Mind your Biblical P's & Q's! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Pentecost

Pentecost took place fifty days after Passover. It has also been known as the Feast of Weeks and Whitsunday. In New Testament times, Pentecost was celebrated by Jewish people as the time that the Lord gave Moses the Ten Commandments, using the name of the feast as Shavuot. Pentecost for Christians is the celebration of the coming of the Holy Spirit.

Answer: Quail

Quail is a small ground dwelling game bird. The first mention of quail was in Exodus 16:13 (KJV) when the Lord sent quail for the Israelites to eat in the wilderness. Any mention of quails in the Bible can be found in the Old Testament books of Exodus, Numbers, and Psalm.

The meanings of the other "q" animals: the quetzal is a tropical bird native to Central and South America; the quelea is a songbird native to Africa; and the quoll is a marsupial native to Australia.

Answer: Perish

The King James Version of Psalm 102 was written by a psalmist who was afflicted by something and was crying out to the Lord. In his prayer, the psalmist asked the Lord not to turn away but to listen to what the psalmist had to say. Psalm 102:26 says, "They shall perish, but thou shalt endure".

Answer: Quartus

In the King James Version of Romans 16, Tertius names himself as the man who wrote the letter to Corinth for Paul. To end his letter, Tertius sends his greetings to his friends Gaius, Erastus, and Quartus. Only Quartus was described as a brother in Tertius's farewells. Quartus was known as Quartus Berytus, a Roman member of the church of Corinth.

Tertius was from the city of Iconium (present day Turkey) and was considered to be Paul's secretary.

Answer: Physician

Luke was a physician who was not a member of Jesus's closest disciples, but may have been one of the seventy-two disciples mentioned in Luke 10 (KJV). He traveled with Paul. In Colossians 4 (KJV) Paul referred to Luke as the Beloved Physician when writing to the people of Colosse (present day Turkey). He is the author of the book of Luke and the book of Acts.

Answer: Candace

Candace is the title used when referring to the queens in Ethiopian royalty. It is an inherited title used by the Meroë people of Nubia (modern Ethiopia). The eunuch was Candace's treasurer. The eunuch was saved and baptized by Philip.

The only mention of Candace is in Acts 8:27 of the King James Version of the Bible.

Answer: Potter's house

Jeremiah 18 (KJV), the Lord instructed Jeremiah to wait for message at a potter's house. Jeremiah watched as the potter reshaped a mold of clay into a new pot. The Lord then sent Jeremiah the message that if the potter can reshape clay into something new why couldn't the Lord reshape Israel.

Answer: Quivered

Habakkuk said in Habbakkuk 3:16 that at the sound of God's voice, "My belly trembled and my lips quivered". Habakkuk said he would rejoice in the Lord even though God will bring destruction upon the animals of the field and the fruit on the trees.

Answer: Philemon

Luke 6:13-16 (KJV) lists the twelve apostles (or disciples) that Jesus called by name. Simon Peter, Andrew, James, his brother John, Philip, Thomas, Matthew, James (son of Alphaeus), Thaddeus, Simon, Judas, and Bartholomew.

Answer: Four

After Herod had James killed in Acts 12 (KJV), Herod saw how much it pleased the people so he considered killing Peter as well. Herod had Peter taken into the custody of four soldiers and led to prison so that Peter could be killed after the Easter holiday.