Exodus TV Bible Trivia, 2015, Firm Foundation Christian Church, Woonsocket, RI
Exodus TV Bible Trivia, 2015
Two Point Questions:
1. Why did Moses flee Egypt to go to Midian?
a. He murdered and Egyptian and was found out (2:11-15).
2. Who does the LORD call His “firstborn” son?
a. Israel (4:22).
3. Which of the following was not one of the ten miraculous plagues visited upon Egypt? Flies,
Bees, or locusts?
a. Bees (8:20-32, 10:1-20)
4. What animal had to be sacrificed as part of the Passover feast?
a. Lamb (12:3)
5. What did the Lord have to see “on the doorposts” of a home to pass over judging it?
a. Blood, of the lamb (12:13)
6. Who stretched out the hand over the sea, that the waters came back over the Egyptians who
were chasing Israel?
a. Moses (14:27)
7. Which two people led songs of praise after Israel crossed the sea on dry ground, and the Lord
had destroyed the Egyptians?
a. Moses, Miriam (15:1, 20)
8. After the children of Israel crossed the Red Sea, they encountered water that was not drinkable.
What did Moses cast into the waters to make them sweet?
a. A Tree (15:25)
9. At Horeb, God provided water from what object?
a. Rock (17:6)
10. In what chapter of Exodus do we find the Ten Commandments?
a. Chapter 20
11. In 30 seconds, name 5 of the Ten Commandments.
a. 20:2-17
12. Finish the 3rd Commandment: “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in ____.
a. Vain (20:7)
13. When Moses went up to the mountain to meet with God, what did he return with?
a. Two tablets containing the Ten Commandments (32:15, 34:28)
14. Whose writing was on the tablets of stone which contained the Ten Commandments?
a. God’s (32:16)
15. The people had broken the Ten Commandments by their actions. Who literally broke the tablets
of stone on which they were written?
a. Moses (32:19)
16. Aaron fashioned an idol of gold while Moses was meeting with God on Sinai. What animal was it
in the likeness of?
a. Calf (32:4)
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17. What filled the tabernacle of God after its completion at the end of the Book of Exodus?
a. The glory of the LORD (40:34)
18. What was Moses’ wife’s name?
a. Zipporah (2:21)
19. What name of God which stresses His eternality was revealed to Moses?
a. I AM (3:14)
20. What was the name of Moses’ brother?
a. Aaron (4:14)
21. Which was not one of the priestly garments, ephod, Ashdod, or sash?
a. Ashdod (28:4)
22. Who adopted Baby Moses?
a. Pharaoh’s daughter (2:8-10)
23. Did the Pharaoh claim to know YHWH, the God of Israel, or not?
a. Not (5:1-2)
24. When frogs came up in abundance on the land of Egypt, what did the magicians then do?
a. Made more frogs (8:6-7)
25. Finish the seventh commandment: “You shall not commit ________”
a. Adultery (20:14)
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Exodus TV Bible Trivia, 2015, Firm Foundation Christian Church, Woonsocket, RI
Three Point Questions:
1. Moses requested a sign from God after being commissioned, and God gave him 3 signs.
What were they?
a. Rod-serpent, hand leprous-cleansed, water-blood (4:1-9)
2. Moses’ name means ‘drawn out’. Why was he named that?
a. Pharaoh’s daughter drew him out of the water (2:10)
3. What 2 things made up the Egyptian plan to reduce the population of Israel?
a. Hard Service, Infanticide (1:13,16)
4. What was the name of Moses’ firstborn son?
a. Gershom (2:22)
5. Why did God seek to kill Moses at the encampment?
a. His failure to circumcise his son (4:24-26)
6. What was the first of the miracle plagues that the magicians could not duplicate?
a. Lice (8:18), because only God can create life out of dust (8:17)
7. What shape was manna?
a. Round (16:14)
8. What was the name of the seat on top of the ark of the Testimony above which the
LORD spoke to His people?
a. Mercy seat (25:21-22)
9. Who did Pharaoh’s daughter appoint to nurse Baby Moses?
a. His mother, Jochebed (2:8-9)
10. Moses’ father in law was a pagan priest in what land?
a. Midian (3:1)
11. The Old Testament Law, or covenant, was ratified with what substance?
a. Blood (24:8)
12. Under the Law, if a thief was found breaking into a home at night and the owner of the
house killed him, what was the penalty for the owner of the house?
a. Nothing (22:2), for his designs were clearly nefarious
13. Which of the Ten Commandments is not repeated as a New Testament command?
a. The Fourth, Remember the Sabbath Day (20:8-11)
14. If a man entices a virgin to have relations with him, what must he do under the Law?
a. Marry her (22:16), or pay the bride price (dowry)
15. Which miracle plague occurred first, locusts or darkness?
a. Locusts (10:1-20), then Darkness (10:21-29)
16. What reason did the Hebrew midwives give for their inability to carry out Pharaoh’s
order to kill the male Hebrew babies?
a. They are lively, and give birth quickly (1:19)
17. What was the name of the bread which was in the holy place in the tabernacle?
a. Showbread (25:30)
18. What was over the Lord’s tabernacle throughout all Israel’s journeys during the day?
a. Cloud (40:38)
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19. Moses went up Mt. Sinai twice. How many days was he up there with God combined.
a. 80 (24:18,34:28)
20. Which of the following was not found in the Tabernacle: the silver pot, the golden
lampstand, or the altar of incense
a. The silver pot (25:31, 30:1)
21. What type of meat did God provide for Israel in the wilderness?
a. Quails (16:13)
22. What name other than “I AM” did the Lord give specifically to Israel in the burning bush
passage as His covenant name?
a. “LORD God of your fathers”, or YHWH God (3:15)
23. Which of the Ten Commandments is rooted in the literal days of the creation?
a. The Fourth, “Remember the Sabbath day” (20:8-11)
24. What tribe of Israel was Moses from?
a. Levi (6:16-20)
25. What was the name of Moses’ mother?
a. Jochebed (6:20)
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Exodus TV Bible Trivia, 2015, Firm Foundation Christian Church, Woonsocket, RI
Five Point Questions:
1. How many years did Jacob and his family dwell in Egypt, until the Exodus?
a. 430 (12:41), from 1875 BC to 1445 BC
2. Jethro, Moses’ father –in-law, was also known by what name?
a. Reuel (2:18, 3:1)
3. Who circumcised Gershom, Moses’ son?
a. Zipporah (4:25-26)
4. Who was older, Moses or his sister Miriam?
a. Miriam (2:4-7)
5. Under the law, if you took someone’s garment as a pledge, when did you have to return it
by?
a. Sundown (22:26)
6. In the lex talionis, or so-called “Law of Retaliation”, which of these is not mentioned: life for
life, ear for ear, or wound for wound?
a. Ear for ear (21:23-25)
7. Israel is commanded to keep three feasts unto the Lord in Exodus 23. Name 2 of them.
a. Unleavened Bread (or Passover), Harvest (or Weeks or Pentecost), Ingathering (or
Tabernacles) (23:14-19)
8. Aaron had 4 sons. Name 3 of them.
a. Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, Ithamar (28:1)
9. The Bible says that the children of Israel were led through the wilderness and not by the
way of what?
a. The Great Sea, Mediterranean Sea, or Philistines (13:17-18)
10. When Israel was about to cross the Red Sea, Moses commanded the people to do three
things: “Do not be afraid, Stand still”, and what?
a. “see the salvation of the LORD” (14:13)
11. After crossing the Red Sea, the children of Israel were faced with 2 major trials regarding
their physical needs. What were they?
a. No water, no food (15:25, 16:4)
12. Aaron called the golden calf the god of who?
a. Israel (32:4)
13. Who was older, Moses or Aaron?
a. Aaron was 3 years older (7:7)
14. In which plaque did the Egyptian magicians see “the finger of God”
a. Lice (8:19)
15. Under the Law, what was the penalty for someone who strikes his father or mother?
a. Death (21:15)
16. Name one of the two midwives who worked to save the male Hebrew babies?
a. Shiphrah and Puah (1:15)
17. In the beginning of the Book of Exodus, we read that “there arose a new king over Egypt,
who did not know” who?
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a. Joseph (1:8)
If an ox gored a slave, how many shekels of silver had to be paid in restitution?
a. 30 (21:32)
What was Aaron’s father’s name?
a. Amram (6:20)
Besides the altar of burnt sacrifice, another altar was to be built, this one in the Holy Place
of the Tabernacle. What was this altar called?
a. Altar of incense (30:1)
After Moses came down from Mt. Sinai the second time, what was different about his face?
a. It shone (34:29)
Just prior to the giving of the Ten Commandments, the people were told not to come near
what people?
a. Their wives (19:15)
How many days of the week did the manna come down?
a. Six (16:26)
Which name does not appear in the Book of Exodus at all: Abraham, Simeon, or Noah?
a. Noah (3:15, 6:15)
The Passover judgments were directed against three groups: man, beast, and ____”
a. False gods of Egypt (12:12)
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