Bible Quiz, Advanced Level: The Book of Daniel (10 Questions and Answers)

Category: Adults · 10 questions

Ten precise questions on the visions, kings and numbers of the book of Daniel.

1. What Babylonian name did the chief of the eunuchs give to Hananiah?
   Answer: Shadrach
   The chief of the eunuchs gave Hananiah the name Shadrach, Mishael the name Meshach, and Azariah the name Abednego (Daniel 1:7).
2. In the dream of the statue, what metal were the chest and arms made of?
   Answer: Silver
   The head was of fine gold, the chest and arms of silver, the belly and thighs of bronze (Daniel 2:32).
3. How much hotter did Nebuchadnezzar have the furnace heated before the three Hebrews were thrown in?
   Answer: Seven times hotter
   Filled with fury, the king ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was usually heated (Daniel 3:19).
4. In the dream of the tree, how long must the king live among the beasts of the field?
   Answer: Seven times
   The decree of the Most High: the king will live with the beasts of the field until seven times pass over him (Daniel 4:23).
5. Daniel 5:27 explains the word "weighed": "You have been weighed in the balance and found..."
   Answer: Wanting
   Belshazzar was weighed in the balance and found wanting; his kingdom was given to the Medes and Persians (Daniel 5:27-28).
6. For how many days did the decree of Darius forbid praying to anyone but the king?
   Answer: Thirty days
   The decree forbade anyone, for thirty days, to make petition to any god or man except the king (Daniel 6:7).
7. How many horns did the fourth beast of Daniel 7 have?
   Answer: Ten horns
   The fourth beast, terrifying and exceedingly strong, had great iron teeth and ten horns (Daniel 7:7).
8. What does the two-horned ram in Daniel 8 represent?
   Answer: The kings of the Medes and Persians
   Gabriel explains that the ram represents the kings of Media and Persia, and that the goat is the king of Greece (Daniel 8:20-21).
9. What period does Gabriel announce as decreed for Daniel's people and his holy city?
   Answer: Seventy weeks
   Gabriel tells Daniel that seventy weeks are decreed for his people and his holy city (Daniel 9:24).
10. According to Daniel 12:2, what will many who sleep in the dust of the earth awake to?
    Answer: Some to everlasting life, others to shame
    Many will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt (Daniel 12:2).