Bible Trivia Questions and Answers

How to use this page

Every question below has a "Show answer" button. The answers stay hidden until you tap them, so you can read from the screen without giving anything away to whoever is looking over your shoulder. Each answer has a Scripture reference under it, so people can look it up if they want to check or disagree.

Questions are grouped by category, so you can run a whole Old Testament round or mix categories. The Easy round and the Numbers and Firsts round both work well as a fast opening round.

Old Testament

From creation through to the prophets.

1.Who was instructed to build an ark before the flood?
2.What did God create on the seventh day?
3.Which sea did God part so the Israelites could escape Egypt?
4.How many commandments did God give Moses on Mount Sinai?
5.Which young shepherd defeated the Philistine giant Goliath?
6.Who did God call to lead the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt?
7.What did God use to make Eve?
8.How many days and nights did it rain during the flood?
9.What did God rain down to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah?
10.Who wrestled with God and was given the new name Israel?
11.What food did God provide for the Israelites each morning in the wilderness?
12.Who was thrown into a den of lions for praying to God?
13.Which three men were thrown into a fiery furnace for refusing to worship a golden statue?
14.What happened to the walls of Jericho after the Israelites marched around them?
15.Where was the secret of Samson's great strength?
16.Who succeeded Moses as leader of Israel?

New Testament

The gospels, the early church and the letters.

17.In which town was Jesus born?
18.How many disciples did Jesus choose as his apostles?
19.Who baptised Jesus in the Jordan River?
20.What was Jesus' first recorded miracle?
21.Who betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver?
22.On which day did Jesus rise from the dead?
23.How many days did Jesus fast in the wilderness before being tempted?
24.Which disciple denied knowing Jesus three times before the rooster crowed?
25.How many loaves of bread did the boy offer Jesus before the feeding of the 5,000?
26.Who was the Roman governor who sentenced Jesus to be crucified?
27.On the road to which city did Saul encounter a blinding light and become a follower of Jesus?
28.What was Saul's new name after his conversion?
29.Which disciple doubted the resurrection until he could touch Jesus' wounds himself?
30.Which short tax collector climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus?
31.On which island was John given the vision recorded in the book of Revelation?
32.What did the angel tell the shepherds had been born in Bethlehem?

People of the Bible

Who did what, and who was related to whom.

33.Who was the mother of Jesus?
34.Which brothers were fishermen called by Jesus to follow him first?
35.Who was sold into slavery in Egypt by his brothers?
36.Who was Israel's first king?
37.Which king asked God for wisdom instead of riches or a long life?
38.Who was Ruth's mother-in-law, whom she famously refused to leave?
39.Which queen risked her life to save the Jewish people from Haman's plot?
40.Who was the father of the twelve tribes of Israel?
41.Which prophet challenged the prophets of Baal to a contest on Mount Carmel?
42.Who was Jesus' relative who prepared the way for him?
43.Which disciple was a tax collector before Jesus called him?
44.Who was the mother of John the Baptist?

Miracles and parables

What Jesus did, and the stories he told.

45.In the parable of the lost sheep, how many sheep did the shepherd leave behind to search for the one that was missing?
46.In the parable of the prodigal son, what did the father do when he saw his son returning home?
47.Who did Jesus raise from the dead after he had been in the tomb four days?
48.In the parable of the sower, what happened to the seed that fell on rocky ground?
49.Jesus healed ten men with leprosy. How many came back to thank him?
50.How did Jesus calm his frightened disciples during a storm on the lake?
51.In the parable of the good Samaritan, which two religious figures walked past the injured man without helping?
52.What did Jesus make and put on a blind man's eyes before healing him?
53.In the parable of the talents, what happened to the servant who buried his master's money instead of using it?
54.About how many people did Jesus feed with five loaves and two fish?

Numbers and firsts

Counting things up. Good for a quickfire round.

55.How many plagues did God send on Egypt before Pharaoh let the Israelites go?
56.How many books are in the New Testament?
57.How many years did it take Solomon to build the temple in Jerusalem?
58.How old was Jesus, according to Luke, when he was found teaching in the temple?
59.How many gospels are there in the New Testament?
60.How many years in total did Jacob work for Laban in exchange for marrying Rachel?
61.How many people were saved on Noah's ark?
62.How many days and nights was Jesus in the tomb before rising, according to his own sign of Jonah?

Easy round

Good for younger students or as a warm-up.

63.What did God create on the first day?
64.Which garden did Adam and Eve live in?
65.What was Jonah swallowed by?
66.What is the first book of the Bible called?
67.What is the last book of the Bible called?
68.How many days did God take to create the world, before resting?
69.What is the name of the boat Noah built?
70.Which disciple got out of the boat and walked toward Jesus on the water?
71.What are the first four words of the Bible?
72.What did the wise men follow to find baby Jesus?

How to run a Bible quiz with these questions

Split the room into teams of three to five. In a bigger team, one or two people end up answering for everyone. In a smaller team, a bad run is hard to recover from. Give each team something to write answers on, even scrap paper. If teams call answers out instead, you will spend the quiz arguing about who said it first.

Read each question twice, give teams 10 to 15 seconds to write an answer, then reveal it. A round of ten questions at this pace takes about eight minutes, including time to check answers. That is enough for a warm-up without losing the class.

Give one point for a correct answer, and a bonus point for the correct reference if you want to reward detail. Keep a running total on the board so teams stay interested.

What goes wrong: the most common argument is over an answer that is right but worded differently, like "the ark" instead of "Noah's ark", or a disciple named by surname. Decide before you start whether you will accept a reasonable paraphrase, and tell the room. The next most common problem is a team that knows the reference but not the answer, or the other way around. Decide in advance whether a team needs both to score.

Adapting for different ages

For primary-aged children, use the Easy round and the Numbers and Firsts round. Skip the Miracles and Parables questions that depend on knowing how a parable goes, because they assume the children already know the story. Read slowly and let children answer as a table group so a shy child isn't put on the spot.

For high school students, the Old Testament, New Testament and People categories carry the quiz. Teenagers are often better at recalling details than adults expect. Add a few Miracles and Parables questions to test understanding as well as memory.

For an adult small group or a youth night, use the whole bank. Save Numbers and Firsts and People for a harder final round.

Play it live instead

Reading questions aloud works well. If everyone has a screen, you can also play Bible Trivia Blitz, which uses similar questions but scores, times and syncs them across the room.

Bible Trivia Blitz

Fast multiple-choice trivia across the whole Bible.

Solo or groupUp to 30 players

Fast multiple-choice rounds that everyone answers at the same time, with a results screen at the end. Works solo as a warm-up, or with a whole class in one room.

Play Bible Trivia with friends now