0 Skeptics Annotated Bible trivia list

Bible: Trivia Questions

    GENESIS

  1. After Cain killed Abel, what did God say would happen to anyone who killed Cain?
  2. What did God tell Abraham to do with his first son, Ishmael?
  3. Why did God create the animals?
  4. Who was the King of Babel?
  5. Abraham bargained with God about how many righteous people it would take to keep God from killing everyone in Sodom. God finally agreed to what number?
  6. In Genesis 22, Why did God bless Abraham?
  7. Who had sex with his daughter-in-law and then said she should be burned to death?
  8. What was the curse of Cain?
  9. What did God call the first man and woman that he created?
  10. In Genesis 34, what did Jacob's sons do while the males in Shechem were recovering from circumcision?
  11. How old was Abraham when he was circumcised?
  12. Who built the first city mentioned in the Bible?
  13. How did God punish Abemelech for believing Abraham's lie about Sarah?
  14. Who made the first clothes?
  15. Which of Jacob's sons had sex with his father's concubine?
  16. Who was cursed with slavery because his father saw his grandfather drunk and naked?
  17. What just and righteous man got drunk and impregnated his two virgin daughters?
  18. Who said, "Give me children, or else I die?"
  19. After the flood, what was the only thing that God told Noah not to eat?
  20. Who was the first drunk and naked preacher of righteousness?
  21. Why did God kill Er?
  22. How did God punish Eve?
  23. What was the first thing that Noah did after getting off of the ark?
  24. Who was the first human to kill an animal in the Bible?
  25. Who had sex with women to produce a race of giants?
  26. Why did God curse the ground?
  27. How old was Ishmael when he was circumcised?
  28. Why did God change Jacob's name to Israel?
  29. How did God know that Adam had eaten from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil?
  30. Why did God confound language at the Tower of Babel?
  31. Who had sex with Leah by mistake?
  32. Who made his wife lie two times to save his own skin?
  33. What did God say would have happened to Adam if he ate from the tree of life?
  34. How did Leah use mandrakes?
  35. Why did God put a mark on Cain?
  36. According to Genesis 6:4, where did "the mighty men which were of old" come from?
  37. Which of Jacob's sons did he love the most?
  38. How did the animals get their names?
  39. Who was the first person to never die?
  40. How old was Noah when he died?
  41. How old was Noah when his three sons were born?
  42. How old was Noah when the flood began?
  43. Why did God kill Onan?
  44. Who was the first polygamist in the Bible?
  45. When did God repent for the first time?
  46. What just and righteous man offered his daughters to a crowd of angel rapers?
  47. Who saw his father drunk and naked?
  48. How did God punish the serpent for beguiling Eve?
  49. What did God do on the seventh day of creation?
  50. Who told Abram (Abraham) to have sex with his wife's slave girl?
  51. Which of the following women told her husband to have sex with her slave girl: Sarah, Rachel, or Leah?
  52. Who bought his brother's birthright with bread and lentil stew?
  53. What is the prefered way to swear in Genesis?
  54. Why do thorns and thistles exist?
  55. Who was the first person to plant a vineyard, make wine, and get drunk?
  56. Why did God create a woman?
  57. Why did God open Leah's womb?
  58. Who told the first lie in the Bible?
  59. EXODUS

  60. To whom did God show his "back parts"?
  61. In Exodus 17, there is a battle between the Israelites and the Amalekites. During the battle, what happened when Moses put his hand down?
  62. Just before God appeared to Moses on Mount Sinai, what were Moses's instructions to the male Israelites?
  63. After Moses turned the river to blood, what did Pharaoh's magicians do?
  64. When God spoke to Moses from the burning bush, what name did God use to refer to himself?
  65. Who made a golden calf and made the people dance naked around it?
  66. What does the Bible say to do to a child who curses his father or mother?
  67. In what chapter of Exodus can you find instructions for selling your daughter and taking a second wife?
  68. According to Exodus 17, how did Moses obtain water for the people to drink?
  69. Who makes people dumb, deaf, and blind?
  70. How did Zipporah stop God from killing Moses?
  71. What did the Magicians tell Pharaoh after witnessing the third plague of Egypt?
  72. What did Pharaoh's magicians do after Aaron caused frogs to covered the land of Egypt?
  73. According to Exodus 15:6, what did God do with his right hand
  74. Why did God harden the Pharaoh's heart?
  75. Who in the Bible has the name "Jealous"?
  76. In Exodus 4, who tried to kill Moses?
  77. Who said he had uncircumcised lips?
  78. What was the first plague that the Pharaoh's magicians couldn't do?
  79. Who is called a "man of war" in the book of Exodus?
  80. How many people did God kill because of the calf "which Aaron made"?
  81. According to the Bible, when is it OK to beat your slaves?
  82. In Exodus 4, what happened when Moses threw his rod on the ground?
  83. After Moses turned turned his rod into a serpent, what did Pharaoh's magicians do?
  84. In Exodus 19:13, what did God say would happen to anyone who touched Mount Sinai?
  85. According to the Bible, who said these words: "Slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour"?
  86. According to Exodus 21:15, what is the punishment for smiting your father or mother?
  87. In Exodus 17, the people were thirsty. How did they respond?
  88. In Exodus 15:25, what happened when a tree was thrown into the waters?
  89. Which of God's plagues on Egypt could the Pharaoh's magicians do?
  90. Who has God sworn to be at war with "from generation to generation"?
  91. According to Exodus 15:8, how did God gather together the waters?
  92. According to Exodus 14:24-25, who took off the Egyptians' chariot wheels?
  93. What is God's mountain?
  94. LEVITICUS

  95. In Leviticus 24, what did God tell the people to do to with a blasphemer?
  96. How long is a mother unclean after delivering a baby boy?
  97. When must a male be circumsised?
  98. According to Leviticus 11:6, what animal chews the cud?
  99. In Leviticus 8:23, what does Moses put on Aaron's right ear, thumb, and big toe?
  100. What is the biblically correct way to kill a man or women with a "familiar spirit"?
  101. According to Leviticus 3:16, who does all the fat belong to?
  102. According to the Bible, a 20 to 60 year-old man is worth 50 shekels of silver. How much is a woman of the same age worth?
  103. How long is a mother unclean after delivering a baby girl?
  104. What does the Bible say about a man whose hair has fallen out?
  105. How long is a menstruating woman unclean?
  106. Why did God kill Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu?
  107. What two things are you not allowed to eat according the "perpetual statute" given in Leviticus 3:17?
  108. In Leviticus 27, human life is given a monetary value. How much are fetuses and babies less than one month old worth?
  109. NUMBERS

  110. What is the first use of the word "Amen" in the Bible?
  111. Why was Moses angry with his officers in Numbers 31?
  112. What was the booty that the Israelites got from the Midianite massacre?
  113. Why did God burn people to death in Numbers 11:1?
  114. What did God do when the the people complained about the lack of food and water during the Exodus from Egypt?
  115. In Numbers 15, God told the people to stone a man to death. What was his crime?
  116. What man had a conversation with a donkey in Numbers 22?
  117. What did God give Phinehas for killing the inter-tribal couple in Numbers 25?
  118. In Numbers 16, Korah and his companions challenged Moses's leadership. How did God respond?
  119. Why did God not allow Moses to enter the promised land?
  120. What happens to a woman who fails the "Law of Jealousies" test in Numbers 5?
  121. According to Numbers 23:24, "the people shall rise up as a great lion" and then do what?
  122. In Numbers 11, the people complained about the lack of meat. How did God respond?
  123. According to the Bible, who was the meekest man on the face of the earth?
  124. In Numbers 12, Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses for marrying an Ehiopian woman. How did God respond?
  125. What did God tell Moses to do when "the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab?"
  126. What did Moses his soldiers to do to the Midianites in Numbers 31?
  127. What were the names of the Israelite man and the Midianite woman that were killed by Phinehas in Numbers 25?
  128. After God killed Korah, his companions, their families, and 250 incense burners, the people complained saying, "ye have killed the people of the Lord." So God sent a plague on the people. How many people died in the plague?
  129. In Numbers 17, what happened to Aaron's rod?
  130. In Numbers 21, the people complained about the lack of food and water. How did God respond?
  131. Who asked this question: "If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days?"
  132. God stopped killing people for "committing whoredom with the daughters of Moab" because "his wrath was turned away" by a man who thrust a javelin through a man of Israel and a daughter of Moab (through her belly). What was the man's name?
  133. According to the the book of Numbers, God is as strong as what animal?
  134. What was God's tribute from the Midianite massacre?
  135. Who did God tell Moses to vex and smite in Numbers 25?
  136. How many were killed for "committing whoredom with the daughters of Moab"?
  137. What famous biblical character died naked?
  138. DEUTERONOMY

  139. An Ammonite or Moabite can't enter the congregation of the Lord for ten generations. Why is that?
  140. According to Deuteronomy 20:16, what must you keep alive in the cities that God gives you?
  141. What does Deuteronomy 25:19 say you must do about Amalek?
  142. If your brother, son, daughter, wife, or friend asks you to serve another god, what must you do, according to Dt 13:6-10?s
  143. What does God say about his arrows and sword in Deuteronomy 32:42?
  144. With how many stripes may a wicked man be beaten?
  145. If a married man dies without children, what must his brother do?
  146. Instructions are given in Deuteronomy 23:13 for covering up feces when defecating. Why is that?
  147. What must you circumcise according to Deuteronomy 10:16?
  148. What should be done if a man has sex with a betrothed virgin in the city?
  149. If you hear of a city where people serve other gods, what should you do, according to Dt 13:12-17?
  150. What must you put on the corners of your garments?
  151. What are cross-dressers to God?
  152. According to Deuteronomy 20:19, what must you not destroy when you besiege a city?
  153. According to Deuteronomy 24, when can a man divorce his wife?
  154. According to Deuteronomy 18, what should you do to false prophets?
  155. According to Deuteronomy 20:14, what must you do the females of a city that God delivers to you?
  156. What type of garment are you not allowed to wear, according to the Bible?
  157. If a man commits a sin worthy of death, how long should you hang him on a tree?
  158. Why does the Bible say that you shouldn't eat hares?
  159. What should be done with a man who hatefully kills another man?
  160. What does the Bible say about those who set a light by their father or mother?
  161. According to Deuteronomy 20:13, what must you do the males of a city that God delivers to you?
  162. What does Deuteronomy 23:17 say there shall be none of among the sons and daughters of Israel?
  163. How big was king Og's bed?
  164. What should you do to those who worship other gods?
  165. According to the Bible, what must you not plow with?
  166. What is the punishment for disobeying a priest?
  167. What does God call it when a man remarries his former wife?
  168. If a man has sex with a woman who is married to another man, what should be done?
  169. What must you do with a prophet or dreamer who gives you a sign or a wonder?
  170. Why did God harden king Sihon's spirit?
  171. What should you not do to your father's skirt, according to Deuteronomy 22:30?
  172. According to Deuteronomy 21, what should you do with stubborn or rebellious sons?
  173. According to Deuteronomy 23:2, who can't enter the congregation of the Lord, even to the tenth generation?
  174. If your testicles are damaged or your penis is cut off, what can't you do according to Deuteronomy 23:1?
  175. If two men fight and the wife of one touches the private parts of the other, what must be done to her?
  176. What should be done if a man rapes an unbetrothed virgin damsel?
  177. According to the Bible, usury is okay when you are loaning to whom?
  178. What should a man do if he finds out that his wife isn't a virgin on his wedding night?
  179. If the brother of a married man who died childless fails to have sex with his dead brother's wife, what must the wife do?
  180. When you go to war and see a beautiful woman what should you do?
  181. How does God view the work of a craftsman?
  182. JOSHUA

  183. What was Achan's punishment for taking the accursed thing during the Jericho massacre?
  184. After killing everyone in Ai and burning the city, what did Joshua do to the king of Ai?
  185. What did Joshua say the Israelites should keep away from during the Jericho massacre?
  186. What did Caleb say he'd give to whoever could smite Kirjathsepher?
  187. What did God tell Joshua to do after the Israelites crossed the Jordan River in Joshua 4?
  188. What did Joshua write on stones on mount Ebal?
  189. In Joshua 10, what did Joshua tell his captains to do to the five captured kings?
  190. How did God help Joshua fight the Amorites at Gibeon?
  191. Why did God harden the hearts of Joshua's enemies in Joshua 11?
  192. In Joshua 5:2, God told Joshua to make some sharp knives and do what with them?
  193. What happened to the men who left Egypt during the Exodus?
  194. Who did Joshua say should not be killed in the city of Jericho?
  195. What did the Israelites say they'd do to those who refused to obey Joshua?
  196. What was the place called where Joshua circumcised the Israelites the second time?
  197. In Joshua 5, Joshua met a man with a sword near Jericho. Who was the man?
  198. What was the name of the harlot that Joshua's spies visited in Jericho?
  199. JUDGES

  200. Who killed 600 Philistines with an ox goad?
  201. Who is called "blessed among women" in Judges 5?
  202. In Judges 19, what did the Levite do to the body of his dead concubine
  203. What did the Israelites to do king Adonibezek when they captured him?
  204. How many men did Samson kill (for their clothes) when the spirit of the Lord came upon him?
  205. Who sacrificed his daughter to God as a burnt offering?
  206. In Judges, when the Israelites do evil in the sight of the Lord, how does God respond?
  207. What was the first fleece test that Gideon gave to God?
  208. What judge had forty sons and thirty nephews who rode on seventy donkeys?
  209. In Judges 15, Samson caught 300 foxes. What did he do with them?
  210. What did Samson do when he saw a harlot in Judges 16?
  211. How many men did Samson kill with the jawbone of an ass?
  212. Why did Abimelech ask one of his men to kill him with his sword?
  213. What did Samson find in the carcass of a lion?
  214. In Judges 3, Ehud delivers a message from God to king Eglon. What was the message?
  215. What woman pounded a nail through a sleeping man's skull?
  216. What was the name of the angel who made Samson's barren mom pregnant?
  217. In Judges 12, 42,000 men were killed for failing to correctly prounounce what word?
  218. What was Samson's riddle?
  219. What was the second fleece test that Gideon gave to God?
  220. How did God tell Gideon to select his soldiers?
  221. What did God send between Abimelech and the men of Shechem?
  222. Why did God tell Gideon to reduce the size of his army?
  223. How many sons did Gideon have?
  224. What did Gideon do when the spirit of the Lord came upon him?
  225. Who killed seventy of his brothers on one stone?
  226. RUTH

  227. How much barley did Boaz put in Ruth's veil?
  228. 1 SAMUEL

  229. Who hacked Agag into pieces before the Lord?
  230. 2 SAMUEL

  231. David enslaved one-third of the Moabites. What did he do with the remaing two-thirds?
  232. 1 KINGS

  233. Who asked Bathsheba to ask Solomon to give him Abishag for a wife?
  234. 2 KINGS

  235. How did God punish 42 little chidren for making fun of Elisha's bald head?
  236. 1 CHRONICLES

  237. How many men did Abishai kill with his spear at one time?
  238. 2 CHRONICLES

  239. How many men did God help Abijah kill?
  240. How many Ethiopians did God help Asa kill?
  241. EZRA

  242. Why did Ezra pull out the hairs on his head and beard?
  243. NEHEMIAH

  244. Who caused Solomon to sin?
  245. ESTHER

  246. What book did King Ahasuerus ask to be read to him to help him fall asleep?
  247. JOB

  248. Who moved God to destroy Job without cause?
  249. PSALMS

  250. According to the Psalms, who belches out with their mouth?
  251. PROVERBS

  252. What will happen to those who are abhorred of the Lord?
  253. ECCLESIASTES

  254. According to Ecclesiastes, what color should your clothes always be?
  255. THE SONG OF SOLOMON

  256. What is the best tree in the world according to the Song of Solomon?
  257. ISAIAH

  258. According to Isaiah 45, who is God's anointed?
  259. JEREMIAH

  260. Whose bowels were troubled by Ephraim?
  261. LAMENTATIONS

  262. What type of bird did the author of Lamentations call cruel?
  263. EZEKIEL

  264. In Ezekiel 39, who did God invite to eat flesh and get drunk with blood?
  265. DANIEL

  266. What happened to Daniel's accusers?
  267. HOSEA

  268. In chapter 9, what did Hosea ask God to give to the tribe of Ephraim?
  269. JOEL

  270. According to Joel 3, where does God live?
  271. AMOS

  272. Who did Amos see standing on the altar?
  273. OBADIAH

  274. Who heard a rumor from God?
  275. JONAH

  276. What did God make to kill the gourd that he made for Jonah?
  277. MICAH

  278. In Matthew 10:35-36, Jesus said that he came to set one family member against another. To what Old Testament verse was he alluding?
  279. NAHUM

  280. What is the bloody city that God promises to cast abominable filth upon in the Book of Nahum?
  281. HABAKKUK

  282. Who said these words to Habakkuk: Drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered?
  283. ZEPHANIAH

  284. What city will God search with candles?
  285. HAGGAI

  286. God told Haggai to ask the priests this question: If one bear ______ ______ in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? What are the missing two words?
  287. ZECHARIAH

  288. According to Zechariah 6, who will build God's temple?
  289. MALACHI

  290. In Malachi 1, who did God say he'd be angry with forever?
  291. MATTHEW

  292. What did Jesus say you should do when you see the abomination of desolation in the holy place?
  293. MARK

  294. According to Mark 6:16, who did Herod Antipas think Jesus was?
  295. LUKE

  296. What cities did Jesus say would suffer a fate worse than Sodom?
  297. JOHN

  298. Which two Bible books begin with the words "In the beginning"?
  299. ACTS

  300. What married couple was killed by God for not giving all their money to the church?
  301. ROMANS

  302. According to Romans 4, what could Abraham do when he was about a hundred years old?
  303. 1 CORINTHIANS

  304. Who helped Paul write First Corinthians?
  305. 2 CORINTHIANS

  306. Who did Paul want to present as a chaste virgin bride of Christ?
  307. GALATIANS

  308. Who had a temptation in the flesh?
  309. EPHESIANS

  310. According to Ephesians 5, who is the head of the wife?
  311. PHILIPPIANS

  312. What man can boast the most about his flesh?
  313. COLOSSIANS

  314. What does Colossians 4:1 say slave owners should give their slaves?
  315. 1 THESSALONIANS

  316. What prevented Paul from visiting the Thessalonians?
  317. 2 THESSALONIANS

  318. According to 2 Thessalonians 2, why will God send nonbelievers a lying spirit?
  319. 1 TIMOTHY

  320. According to 1 Timothy, why are women not allowed to teach or have authority over men?
  321. 2 TIMOTHY

  322. What was the name of the coppersmith who did Paul much evil according to 2 Timothy 4:14?
  323. TITUS

  324. According to Titus 1:12, what group of people are always liars, evil beasts, and slow bellies?
  325. PHILEMON

  326. What was the name of the slave that Paul returned to Philemon?
  327. HEBREWS

  328. What man was never born and never died?
  329. JAMES

  330. What did James say about faith without works?
  331. 1 PETER

  332. According to 1 Peter 3, who preached to the spirits in prison?
  333. 2 PETER

  334. According to 2 Peter 3:10, how will the world end?
  335. 1 JOHN

  336. Who is an antichrist, according to 1 John 2:22?
  337. 2 JOHN

  338. According to 2 John 7, who is an antichrist?
  339. 3 JOHN

  340. Who was 3 John addressed to?
  341. JUDE

  342. What did the devil and Michael the archangel argue about, according to Jude 9?
  343. REVELATION

  344. What will the church in Philadelphia get for overcoming?

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