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The Family Bible Trivia Pack

100 questions for game night, car rides, and Sunday school — answers in the back.

Easy (Ages 5–8)

  1. 1.What is the very first sentence in the Bible?
  2. 2.How many days did God take to create the world?
  3. 3.Who were the first man and woman?
  4. 4.What was the name of the garden where Adam and Eve lived?
  5. 5.Who built a giant ark to save his family and the animals?
  6. 6.What sign did God put in the sky as a promise never to flood the whole earth again?
  7. 7.What baby was hidden in a basket on the Nile River?
  8. 8.What sea did God part so the Israelites could walk through on dry ground?
  9. 9.How many commandments did God give Moses?
  10. 10.What food did God send from heaven to feed the Israelites in the desert?
  11. 11.Which city’s walls came tumbling down when Israel marched around them and shouted?
  12. 12.Finish Joshua’s famous words: "As for me and my household..."
  13. 13.Who was the strongest man in the Bible, whose strength was connected to his long hair?
  14. 14.How many soldiers did God let Gideon keep to fight the huge Midianite army?
  15. 15.Who was the mother-in-law that Ruth refused to leave?
  16. 16.What did David use to defeat the giant Goliath?
  17. 17.Who was Israel’s very first king?
  18. 18.Who was David’s best friend, the king’s own son?
  19. 19.Which king asked God for wisdom instead of money or long life?
  20. 20.Which prophet was fed by ravens during a long drought?
  21. 21.What did the army commander Naaman have to do to be healed of leprosy?
  22. 22.What did Esther become in the land of Persia?
  23. 23.Finish the most famous verse in Psalms: "The LORD is my ___."
  24. 24.Which tiny insect does Proverbs tell lazy people to watch and learn from?
  25. 25.Those who hope in the LORD will soar on wings like what bird?
  26. 26.Who was thrown into a den of lions for praying to God?
  27. 27.Where were Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego thrown for refusing to bow to the gold statue?
  28. 28.What swallowed Jonah when he ran away from God?
  29. 29.In what town was Jesus born?
  30. 30.What did the wise men follow to find young Jesus?
  31. 31.What three gifts did the wise men bring?
  32. 32.Where did Mary lay baby Jesus after he was born?
  33. 33.Who did the angels first tell the good news of Jesus’ birth?
  34. 34.Who baptized Jesus in the Jordan River?
  35. 35.How many disciples did Jesus choose?
  36. 36.How many loaves and fish did Jesus use to feed more than 5,000 people?
  37. 37.What did Jesus turn water into at a wedding — his very first miracle?
  38. 38.What short tax collector climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see Jesus?
  39. 39.Finish the most famous verse in the Bible: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only ___"
  40. 40.What happened on the third day after Jesus died on the cross?

Medium (Ages 9–12)

  1. 41.What fruit did Adam and Eve eat in the Garden of Eden?
  2. 42.Who were Adam and Eve’s first two sons?
  3. 43.Whose wife turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back at Sodom?
  4. 44.What did Esau trade his birthright for?
  5. 45.What new name did God give Jacob after he wrestled with God?
  6. 46.What was the first of the ten plagues on Egypt?
  7. 47.What did the Israelites put on their doorframes so the final plague would pass over their homes?
  8. 48.Where exactly did Rahab hide the two Israelite spies?
  9. 49.What amazing thing happened in the sky during the battle at Gibeon?
  10. 50.Which woman defeated the mighty general Sisera with a tent peg and a hammer?
  11. 51.What two-part test did Gideon ask God for using a piece of wool?
  12. 52.Who was Ruth’s sister-in-law who kissed Naomi goodbye and went back to Moab?
  13. 53.What did the priest Eli wrongly think Hannah was doing as she prayed for a son?
  14. 54.Where was Saul found when it was time to announce him as king?
  15. 55.What city was the giant Goliath from?
  16. 56.When two women both claimed the same baby, what did Solomon order — and how did it reveal the real mother?
  17. 57.Who was the wicked foreign queen who married King Ahab and pushed Baal worship in Israel?
  18. 58.What did Elisha ask Elijah for before Elijah was taken up to heaven?
  19. 59.Which queen lost her crown for refusing to appear at King Xerxes’ banquet?
  20. 60.Finish Mordecai’s famous challenge: "Who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a..."
  21. 61.How many verses are in Psalm 119, the longest chapter in the whole Bible?
  22. 62.By which rivers did the exiles sit and weep when they remembered Zion?
  23. 63.The wife of noble character in Proverbs 31 is worth far more than what?
  24. 64.What six-winged heavenly creatures did Isaiah see around God’s throne — found nowhere else in the Bible?
  25. 65.In King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of a giant statue, what was the head made of?
  26. 66.What words did the mysterious hand write on the palace wall during Belshazzar’s feast?
  27. 67.Was Jonah swallowed by a whale?
  28. 68.What does the name Immanuel mean?
  29. 69.What is the Golden Rule?
  30. 70.Peter asked if he should forgive someone seven times. What did Jesus say?
  31. 71.What job did the prodigal son end up doing in the far country when his money ran out?
  32. 72.How did four friends get their paralyzed friend to Jesus in a packed house?
  33. 73.What did the poor widow put in the temple offering, and what did Jesus say about it?
  34. 74.What did Jesus tell Nicodemus a person must be to see the kingdom of God?
  35. 75.In which city were believers first called Christians?

Hard (Teens & Adults)

  1. 76.Who is the oldest person recorded in the Bible, and how long did he live?
  2. 77.How many of every clean animal did Noah take aboard the ark?
  3. 78.What mysterious priest-king brought out bread and wine and blessed Abram?
  4. 79.Which two Hebrew midwives bravely disobeyed Pharaoh’s order to kill baby boys?
  5. 80.What was Joshua’s original name before Moses renamed him?
  6. 81.What password did the men of Gilead use at the Jordan River because the Ephraimites couldn’t pronounce it?
  7. 82.What did Samuel name the memorial stone after God routed the Philistines, and what does it mean?
  8. 83.How many people in Israel did God say had never bowed to Baal, when Elijah thought he was the only one left?
  9. 84.How many Assyrian soldiers did the angel of the LORD strike down in one night?
  10. 85.What is famously missing from the entire book of Esther?
  11. 86.What mysterious Hebrew word appears 71 times in Psalms and probably signals a musical pause?
  12. 87.Which psalm did Jesus quote from the cross — "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
  13. 88.A long stretch of Daniel isn’t written in Hebrew. What language is Daniel 2:4–7:28 written in?
  14. 89.What was the name of Jonah’s father?
  15. 90.How many wise men does the Bible say visited Jesus?
  16. 91.Who appeared with Jesus at the transfiguration?
  17. 92.Where did Jesus tell Peter to find a coin to pay the temple tax?
  18. 93.What word does Mark use more than 40 times to keep his fast-paced Gospel racing along?
  19. 94.What was the name of the servant whose ear Peter cut off — a detail only John records?
  20. 95.In what three languages was the sign over the cross written?
  21. 96.Exactly how many fish were in the net when the risen Jesus met the disciples at the shore?
  22. 97.Trick question: when did God change Saul’s name to Paul?
  23. 98.Who fell asleep and dropped from a third-story window during Paul’s long sermon — and what happened?
  24. 99.Paul spoke the letter to the Romans aloud — who actually wrote it down, and even adds his own hello?
  25. 100.Why is there no temple in the new Jerusalem?

Answer Key

1. "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" (Genesis 1:1)

2. Six days — and he rested on the seventh (Genesis 1:31–2:2)

3. Adam and Eve (Genesis 2:7, 3:20)

4. The Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:8)

5. Noah (Genesis 6:13-14)

6. A rainbow (Genesis 9:13)

7. Moses (Exodus 2:3)

8. The Red Sea (Exodus 14:21-22)

9. Ten (Exodus 20:1-17)

10. Manna (Exodus 16:14-15)

11. Jericho (Joshua 6:20)

12. "We will serve the LORD" (Joshua 24:15)

13. Samson (Judges 16:17)

14. Three hundred (Judges 7:7)

15. Naomi (Ruth 1:14-16)

16. A sling and a stone (1 Samuel 17:49-50)

17. Saul (1 Samuel 10:24)

18. Jonathan (1 Samuel 18:1-3)

19. Solomon (1 Kings 3:9-12)

20. Elijah (1 Kings 17:4-6)

21. Wash himself seven times in the Jordan River (2 Kings 5:10, 14)

22. The queen (Esther 2:17)

23. Shepherd (Psalm 23:1)

24. The ant — "Go to the ant, you sluggard" (Proverbs 6:6)

25. Eagles (Isaiah 40:31)

26. Daniel (Daniel 6:16)

27. Into a blazing furnace (Daniel 3:20-21)

28. A huge fish that God provided (Jonah 1:17)

29. Bethlehem (Matthew 2:1)

30. A star (Matthew 2:2, 9)

31. Gold, frankincense, and myrrh (Matthew 2:11)

32. In a manger (Luke 2:7)

33. Shepherds watching their flocks at night (Luke 2:8-11)

34. John the Baptist (Matthew 3:13)

35. Twelve (Matthew 10:1-2)

36. Five loaves and two fish (Matthew 14:17-21)

37. Wine (John 2:9-11)

38. Zacchaeus (Luke 19:2-4)

39. Son (John 3:16)

40. He rose from the dead (Matthew 28:5-6)

41. Trick question — the Bible only says "fruit," never an apple (Genesis 3:6)

42. Cain and Abel (Genesis 4:1-2)

43. Lot’s wife (Genesis 19:26)

44. A meal of bread and lentil stew (Genesis 25:33-34)

45. Israel (Genesis 32:28)

46. The Nile turned to blood (Exodus 7:20)

47. The blood of a lamb (Exodus 12:7, 13)

48. On her roof, under stalks of flax (Joshua 2:6)

49. The sun stood still and the moon stopped until Israel won (Joshua 10:12-13)

50. Jael (Judges 4:21)

51. The fleece test — wet fleece on dry ground, then dry fleece on wet ground (Judges 6:36-40)

52. Orpah (Ruth 1:14)

53. He thought she was drunk, because her lips moved but no sound came out (1 Samuel 1:13-14)

54. Hiding among the supplies (the baggage) (1 Samuel 10:22)

55. Gath (1 Samuel 17:4)

56. "Cut the living child in two" — the real mother begged him to give the baby to the other woman instead (1 Kings 3:24-27)

57. Jezebel (1 Kings 16:31)

58. A double portion of Elijah’s spirit (2 Kings 2:9)

59. Queen Vashti (Esther 1:10-12, 19)

60. "...time as this?" (Esther 4:14)

61. 176 (Psalm 119)

62. The rivers of Babylon (Psalm 137:1)

63. Rubies (Proverbs 31:10)

64. Seraphim (Isaiah 6:2)

65. Gold (Daniel 2:32, 38)

66. Mene, Mene, Tekel, Parsin (Daniel 5:25)

67. Trick question — the Bible says "a huge fish," and never calls it a whale (Jonah 1:17)

68. "God with us" (Matthew 1:23)

69. "Do to others what you would have them do to you" (Matthew 7:12)

70. Not seven times, but seventy-seven times (Matthew 18:21-22)

71. Feeding pigs (Luke 15:15)

72. They dug through the roof and lowered him down on his mat (Mark 2:4)

73. Two very small copper coins — Jesus said she gave more than all the others, because she gave everything she had (Mark 12:42-44)

74. Born again (John 3:3)

75. Antioch (Acts 11:26)

76. Methuselah — 969 years (Genesis 5:27)

77. Seven pairs — not just two (Genesis 7:2)

78. Melchizedek, king of Salem (Genesis 14:18)

79. Shiphrah and Puah (Exodus 1:15-17)

80. Hoshea (Numbers 13:16)

81. "Shibboleth" — the Ephraimites could only say "Sibboleth" (Judges 12:5-6)

82. Ebenezer — "Thus far the LORD has helped us" (1 Samuel 7:12)

83. Seven thousand (1 Kings 19:18)

84. A hundred and eighty-five thousand (2 Kings 19:35)

85. Any mention of God’s name — yet his providence drives every "coincidence" in the story (Esther)

86. Selah (e.g. Psalm 3:2)

87. Psalm 22 (Psalm 22:1; Matthew 27:46)

88. Aramaic (Daniel 2:4)

89. Amittai (Jonah 1:1)

90. Trick question — Matthew never gives a number; we assume three because of the three gifts (Matthew 2:1, 11)

91. Moses and Elijah (Matthew 17:3)

92. In the mouth of the first fish he caught (Matthew 17:27)

93. "Immediately" (Gospel of Mark)

94. Malchus (John 18:10)

95. Aramaic, Latin, and Greek (John 19:20)

96. 153 (John 21:11)

97. He didn’t — the Bible simply says Saul "was also called Paul." He had both names all along (Acts 13:9)

98. Eutychus — Paul raised him alive (Acts 20:9-10)

99. Tertius (Romans 16:22)

100. Because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple (Revelation 21:22)