The ABCs Of The Bible Trivia Quiz

Answer: Absalom

In 2 Samuel 18:1-9, the Bible tells of Absalom death. Absalom was the third son of David and David's concubine Maacah. While fleeing from his father's army, Absalom's hair was caught in an oak tree. He hung there until he was killed by Joab, David's army commander.

Answer: Boaz

In Ruth 4:13, the Bible tells of the marriage of Boaz and Ruth. Boaz was a distant relative of Ruth's deceased husband. Ruth married Boaz after they met in his barley fields. He and Ruth are the great grandparents of David.

Answer: True

In Acts 10:23-48, the Bible tells the story of Cornelius, the centurion, who belonged to a group called the Italian band. While praying, Cornelius saw an angel who told him to go see Peter. Cornelius and his men met with Peter and Peter baptized them.

Answer: Delilah

The Bible tells of Samson and Delilah in Judges 4. Delilah was a Philistine from the Valley of Sorek. She used Samson's weakness against him and caused him to be arrested and tortured by the Philistine army.

Answer: Eli

I Samuel tells the story of Eli, a high priest, who took care of Samuel. When he heard of the death of his two sons, Eli fell from the chair he was sitting in and died. At the time of his death, Eli had been a judge of Israel for forty years.

Answer: Felix

Acts 24 tells the story of Felix, a Roman procurator of Judea, who left Paul in prison as a favor to the Jewish people.

Answer: Gabriel

Daniel 9:1-27 tells the story of the angel Gabriel who came to Daniel in a vision so he could interpret a dream that Daniel had. Gabriel appeared to Daniel a second time while he was confessing his sins and the sins of Israel.

Answer: Hannah

The story of Hannah is told in I Samuel. Hannah was one of two wives of Elkanah. She was the only wife that couldn't give him children. After God gave her a son, she gave him back to God to serve.

Answer: Iscariot

In Biblical times, surnames as we now know them were not used, but an individual's name was often followed by an epithet to help identify which person of that name is being indicated. In this case, it is probably a reference to his place of origin, as John identifies Judas as the son of Simon Iscariot.

In Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, the story is told of Judas's betrayal of Jesus. When Judas began to regret what he had done, he threw the money into the temple and hanged himself upside down. The thirty pieces of silver that Judas threw away were used to bury strangers in potter's field.

Answer: Joseph

In Genesis 37, it tells the story of Joseph being sold into slavery. Joseph was the first born son of Jacob and Rachel. Jacob gave him a coat of many colors. His eleven brothers sold him into slavery where Joseph became a viceroy under Pharoah after interpreting a dream.

Answer: Kish

The story of Saul's father can be found in I Samuel 9:3. Kish was a Benjamite who was the father of Saul and the great-grandfather of Mordecai. Saul became the first king of the tribe of Israel. Jonathan, Saul's son, and David were best friends.

Answer: Lazarus

John 11:1-57 tells the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead after Lazarus was in the tomb for four days. This is the last time Lazarus is mentioned in the Bible, but Mary and Martha are also mentioned in Luke.

Answer: Matthew

Matthew 9:9 tells the story of Matthew being a tax collector for the Romans before he became one of the twelve disciples. The book of Mark and Luke refer to Matthew by the name Levi.

Answer: Nabal

I Samuel 25:1-42 tells the story of the wealthy Nabal and his wife Abigail. Nabal had a thousand goats and three thousand sheep. After Nabal refused David's request for provisions, his wife sent David what he needed. When Nabal died ten days later, Abigail became David's wife.

Answer: Onesimus

Philemon 1:10 is the story of Onesimus who met Paul after he was put in prison for stealing from Philemon. He accepted the Lord and when he was let out of prison, returned to Philemon. Onesimus was accepted back into Philemon's house after Paul wrote Philemon a letter.

Answer: Peter

In Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, the story of Peter's denial is told. Not only did Peter deny Jesus three times in the court yard, but he cut off the ear of Malchus, the soldier. Jesus healed Malchus' ear. I Corinthians 15:5 (KJV) says that Peter is also the first person that Jesus appeared to after his resurrection. This was before he appeared to the other disciples.

Answer: Quartus

Quartus was the fourth son in a slave family. Paul referred to him in Romans 16:23 as his brother.

Answer: Rahab

Joshua 6:17 tells the story of how Rahab saved two Israelite spies by hiding them, and then later helping them over the wall of her house so they could escape from Jericho. Because of what Rahab did, her family was spared after Jericho fell.

Answer: Shem

Genesis 11:9-26 tells the story of Noah's son, Shem. Noah was 500 years old when Shem was born. Shem had five children of his own, Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud and Aram. One night, Shem covered his father's naked body after Noah passed out drunk. Because he honored his father, God made Shem the head of the Semites. Shem died at the age of 600.

Answer: Timothy

Timothy went with Paul to Thessalonica, Corinth, Ephesus, and Macedonia. He helped write seven of the books of the Bible that Paul wrote. Paul wrote I Timothy to tell Timothy about the problems in the church and II Timothy was the last book Paul wrote.

Answer: Uriah

In 2 Samuel 11:1-27, the story of David, Uriah and Bathsheba is told. Uriah was Bathsheba's first husband. After Bathsheba became pregnant by David, he had Uriah sent to the front of the battlefield where he was killed. After a proper mourning time, Bathsheba became David's wife. However, the son she was carrying died.

Answer: Vashti

The book of Esther tells of Vashti and her replacement Esther. Vashti was the queen until one night she refused to see her husband, King Ahasuerus, while he was drunk. After disobeying her husband, Vashti was never allowed to go near the king again and a Jewish maiden named Esther took her place as queen.

Answer: White

Revelation 19:11 says, And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

Answer: Yes

I Samuel 9 tells about young maidens who were drawing water from the well when Saul approached them asking about Samuel. They told him that Samuel was in Zuph, but that he was only there for a sacrifice. Saul ran into Samuel as he was going to eat, but didn't know it was him until Saul asked where he could find Samuel. When Samuel identified himself, he asked Saul to join him for dinner.

Answer: Zaccheus

In Luke 19: 1-10, Zaccheus was a tax collector in Jericho. One day when the Lord was coming through town, Zaccheus couldn't see him because of the crowd of people so he climbed up in a sycamore tree. When Jesus saw Zaccheus in the tree, he told Zaccheus to come down because they were going to eat a meal together at his house.