Christian Community Bible Quiz

This is a quiz to test your knowledge of Scripture. Regardless of religious background, considering the influence of Scripture on the lives of so many, knowledge of what Scripture says can only help in your relations with Christians and Jews. Test your skills!

How do you think you'll do? Are you the scholar you thought you were? If you are, who knows, maybe God is calling you in a special way to ministry in His Church. If not, maybe He is anyway! Regardless, all Christians should recognize the authoritative revelation of God's own self through Sacred Scripture, and we've just devised this quiz as a fun way to test your knowledge of that revelation. Good luck!

1. What is your age?
Under 18 Years Old
18 to 24 Years Old
25 to 30 Years Old
31 to 40 Years Old
41 to 50 Years Old
51 to 60 Years Old
Over 60 Years Old
2. What is your gender?
Male
Female
3. After a period of Babylonian captivity, a remnant of the children of Israel rebuilt the Jewish temple under the leadership of ____ and later rebuilt the wall in Jerusalem under the leadership of ____.
Isaiah, Jeremiah
David, Ezra
Zerubbabel, Nehemiah
Obadiah, Malachi
Jannes, Jambres
4. Which of the following churches is not one of the seven churches written to at the beginning of the Book of Revelation (or the Apocalypse for you old schoolers out there!)
Philadelphia
Pergamum
Sardis
Philippi
Smyrna
5. To which King of Judah did God command to ask for a sign, who refused on the basis of not wanting to put the Lord to the test - thus leading to the prophecy of the virgin (or young woman) who would give birth to Immanuel?
Uzziah
David
Henry VIII
Ahaz
Herod
Antiochus
6. Who said, "Remember Lot's wife"?
James
Peter
Jesus
John
Paul
Lot
7. What person did Paul say forsook him because they "loved this present world"?
Mark
Barnabas
Peter
Demas
James
Timothy
8. Which of the following was not a feature of any of the three sections of the Jewish tabernacle?
Showbread
Bronze altar of sacrifice
Silver Chariot
Incense altar
Lampstand
Ark of the Covenant
9. Which book in the New Testament does not give an account of the breaking of the bread at the Last Supper?
Mark
John
Matthew
1 Corinthians
Luke
10. Where does the number "666" appear in the Old Testament?
The route where Judah got his kicks
The number of singers in Jehosaphat's army
The annual tribute of gold received by Solomon
Jeuel and his brethren
The circumference of Ezekiel's city
The days of Asa's reign
11. Which tribe of Israel is *not* mentioned in Revelation 7?
Dan
Issachar
Levi
Quest
Judah
Gad
12. On what island was Paul bitten by a snake?
Paphos
Malta
Phantasi
Clauda
Patmos
Corfu
13. Which of these do we wrestle against, according to Ephesians 6:12?
Hulk Hogan
Sinful desires
Spiritual hosts
The flesh
The angel of the Lord
Our consciences
14. James said: "My brethren, be not many ____, knowing that we will receive the greater condemnation."
railers/revilers
teachers/masters
adulterers
fornicators
heretics
politicians
15. Who led 250 princes in an insurrection against Moses and Aaron, only to be swallowed by the earth and sent alive to Sheol?
Korah
Kush
Absalom
Shem
Ramses
King Nebuchadnezzar
16. Who was given the name "Zaphnath-paaneah" by Pharaoh?
Moses
Aaron
Jacob
Eleazar
Joseph
17. ____ was the slave who was reconciled to Philemon.
Onesimus
Urbanus
Judas
Tychicus
Titus
18. Which is the longest of the Psalms?
51
110
91
119
117
19. Which is the shortest of the Psalms?
33
117
1
45
100
20. Samson struck down a thousand men using what kind of weapon?
sword
bow and arrow
donkey's jawbone
spear
candlestick
the axe of the apostles
21. Who did not restore a physically dead person back to life?
Paul
Elijah
Jesus
Elisha
None of the above are a correct choice
22. What king of Salem brought bread and wine to Abram as Abram was set to meet the King of Sodom?
Amalek
Korah
Saruman
Melchizedek
Chedorlaomer
23. "_____ of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom."
Love
Worship
Knowledge
Fear
Prophecy
24. What did the prophet Elisha make to miraculously float in the Jordan in 2 Kings?
An axe
A sword
A hammer
An iron rod
An inflatable raft
25. Which of the following is considered an acceptable fast according to the LORD's revelation in Isaiah 58?
Wearing sackcloth and ashes
Giving money to the priests
Wallowing in sadness
Reflecting on one's misery
Letting the oppressed go free
26. In the gospel of John, Jesus said, "And as Moses lifted up the ____ in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up."
Serpent
Ten Commandments
Ark of the Covenant
Tree
Rock
Aaron
27. What delayed an angel's message to Daniel for 21 days?
King Nebuchadnezzar
the prince of Persia
lack of prayer by Daniel
Leviathan
a blizzard
28. Which of the following is not a book of the Bible?
Zechariah
Obadiah
Zephaniah
Hezekiah
Nahum
Micah
29. "The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God." The above commandment appears in what section of the Bible?
Major prophets
New Testament
Minor prophets
Pentateuch
Books of poetry
Somewhere in the back
30. Who does Scripture name as the Beloved Disciple in the Gospel of John?
The Apostle John, the son of Zebedee
John the Baptist
John Lennon
Thomas
None of the above
31. According to Acts, Philip the evangelist had:
three righteous sons who cast out demons
five kinsmen who were zealous for the law
four virgin daughters who prophesied
one older brother who was also an evangelist
ten as-seen-on-TV cleaning solutions that worked miracles
32. Which of the following is a Deuterocanonical book found in Catholic edition of the Bible but considered apocryphal in Protestant editions?
Ruth
Ecclesiastes
Revelation
Daniel
Wisdom
Haggai
33. Of the following sons of Jacob, who does not have a specific tribe of Israel named after him?
Levi
Dan
Naphtali
Joseph
Benjamin

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