"N" the Holy Bible Trivia Quiz

Answer: one

The window of the ark is described in Genesis 6:16. The NIV version states, "Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks" while the New King James Version is even clearer: "You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks."
God spared Noah, his wife, their children, and their children's wives from the flood but everyone else perished. Noah was chosen because he was blameless when compared to his contemporaries. This doesn't mean he was near perfect; in fact, it's often believed that he could be accurately described as the least worst of the people rather than a near perfect person.
When the ark rested on Mount Ararat, this meant visible land could be seen and Noah wanted to see if rest of the Earth was like this. Noah first sent out a raven which flew away but never back. He sent a dove and the dove did return, but it returned without any sign the water had receded. Seven days later, Noah released the dove again and this time there was an olive leaf in its beak. Seven days after that, he sent the dove out again but this time it did not return. Interestingly, ravens (which would later be considered an unclean animal) represented death and doves (which would later be considered a clean animal) represented peace.
After everyone left the ark, God gave Noah what would eventually become known as the Noahite law, thus establishing the first civil government in Earth's history. God also presented a rainbow, a symbol of the covenant God made with Noah and all living things, that God would never again flood the Earth.
The story of Noah and the flood can be found in Genesis 6 through 9.

Answer: Mara

Naomi's husband Elimelek had died and so had his two sons, leaving Naomi with her two daughters-in-law Ruth and Orpah. Naomi wanted them to leave her and find husbands of their own. Orpah left but Ruth stayed with her. Naomi believed it was too late for her to get a new husband and have sons, and even if she did, Naomi reasoned that Ruth and Orpah wouldn't wait around to marry them. This left Naomi bitter, and she changed her name to Mara, a Hebrew name which appropriately means bitter.
The first time this new name appeared was when entered Bethlehem (where God had provided the people there with food) from Moab (where there was a famine).
Naomi's name change and the story behind it can be found in Ruth 1. However, the entire story of Naomi and Ruth can be found in the Book of Ruth.

Answer: Nabal

When Saul was king of Israel, David and his men were on the run from the king. They came upon Nabal's property. David and his men were kind to Nabal and his men and protected them from harm. For doing this, David believed that Nabal owed him some lambs, but Nabal refused. David responded by telling his men to get a sword and prepare to attack Nabal's home. One of Nabal's servants got word of this and told Nabal's wife, Abigail, about what David planned to do.

In response, Abigail prepared a feast for David, pleasing him.

Then, she informed David that he was able to commit murder, thus violating one of the Ten Commandments. David realized the error of his ways and thanked Abigail for pointing his flaws out. This story showed how one ordinary person was able to hold a powerful person like David accountable for his behavior. Shortly after this, Nabal died, and David took Abigail as his wife.

This was most likely because David found her beautiful, and David believed if he found a woman beautiful then he could have her as his wife. (David would later face a similar scenario with Bathsheba. Controlling his desire for women was not one of David's strong suits.) David was Abigail's second husband, but Abigail was David's third wife, after Ahinoam and Michal. Abigail would later bear David a son named Chileab.

Answer: Nathan

During his reign as king, David went to the roof where he saw Bathsheba bathing at her home. David allowed his fleshly nature to get the better of him and had his men bring Bathsheba, who was married to a Hittite named Uriah, to him where he slept with her. David initially brought Uriah back home and tried to convince Uriah to sleep with Bathsheba in an attempt to make it look like Uriah was the one who made Bathsheba pregnant. This didn't work, and although David summoned Uriah multiple times, Uriah does not go to his wife because of loyalty to his troops. Then, David wrote a letter to Joab requesting that Uriah be placed on the front line where he would die. This plan worked and, for a year, David hid his sin.
Afterwards, God sent Nathan to comfort David about his adultery and told David that because of what he did, his son with Bathsheba would die. David repented of his sin and wrote Psalm 51 where he wrote about how he sinned against God. Interestingly, Bathsheba's punishment (if she received any) was never mentioned in the Bible, even though she too committed adultery.
This story can be found in 2 Samuel 11 and 12.

Answer: Nehemiah

Nehemiah was the cupbearer to the Persian king Artaxerxes and was also the one who convinced the king to allow him to travel to Jerusalem so that he can help rebuild the city that the Babylonians destroyed. He and his fellow Jews, regardless of their occupation, held rebuild the city and the walls that surrounded the city. Each person worked on a small section, and together they completed the building of the wall in 52 days. This is despite opposition by people who thought the task could never be done.
However, the Jews fell back on old customs of which God did not approve. Jews began to marry people outside their community and even began speaking their language. Some children did not even know the Hebrew language. This was a problem, because then they would be assimilated into the culture of those who would lead them astray from God. Nehemiah's anger overtook him; he rebuked these people, beat some of the men, pulled out their hair, and made them take an oath in God's name to never do this again.
The story of rebuilding Jerusalem can be found in Nehemiah 2 through 6. The story of his anger towards intermarriage can be found in Nehemiah 13.

Answer: Nebuchadnezzar

Daniel was the prophet who interpreted not just one, but two of King Nebuchadnezzar's dreams.
The first dream involved Nebuchadnezzar seeing a statue made of four parts: the head made of gold, the chest and arms made of silver, the belly and thighs made of bronze, and the feet made of iron. A rock not made by humans struck the statue at its feet and became a mountain that filled the earth. Daniel said that these four parts of the statue represented four kingdoms, and Biblical scholars have determined that the four kingdoms were the Babylonian, Medio-Persian, Greek, and Roman Empire. The rock that crushed the feet (the Roman Empire) is Jesus, and the huge mountain filing the Earth is Jesus's Kingdom that would never be destroyed.
Nebuchadnezzar's second dream involved a tree so big and beautiful with plenty of food on it, but a messenger decreed it should be cut down. Daniel interpreted this dream to mean that Nebuchadnezzar and his kingdom would fall unless he repented. He needed to humble himself and realize that he is not a god nor is he greater than the Judeo-Christian God.
Nebuchadnezzar's first dream and Daniel's interpretation of it can be found in Daniel 2:24-45. Nebuchadnezzar's second dream and Daniel's interpretation of it can be found in Daniel 4:4-11.

Answer: The residents repented, and God spared them from destruction.

After trying to avoid going to Nineveh, Jonah decided to follow God's instruction and head there. In Nineveh, he let the people there know that in forty days Nineveh would be destroyed due to its wickedness. When the king of Nineveh heard this, he repented and issued a decree for the rest of the city to repent in hopes of avoiding God's wrath.

The people (of which there were at least 120,000) did change their ways and God relented, sparing them from the destruction about which He had Jonah prophesy.

This was an example of a prophet correctly prophesying about an event yet the event didn't happen, not because the prophet was making something up, but because the people repented and turned to God. The story of Jonah's word from the Lord to Nineveh can be found in Jonah 3.

Answer: Jesus grew up in the town of Nazareth.

Although Jesus was born in Bethlehem, He grew up in Nazareth thus making Him a Nazarene. According to Matthew 2:23, this fulfilled what was said by the prophets: that Jesus would be called a Nazarene. Unlike other fulfillments of prophecies, this particular prophecy was not mentioned in the Old Testament.

It's worth noting that Matthew mentions "prophets" (plural) and not "prophet" (singular), so that may explain why the prophecy is not in the Old Testament. However, if Matthew is referring to a particular book of the Old Testament, then it could be Isaiah, since in Isaiah 11:1, it says "A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit".

The Hebrew word netser which means branch is similar to the word Nazarene, and Jesus is referred to as a branch or root of David, so some Christians believe that is what Matthew is referring to.

Answer: Matthew

Unlike other parables, the Parable of the Net can only be found in the gospel of Matthew, specifically Matthew 13:47-52.
In the Parable of the Net, Jesus compared the Kingdom of Heaven to a net that gathered all kinds of fish. The fisherman placed the good fish in baskets and tossed the bad fish away. The fish represented all the people who hear the Word of God, with the good fish being those who believe and the bad fish being those who reject God. The angels would separate those who believe to spend eternity with God and those who don't believe who spend eternity away from God.
The type of net that is mentioned is a dragnet and can be hundreds of feet long. This is symbolic of the scope of people who will hear what is being spoken.

Answer: True

When Jesus was in the city of Nain, the son of a widow who had lived there was already dead and was being carried out of the city ready to be buried. Jesus touched the coffin containing the son's body and raised him from the dead saying, "Young man, I say to you, get up" and the dead son became alive again.

The news spread throughout the area, and there was no mention of Jesus asking for this to be kept secret, such as was the case when He raised Jarius's daughter from the dead. Also, unlike with Jarius's daughter, a large crowd saw Jesus perform this miracle. Neither the son's nor the widow's name was mentioned. The story can be found in Luke 7:11-15 and in none of the other gospels.