Bible Trivia Quiz

Answers to November 1995 Quiz

1. What were the three gifts that the Magi brought?

Answer: Gold, frankincense and myrrh.

: And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. (Matt. 2:11 KJV)

2. Compete the following verse: "Pray without ..."

Answer: ceasing

3. What was the name of the queen that we could now nickname Alpo?

Answer: Jezebel

: And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him. And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. (1 Kings 16:30-31 KJV) (She was a queen)

And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled. (2 Kings 9:10 KJV)
Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel. (2 Kings 9:36 KJV) (And then became dog food - ALPO)

4. How long did Noah get to build the Ark?

Answer: 120 years

: And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. (Genesis 6:3 KJV)

5. How old was David when he became King?

Answer: 30 years old

: David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. (2 Samuel 5:4 KJV)

6. When the walls came tumbling down, what kind of trees did Joshua see?

Answer: palm trees

: ... the Negev and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar. (Deuteronomy 34:3 NIV)

7. How many children did Jacob (Israel) have?

Answer: 13, 12 sons and 1 daughter

8. Who said, "Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves?"

Answer: Goliath

: And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. (1 Samuel 17:43 KJV)

9. How many proverbs is Solomon given credit for speaking?

Answer: 3,000

: And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about. And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. (1 Kings 4:30-32 KJV)

10. Which person killed 69 of his brothers?

Answer: Abimelech, son of Gideon

: And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself. (Judges 9:5 KJV)

Updated November 26, 1995