Trivia #5

More questions to test your knowledge.

1. Who made for Jesus a feast that was attended by many tax collectors?
   Answer: Levi (or Matthew) (Luke 5:29-32)


2. What was the Wicked Bible?
   Answer: A 1632 Bible that omitted "not" from "Thou shalt not commit adultery"


3. What instrument is usually associated with dance?
   Answer: The timbrel, or tambourine (Exodus 15:20; Judges 11:34; Job 21:12; Psalm 150:4)


4. What creature eliminated every green thing from Egypt?
   Answer: The locust (Exodus 10:15)


5. Which epistle ends with "Written to the Hebrews from Italy, by Timothy"?
   Answer: Hebrews. This ending is in the King James Version 1611, but not in modern translations.


6. Who said, "The LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary."
   Answer: David, speaking to Solomon (1 Chronicles 28:10)


7. What king of Judah had the longest reign?
   Answer: Manasseh, who ruled for 55 years (2 Kings 21:1)


8. Who buried Moses?
   Answer: The Lord (Deuteronomy 34:6)

Trivia #4

It's time once again to test your knowledge of the Bible. I hope you are enjoying these as much as I am. Good luck and may God bless you as you read His word.

1. Which book of the Bible mentions Spain?
   Answer: Romans (15:24, 28-29). Paul wanted to go there to spread the gospel.
   
2. In Matthew's Gospel, who moved the stone from Jesus' tomb?
   Answer: An angel (Matthew 28:2)
   
3. What bird does Proverbs compare fleeting riches to?
   Answer: An eagle (Proverbs 23:5)
   
4. Whose burial at Hebron caused the grief of David?
   Answer: Abner's (2 Samuel 3:31)
   
5. Which apostle is mentioned most in the Bible?
   Answer: Paul, mentioned 185 times
   
6. Who said, "I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day."
   Answer: Paul (Acts 23:1)
   
7. What is the most-mentioned bird in the Bible?
   Answer: The eagle, mentioned 33 times. The dove is mentioned 30 times.
   
8. Which version was commissioned by King Henry Vlll?
   Answer: The Great Bible (1539), so called because of its size
   

Trivia #3

Here are your answers:

1. What prophet slept in the bottom of a ship as it rolled in a storm?
   Answer: Jonah (1:5)


2. Who said, "It was a true report that I heard in mine own land."
   Answer: The queen of Sheba, speaking to Solomon (1 Kings 10:6)


3. What king was hacked into pieces by Samuel?
   Answer: Agag, king of the Amalekites (1 Samuel 15:8, 32-33)


4. What priest's name means "enlightened"?
   Answer: Aaron


5. What Hebrew governed Egypt?
   Answer: Joseph, acting as Pharaoh's right-hand man in Egypt (Genesis 42:6)


6. What is the last color to be mentioned in the Bible?
   Answer: White - the color of the great throne (Revelation 20:11)

Trivia #2

It's time once again for some more trivia. I hope that in posting these questions people will find their Bibles more interesting to read.

Here are the answers to the questions I posted yesterday:

1. What was the dove carrying when it returned to Noah?
   Answer: An olive leaf (Genesis 8:11)


2. Who said "Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith."
   Answer: King Saul, to his armour-bearer (1 Samuel 31:4)


3. Who put a chain of gold around Daniel's neck?
   Answer: King Belshazzar (Daniel 5:29)


4. Who predicted that a child would be able to put his hand over a snake's den?
   Answer: Isaiah (11:8)

Trivia #1

I am going to start putting some trivia here for you. This is how it will work; I will post the question or questions one day and the next day if you go back and read that same post you will see the answers. I guess I should mention that most of the trivia will be biblical. Here are the answers to the first set of questions that I gave you yesterday:

1. On what mountain was Moses buried?
   Answer: Pisgah (Deuteronomy 34:34:1-6)


2. Whose name means, fittingly, "he who weeps"?
   Answer: Job


3. Who was the only Old Testament prophet to mention Satan?
   Answer: Zechariah (3:1-2)


4. In Revelation, what did the three unclean spirits look like?
   Answer: Frogs (Revelation 16:13)