reveal to Moses at the burning bush?
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Answer: “I AM THAT I AM”. “I AM THAT I AM… I AM hath sent me unto you.” “The LORD is my banner” is the name of the altar built after the victory over Amalek (17:15). Exodus 3:14
3. Which two spies encouraged the people to enter Canaan?
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Answer: Joshua and Caleb. Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh rent their clothes and said: “The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.” Numbers 14:6–7
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- Aaron quizThe first high priest
- Abigail quizThe wise woman who calmed David
- Abraham quizThe father of faith
- Absalom quizThe flawless prince who rebelled against his father
- Ahab quizThe king who served Baal
- Adam and Eve quizThe first couple of humanity
- Hagar and Ishmael quizThe servant whom God saw and heard
- Amos quizThe shepherd who demanded justice
- Ananias of Damascus quizThe disciple who called Saul “brother”
- Andrew quizThe one who brings others to Jesus
- Hannah quizThe woman of prayer, mother of Samuel
- Apollos quizThe orator from Alexandria
- Balaam quizThe diviner hired to curse Israel
- Barnabas quizThe son of encouragement
- Baruch quizJeremiah’s scribe
- Bathsheba quizThe mother of Solomon
- Boaz quizRuth’s kinsman-redeemer, ancestor of David
- Cain and Abel quizThe first two brothers
- Caiaphas quizThe high priest who presided over Jesus’s trial
- Caleb quizThe man who wholly followed the LORD
- Cornelius quizThe centurion whom God remembered
- Cyrus quizThe Persian king God calls “my shepherd” and “his anointed”
- Daniel quizThe faithful prophet at the court of empires
- David quizThe king after God’s own heart
- Deborah quizProphetess and judge, “a mother in Israel”
- Eli quizThe priest of Shiloh who failed to restrain his sons
- Elijah quizThe prophet of fire
- Elisha quizThe prophet of the double portion
- Isaiah quizThe prophet of the Holy One of Israel and of the Messiah
- Esau quizThe hunter who sold his birthright
- Ezra quizThe scribe who brought the people back to the law
- Esther quizThe queen who risked her life for her people
- Stephen quizThe first martyr of the church
- Hezekiah quizThe king who trusted in the LORD
- Ezekiel quizThe watchman-prophet of the exile
- Gideon quizThe mighty man of valor with three hundred men
- Enoch quizThe man who walked with God
- The Herods quizThe royal family that ruled in the time of Jesus and the first Christians
- Isaac quizThe son of the promise
- Jacob quizThe wrestler transformed by God
- James, son of Zebedee quizThe son of thunder, the first apostle to be martyred
- James, the Lord’s brother quizThe skeptical brother who became a pillar of the church
- John the Baptist quizThe forerunner of the Messiah
- John the apostle quizThe disciple whom Jesus loved
- Jephthah quizThe outcast who became the deliverer of Gilead
- Jeremiah quizThe weeping prophet
- Jeroboam I quizThe king who made Israel sin
- Jesus Christ quizThe Son of God, Savior and Lord
- Jethro quizThe priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law
- Jezebel quizThe queen who served Baal
- Joab quizDavid’s army commander, brave and ruthless
- Joash quizThe child king saved from the massacre
- Job quizThe man of integrity tested by suffering
- Jonah quizThe reluctant prophet and the mercy of God
- Jonathan quizDavid’s faithful friend
- Jehoshaphat quizThe king who sought the LORD
- Joseph of Nazareth quizThe carpenter who watched over the child Jesus
- Joseph quizFrom the pit to the palace
- Josiah quizThe king who rediscovered the Word
- Joshua quizThe conqueror of the promised land
- Judah quizThe repentant brother from whom kings descend
- Judas Iscariot quizThe disciple who betrayed his Master
- Laban quizJacob’s father-in-law, a master of tricks
- Lazarus of Bethany quizThe friend of Jesus raised from the dead
- Leah quizThe unloved wife whom God saw
- Lot quizThe nephew who chose Sodom
- Luke quizThe beloved physician
- Manasseh quizThe most guilty king, brought back through distress
- Mark quizThe coworker who got a second chance
- Mordecai quizEsther’s guardian, raised to second in the kingdom
- Mary Magdalene quizThe first witness of the risen Lord
- Mary, mother of Jesus quizThe servant of the Lord
- Martha and Mary of Bethany quizThe one who serves, the one who listens
- Matthew quizThe tax collector who became an apostle
- Melchizedek quizThe priest-king of Salem
- Micah quizThe prophet who announced Bethlehem
- Moses quizIsrael’s deliverer and lawgiver
- Miriam quizThe prophetess with the tambourine
- Naaman quizThe Syrian general healed of leprosy
- Naomi quizThe bitter widow who finds joy again in Bethlehem
- Nathan quizThe prophet who told the king the truth
- Nathanael quizAn Israelite Without Guile
- Nebuchadnezzar quizThe King of Babylon Who Destroyed Jerusalem and Praised the King of Heaven
- Nehemiah quizThe Builder of the Walls of Jerusalem
- Nicodemus quizThe Pharisee Who Came by Night
- Noah quizThe Righteous Man Who Built the Ark
- Hosea quizThe Prophet of Faithful Love
- Uzziah quizThe Mighty King Struck with Leprosy
- Paul quizThe Apostle to the Gentiles
- Philip the Evangelist quizThe Evangelist of Samaria and the Gaza Road
- Philip quizThe One Who Said, “Come and See”
- Phinehas quizThe Priest Zealous for His God
- Peter quizThe fisherman who became a fisher of men
- Pontius Pilate quizThe Roman governor who handed Jesus over to be crucified
- Priscilla and Aquila quizThe couple devoted to the gospel
- Rachel quizJacob’s beloved wife
- Rahab quizThe prostitute saved by faith
- Rebekah quizThe young woman who said, “I will go”
- Rehoboam quizThe king who listened to the young men
- Ruth quizThe faithful Moabite, ancestor of David
- Solomon quizThe wise king, builder of the temple
- Samson quizThe Nazirite of prodigious strength
- Samuel quizProphet, last judge and kingmaker
- Sarah quizThe mother of the promise
- Saul quizThe first king of Israel
- Silas quizPaul’s companion who sang in prison
- Thomas quizFrom doubt to confession of faith
- Timothy quizPaul’s spiritual son
- Titus quizPaul’s Greek companion, sent to Corinth and Crete
- Zechariah and Elizabeth quizThe righteous couple, parents of the forerunner
- Zacchaeus quizThe chief tax collector whom Jesus called by name
- Zerubbabel quizThe governor who led the exiles home and rebuilt the temple