Bible Trivia Quiz: More Difficult

Answers to July 1996 Quiz


1. Ishmael, John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth shared a supernatural similarity, what was it?
Answer: their birth and names were proclaimed prior to birth by an angel

"And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction." (Genesis 16:11 KJV)

"But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John." (Luke 1:13 KJV)

(Luke 1:30-31 KJV) "And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. 31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS."

2. Whose child was Aaron's spouse?
Answer: Amminadab
"And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab ..." (Exodus 6:23a KJV)

3. Which Jew was correctly accused of living like a Gentile and then trying to make Gentiles live as Jews?
Answer: Peter (when confronted by Paul)
"When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, "You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?" (Galatians 2:14 NIV)

4. What was the name of the woman who slept at the feet of her future husband?
Answer: Ruth

"And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman. And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast showed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich." (Ruth 3:7-10 KJV)

"Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day." (Ruth 4:10 KJV)

5. Scripture says that the Lord caused the sun to stand still (Joshua 10:12); when did he cause it to "reverse"?
Answer: As a sign to Hezekiah
"And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken; 'Behold, I will bring the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down with the sun on the sundial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward.' So the sun returned ten degrees on the dial by which it had gone down." (Isaiah 38:7-8 NKJV)

6. This person's birthday party is the first such mentioned in the Bible?
Answer: Pharoah's birthday celebration
"And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants." (Genesis 40:20 KJV)

7. What was the name of the Bible character who was an engineer and a butler to a king?
Answer: Nehemiah

"And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it." (Nehemiah 2:5 KJV)

"O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer." (Nehemiah 1:11 KJV)

Strongs's Info for "cupbearer": #4945. mashqeh, mash-keh'; from H8248; prop. causing to drink, i.e. a butler; by impl. (intrans.) drink (itself); fig. a well-watered region:--butler (-ship), cupbearer, drink (-ing), fat pasture, watered.

8. How many angels are specifically mentioned by name in the Bible?
Answer: four - Michael, Gabriel, Satan (or Lucifer), and Abaddon (or Apollyon).

"Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee." (Jude 1:9 KJV)

"And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth," (Luke 1:26 KJV)

"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!" (Isaiah 14:12 KJV)

"And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light." (2 Corinthians 11:14 KJV)
Note that also Ezekiel 28 speaks of Satan having been a cherub. We know it is Satan for early in the chapter it refers that this person was in the Garden of Eden. And we know that only God, Adam, Eve, and Satan were present in the Garden, other than animals.

"And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon." (Revelation 9:11 KJV)

9. How many epistles were written to the Ephesians?
Answer: Two

"Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:" (Ephesians 1:1 KJV)

"Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;" (Revelation 2:1 KJV)

10. What was the name of Zipporah's father-in-law?
Answer: Amram (father of Moses)

"And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years." (Exodus 6:20 KJV)

"And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter." (Exodus 2:21 KJV)


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