Who's Your Wifey? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Drusilla

Drusilla, a Jewess, accompanied her husband Felix when Paul was called before the council. According to Josephus, she was one of the daughters of Herod Agrippa, and hated by her older sister Berenice who was jealous of her beauty. Drusilla perished along with her son in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Answer: Priscilla

Find the answer in Acts 18:1-2 and 1 Corinthians 16:19. Claudius expelled all Jews from Rome, and being Jews, Aquila and Priscilla traveled to Corinth. This is where they met Paul who was of the same occupation. They were tent makers, and began to travel together.

Answer: No mention of her name

The Bible doesn't mention Peter's wife's name. These references state only that his mother-in law was sick of a fever, which indicates that Peter had a wife.

Answer: Ruth

Before Boaz could marry Ruth, he had to purchase all that was Elimelech's, Naomi's husband, and their two sons, who were dead as well. Ruth was the wife of their dead son Mahlon, and she came along with the purchase. This paved the way for Boaz to marry Ruth, and the plucking off of a shoe.

Answer: Leah

This is recorded in Genesis 29:16; 23-26. Jacob loved Rachel when he first laid eyes on her, and desired to marry her. He worked for her father Laban seven years in order to marry her, but Laban tricked Jacob into marring his first daughter Leah, and said it was proper for the oldest to marry first. Jacob was getting a taste of his own medicine.

Answer: Abigail

When David was refused provisions after protecting Nabal's sheep in the field, he became angry, and proceeded to destroy everything Nabal owned. A messenger informed Nabal's wife, Abigail, what was about to happen. She quickly gathered provisions for David and his men to make things right.

Abigail told her husband the next morning all about it, and his heart died within him. Ten days later he died. When David heard about it he sent to ask her hand in marriage, and she agreed.

Answer: Asenath

Find more about this question in Genesis 41:45; 50; 46:20. The Pharaoh gave Joseph the daughter of the priest of On to marry. Her name was Asenath. She bare unto him two sons Manasseh and Ephraim (Genesis 41:51-52).

Answer: Bathsheba

Learn all about it in 2 Samuel 11:2-4; 27. King David spotted Bathsheba taking a bath from his rooftop. He should have been off fighting in war with his men. For reasons unknown, he stayed home, and temptation got the best of him. King David desired the woman, sent for her, and laid with her. Bathsheba conceived, and sent word to King David that she was pregnant.

The King set in motion a plan to cover his tracks, but it didn't work. He finally had to put the Hittite out of the picture, and arranged that he would be killed in battle. This paved the way for King David to marry Bathsheba, which started a string of circumstances the King and his family had to suffer. The whole story is told in the book of 2 Samuel, starting at chapter 11.

Answer: Jochebed

Locate the answer in Exodus 6:20. Amram married his father's sister, Jochebed. She bore him two sons, Aaron and Moses. and a sister named Miriam {Exodus 15:20-21}.

Answer: Zipporah

Read all about it in Exodus 2:20-21. Jethro, thankful for the heroic act of rescuing his daughters at the watering hole, invited Moses to dwell with his household. After Moses had been there for a while, Jethro gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses for a wife.