QWERTYUIOP Names & Words in the Bible Quiz

Answer: Peter

Peter is the correct answer. His name is formed entirely from the top line on your computer keyboard. Peter is known for a number of things, including walking on water for an ever so brief period of time and denying three times he even knew Christ just prior to His crucifixion.

For details about Peter walking on water, see Matthew 14:27-33. Meanwhile, details about Peter denying he knew Christ can be found in Matthew 26:69-75.

Peter was also known as Simon, but that is not a QWERTYUIOP name.

Answer: Er

Er, the son of Judah, was the first husband of Tamar, as per Genesis 38:6. Scripture goes on to state Er was was "wicked in the sight of the LORD and the LORD killed him." No further details are given.

Tamar would marry Onan, Er's younger brother, and he too would be struck dead by the LORD.

In addition to being a QWERTYUIOP name, Er is one of a handful of names in the Old and New Testament that can be formed entirely on the left side of your computer keyboard.

Out of the four possible answers, it must be pointed out there is no such name as 'Wire' in Scripture.

Answer: True

True. Scripture states Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that overlooks the wasteland. Biblestudytools.com states Peor was a mountain peak to which Balak led Balaam of Beor to pronounce a curse upon the Israelites. Balaam, however, refused to take such action and had nothing but praise for the Israelites, as per Numbers 24:1-9.

The term 'Peor' is also used in the KJV and the NIV.

Answer: Reu

Reu is the correct answer. Genesis 11:18-21 tells of Reu being the son of Peleg and the father of Serung. The passage states Reu was thirty-two years old when he became the father of Serug. Reu lived two hundred and seven years "and begot sons and daughters" but no details are given.

Reu was the great-great grandfather of Abram, who later became known as Abraham. According to Wikipedia, it is believed Reu was born at the time the Tower of Babel was built.

Answer: Ur

Genesis 15:7 tells of God telling Abram, who would later become known as Abraham, He had brought him out of the land of Ur. Genesis 11:31 confirms this fact. The verse tells of Terah taking his son Abram and Abram's wife Saria, and departing from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. In Genesis 15:7, God is quoted as saying He brought Abram out of Ur to Canaan "to give you this land to inherit it."

The placename Ur can be also found in the KJV and the NIV.

Answer: Tyre

Hiram was the king of Tyre, as per 1 Kings 5:11. Tyre, a QWERTYUIOP name, appears multiple times in the KJV, NKJV and the NIV. According to the Website Biblearchaeology.org, Tyre was a famous city in the Middle East. Tyre is in Lebanon, just a few miles north of the border with Israel. The modern city is "just a shadow" of its former self according to Biblearchaeology.org.

Answer: purity

The QWERTYUIOP word 'purity' is the correct answer. It can be found multiple times in the KJV, NKJV and the NIV. It shouldn't come as a surprise QWERTYUIOP words like 'typewriter', 'proprietor' and 'twirp' cannot be found in any of the three Bible versions.

Answer: toy

Try as you may, the QWERTYUIOP word 'toy' can not be found in the KJV, NKJV and the NIV. However, the three other QWERTYUIOP words -- 'quiet', 'terror' and 'weep' -- are all found multiple times in the three different Bible versions.

Answer: row

The QWERTYUIOP word 'row' is the only one out of the four options that appears in the KJV, NKJV and the NIV. In fact, it can be found multiple times in the Old and New Testaments of the three different Bible versions.

At the same time, it shouldn't come as a surprise QWERTYUIOP words like 'repretoire', 'proprietory' and 'twit' do not appear in the three Bible versions.

Answer: They are all found in the KJV, NKJV and NIV

The QWERTYUIOP words 'pure', 'tower' and 'your' are all found multiple times in the KJV, NKJV and the NIV. It shouldn't come as a surprise the word 'tower' appears numerous times with Scripture telling of the construction of the Tower of Babel. And it's a given the words 'pure' and 'your' would be found multiple times in the Old and New Testament of the three different versions of the Bible.