Biblical Brainteaser Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jonah

The Book of Jonah tells of the prophet Jonah who is instructed by God to prophecy of the destruction of Nineveh. He defies God and flees on a ship to a different city. On the voyage, God calls up a storm and Jonah has the sailors throw him overboard to appease God. Jonah is swallowed up by a sea creature, commonly referred to in Biblical stories as a whale, where he languishes for three days.

He prays to God and is eventually spat out by the creature onto land.

Answer: Nahum

Nahum was a minor prophet in the Bible, and the Book of Nahum follows the Book of Micah in the Old Testament. As mentioned in the question, Nahum's writings were predominantly centred around Nineveh. December 1 is St Nahum feast day on the Eastern Orthodox calendar.

Answer: Humble

The Epistle of James is found in the New Testament of the Bible, after the book of Hebrews and the author is quoted as saying that he is writing to "the twelve tribes scattered abroad". According to certain theologians, this epistle is seen as 'wisdom writing' and exhorts the faithful to remain steadfast and humble amongst other things.

Answer: Blemish

The Bible verse in question, is found in the time of the tenth plague which God visited on Egypt to persuade the Pharaoh to free the Israelites from slavery. The tenth plague was the killing of the first born child of every man and beast in Egypt (Ex. 12 v 12).

In order to escape this plague, Moses was given instructions for the Israelites to follow. The instructions found in Exodus gave rise to the Jewish holiday of Passover.

Answer: Ishmaelites

Abraham had a number of sons, but two are better known than the rest. Abraham and Sarah had not been able to conceive, so Sarah offered her handmaiden, Hagar to Abraham and she was Ishmael's mother. Ishmael was Abraham's eldest son, born when Abraham was eighty-six years old.

At the age of ninety-nine, thirteen years after Ishmael's birth, God blessed Abraham and Sarah and she gave birth to Isaac. According to Genesis, Ishmael fathered twelve sons and the Ishmaelites are descended from him.

Answer: Testament

The Bible is believed to be the best selling book of all time. It is divided up into the Old Testament and New Testament. The Old Testament contains, among other things, the story of creation and the New Testament records the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.

Answer: Enter

The verse mentioned in the question is followed with the following very popular verse:

"And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." (Matt. 19:24)

Jesus was having a discussion with his disciples after having spoken to a young man with great possessions who had asked Jesus about attaining eternal life.

Answer: Terah

Terah was the father of Abraham and his lineage can be traced all the way back to Noah. He was seventy years old when Abraham was born and lived in the city of Ur in Mesopotamia. He decided to move his whole family from Ur, to the land of Canaan and died en-route in the city of Haran at the ripe old age of 205 as spoken of in Genesis 11:32.

Answer: Rahab

Joshua sought to capture Jericho and sent spies out to survey the land and city. "And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there. (Josh. 2:1)". She hid the spies from soldiers sent to capture them. For this deed, she and her family were spared.

Answer: Habakkuk

The Book of Habakkuk follows the Book of Nahum in the Old Testament. This book only contains three chapters. Not much information is given about the prophet Habakkuk, but Jewish tradition indicates that he was buried in Galilee in northern Israel.