20 questions. Try each one, then open the answer to check yourself and read the explanation.
Which of the rivers flowed around the land of Havilah where there was gold?
Answer: B (Pishon)
Genesis 2:11 says the first river, Pishon, flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
"Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons for days and years". This statement attests to the creation on the ________ day.
Answer: B (fourth)
The sun, moon and stars were made on the fourth day (Genesis 1:14-19).
The LORD formed man of the ________ and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.
Answer: C (dust from the ground)
Genesis 2:7: God formed man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.
The flood lasted for ________ days.
Answer: B (150)
Genesis 7:24 says the waters prevailed on the earth for 150 days.
The two birds sent by Noah to confirm that the storm had subsided were ________ and ________.
Answer: C (raven and dove)
Noah first sent out a raven and then a dove to see whether the waters had gone down (Genesis 8:6-8).
The ark was made of ________
Answer: A (Gopher)
God told Noah to make the ark of gopher wood (Genesis 6:14).
The rainbow in the sky was the sign of covenant between God and ________.
Answer: B (the earth)
Genesis 9:13: 'I set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.'
How old was Abram when he departed Haran?
Answer: D (75)
Genesis 12:4: Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran.
The name of Eve's Egyptian maid was ________.
Answer: C (Hagar)
Hagar was the Egyptian maid of Sarai (Abram's wife), who gave her to Abram; she bore Ishmael (Genesis 16).
"I have sojourned with Laban and stayed until now; and I have oxen, assess, flocks …" Who made this statement?
Answer: B (Jacob)
Jacob sent this message to Esau as he returned home, hoping to calm his brother's anger (Genesis 32:4-5).
Dinah, the daughter of Leah was defiled by ________
Answer: C (Shechem)
Shechem son of Hamor defiled Dinah, and her brothers Simeon and Levi took revenge (Genesis 34).
Joseph was sold to the ________ at ________.
Answer: C (Ishmaelites at 20 shekels of silver)
His brothers sold Joseph to Ishmaelite traders for twenty shekels of silver (Genesis 37:28).
The seven sleek cows in Pharaoh's dream represent ________.
Answer: B (seven years of plenty)
Joseph explained that the fat cows meant seven years of plenty and the thin cows seven years of famine (Genesis 41).
Joseph's first son was ________.
Answer: B (Manasseh)
Manasseh was Joseph's firstborn and Ephraim his second son (Genesis 41:51-52).
Moses saw a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush in Mount ________.
Answer: A (Horeb)
Exodus 3:1-2 places the burning bush at Horeb, the mountain of God.
Which of the following best describes the Israelites before the provision of manna?
Answer: B (murmur)
In the wilderness the hungry Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron before God sent manna (Exodus 16).
Which is the sixth commandment?
Answer: A (You shall not kill)
Exodus 20:12 (honour your parents) is the fifth commandment; Exodus 20:13, 'You shall not kill', is the sixth.
After Samuel's death he was buried at ________
Answer: C (Ramah)
Samuel was buried in his home town of Ramah (1 Samuel 25:1; 28:3).
The secretary of the Lord during Josiah's reign was ________
Answer: C (Shapham)
Shaphan was King Josiah's secretary; Hilkiah was the high priest and Huldah the prophetess (2 Kings 22).
Saul was buried by the people of ________ after his death in the hands of the ________.
Answer: A (Jabesh-Gilead/ Philistines)
Saul died fighting the Philistines on Mount Gilboa, and the men of Jabesh-Gilead took and buried his body (1 Samuel 31).