55 Bible Trivia Questions and Answers
Bible trivia covering both the Old and New Testaments: the books, the people, the places and a few everyday words and phrases that started there. The questions come from general quiz nights, so they are meant for a mixed group and not only for people who know scripture well. Answers are included.
There are 55 questions on this page. They are free to use for quiz nights, classrooms and pub quizzes, and each one links to its own page.
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1.How many psalms are there in the Book of Psalms? within 10%
Answer: 150 - OK 135-165
Open this question2.Which book of The Bible records the deliverance of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt?
Answer: EXODUS
Open this question3.The quotation: "Love thy neighbor as thyself" originated from which of these sources: Shakespeare, Jesus, or the Old Testament?
Answer: OLD TESTAMENT ... book of Leviticus chapter 19
Open this question4.What is the 10th commandment?
Answer: THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOR'S … anything
Open this question5.What 1455 book was the first ever printed using movable, reusable type?
Answer: GUTENBERG BIBLE
Open this question6.The hill near Jerusalem on which Jesus was crucified has two names. What are they?
Answer: CALVARY / GOLGOTHA
Open this question7.This chemical element, symbol S, was known to the ancients; it is the brimstone of the Bible. What is it?
Answer: SULFUR
Open this question8.a. According to the Bible, on which mountain did Noah's Ark land? b. In which modern country is that mountain located?
Answer: MT. ARARAT / TURKEY
Open this question9.To search for land, Noah sent what two kinds of birds out from the ark?
Answer: RAVEN / DOVE
Open this question10.Which word, meaning confusion and noise, comes from the name of a structure in the Bible?
Answer: BABEL
Open this question11.According to the Roman Catholic Church, this person arrived in Rome around the year 42 A.D., was martyred in around the year 67, and is considered the founder of the Church in Rome. Who is he?
Answer: ST. PETER THE APOSTLE
Open this question12.Considered to be the first book printed with movable type was Gutenberg's Bible, printed around 1455. In which language was it written?
Answer: LATIN
Open this question13.Can you give the specific names of the 3rd and 4th living people mentioned in the Bible, after Adam and Eve?
Answer: THEIR SONS / CAIN AND ABEL
Open this question14.What part of the Bible is known as the 'Decalogue'?
Answer: 10 COMMANDMENTS
Open this question15.Semitic is a descriptive term for certain peoples of the Middle East, including Jews and Arabs. The Semites are supposedly descended from the biblical Shem, the eldest son of whom?
Answer: NOAH
Open this question16.The last book of the New Testament of the Bible, written about 100 years after the birth of Christ, is sometimes called The Apocalypse. What's the name of this book?
Answer: THE BOOK OF REVELATION Its title comes from the first verse of the text, "the revelation of Jesus Christ...to his servant John."
Open this question17.Which New Testament woman can be considered either a woman whom Jesus cured of evil spirits, or a repentent prostitute who washed the feet of Jesus?
Answer: MARY MAGDALENE
Open this question18.What is the first book of the Bible?
Answer: Genesis
Open this question19.How many books are in the New Testament of the Bible?
Answer: 27
Open this question20.In Christianity, what event celebrates the resurrection of Jesus?
Answer: Easter
Open this question21.What is the only U.S. state capital city named after a Biblical character?
Answer: ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA
Open this question22.Can you name a part of the male anatomy (not female) named after a character from the Bible?
Answer: ADAM'S APPLE
Open this question23.The lyrics of which 1965 folk-rock hit came from the Book of Ecclesiastes and who recording it?
Answer: TURN, TURN, TURN - THE BYRDS
Open this question24.In the Book of Genesis, for how many days and nights did the rain of the great flood fall?
Answer: Forty
Open this question25.In the Book of Samuel, which Philistine warrior of giant stature is defeated by the young David?
Answer: Goliath
Open this question26.In the Book of Genesis, what is the name of the garden where Adam and Eve first lived?
Answer: The Garden of Eden
Open this question27.Which prophet was swallowed by a great fish and spent three days and three nights inside it?
Answer: Jonah
Open this question28.Which prophet led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt?
Answer: Moses
Open this question29.On which mountain did Moses receive the Ten Commandments?
Answer: Mount Sinai
Open this question30.Which of the twelve apostles betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver?
Answer: Judas Iscariot
Open this question31.Which apostle denied three times that he knew Jesus?
Answer: Peter
Open this question32."Jesus wept" is the shortest verse in many English Bibles. In which Gospel is it found?
Answer: John
Open this question33.Which psalm is the longest chapter in the Bible?
Answer: Psalm 119
Open this question34.Which prophet was thrown into a den of lions for praying to his God?
Answer: Daniel
Open this question35.Which woman goaded Samson into revealing that his strength came from his hair?
Answer: Delilah
Open this question36.Which biblical figure gave up his birthright to his brother Jacob in exchange for a bowl of lentil stew?
Answer: Esau
Open this question37.Which son of Jacob was given a "coat of many colors" and sold into slavery by his brothers?
Answer: Joseph
Open this question38.Who baptized Jesus?
Answer: John the Baptist
Open this question39.Which apostle, originally named Saul, was converted on the road to Damascus?
Answer: Paul
Open this question40.According to Genesis, who lived to the age of 969, longer than anyone else in the Bible?
Answer: Methuselah
Open this question41.In the Book of Joshua, the walls of which city fell after the Israelites marched around it blowing their trumpets?
Answer: Jericho
Open this question42.Which saint produced the Latin translation of the Bible known as the Vulgate in the late fourth century?
Answer: St. Jerome
Open this question43.In which year was the King James Version of the Bible first published?
Answer: 1611
Open this question44.Which Roman governor of Judea ordered the crucifixion of Jesus?
Answer: Pontius Pilate
Open this question45.In the Gospel of John, which friend of Jesus was raised from the dead four days after his burial?
Answer: Lazarus
Open this question46.In which town in Galilee did Jesus turn water into wine at a wedding?
Answer: Cana
Open this question47.Which sermon of Jesus, found in the Gospel of Matthew, contains the Beatitudes and the Lord's Prayer?
Answer: The Sermon on the Mount
Open this question48.Which queen, according to the Bible, visited King Solomon in Jerusalem?
Answer: The Queen of Sheba
Open this question49.In the Book of Ruth, what is the name of Ruth's mother-in-law?
Answer: Naomi
Open this question50.Which sea did the Israelites cross when they escaped from Egypt in the Book of Exodus?
Answer: The Red Sea
Open this question51.Which prophet was taken up to heaven in a whirlwind, with a chariot and horses of fire?
Answer: Elijah
Open this question52.Who is regarded as the first Christian martyr, stoned to death in Jerusalem?
Answer: St. Stephen
Open this question53.In which town in Galilee did Jesus grow up?
Answer: Nazareth
Open this question54.What name is given to the last meal that Jesus shared with his apostles before his crucifixion?
Answer: The Last Supper
Open this question55.In which garden was Jesus arrested on the night before his crucifixion?
Answer: Gethsemane
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