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Tough Who am I? Quiz | 10 Questions | Religion

This is a "Who am I" quiz on the many historical figures mentioned in the Bible. The New King James Version is used as reference.

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

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thenaynay

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

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185,783

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who am I? I am a conqueror who is mentioned in the book of Isaiah. I am said to be God's annointed, to subdue nations before me. Hint

Alexander the Great

Cyrus the Great

King David

Nebuchadnezzar

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who am I? According to the Bible my mother was a concubine and my father was a man known as the father of faith. I am believed to be the father of the Arab peoples. Hint

Ishmael

Abraham

Isaac

Hagar

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who am I? I was a conqueror who employed the services of a Hebrew to interpret my dreams. Hint

Ramses IV

Julius Caeser

Xerxes

Nebuchadnezzar

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who am I? I was the ruler of the Roman Empire at the time of Jesus Christ's ministry. Hint

Tiberius

Augustus

Julius

Nero

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who am I? Although my name exists in a different form, most historians believe me to be this emperor. My wife is one of two women to have a book of the Bible named after them. Hint

Nebuchadnezzar

Mordecai

Boaz

Xerxes

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who am I? I was a Persian king. I issued a decree permitting my cupbearer, Nehemiah to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple. Hint

Xerxes II

Artaxerxes I

Nebuchadnezzar III

Ptolemy IV

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who am I? I was arguably the most successful missionary of the early church. I wrote about half of the books of the New Testament. Hint

Paul of Tarsus

Jesus of Nazareth

St. John the Divine

Josephus

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who am I? I was a Queen. Only my name is mentioned in the Bible. One of my eunuchs was baptized by the apostle, Philip. Hint

The Queen of Sheba

Queen Amidala

Queen Jezebel

Candace, queen of the Ethiopians

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who am I? I am an important figure in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The Bible says that God wrote the ten commandments on stone tablets and gave them to me. Hint

Noah

Abraham

David

Moses

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who am I? My birth (or an estimation of the date of my birth) is the event that was used to define the Gregorian calendar. Hint

Moses

Jesus of Nazareth

Pope Gregory XIII

Mohammed

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who am I? I am a conqueror who is mentioned in the book of Isaiah. I am said to be God's annointed, to subdue nations before me.

Answer: Cyrus the Great

See Isaiah 44:1. Cyrus the Great was responsible for overthrowing the Babylonian Empire and was responsible for restoring the Jews to Judah see Ezra).

2. Who am I? According to the Bible my mother was a concubine and my father was a man known as the father of faith. I am believed to be the father of the Arab peoples.

Answer: Ishmael

See Genesis 16:1,15. Abraham's wife, Sarah was elderly so she suggested that he should conceive a child with their slave girl, Hagar. This child was Ishmael.

3. Who am I? I was a conqueror who employed the services of a Hebrew to interpret my dreams.

Answer: Nebuchadnezzar

See Daniel 2:27. Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylonia was troubled by a dream. None of the magicians could interpret the dream but Daniel interpreted it and predicted the king's doom. The Pharoah in the book of Genesis also employed a Hebrew to interpret his dreams but this Pharoah was not Ramses IV who lived many years later. Also the Pharoah of Egypt in Genesis was not a conqeurer.

4. Who am I? I was the ruler of the Roman Empire at the time of Jesus Christ's ministry.

Answer: Tiberius

Tiberius (AD 14-37) was the caeser who Jesus was referring to in Matthew 22:21, "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." Augustus was Caeser at the time of Jesus birth.

5. Who am I? Although my name exists in a different form, most historians believe me to be this emperor. My wife is one of two women to have a book of the Bible named after them.

Answer: Xerxes

See Esther 2:12,17. Most historians agree that Ahasuerus is in fact a transliteration of the name Xerxes.

6. Who am I? I was a Persian king. I issued a decree permitting my cupbearer, Nehemiah to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple.

Answer: Artaxerxes I

See Nehemiah 2. Artaxerxes was the successor of Xerxes.

7. Who am I? I was arguably the most successful missionary of the early church. I wrote about half of the books of the New Testament.

Answer: Paul of Tarsus

Paul wrote the epistles Romans, First Corinthians, Second Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, First Thessalonians, Second Thessalonians, First Timothy, Second Timothy, Titus and Philemon.

8. Who am I? I was a Queen. Only my name is mentioned in the Bible. One of my eunuchs was baptized by the apostle, Philip.

Answer: Candace, queen of the Ethiopians

See Acts 8:26-39. This passage menitions the name, Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. This queen can be identified with Queen Gersamot Hendeke the Seventh of Ethiopia who was the queen from AD 42-52. (http://www.cwo.com/~lucumi/ethiopia2.html)

9. Who am I? I am an important figure in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The Bible says that God wrote the ten commandments on stone tablets and gave them to me.

Answer: Moses

See Exodus 24:12. Moses is believed to have written the first five books of the Bible known as the Torah. In Islam, he is recognized as one of the five greatest prophets, along with Noah, Abraham, Jesus and Mohammad.

10. Who am I? My birth (or an estimation of the date of my birth) is the event that was used to define the Gregorian calendar.

Answer: Jesus of Nazareth

Although the years of the Gregorian (Western) calendar are based around the year of Jesus' birth, historians today believe that Jesus was probably born around 6BC. The Islamic calendar is based around the year Mohammed went to Medina (622). Pope Gregory the Thirteenth was responsible for instituting the Gregorian (Western) calendar.

The Jewish calendar is believed by some to be the calendar that God gave Moses.

Source: Author thenaynay

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