Wine in the Word Trivia Quiz

Answer: Noah

"And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without" (Genesis 9:20-22).

While Shem and Japheth tastefully cover their father with a garment, Ham's line is cursed. Why the severity? Some scholars think it was because he mocked his father, and still others have suggested that Ham actually molested him.

Answer: Lot

Genesis 19:30-36 tells the story: "And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve the seed of our father . . . Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father."

Answer: Jesus Christ

Matthew 11:19 - "The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners."

Answer: John the Baptist

Matthew 11:18: "For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil." In other words, the opponents of Christ managed to find fault no matter what the case! Christ said of them: "But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented" (Matthew 11:16-17).

Answer: Timothy

Paul told Timothy: "Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities" (1 Timothy 5:23).

Answer: God and Man

Judges 9:13: "And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?"

Answer: Makes glad the heart of man

Psalm 104:15: "And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart."

Answer: A mocker

Proverbs 20:1: "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise."

Answer: Rich

Proverbs 21:17: "He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich."

Answer: The bite of a serpent

Proverbs 23:31-32: "Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder."

Answer: Takes away the heart

Hosea 4:11: "Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart."

Answer: "Until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's Kingdom."

When instituting the Lord's Supper in Matthew 26:29, Christ says: "But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom."

Answer: Many

Matthew 26:28: "For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins."

Answer: Melchizedek

Genesis 14:18-19: "And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth."

Answer: Judah

He also said: "The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be" (Genesis 49:10). Shiloh was the place of the tabernacle and is also interpreted by Christians as a reference to Christ.

Answer: Aaron

This is found in Leviticus 10:8-9. The descendants of Aaron, the Levites, were the priests.

Answer: False

Christ was a Nazarene (that is, he was from the town of Nazareth), but he was not a Nazarite. Nazarites were men or women who took a special vow. The vow prohibited them from drinking wine and from eating grapes or raisins. They were not permitted to cut their hair and could not touch a dead body. We know Christ did not take this vow because he touched dead bodies and drank wine.
The confusion of Nazarene and Nazarite may have resulted in the plethora of depictions of Christ with long hair. For details on this vow, see Numbers 6.

Answer: True

The Nazarite vow need not be lifelong. Numbers 6:19-20 describes the conclusion of the Nazarite vow: "And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven: And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine." It is likely that Paul took this vow for a time, as Acts 18:18 says: "And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow."

Answer: Gideon

Judges 6:11-12: "And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour." Gideon was called to be a Judge of Israel and to deliver his people from their enemies, but he at first hesitated to take on the role, demanding a sign from God.

Answer: Samson's

Judges 13:6-7: "Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name: But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death." Samson violated his Nazarite vows.

In touching the dead lion to retrieve the honey, he violated the prohibition against touching an unclean thing.

His hair, too, was cut by Deliliah. And it is not unlikely that he drank wine in his feast with the Phillistines.

Answer: Hannah

The story is told in I Samuel 1. The barren Hannah was rewarded for her faithfulness, and she gave birth to Samuel, who was dedicated to the Lord and brought to God's house. He was a prophet of Israel, and he anointed King David.

Answer: Abigail

When David sent his servants to Nabal, Nabal replied, "Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master. Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?" (I Sam 25:10-11) His wife, Abigail, however, brought David and his men food and wine. Ten days later, the Lord smote Nabal, leaving Abigail free to marry David.

Answer: Daniel

Daniel 10:1-3: "In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision. In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled."

Answer: Joel

You may find this in Joel 3:18. Joel is sometimes called the prophet of Pentecost, because he predicted: "And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions" (Joel 2:28).

Answer: Myrrh

Mark 15:23: "And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not." The drink might have eased his pain, but Christ refused it, and endured his suffering.