Bible Trivia Quiz

1. What was the name of the prophet who was very hairy and wore a leather belt?

Answer: Elijah

And they answered him, He was an hairy man,
and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins.
And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
(2 Kings 1:8 KJV)

2. Who was the person who owned a seamless coat?

Answer: Jesus

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus,
took his garments, and made four parts,
to every soldier a part; and also his coat:
now the coat was without seam,
woven from the top throughout.
(John 19:23 KJV)

Many people, including myself at first, thought this was Joseph. But Joseph's coat was a coat of many colors, not a seamless coat.

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children,
because he was the son of his old age:
and he made him a coat of many colours. (Genesis 37:3 KJV)

3. What prophet said, "Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel"?

Answer: Isaiah

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign;
Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son,
and shall call his name Immanuel.
(Isaiah 7:14 KJV)

4. What was the name of the woman who attempted to seduce a handsome slave?

Answer: Potiphar's wife

And Joseph was brought down to Egypt;
and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh,
captain of the guard, an Egyptian,
bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites,
which had brought him down thither.
(Genesis 39:1 KJV)

And it came to pass after these things,
that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph;
and she said, Lie with me.
(Genesis 39:7 KJV)

5. How many of the clean animals did Noah take in the Ark?

Answer: Fourteen (seven pairs) of the clean animals and two of the unclean.

Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female:
and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
(Genesis 7:2 KJV)

6. How many wives did King Solomon have?

Answer: 700

But king Solomon loved many strange women ...
And he had seven hundred wives,
princesses, and three hundred concubines:
and his wives turned away his heart.
(1 Kings 11:1, 3 KJV)

7. Gehazi was a:

(choices: king, wicked priest, servant, region in Israel, member of a pagan people)
Answer: servant

So she set out and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel.
When he saw her in the distance,
the man of God said to his servant Gehazi...
(2 Kings 4:25 NIV)

8. Which came first the Tower of Babel or the Great Flood

Answer: the Great Flood

See Genesis chapters 7-9, 10

9. What was the name of the tribe that had 700 left-handed men who could sling a stone at a hair and hit it?

Answer: Benjamin

At once the Benjamites mobilized
twenty-six thousand swordsmen from their towns,
in addition to seven hundred chosen men from those living in Gibeah.
Among all these soldiers there were
seven hundred chosen men who were left-handed,
each of whom could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.
(Judges 20:16 NIV)

10. What was the name of the king who had Jeremiah put in a dungeon where he sank in the mire?

Answer: Zedekiah

He is in your hands," King Zedekiah answered.
The king can do nothing to oppose you.
So they took Jeremiah and put him into the cistern of Malkijah,
the king's son, which was in the courtyard of the guard.
They lowered Jeremiah by ropes into the cistern;
it had no water in it, only mud,
and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
(Jeremiah 38:6 NIV)

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Updated June 23, 1995