Ten Bad Girls of the Bible Trivia Quiz

Answer: Serpent

According to Scripture, Eve became the original bad girl when she ate the forbidden fruit after being tempted by a talking serpent. After she ate the forbidden fruit, Adam did likewise.

The chapter concludes with details given about God exiling Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden.

On the bright side, Eve has the honor of being the mother of all living, as per Genesis 3:20.

Answer: No name is given

No name is given for Lot's wife who was turned into a pillar of salt, according to Scripture.

The account in Genesis 19:14-26 telling of the LORD bringing down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah because of its wickedness, with Lot and his family fleeing, is one of the best-known stories in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament. However, Genesis 19:26 states Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt because she looked back, contrary to the LORD'S command.

The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah is also mentioned in the New Testament -- 2 Peter 2:6 and Jude 1:4-7.

Answer: Judah

The account of Tamar posing as a prostitute and having sex with her father-in-law Judah is one of a number of bizarre stories in the Old Testament. However, making the story extra bizarre is the fact Judah did not realize the woman he had sex with was actually his daughter-in-law Tamar.

It's a bit of a long story, but according to Scripture, Tamar was originally married to two of Judah's son who were both struck dead by the LORD. The first husband was Er and the second one was Onan.

However, after the two sons died, Judah apparently thought Tamar was a prostitute when he met up with her along the side of a road and as a result of the union, she gave birth to twins Perez and Zerah. (Scripture reports her face was covered during intercourse.) About three months later, when it was reported Tamar was pregnant and proclaimed a prostitute, Judah announced she should be brought out and "burned to death."

However, Judah had to do some serious backpedaling when Tamar was able to prove he was actually the man who had impregnated her. (Genesis 38:18 states Judah had given Tamar his "seal and its cord, and the staff in his hand" as a pledge before he slept with her. When she was about to be put to death, she was able to produce Judah's pledge to her and her life was spared.)

The births of Perez and Zerah are told in Genesis 38:29-30. They are the second set of twins mentioned in the Old Testament. The first set was Esau and Jacob, the sons of Isaac and Rebekah.

Tamar's name is mentioned in Matthew 1:3 in the genealogy of Christ.

Answer: Attempted rape

According to Scripture, Potiphar's wife (no name is given) attempted to seduce Joseph and when she was spurned, she accused him of attempted rape.

Joseph fled after the woman attempted to lure him into bed with her, and he left behind his cloak. Shortly afterward, the woman produced Joseph's clothing to Potiphar, citing it as proof Joseph had attempted to make sport of her. Joseph would end up being tossed in prison as a result.

The story is told in Genesis 39:7-23.

It's interesting to note this was the second time Joseph had ended up in deep trouble and a piece of clothing was front and center. When he was sold into slavery, his bloodied coat of many colors was shown to Jacob as proof Joseph had been killed by a wild beast. (Genesis 37:31-34) In the second incident, in which he is falsely accused of attempted rape, Potiphar's wife produced Joseph's cloak to serve as proof of his guilt.

Answer: Jericho

According to Scripture, Rahab was a prostitute in Jericho.

The story of Rahab the prostitute can be found in the second and sixth chapters of Joshua. Because she harbored two spies from the Israelite camp, Rahab and her family were spared when Joshua and his armed men succeeded in making the walls of Jericho fall down, just as the LORD told them in Joshua 6:2-5.

Rahab's parents as well as brothers and sisters were saved due to the kindness she displayed to the Israelites. Joshua 6:23, in the NKJV Bible states: "And the young men who had been spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had. So they brought out all her relatives and left them outside the camp of Israel.

While sisters are not mentioned in this passage, they are mentioned in Joshua 2:13, in which Rahab requests the two spies to spare her father and mother, her brothers and sisters "and all that they have." In Verse 14, the spies accept her offer.

Incidentally, Rahab's name appears in Matthew 1:5 as part of the genealogy of Christ and she is also saluted in Hebrews 11:31 for her "faith".

Answer: 1,100 sheckels of silver

Greed was the simple reason Delilah betrayed Samson. Judges 16:5, in the NKJV, states: "And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, 'Entice him, and find out where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and every one of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.'"

Notes in the NKJV Study Bible state there would have been five Philistine lords making the offer of 1,100 sheckels of silver to Delilah. In other words, she was offered 5,500 pieces of silver from the five rulers.

(While there is no mention of five Philistine lords in Judges 16, various other verses in the Old Testament state there were five lords: Joshua 13:3, Judges 3:3, 1 Samuel 6:4, 1 Samuel 6:16 and 1 Samuel 6:18.)

Make no mistake about it. Delilah was bribed with a massive amount of money to betray Samson. It's as if no price was too high for the lords of the Philistines to bring him down.

The story of Samson and Delilah is one of the most colorful ones in the Old Testament. According to Scripture, his long hair was the secret to his strength and when his locks were cut after Delilah's treachery, he lost his power.

Samson, however, would have his final hurrah. With his hair partially grown back, the 16th chapter of Judges states he used his remaining strength to get revenge against the Philistines who had taken him captive. While the Philistine rulers were offering "a great sacrifice" to Dagon their god, it was decided to bring out Samson for "entertainment" purposes. A crucial mistake was made when Samson was placed by the pillars that supported the temple.

Judges 16:30 states: "Samson said, 'Let me die with the Philistines!' Then he pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. Thus he killed many more when he died than while he lived."

According to Wikipedia, Delilah means "One who weakened or uprooted or impoverished."

Answer: Athaliah

The sordid story of Queen Athaliah is found in the 11th chapter of 2 Kings as well as the 22nd and 23rd chapters of 2 Chronicles. She was the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel and she was the original 'queen of mean'. In fact, she makes Leona Helmsley look like a Girl Guide.

When her son Ahaziah died, she was unstoppable in her blood-thirsty mission to have herself instilled as queen. To this end, she killed all Ahaziah's children except Joash, the youngest, as per 2 Kings 11:1-2. (The only reason she didn't kill Joash is the fact he was placed in hiding.) In other words, she killed her own grandchildren to cement her hold on power.

Athaliah reigned for six years and was killed in an insurrection. 2 Kings 11:20 states "all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was calm" when the news was announced Athaliah had been killed with a sword at the palace.

Incidentally, two different kings were named Ahaziah. The first Ahaziah was the son of Ahab and Jezebel and reigned as king of Israel. The second Ahaziah was the sixth king of Judah. His father was Joram in the NKJV or Jehoram in the NIV.

Answer: Jezebel

Jezebel is regarded by many as the most wicked woman in the Bible and according to the Website Meaning-of-names.com, Jezebel means 'impure'. She is despised in Scripture because she convinced her husband Ahab to worship false gods and ruthlessly persecuted God's prophets.

The death of Jezebel is recorded in 2 Kings 9:30-37. Scripture states that after she painted her eyes, or applied face makeup, Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, saw her peering down from a balcony. He commanded her aides to throw her down and it appears they were only too happy to oblige. 2 Kings 9:33, in the NKJV, states: "So they threw her down, and some of her blood spattered the wall and the horses as they trampled her underfoot."

(While the KJV says Jezebel painted her face, the NKJV says she had put paint on eyes and the NIV says she put makeup on her eyes.)

Answer: 5

According to Scripture, the unnamed Samaritan woman at the well had been married five different times.

In John 4:13-14, Jesus make His famous declaration: "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life."

John 4:39 goes on to state "many of the Samaritans" came to believe in Jesus after the woman told them about her encounter with Him at the well.

Answer: Amount of money she gave to the early church

Sapphira and her husband Ananias were both struck dead after they claimed they had donated all the proceeds from the sale of their property to the early church, when in fact they had kept a portion for themselves. The account is found in Acts 5:1-11.

Acts 5:3-5, in the NKJV, states: "But Peter said, 'Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.' Then Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and breathed his last."

According to Scripture the same thing happened three hours later to Sapphira.

Acts 5:11 tells of "great fear" coming upon members of the early church.