Bible Trivia Quiz: More Difficult

Answers to April 1996 Quiz

1. How many sons of Abraham are mentioned in the Bible?
Answer: 8 (1 by Hagar, 1 by Sarah, and 6 by Keturah)

"So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne." (Genesis 16:15 NIV)

"Now the LORD was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised. Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him. Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him." (Genesis 21:2-3 NIV)

"Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah." (Genesis 25:1-2 NIV)

2. Who was Moses' sister-in-law, but not a sister of Zipporah and not a Cushite?
Answer: Elisheba - Aaron's wife. Since Moses had two wives, Zipporah and the second a Cushite, the question is excluding any sister of one of his wives.
"Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar." (Exodus 6:23 NIV)

3. Who buried Moses?
Answer: the Lord
"And Moses the servant of the LORD died there in Moab, as the LORD had said." He buried him in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where his grave is." (Deuteronomy 34:5-6 NIV)

4. A prophet used an unlikely substance to purify drinking water. Who was the prophet and what did he use?
Answer: Two possible answers: Elisha with salt or Moses with a tree (or a piece of wood)

""The men of the city said to Elisha, "Look, our lord, this town is well situated, as you can see, but the water is bad and the land is unproductive. "Bring me a new bowl," he said, "and put salt in it." So they brought it to him. Then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it, saying, "This is what the LORD says: 'I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death or make the land unproductive.'" And the water has remained wholesome to this day, according to the word Elisha had spoken." (2 Kings 2:19-22 NIV)

"Then Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. There the LORD made a decree and a law for them, and there he tested them." (Exodus 15:25 NIV)

5. What was the name of the hunter who was considered mighty before God?
Answer: Nimrod
"He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD." (Genesis 10:9 KJV)

6. Who accidently hanged himself in a tree?
Answer: Absalom
"Now Absalom happened to meet David's men. He was riding his mule, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom's head got caught in the tree. He was left hanging in midair, while the mule he was riding kept on going. When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, "I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree."" (2 Samuel 18:9-10 NIV)

7. How many times did the Israelites march around Jericho?
Answer: 13 (6 times in the first six days plus 7 times on the seventh day)
"March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams' horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets." (Joshua 6:3-4 NIV)

8. Scripture suggests that the average lifespan of man is?
Answer: 70 years
"The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away." (Psalms 90:10 NKJV)

9. What female individual is mentioned most often in the Bible?
Answer: Sarah (Sarai)
Sarah (Sarai) is mentioned most often. While the name Mary appears more often, it refers to at least six different persons.

10. Adam saw how many generations of his descendants?
Answer: 8 (Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, and Lamech)
Genesis chapter 5 details the generations. Adam lived 930 years. When you track the detailed geneology, it is noted that Lamech was born when Adam was 874 years old. A graphic file of the geneology is provided for your reference.

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Updated April 27, 1996