Old Testament
1. Genesis 7:11, 8:4 Q: How many days would a person have to tread water to survive the flood? A: About 5 months. Bonus Q: What happened to all the water? A: Many think that it fills our oceans. The weight of the waters pressed down the seabeds and thrust up the mountains. 2. Genesis 31:14-35 Q: What did Rachel take from her father when they left town? A: Her fathers household god’s. Bonus Q: Why did she take these particular things? A: She wanted them for her children. The person who owned the household god’s was the heir of the family fortune. 3. Genesis 50:2-3 Q: A: How was Jacob prepared for burial? He was embalmed. Bonus Q: Why did the Egyptians use this method?
A: To preserve the body. The Egyptians believed that the soul existed only as long as the body survived. 4. Exodus 12:40 Q: How long were the Israelites in Egypt?
A:
They were there for 430 years. Bonus
Q:
Why didn’t God rescue his people sooner?
A: Only 70 descendents of Abraham entered Egypt. It took 430 years before their numbers had grown enough to attack and capture the promised land. 5. Exodus 25:10-22 Q: A: What did the arc of God look like? It was a small, gold-covered box topped with 2 gold angels. Bonus Q: Why isn’t the arc in Jerusalem?
A: It was taken by Babylone when the 2 tribes of Judah went into captivity and has never been found since. 6. Exodus 12:35-36 Q: A: Where did slaves get enough gold to make a golden calf? They got it from Egyptians who were terrified by the plagues. Bonus Q: How mush gold did the Israelites have?
A: Besides the gold used for the calf, they had about a ton for constructing the tabernacle. (Exodus 38:21-31) 7. Leviticus 11:4,6 Q: A: What do rabbits and camels have in common? Both chew the cud but have no split hoof, and so could not be eaten by the Jews. Bonus Q: A: Why did God give the Jews dietary laws? To remind then that belonging to God made them different then other people.
8. Numbers 1:44-46 Q: A: How many Israelite men of military age escaped from Egypt? Over half a million, 603,550,000 to be exact. Bonus Q: How many people did Moses lead out to freedom?
A: If every man had a wife and only 2 children, there would be about 2.5 million Israelites. 9. Numbers 21:8 Q: Why did Moses make a bronze snake?
A: God promised to heal those who have bitten by snakes if they looked at the bronze snake. Bonus Q: Who destroyed that snake and why?
A: Hezekiah destroyed it about 680 years later. The Israelites were worshiping it as an idol. 10. Numbers 22:21-35 Q: A: Who rode on a camel the talked to him? The pagan prophet Balaam. Bonus Q: A: What did that animal do to his foot? The donkey crushed his foot against a wall.
11. Numbers 35:15 Q: What was a “City of refuge”?
A: One of the 6 cities where someone who accidently killed another person was safe from punishment. Bonus
Q: A:
Who wasn’t safe there? Anyone who murdered intentionally was executed.
12. Deuteronomy 24:5 Q: A: How long a honeymoon did the old testament permit? 1 year. Bonus Q: What was the purpose of the honeymoon?
A: To let the man “bring happiness” to his wife before going to war or having any other civic duties. 13. Joshua2:6 Q: A: Where did Rahab hide the Israelite spies? Under flax plants that were drying on her roof. Bonus Q: Why did She hide them?
A: To protect herself. Everyone in Jericho knew that God was with Israel, but only Rahab was willing to trust herself with them. 14. Joshua 6:3-4 Q: A: How many times did the Israelites march around Jericho? 13 times. Bonus Q: What did this teach the Israelites?
A: God wanted them to realize that even when his commands didn’t make sense they were to be obeyed and that the obedience brought victory. 15. Joshua 18:7 Q: What Israelite tribe was given no land of it’s own?
A:
Every tribe but the Levites was given a plot of land. Bonus
Q:
Where did members of this tribe live?
A: The Levites had towns in the lands of the other tribes (Joshua 21:2-3), so they could teach everyone God’s law. 16. Judges 3:31 Q: A: What strange weapon did Shamgar use to fight the Philistines? An Oxgoad, a long stick with a metal point, usually used to guide oxen. Bonus Q: A: What other strange weapon is mentioned in Judges? The donkeys jawbone, Samson used it to fight the philistines.
17. Judges 10:6 Q: What were Baals and Ashtorths?
A: Nature god’s. Pagan’s worshiped them and engaged in sexual rites to try to obtain their blessing of fertility on the land. Bonus Q: A: Why was it wrong to have anything to do with them? God had forbidden worship of any false god’s.
18. Judges 16:19 Q: A: How did Samson wear his hair long? He wore it in seven braids. Bonus Q: Why did Samson become weak after losing his hair?
A: Long hair was a sign of special dedication to God. (Numbers 6:1-5) Having lost that dedication, Samson was weak like other men.
19. 1 Samuel 5:4 Q: A: What pagan idol bowed down to God’s arc? The idol Dagan fell down when the arc was placed in hit temple. Bonus Q: What did the Philistines do with the arc?
A: They sent it back to the Israelites. They were afraid because many people in that area were suffering from tumors. 20. 1 Samuel 13:19 Q: A: Why didn’t Saul’s army carry swords or spears? The Israelites didn’t have metal working skills. Bonus Q: What 2 men did have a sword or spear?
A: King Saul and his son Jonathan were the only 2 soldiers who carried a sword or a spear. 21. 1 Samuel 17:4 Q: A: Was Goliath tall enough to play NBA basketball? You bet! He was over 9 feet tall. Bonus Q: Was the stone David used to kill Goliath closer to the size of a ping-pong ball or a tennis ball? A: Many sling stones have been found on the battlegrounds in Israel. These heavy stones were a little smaller then a tennis ball. 22. 2 Samuel 5:4 Q: A: How many years did David reign over the tribe of Judah? 40 years. Bonus
Q: A: king.
How many years did he reign over the rest of the tribes of Israel? 33 years. (2 Samuel 5:5) It took 11 years before the other tribes excepted him as
23. 2 Samuel 15:19-21 Q: What foreigner remained faithful when David’s son Absalom led a rebellion against his father? A: Ittai the Gittite. This foreign soldier was more loyal to King David than David’s own people. Bonus Q: A: How did David feel as he fled Jerusalem? Although David felt abandoned, he trusted God to deliver him.
24. 2 Samuel 18:14 Q: A: How did King David’s son Absalom die? Joab, David’s army general, plunged 3 javelins into his heart. Bonus Q: Where was he when he when he was killed?
A: Absalom had his head caught in the branches of a tree when he was attacked and killed by Joab. 25. 1 Kings 3:13 Q: A: What did Solomon get that he didn’t ask for? Solomon asked for wisdom but God also gave him “riches and honor”. Bonus Q: What was Solomon’s yearly income?
A: Solomon earned about 25 tons of gold a year! (1 Kings 10:14) at $350 an ounce, that’s about $2.8 million a year. 26. 1 Kings 14:25-26
Q:
What happened to all of Solomon’s gold?
A: After Judah abandoned the Lord, Pharaoh Shishak captured Jerusalem and took Solomon’s gold to Egypt. Bonus Q: A: What was all that gold used for? It was used to beautify the temples for Egypt’s god’s.
27. 2 Kings 2:9 Q: A: Who asked for a double portion of Elijah’s spirit? Elisha. Bonus Q: What did that request mean?
A: According to Israelite law, the oldest son was given a “double portion” of the family inheritance. Elisha was asking to be Elijah’s successor as chief prophet in Israel. 28. 2 Kings 2:9 Q: A: Who was the first women in the bible reported to use cosmetics? Queen Jezebel. Bonus Q: What cosmetics did women use in the old testament times?
A: Archeologists have found cosmetic kits containing kohl to darken the eyes, crushed stones to powder the face, and henna to color the palms of the hands bright orange. 29. 1 Chronicles 13:9-10 Q: A: Why did God kill Uzzah? Uzzah put his hand on the arc of covenant, which no one was allowed to touch. Bonus Q: How are we to understand that punishment?
A:
God is holy and his commands must be obeyed. (1 Chronicles 15:11-15)
30. 2 Chronicles 7:5 Q: A: How many animals did Solomon sacrifice to God at the dedication of the temple? He sacrificed 22,000 head of cattle and 120,000 sheep and goats. Bonus Q: A: 9:25) 31. 2 Chronicles 9:21 Q: A: What animals did Solomon’s trading ships bring back to Jerusalem? Apes and baboons. Bonus Q: A: How many horses did Solomon own? He owned 12,000 horses. How did God reveal his present in the temple? The “Glory of the Lord” a bright, glowing cloud, filled the temple. (2 Chronicles
32. Nehemiah 11:1 Q: A: How did the returning exiles decide who would live in Jerusalem? They would cast lots to bring one out of every 10 men to live in Jerusalem. Bonus
Q: A:
Why did they have to do this? Apparently Jerusalem was sparsely populated because many men wanted to
settle in their own native town and rather than Jerusalem. 33. Esther 1:10-12 Q: A: Who was one of the first woman’s advocates? Zashti, the queen of Persia, who refused her husband Xerxes command to show
off her beauty. Bonus Q: A: What happened to her? Xerxes divorced her.
34. Esther 9:28 Q: A: What Jewish holiday is mentioned in this book? Purim. Bonus Q: A: What did it celebrate? It celebrated the deliverance of the Jews from the mass execution, won for
them by the bravery of Queen Esther.
35. Proverbs 8:10-11 Q: A: What is more valuable then gold, silver or rubies? Knowledge and wisdom. Bonus Q: A: What’s the difference between being smart and being wise? Smarts might bring you good grades in school, but wisdom ill guide you to good
choices all your life. 36. Proverbs 12:4 Q: A: What effects does a noble wife have on her husband? She is her husband’s crown, She makes him look good. Bonus Q: A: What effects does a disgraceful wife have on her husband? She makes him sick?
37. Proverbs 20:19 Q: A: What kind of person is it good to avoid? A person who talks too much. Bonus
Q: A:
What does a gossip do with a secret you told him or her? He or she “betrays a confidence” and shares your secret with someone else.
38. Isaiah 7:14 Q: A: what does the name Emanuel mean? God is with us. Bonus Q: A: birth). 39. Isaiah 37:36 Q: A: How many Assyrian solders did the angel of Lord kill? He killed 185,000. Bonus Q: A: Do any other historical report this incident? According to the Greek historian Herodotus, field mice attacked Sennacherib’s When was the prophecy of Isaiah 7:14 fulfilled? In 4 B.C. when Jesus was born. (Our calendar miscalculates the date of Jesus’
army and ate their weapons. Perhaps God used plague infested mice to deliver his people.
40. Isaiah 65:9 Q: A: Where will some Jewish people be living at history’s end? In Israel, according to Isaiah and other prophets. Bonus Q: Between 1840 and 1980 the world’s population doubled. During this time how
much did the Jewish population of Israel grow? A: It grew 1500%
41. Jeremiah 25:11 Q: Hananiah predicted the Jews would return from Babylon in 2 years (Jeremiah
28:3) Was he right? A: No! It took 70 years for them to return. Bonus Q: A: What did Jeremiah predict would happen to Hanaiah? He would die within a year because he prophesied falsely in the name of God.
42. Jeremiah 36:22-23 Q: A: What did King Jeoiakim do with Jeremiah’s scroll? He cut up the scripture scroll and burned it.
Bonus Q: A: How did God react to what King Jeoiakim did? Jeoiakim, who ignored God’s warnings written on the scroll, was taken captive to
Babylon. He dies there. 43. Jeremiah 51:59-64 Q: A: What was the last thing Jeremiah did with his scroll? He gave Seraiah the scroll and told him to read it, to tie a rock to it and to throw
it in the Euphrates River when he arrived in Babylon. 44. Ezekiel 3:2 Q: A: What strange meal did Ezekiel eat? A scroll. Bonus Q: A: What would have been the ingredients of the main dish? Rolled sheets of leather or paper. The books of old testament times were made
rolled sheets of leather or heavy paper. 45. Ezekiel 38:6
Q: A:
Where will Israel’s final enemy come from? From the North. Bonus
Q: A:
Where are these lands on modern-day maps? Some think of them to be Iraq and parts of what used to be the USSR; Others
think the answer won’t be clear until the prophecy if fulfilled. 46. Ezekiel 43 Q: A: How many Jewish temples on Mount Zion does the bible describe? 3. Solomon’s (1 Kings 6), destroyed by the Babylonians; Ezra’s (Ezra 3),
destroyed by the Romans; and the temple Ezekiel said would be built when Jesus returns. (Ezekiel 43) Bonus Q: A: What stands on the temple mount today? The dome of the rock, a Muslim holy place.
47. Daniel 5:5 Q: A: How did God send a message to King Bashazzar? He wrote on the wall with “the fingers of a human hand”.
Bonus Q: A: How did he react? the bible says, “His face turned pale and he was so frightened that his knees
locked together and his leg’s gave way”. (Daniel 5:6) 48. Amos 4:1 Q: A: What did Amos call some of the women from Israel? Cows. Bonus Q: A: Why did he call them this? Because they were selfish and pampered, and they wanted their husbands to
take advantage of the poor in order to support their own lavish life styles. 49. Micah 5:2 Q: A: When did Micah predict Jesus’ birth place? About 720 years before Christ was born. Bonus Q: How many prophecies about Jesus are there in the old testament?
A:
There are 322 that have already been fulfilled, and many more that will be
fulfilled when Jesus returns. 50. Habakkuk 1:13 Q: A: What doesn’t God look at? Evil. Because his “eyes are too pure to look on it”. Bonus Q: A: him. 51. Zechariah 5:2 Q: A: What did Zechariah see a scroll doing? The scroll was flying. Bonus Q: A: When Zechariah lifted the lid of a basket what did he find? He found a woman. (Zechariah 5:7) What doesn’t God listen to? God can hear everything, but he does not listen to those who do not listen to
52. Zechariah 11:12
Q:
When Zechariah predicted Jesus’ betrayal, how much did he say the betrayal
would be paid? A: 30 silver pieces. Bonus Q: A: Was that amount a lot of money? Not really. It came to about 30 days’ wages for a common laborer in Jesus’ day.
Hardly a fortune.
New Testament
1. Matthew 2:1-2 Q: How many wise men, or magi, came to see Jesus? A: No one knows because the bible does not say. Bonus
Q: Where did they come from and how did they know about the star? A: Magi (Matthew 2:1-2) were scholars in ancient Persia. Most think that the Magi had studied Jewish scriptures and connected the star with Numbers 24:17. 2. Matthew 16:18-19 Q: Who was given the keys to the Kingdom of heaven? A: Peter. Bonus Q: What are those keys? A: The gospel message. When Peter preached to the Jews (Acts 2) and later to the Gentiles (Acts 10-11), he unlocked the door to Christ’s Kingdom. 3. Leviticus 13 Q: What disease is mentioned most in the bible? A: Leprosy (Mark 1:40) also called an “infectious skin disease”. Bonus Q: Why was this disease so terrible? A: Victims were completely isolated; They couldn’t worship or live with uninfected people. They couldn’t even touch them.
4. Luke 3:23 Q: How old was Jesus when he was baptized? A: About 30 years old. Bonus Q: What sign of God’s approval of Jesus was present? A: A dove came and rested on Jesus, and a voice came from Heaven and said God was pleased with Jesus his son. (Luke 3:22) 5. Luke 22:47-48 Q: How did Judah identify Jesus when he betrayed him? A: He kissed him. Bonus Q: What did one of Jesus’ followers do to a servant who was present? A: He cut off his ear. (Luke 22:50) 6. John 11:44 Q: How many people did Jesus raise from the dead? A: 3, Lazarus (John 11:44), a young girl (Matthew 9:25), and a widows son (Luke 7:15).
Bonus Q: What was so special about the raising of Lazarus? A: Lazarus was raised 3 days after his burial, so everyone was sure that he as really dead. 7. John 19:38-40 Q: what 2 men went to get Jesus’ body after the crucifixion? A: Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus. Bonus Q: What was unusual about these men? A: Both have been secret followers of Jesus, and Joseph was a rich man, which fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah 53:9 8. Acts 11:26 Q: Where were believers first called Christians? A: Believers were first called “Christians” in the city of Antioch. Bonus Q: What does “Christian” mean? A: It means “belonging to Christ”.
9. Acts 14:11-12 Q: Who did the people of Lystra think Barnabas were? A: They thought they were gods in human form. Bonus Q: Why did they think this? A: Because they had seen Paul heal a crippled man. (Acts 14:8-10) 10. Acts 16:25 Q: What did Paul and Silas do when they were in prison in Philippi? A: they sang hymns to God. Bonus Q: What exciting events happened that night? A: There was a violent earthquake, all of the prison doors fell open, and the jailor became a believer in Christ. 11. Acts 27:2 Q: How did Paul get to Rome from Caesarea? A: By ship. Bonus
Q: What made travel safer at that time? A: Travel was made safe by Roman forces who defeated pirates and chassed robbers. However, the ships were still at the mercy of the weather. 12. Revelation 6:2,4,5,8 Q: What color was associated with the 4 horsemen of Revelation? A: White, red, black and pale. The colors of their horses. Bonus Q: What did each horsemen represent? A: They represent conquest, war, famine and death. 13. Revelation 16:16 Q: Where will histories last battle be fought? A: Armageddon. Bonus Q: Where is this location? A: Most think it is the plain in Megiddo in Israel, where the Israelites under Deborah defeated Israel’s enemy.