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Quiz about Biblical Whodunit
Quiz about Biblical Whodunit

Biblical Whodunit Trivia Quiz


This is sort of a Bible mystery quiz. In most cases, you must decide who caused someone's death (or non-death). The question will usually be in the form of a crime scene report. This is not intended to be easy (or bloodless). It's not for young children!

A multiple-choice quiz by NAHTMMM. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
NAHTMMM
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
95,486
Updated
May 30 24
# Qns
10
Difficulty
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Avg Score
6 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. A man is lying dead in a tent, apparently killed by the tent peg driven through his head using the hammer lying nearby. There are no signs of a struggle; the man was likely killed in his sleep. His appearance is similar to that reported for a great commander whose army was recently reported destroyed in battle, and he is dressed as a warrior. Objects in the tent imply a woman lives in it. Who killed him?
Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Royal attendants called the police late this afternoon after finding the king of Moab dead in his roof chamber. There is no one else in the chamber. The murder weapon, a sword or dagger, is found still stuck in the late king's stomach; in fact, it has been driven in very deep, past the hilt. The position of the sword in the body reveals the obvious fact (obvious to seasoned detectives, and perhaps to seasoned mystery readers as well) that the killer was left-handed. Several witnesses among the attendants report seeing such a man whispering with the king before the king ordered all except the whispering man to leave the king's presence. Who killed him? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. A large man is lying on his back in a valley, dead. He is wearing bronze armor, and has a scabbard for a sword. He does not, however, have a sword or a head. The mountains before and behind him show the signs of having been used as camps by two great armies for some time. The ground in the valley itself shows the telltale signs of one of the armies having charged the other en masse. However, the dead bodies one might expect from a counter-attack to such a hard-to-miss charge are nowhere to be found in the valley. The second army must have broken and run for their lives, leaving the dead man behind. Who cut off his head? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. A man's barley field is blazing with fire. All the signs of arson are present. Witnesses report seeing men dressed as servants carrying fire-making tools past the field in question shortly before the fire was noticed. The owner of the barley field is a hot-blooded, quick-tempered man. Who is responsible for the fire (whose idea was it)? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. We are going to attack a city and destroy it soon. The spies who just came from there were helped by a local, and they agreed that we would not kill anybody in her house. Since we are not going to knock on each house's door and ask 'Excuse me, whose house is this?' before we sack it, the spies told the local to change her house's appearance in a certain manner. Who should we NOT kill? Those in the house with... Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. A dead man is found hanging from a tree. The cause of death appears to be several spears in his chest, though there are numerous other wounds. There are signs of struggle. Police have ruled out suicide. Who killed him? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. A disaster has struck. A huge building has collapsed, leaving thousands dead, many of whom are great leaders of their people. Relatives of the deceased say that their loved ones had gone there for a great party. Who is responsible for all these deaths? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What did David do when Rechab and Baanah told him they had killed Ish-bosheth, son of the late king Saul? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. The king's spear was taken from beside his head by an intruder, who also took a jug. The king is still alive (and sleeping soundly, too, as is the entire army around him). Who REFUSED to kill the king? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Several witnesses reported coming upon a dead man lying beside a particular tall building, but when police arrived on the scene, all they found was an irregular dent in the ground that might have been caused by a falling person. What happened? Hint



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1. A man is lying dead in a tent, apparently killed by the tent peg driven through his head using the hammer lying nearby. There are no signs of a struggle; the man was likely killed in his sleep. His appearance is similar to that reported for a great commander whose army was recently reported destroyed in battle, and he is dressed as a warrior. Objects in the tent imply a woman lives in it. Who killed him?

Answer: Jael

Judges 4. If you thought it was Deborah, don't feel too bad: I myself thought Deborah killed him, until I looked the story up. Deborah told Barak of the tribe of Naphtali (I think 'Naphtali' is a nifty name) to take 10,000 men to fight against the army of King Jabin, of which Sisera was the commander. Jabin's army was routed, and Sisera fled to what he thought was safe territory, where Jael met him and told him to go inside her tent and rest. Trusting her, Sisera fell asleep, and Jael then killed him.
2. Royal attendants called the police late this afternoon after finding the king of Moab dead in his roof chamber. There is no one else in the chamber. The murder weapon, a sword or dagger, is found still stuck in the late king's stomach; in fact, it has been driven in very deep, past the hilt. The position of the sword in the body reveals the obvious fact (obvious to seasoned detectives, and perhaps to seasoned mystery readers as well) that the killer was left-handed. Several witnesses among the attendants report seeing such a man whispering with the king before the king ordered all except the whispering man to leave the king's presence. Who killed him?

Answer: Ehud

Judges 3. Ehud told King Eglon that he had a secret message for the king, so the king ordered everyone to leave, then went into his chamber with Ehud. Ehud killed him, then locked the door and left. The servants didn't want to disturb the king and risk his anger, so they waited and waited and waited....Finally they all went up, found the door locked, and had to use the key to unlock it...and, given all that time, Ehud got away scot-free. Yes, he was left-handed.
3. A large man is lying on his back in a valley, dead. He is wearing bronze armor, and has a scabbard for a sword. He does not, however, have a sword or a head. The mountains before and behind him show the signs of having been used as camps by two great armies for some time. The ground in the valley itself shows the telltale signs of one of the armies having charged the other en masse. However, the dead bodies one might expect from a counter-attack to such a hard-to-miss charge are nowhere to be found in the valley. The second army must have broken and run for their lives, leaving the dead man behind. Who cut off his head?

Answer: David

1 Samuel 17. After David killed Goliath, he cut Goliath's head off with Goliath's own sword. The horrified Philistines fled, and the joyous Israelites then ran after them and killed many of them. The Bible records that David took Goliath's head and armor with him, and Goliath's sword turned up later in Ahimelech the priest's care at Nob (1 Sam 21:9).
4. A man's barley field is blazing with fire. All the signs of arson are present. Witnesses report seeing men dressed as servants carrying fire-making tools past the field in question shortly before the fire was noticed. The owner of the barley field is a hot-blooded, quick-tempered man. Who is responsible for the fire (whose idea was it)?

Answer: A prince living nearby

2 Samuel 14. The owner is Joab, the commander of King David's army. The prince is Absalom, David's third son and the most beautiful man in Israel. Absalom got into trouble a while back and ran off to another part of Israel. After a while, Joab noticed David was upset about Absalom's absence and displayed unusual cunning (for him) in getting David to send for Absalom to return. Absalom returned unsure of his royal standing, so he played it safe and kept out of sight, waiting for the king to summon him.

After 2 years of waiting, Absalom has grown tired of waiting, so he sends for Joab to send him to the king. Joab acts in his more-usual blunt manner by ignoring him, implying perhaps that now that the king is happy, Joab has no interest in Absalom's welfare. Absalom waits for a reply, then decides his request must have been lost in the shuffle of Joab's life and politely sends for him again. No answer. So Absalom decides to fight fire with fire and put his request in terms blunt enough to understand.

He orders his servants to set fire to Joab's field. Sure enough, Joab gets the message, right away.
5. We are going to attack a city and destroy it soon. The spies who just came from there were helped by a local, and they agreed that we would not kill anybody in her house. Since we are not going to knock on each house's door and ask 'Excuse me, whose house is this?' before we sack it, the spies told the local to change her house's appearance in a certain manner. Who should we NOT kill? Those in the house with...

Answer: A red rope hanging out of a window

Joshua 2. The city is Jericho, and the local is Rahab.
6. A dead man is found hanging from a tree. The cause of death appears to be several spears in his chest, though there are numerous other wounds. There are signs of struggle. Police have ruled out suicide. Who killed him?

Answer: A son of Zeruiah

2 Samuel 18. The son is Joab. The dead man is Absalom, who having led an army against his father in an attempt to take over the throne, has gotten his hair hopelessly tangled in tree branches. Despite King David having told everyone to spare Absalom, Joab (perhaps holding a bit of a grudge) stabs Absalom in the heart with 3 spears, and has his attendants slash and strike at Absalom just to make sure that Absalom is thoroughly dead (well, OK, perhaps it's a fair-sized grudge).

Then he has Absalom's body thrown in a deep pit and buried with a huge rock pile. Ironically, Absalom was so proud of his appearance, and his hair in particular, that he only cut his hair once a year.
7. A disaster has struck. A huge building has collapsed, leaving thousands dead, many of whom are great leaders of their people. Relatives of the deceased say that their loved ones had gone there for a great party. Who is responsible for all these deaths?

Answer: A blind man

Judges 16. The blind man is Samson, and all those thousands of dead are Philistines.
8. What did David do when Rechab and Baanah told him they had killed Ish-bosheth, son of the late king Saul?

Answer: Had them killed

2 Samuel 4. Despite being a son of the man who kept trying to kill David, Ish-bosheth (referred to in the NRSV as Ishbaal) was the son of the Lord's anointed, and an upright man. So David has both murderers put to death. Joab murdered several people over his lifetime, but he was David's nephew, which I imagine was the only thing that kept David from ever ordering his execution. Joab was eventually executed on King Solomon's order.
9. The king's spear was taken from beside his head by an intruder, who also took a jug. The king is still alive (and sleeping soundly, too, as is the entire army around him). Who REFUSED to kill the king?

Answer: David

1 Samuel 26. Saul is hunting David again, and has called a halt so he and his army can sleep for the night. David steals into the camp and takes the spear and a jar, then stands on a distant hill and calls to the camp. The spear and jar serve as proof that he was in the camp and could have killed Saul if he wanted to. Since David did not kill Saul, he must not be an enemy of the king. Even Saul agrees (for a while).
10. Several witnesses reported coming upon a dead man lying beside a particular tall building, but when police arrived on the scene, all they found was an irregular dent in the ground that might have been caused by a falling person. What happened?

Answer: The man had been brought back to life and carried away

Acts 20. Yes, he had been napping. No, he had not just arrived from a long journey. Eutychus was getting very drowsy, and eventually dropped off to sleep as Paul was preaching. Unfortunately, he was sitting on a windowsill on the 3rd floor and dropped off of that as well.

But this particular story has a happy ending. Paul goes outside with the other believers, picks up Eutychus, comments that the young man is alive, and strolls back inside casually to eat dinner.
Source: Author NAHTMMM

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