Bible Trivia Quiz

Answers to August 1995 Quiz

1. Which Bible personality made his occupation as a tentmaker?
Answer: the Apostle Paul (Aquila and Priscilla were also accepted)
After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them. (Acts 18:1-3 NIV)

2. What was the age difference between John the Baptist and Jesus?
Answer: 6 months olders
And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men. And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. (Luke 1:24-27 KJV)
And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. (Luke 1:36 KJV)
And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house. Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. (Luke 1:56-57 KJV)

3. What did David actually kill Goliath with? ("slingshot and stone" or "Goliath's own sword")
Answer: slingshot and stone
So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him. David ran and stood over him. He took hold of the Philistine's sword and drew it from the scabbard. After he killed him, he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran. (1 Samuel 17:50-51 NIV)

4. Who was the oldest man to live as recorded in the Bible?
Answer: Methuselah
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. (Genesis 5:27 KJV)
Note: this is the largest recorded length of life listed in the Scriptures.

5. Who dreamed of a ladder that would reach to heaven?
Answer: Jacob
Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep. Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. (Genesis 28:10-12 NKJV)

6. Who was the first of the Twelve to be murdered?
Answer: James
Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. (Acts 12:1-2 KJV)

7. This question was not used due to very poor research on my part. Sorry!
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8.Who was the first woman judge of God's people?
Answer: Deborah
And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. (Judges 4:4 KJV)

9. Which little boy had to be hidden for over five years to escape the wrath of a wicked female ancestor?
Answer: Joash
And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land. (2 Kings 11:1-3 KJV)

10. What biblical personality appears to have swam using the breaststroke?
Answer: Isaiah = our "official answer" see below for explanation
And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands. (Isaiah 25:11 KJV)

The "he" mentioned in this verse is really nebulous, however Isaiah is the writer and therefore is assumed that this would be how he swam. That is why the questions said "appears to have swam..." Remeber I said we were going to have to start using some tough ones to trip you up since you were all getting 100% on the questions. However, any answer consistent to the Isaiah reference was considered correct for the "awards," e.g., a Moabite, or even the Lord, since He is the last person referred to before the pronoun "he."

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