Name three Israelite kings. (Saul, David, Solomon) How many years of famine did Joseph prophesize to the Pharaohs? (seven) Who built the ark? (Noah) Where did Jesus grow up? (Nazareth) Who lived in Ur and moved to a country he did not know? (Abraham) What happened first? Murder of Abel or the great flood? (Murder of Abel) What was the name of the blind beggar at the gate of Jericho? (Bartimaeus) Was Goliath a Philistine or an Egyptian? (Philistine) What was Jacob’s brother called? (Esau) What happened first? The exodus of Egypt or the „fall of Jericho”? (Exodus) Which books come before and after the gospel according to Luke? (The gospels according to Mark and John) What was Jacob’s youngest son called? (Benjamin) Where do we first hear about a shepherd? (Abel, 1. Moses 4,2) Who said: „How long will you waver between two opinions?” (Elijah on Mount Carmel) Which two birds did Noah send out of the ark as messengers? (Raven and dove) Who said: „I myself, and my house, want to serve the Lord!”? (Joshua) Which commander had leprosy? (Naemann) Which towns were destroyed by fire and brimstone? (Sodom and Gomorrah) How many people were saved on the ark? Where was Jesus taken prisoner? (8) (Gethsemane) Who had a coat made of camel hair and ate locusts and wild honey? Which biblical book tells of David and Goliath? (John the Baptist) (1. Samuel) Who said to whom: „A person sees what is in front of his eyes but God sees the heart”? Is Horeb the name of a town or a mountain? (A mountain) (God to Samuel) Where did a jailer find his faith? What is quoted in John 14,6? (I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me). (Philippi) What were the two sons of Zebadee (one of the disciples) called? (John and Jacob) Which type of animal did Balaam ride? (A donkey) What type of tree did Zachariah climb? Which book reports on the missionary travels of Paul? (The Acts of the Apostles) (Mulberry-fig tree) What was Jacob’s eldest son called? Who commanded the sun and moon to stay still? (Joshua) (Rueben) Name three prisoners mentioned in the bible. (Joseph, Samson, Paul) For which type of tree was Lebanon well known? (Cedar) Who prophesised the coming of Jesus shortly beforehand? (John the Baptist) How did Stephanus die? (Stoned to death) What were the names of the mother and grandmother of Jacob? (Rebecca, Sara) Name three prophets? What happened first? Appointment of Matthew as an apostle or the appearance of the Holy Spirit? (Appointment of Matthew as an apostle) (Elijah, Jeremiah, Jonah) What happened first? Jesus’ christening or the feeding of the 5000? What was the goddess in Ephesus called who was worshipped the most? (Diana) (Jesus’ christening) Name three missionaries named in the bible. Name three soldiers mentioned in the bible. What was Priscilla’s husband called; which job did he have? (Aquila, tent maker) (Joab, Naemann, Cornelius) Name three sons of David. In which book of the bible to we read about Haman? (Salomon, Absalom, Nathan) (Esther) Who was Bernice? Which Roman was in charge of cultivation in Syria at the time of Jesus’ birth? (Cyrenius) What happened first? Preacher Paul on the Areopagus or the execution of Jacob? (Execution of Jacob) (The wife of king Agrippa) What happened first? The beheading of John or the feeding of the 5000? (John was beheaded) Who was Ahasveros? (A Persian king, Xerxes 1.) What were the names of Abraham’s brothers? (Nahor, Haran) What was the name of a female judge and her companion? (Deborah, Barak) Where in the bible are apples mentioned for the first time? (Proverbs 25,11) Who said: „See, I have not heard the half of it. You have more knowledge and goodness than me, this is rumour I have heard”. What was the great-grandson of Boa called? (We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors as though God were making his appeal through us; We implore you on God’s behalf: Be reconciled with God!) (David) (Paul, Silas, Barnabas) Who said: „It won’t take much more for you to convince to become a Christian”? What was Ruth’s husband called? (The queen of Saba to Solomon) (Boas) (Agrippa to Paul) Which illness did Mephibosheth suffer from? (He was lame) Who was Zippora? (Moses’ wife) How old did Enoch become? What came first? Elias ascension or Enoch’s rapture? (Enoch’s rapture) (365 years old) Who said: „Philistines rule over you!”? Who made the golden calf and the bronze snake? (Aaron, Moses) (Delilah to Samson) What was Timotheus grandmother called? Name three women in the bible whose names begin with „R”. (Lois) (Rebecca, Rachel, Ruth) Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. Which king had a sundial? (Hezekiah) (The tongue/James 3,5) Which names were Daniel and his three friends given in Babylon? Which disciple found a coin in the mouth of a fish? (Peter) (Belshazzar, Sadrach, Mesach, Abednego) What is written in 2. Corinthians 5,20? What was Harn’s father called? What were his brothers called? (Noah, Shem, Japheth) What is written in 1. Timothy 2,4? (God wants all people to be saved and come to recognize the truth.) How many chapters does the book Jeremiah have? How many verses does the letter of Judas have? (52, 25) What does Jahwe-Schammah mean? (God himself/Ezekiel 48,35) How much bread and fish was available to feed the 5000? How many baskets were left over? (7 x bread and several small fish, 7 baskets/Matthew 15,3) What is written in Romans 1,20+21a? (For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. For although they knew God they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him.) Who is Peter’s first letter addressed to? What is the name of the storm winds which can hit Crete? (The dispersed strangers) (Euroklydon/Acts. 27,14) Where is “Satan’s throne”? How many wonders did Elijah and Elisa perform? (Elisa performed exactly twice as many as Elijah. Deliverance 2. Kings 2,9) When was Passover celebrated? Day and month. (14th day of the 1st month) What was the name of the first tool maker in the bible? (In purgatory/Revelations 2,12.13) These promote controversies rather than God’s work – which is by faith (1Timothy 1,4). (Tales, gender register) What happened with the animals which were killed as a sacrifice? (They were burned outside of the camp /3 Mo 4,1-12) (Tubalkain/1. Moses 4,22) What was shown on the high priest’s head band? What did Jacob call the place where he fought with God? ( Holiness of Jahwe/2. Mo 39,30) (Pniel/1. Moses 32,30) What was Job’s mother called? (Zeruja/2 Samuel 2,13) How many wonders did God perform? What did Epaphroditus do? (He brought Paul a gift from the Philippians 2,25-27; 4,18) (They cannot be counted/Job 5,8.9) Where did Paul leave his coat? Which job/position in Israelite society did Ezra have? (Land cultivator/Ezra 7,1; priest, scribe/Ezra 7,11) (In Troas, Carpus) How many years went by before Paul moved back to Jerusalem? (14 years/Galatians 2,1) What were the two columns called on the temple built by Solomon? (Jakin, Boas/l kings 7,21) Which books come before and after Daniel? (Ezekiel, Hosea) Who said: „His blood comes over us and our children”? (The people of Israel at the release of Barrabas) Which spirit was in the possessed girl in Philippi? (A python spirit/Acts 16,16) Which thing were the only things to be taken over from the Old Testament during the council of Apostles in Jerusalem? (Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood / Acts 15,20)