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Old Testament Oddities Trivia Quiz

The Bible is full of many strange and wonderful events. Let's see how well you know some Old Testament trivia. I used the NIV translation for the answers in this quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by lisawolfpack. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
lisawolfpack

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
231,164

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Samson ate some honey and gave some to his parents to eat. Where did he get the honey? Hint

From the cleft in a rock

From the carcass of a dead animal

From a Samaritan traveling along the way

From a hive under the Red Sea

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Question 2 of 10

2. The Lord told Hosea to take a wife. What were his specific instructions? Hint

Make sure she had six goats

To take an adulterous wife

That his wife must have three sisters

To marry his cousin

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Question 3 of 10

3. When Balaam beat his donkey three times for disobeying him, what did the donkey do? Hint

Bit Balaam on the right foot

Asked Balaam why he was beating her

Kicked him twice in the face

Turned into a butterfly and flew away

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Question 4 of 10

4. When David realized that his time with Bathsheba had resulted in a pregnancy, how did he deal with her husband? Hint

David poisoned Uriah's food at a royal dinner.

David asked Uriah to divorce Bathsheba.

David had him sent to the battle to die.

David had the priest annul Bathsheba's first marriage.

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which word was used as a password for crossing the Jordan river in Judges 12? Hint

Barabbas

Jezreel

Jarub-Baal

Shibboleth

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Question 6 of 10

6. What happened to the people who looked at the bronze snake Moses hung on a pole? Hint

They lived.

They turned into pillars of salt.

They turned to stone.

They became vipers.

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Question 7 of 10

7. When King Saul's daughter, Michal, was in love with David, what bride price did Saul ask David to pay? Hint

One hundred Philistine foreskins

One hundred pieces of silver

One hundred pregnant cows

All of these

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Question 8 of 10

8. During Ezekiel's vision, he saw four living creatures with four faces. What was beside each creature? Hint

A cloud of smoke full of howling demons

A pregnant woman holding a ram

A sparkling wheel with eyes on the rims

A dragon with four eyes and four horns

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Question 9 of 10

9. In the book of Job, God asks Satan where he has come from. What is Satan's reply? Hint

"From the heavens and the earths; from the deepest reaches of the sea."

"From the evil reaches of the earth I have climbed to meet you."

"From the secret heart of men have I ascended."

"From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it."

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who pretended to be insane when in the presence of Achish, king of Gath? Hint

Gideon

David

Samson

Jacob

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Samson ate some honey and gave some to his parents to eat. Where did he get the honey?

Answer: From the carcass of a dead animal

In Judges 14, Samson kills a young lion with his bare hands. Later he goes back to find a swarm of bees in the carcass, and he scoops the honey out with his hands.

2. The Lord told Hosea to take a wife. What were his specific instructions?

Answer: To take an adulterous wife

In Hosea chapter one, the Lord says to Hosea, "Go, take to yourself an adulterous wife and children of unfaithfulness, because the land is guilty of the vilest adultery in departing from the Lord."

3. When Balaam beat his donkey three times for disobeying him, what did the donkey do?

Answer: Asked Balaam why he was beating her

In Numbers 22, the donkey Balaam was riding could see the angel of the Lord blocking the road. Balaam beat the donkey three different times to try to get her to proceed, but the donkey refused. Finally, the donkey asked "What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?"

4. When David realized that his time with Bathsheba had resulted in a pregnancy, how did he deal with her husband?

Answer: David had him sent to the battle to die.

In 2 Samuel 11, David asked that Uriah be sent to an area where the fighting would be the worst and then for the forces to be withdrawn so Uriah would die.

5. Which word was used as a password for crossing the Jordan river in Judges 12?

Answer: Shibboleth

Jarub-Baal was the name Gideon was called the day he broke down Baal's altar. Barabbas was the criminal Pilate released instead of Jesus. Jezreel was the son of Hosea.

6. What happened to the people who looked at the bronze snake Moses hung on a pole?

Answer: They lived.

In Numbers 21, the people had been bitten by vipers because they spoke against God, and many died. When the people repented, the Lord had Moses fashion a bronze snake and hang it on a pole. When the people looked at the snake, they lived.

7. When King Saul's daughter, Michal, was in love with David, what bride price did Saul ask David to pay?

Answer: One hundred Philistine foreskins

In 1 Samuel 18, Saul asked for one hundred Philistine foreskins as a bride price for Michal. He asked this price in the hopes that David would be killed during the ensuing fighting.

8. During Ezekiel's vision, he saw four living creatures with four faces. What was beside each creature?

Answer: A sparkling wheel with eyes on the rims

Ezekiel 1: "...I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces. This was the appearance and structure of the wheels; They sparkled like chrysolite, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel... Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around."

9. In the book of Job, God asks Satan where he has come from. What is Satan's reply?

Answer: "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it."

The book of Job tells the story of the testing of one of God's most faithful servants.

10. Who pretended to be insane when in the presence of Achish, king of Gath?

Answer: David

In 1 Samuel 21, David pretends to be insane by making marks on the door of the gate and letting saliva run down his beard.

Source: Author lisawolfpack

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