Bible Marathon — Bible Quiz

Category: Adults

15 questions for true experts — maximum difficulty!

15 questions

1. Who is Melchizedek?
   Answer: King of Salem and priest of God Most High
   Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High (Genesis 14:18).
2. Which king saw a hand writing on the wall?
   Answer: Belshazzar
   A hand wrote: Mene, Mene, Tekel, Parsin (Daniel 5:25).
3. Who was taken to heaven without dying?
   Answer: Enoch and Elijah
   Enoch (Genesis 5:24) and Elijah (2 Kings 2:11) were taken up.
4. Which prophet married a prostitute on God's command?
   Answer: Hosea
   God told Hosea to marry Gomer (Hosea 1:2).
5. What does Mene, Mene, Tekel, Parsin mean?
   Answer: Numbered, numbered, weighed, divided
   God has numbered your kingdom; you have been weighed and found wanting (Daniel 5:26-28).
6. Who is the oldest person in the Bible?
   Answer: Methuselah (969 years)
   Methuselah lived 969 years (Genesis 5:27).
7. Which judge had 70 sons?
   Answer: Gideon (Jerubbaal)
   Gideon had 70 sons (Judges 8:30).
8. Which prophet was thrown into a muddy cistern?
   Answer: Jeremiah
   Jeremiah was thrown into a muddy cistern (Jeremiah 38:6).
9. Which king of Israel reigned for only 7 days?
   Answer: Zimri
   Zimri reigned 7 days in Tirzah (1 Kings 16:15).
10. What is the only book of the Bible that does not mention God?
    Answer: Esther
    The book of Esther never mentions God directly.
11. Who lived in the wilderness and wore a garment of camel's hair?
    Answer: John the Baptist
    John wore a garment of camel's hair (Matthew 3:4). Elijah also did (2 Kings 1:8).
12. What is the name of the servant Paul mentions in Philemon?
    Answer: Onesimus
    Paul pleads for Onesimus in his letter to Philemon.
13. Which man had an army of 300 soldiers and defeated the Midianites?
    Answer: Gideon
    With 300 men, trumpets, and jars (Judges 7:7).
14. Which disciple fell asleep during Paul's sermon and fell out of a window?
    Answer: Eutychus
    Eutychus fell from the third floor and Paul raised him (Acts 20:9-10).
15. Who was turned into a pillar of salt?
    Answer: Lot's wife
    Lot's wife looked back (Genesis 19:26).