Old Testament

Question 1

On what day of Creation did God create the sun, moon, and stars?

Answer 1

Fourth Day

Question 2

What did God create on the sixth day?

Answer 2

Land Animals, Man, and Woman

Question 3

What was the name of Adam’s third son?

Answer 3

Seth

Question 4

What was the third of the Ten Commandments?

Answer 4

“Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day.”

Question 5

At the time of the census conducted by Moses in the first chapter of Numbers, which of the twelve tribes of Israel was the smallest?

Answer 5

Manasseh

Question 6

Who was the mother of Samuel?

Answer 6

Hannah

Question 7

Who was Samuel’s Father?

Answer 7

Elkanah

Question 8

As a child, he was placed in the care of Eli, high priest at the tabernacle at Shiloh. Who was this?

Answer 8

Samuel

Question 9

What kind of bird brought Elijah food while he hid in the Kerith Ravine, east of Jordan?

Answer 9

Ravens

Question 10

Who was the king that ruled in the time of Elijah?

Answer 10

King Ahab

Question 11

He walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.

Answer 11

Enoch

Question 12

How many books are there in the Old Testament?

Answer 12

46

Question 13

In what language was the Old Testament written?

Answer 13

Hebrew

Question 14

What relation was Jacob to Abraham?

Answer 14

Grandson

Question 15

How many sons did Jacob have?

Answer 15

12

Question 16

Who was called Israel?

Answer 16

Jacob

Question 17

From which country did Moses help the Israelites escape from their lives of slavery?

Answer 17

Egypt

Question 18

They formed the basis for the tribes of Israel.

Answer 18

The 12 sons of Jacob

Question 19

Which tribe of Israel looked after the religious aspects of life?

Answer 19

Levi

Question 20

On which day of the year could the High Priest enter the Holiest Place, the inner most part of the temple where the covenant box was kept?

Answer 20

Day of Atonement

Question 21

Son of Bethuel and brother of Rebekah.

Answer 21

Laban

Question 22

Israel split into two kingdoms after the reign of King Solomon, with Israel in the north, but what was the name of the southern kingdom?

Answer 22

Judah

Question 23

Who was king of the southern kingdom when the northern kingdom of Israel fell to Assyria?

Answer 23

Hezekiah

Question 24

The southern kingdom eventually fell also, but to which great power?

Answer 24

Babylon

Question 25

After the exile, the Israelites returned and started to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem, but which other prophet along with Zechariah was sent to encourage the completion of the partly built temple?

Answer 25

Haggai

Question 26

One title of God is El Shaddai, which means what?

Answer 26

Almighty God

Question 27

Which king had the longest reign over the Kingdom of Israel?

Answer 27

Jeroboam II

Question 28

What does Israel mean?

Answer 28

Prevails with God

Question 29

In which prophecy do we read about the valley of dry bones?

Answer 29

Prophet Ezekiel

Question 30

Ezekiel means:

Answer 30

The strength of God

Question 31

Hymnbook of the Bible

Answer 31

Psalms

Question 32

How many Psalms were composed by David?

Answer 32

73

Question 33

Which of these Old Testament prophets lived during the reign of King Josiah?

Answer 33

Jeremiah

Question 34

How were sins forgiven in the Old Testament?

Answer 34

Animal Sacrifice

Question 35

How many ‘minor prophets’ are there?

Answer 35

12

Question 36

What is the name commonly given to the first five books of the Old Testament?

Answer 36

Pentateuch/Torah

Question 37

Who wrote the first five books of the Old Testament?

Answer 37

Moses

Question 38

What time period does the Old Testament cover?

Answer 38

The beginning of man to the time of the Messiah

Question 39

From which part of Adam’s body did God create Eve?

Answer 39

Rib

Question 40

What was the first bird that Noah let out of the ark?

Answer 40

Raven

Question 41

How old was Noah when the flood came?

Answer 41

600

Question 42

What was the name of Abraham’s nephew?

Answer 42

Lot

Question 43

What mountain did Abraham go to when God asked him for a sacrifice?

Answer 43

Mount Moriah

Question 44

What did God ask Abraham to sacrifice to him on Mount Moriah?

Answer 44

His only son

Question 45

What did Rachel steal from her father, Laban, when she left home with her husband Jacob?

Answer 45

Laban's household gods/idols

Question 46

What was the name of Joseph’s youngest brother?

Answer 46

Benjamin

Question 47

Who was Rachel's handmaid because of her barrenness?

Answer 47

Bilhah

Question 48

When Joseph was in prison, whose dream did he correctly interpret to mean he would be restored to his job?

Answer 48

Butler

Question 49

In what was baby Moses hidden?

Answer 49

An ark of bulrushes

Question 50

What was the first plague the Lord sent on Egypt?

Answer 50

Plague of Blood/ Water turned to Blood

Question 51

On what mountain did Moses receive the law from God?

Answer 51

Mount Sinai

Question 52

What was the ‘tabernacle’ for?

Answer 52

To worship God in

Question 53

How did Rahab let the invading Israelites identify her house?

Answer 53

She tied a red cord in the window

Question 54

The Woman God Took From the Dunghill

Answer 54

Rahab

Question 55

What weapons did Gideon use to defeat the Midianites?

Answer 55

Trumpets, pitchers, and lamps

Question 56

Which judge was betrayed to the Philistines by a woman?

Answer 56

Samson

Question 57

What was Gideon's calling?

Answer 57

Victory over the Midianites

Question 58

Who did Samuel anoint as the first King of Israel?

Answer 58

Saul

Question 59

How did David defeat Goliath?

Answer 59

He threw a stone from his sling

Question 60

How did Uriah die?

Answer 60

David had him placed in the most dangerous spot in the battle.

Question 61

What was Cain’s punishment for the murder of Abel?

Answer 61

He was banned from his occupation and made a restless wanderer on the earth.

Question 62

What was the secret of Samson’s great strength?

Answer 62

He would lose his strength if his hair were cut.

Question 63

What did Joseph’s brothers do to Joseph?

Answer 63

They sold him into slavery.

Question 64

Who was Moses’ successor after his death?

Answer 64

Joshua

Question 65

What was the name of David’s father?

Answer 65

Jesse

Question 66

Which prophet secretly anointed David as king?

Answer 66

Samuel

Question 67

How did the Jewish prophet Daniel end up in Babylon?

Answer 67

He was taken captive in a raid by the Babylonian army.