Intermediate Bible Quiz: The Mountains of the Bible (10 Questions and Answers)

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Ten questions on the mountains of the Bible: Ararat, Moriah, Sinai, Nebo, Carmel, Horeb and the transfiguration.

1. How long after the mountaintops appear does Noah open the window of the ark?
   Answer: Forty days
   The mountaintops appear on the first day of the tenth month, and after forty days Noah opens the window (Genesis 8:5-6).
2. On which day of the journey does Abraham see the place of sacrifice from afar, in the land of Moriah?
   Answer: The third day
   On the third day, Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar (Genesis 22:4).
3. What is to happen to anyone who touches Mount Sinai?
   Answer: He will be put to death
   Whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death: he shall be stoned or shot with arrows (Exodus 19:12-13).
4. On which mountain does Moses climb to see the land he will not enter?
   Answer: Mount Nebo
   Moses goes up Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, opposite Jericho (Deuteronomy 34:1).
5. Who buries Moses in the land of Moab?
   Answer: The Lord himself
   The Lord buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, and no one knows the place of his grave (Deuteronomy 34:6).
6. How many stones does Elijah take to rebuild the Lord's altar on Mount Carmel?
   Answer: Twelve stones
   Elijah takes twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob (1 Kings 18:31).
7. At Horeb, what does Elijah hear after the wind, the earthquake and the fire?
   Answer: A gentle whisper
   After the fire came a gentle whisper, while the Lord was not in the wind or in the fire (1 Kings 19:11-12).
8. In the Sermon on the Mount, what cannot be hidden?
   Answer: A city set on a hill
   Jesus tells his disciples, "A city set on a hill cannot be hidden" (Matthew 5:14).
9. How many tents does Peter offer to make on the high mountain of the transfiguration?
   Answer: Three, for Jesus, Moses and Elijah
   Peter offers to make three tents: one for Jesus, one for Moses and one for Elijah (Matthew 17:1-4).
10. Who says to Jesus, "Our fathers worshiped on this mountain"?
    Answer: The Samaritan woman
    At Jacob's well in Samaria, the woman speaks of the mountain where her fathers worshiped (John 4:5-6 and 4:20).