Bible Quiz Questions

Isaiah

1. Who is referred to by this oracle of Isaiah: “Like a lamb led to the slaughter or a sheep before
the shearers, he was silent and opened not his mouth”? (Answer: The servant of the Lord)
2. Who was the king of Judah promised with God’s protection through the child who would be
named Emmanuel? (Answer: Ahaz)
3. From what book is this beautiful promise of peace taken: “They shall beat their swords into
plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will never again go to war”? (Answer:
Isaiah)
4. In the book of Isaiah, this person claims to be the Morning Star, son of the dawn, and boasts
that he will be like the Most High. Isaiah taunts him saying that he will go down to the nether
world, to the recesses of the pit. Who is this person? (Answer: King of Babylon)
5. “Ariel” which means “lion of God” is a poetic name for a city. The prophet Isaiah uses this name
when he mourns for this city which will be besieged by its enemies. What is this city? (Answer:
Jerusalem)

Jeremiah

1. Who was the priest who had the prophet Jeremiah scourged and placed in the stocks for
prophesying that the Lord was punishing the people for their sins? (Answer: Pashhur)
2. Who of the prophets complained that he was duped by the Lord, became an object of laughter,
and whose message is violence and outrage? (Answer: Jeremiah)
3. How many years would the people of Judah suffer exile in Babylon, enslaved to the king of
Babylon, according to the prophecy of Jeremiah? (Answer: 70)
4. Who said this: “Next time, I won’t play rival prophet and contradict Jeremiah, prophesying
peace and return from exile in two years, and raising false confidence in the people, even if the
Lord has not sent me”? (Answer: Hananiah)
5. In Jeremiah’s time, names for the place in Jerusalem where people sacrificed their sons and
daughters by fire to pagan gods. (Answer: Valley of Ben-Hinnom and Tophet)

Ezekiel

1. In the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel, the Dead Sea is called _______. (Answer: Eastern Sea)
2. One of the abominations shown to the prophet Ezekiel is the women weeping in the Lord’s
temple in Jerusalem. They were weeping for the Babylonian god of fertility whose descent to
the realm of the dead was bewailed by the women. Who is this Babylonian god? (Answer:
Tammuz)
3. Ezekiel compares the idolatry of God’s people to harlotry. Samaria and Jerusalem are compared
to two sisters who became harlots faithless to God. Samaria is named Oholah. What is the
named given to Jerusalem? (Answer: Oholibah)
4. By what river in Babylon did Ezekiel have a vision of cherubim leaving the east gate of the house
of God, because the glory of the Lord left the house? (Answer: Chebar)
 5. Who is this king of Judah who rebelled against king Nebuchanezzar of Babylon who in return
besieged Jerusalem? (Answer: Jehoiakim)

Gospel of Matthew

1. Who succeeded Herod the Great as ruler of Judea, the reason why Joseph did not return to
Bethlehem after the stay of the Holy Family in Egypt? (Answer: Archelaus)
2. In what place could the sobbing of Rachel be heard when she wept for her children as recalled
by Matthew at the massacre of the innocents? (Answer: Ramah)
3. Who are the most prominent ancestors in Jesus’ genealogy in the Gospel of Matthew? (Answer:
David and Abraham)
4. Jesus prohibits people to call someone by an abusive word when they are angry. The Gospels
carry this word in Aramaic and means “imbecile” or “fool.” What is this Aramaic word? (Answer:
Raqa)
5. What is the collection of the discourse of Jesus in Matthew chapter 13 all about? (Answer:
Parables)

Acts of the Apostles

1. In Acts, Peter along with John cured a crippled man who was begging at the gate of the temple.
What was that gate called? (Answer: Beautiful Gate)
2. Before being called Christians, how were Jesus’ followers called? (Answer: the Way)
3. To whom did Luke dedicate the Acts of the Apostles? (Answer: Theophilus)
4. How many days did Jesus appear to his disciples after his resurrection before he went up to
heaven? (Answer: 40 days)
5. Who was the chief of the island of Malta whose father Paul healed when the apostle was
shipwrecked near the island? (Answer: Publius)

Romans

1. Writing to the Christians in Rome, where did Paul plan to go to preach the Gospel after passing
by Rome? (Answer: Spain)
2. Who is this deaconess of the church of Cenchreae and a benefactor to Paul and others whom he
also recommends to the Christians in Rome? (Answer: Phoebe)
3. While preaching the Gospel, Paul would organize a collection of money, especially among his
pagan converts in Asia, Macedonia, and Achaia. For whom was the collection intended?
(Answer: for the poor Christians in Jerusalem)
4. The letter to the Romans is for all God’s beloved in Rome who are called to be _______.
(Answer: saints)
5. Who wrote the letter to the Romans at Paul’s dictation? (Answer: Tertius)