Bible Quiz Answers

Short answer:

1)   Who is Hammedatha the Agagite? Father of Haman

2)   How many children did Jacob the patriarch have? 13 (12 sons and Dinah)

3)   What is the other name for the Hebrew month Nisan? (Aviv/ Abib)

4)   The term “Rosh Hashanah” is used how many times in the Bible? (0)

5)   What three Hebrew letters are the root of the word “atonement” (IN Hebrew) (Kaf, Pey, Reish).. 2 points if you wrote K,P,R

6)   What is the name of the town witch in the story of Philip and the town of Samaria in Acts 8? (Simeon/Simon)

7)   Four women approached Moses one day about land rights. What was the name of their father? (Zelophehad)

8)   How many goats were killed on the Day of Atonement in Leviticus 16 (the first one described in the Bible)? (1, the other was let go into the wilderness)

9)   How many provinces were in Ahaseurus’s realm? (127)

10)                  Name the two conspirators in the Purim story: Bigthan and Teresh

11)                  Who was Ruth’s sister-in-law? Orpah. That was the name Oprah Winfrey’s mother was trying to give Oprah. She misspelled it.

12)                  Goliath came out to taunt Israel for how many days before David stood up against him? 40

13)                  What do old men do in the prophecy of Joel about the last days? Dream dreams.

14)                  How many days did God work in the creation story? 6. He rested on the 7th.

15)                  Who was the most famous biblical character from Gath? Goliath

16)                  To which animal would Judah be compared in the prophecy of Jacob? Lion

17)                  In Mark 6, Jesus fed 5,000. How many baskets of leftovers did the disciples collect?  12

18)                  Who was Amittai? Father of Jonah the prophet

Could be one or the other:

19)                  Historically which came first: Assyrian captivity or Babylonian captivity?

20)                  Ehud was a left-handed judge or was he right-handed?

21)                  Zaccheus said that he would repay those from whom he stole threefold or fourfold?

22)                  How long was Noah in the boat he built? 370 or 170 days? (It only rained for 40 days and 40 nights, but the receding of the waters took a very long time, too)

Fill in the missing word:

23)                  And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the     leopard        will lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little boy will lead them. (Isaiah 11)

24)                  But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who    oppress        you and personally drag you into court? (James 2.6)

25)                  to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every       green         plant for food; and it was so. (Genesis 1.30)

Bible Quiz

Originally published in 2014...

Short answer:

1)   Who was Hammedatha the Agagite?

2)   How many children did Jacob the Hebrew patriarch have?

3)   What is the other name for the Hebrew month Nisan?

4)   The term “Rosh Hashanah” is used how many times in the Bible?

5)   What three Hebrew letters are the root of the word “atonement” (In Hebrew)

6)   What is the name of the town witch in the story of Philip and the town of Samaria in Acts 8?

7)   Four women approached Moses one day about land rights. What was the name of their father?

8)   How many goats were killed on the Day of Atonement in Leviticus 16 (the first one described in the Bible)?

9)          How many provinces were in Ahaseurus’s realm?

10)                  Name the two conspirators in the Purim story: B__________ and T_________

11)                  Who was Ruth’s sister-in-law?

12)                  Goliath came out to taunt Israel for how many days before David stood up against him?

13)                  What do old men do in the prophecy of Joel about the last days?

14)                  How many days did God work in the creation story?

15)                  Who was the most famous biblical character from Gath?

16)                  To which animal would Judah be compared in the prophecy of Jacob?

17)                  In Mark 6, Jesus fed 5,000. How many baskets of leftovers did the disciples collect?

18)                  Who was Amittai?

50/50:  Could be one or the other:

19)                  Historically which came first: Assyrian captivity or Babylonian captivity?

20)                  Ehud was a left-handed judge or was he right-handed?

21)                  Zaccheus said that he would repay those from whom he stole threefold or fourfold?

22)                  How long was Noah in the boat he built? 370 or 170 days?

Fill in the missing word:

23)                  And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the             will lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little boy will lead them. (Isaiah 11)

24)                  But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who            you and personally drag you into court? (James 2.6)

25)                  to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every                plant for food; and it was so. (Genesis 1.30)

"The Lion King: Called for What?" by Guest Writer, Rebekah B.

I love Disney. I think I've watched pretty much all of the old cartoons and am now one of the many adults who is eagerly going to the cinema to view the remakes. The Lion King has long been one of my favourites and when I watched it at the cinema yesterday, it didn't disappoint. The visuals as expected were stunning, and I was interested to note that the story was barely changed from the 1994 classic. I guess Disney knew they already had a masterpiece with a massive fan base on their hands, so they played it quite safe with the remake.

That being said, the majesty of the amazingly lifelike lions made for gorgeous viewing and the familiar musical score certainly gave me all the feelings I was hoping for. I was drawn in right from the opening bar of the Circle of Life, felt Simba’s anguish as his father fell to his death, laughed with the rest of the audience at the antics of the beloved Timon and Puma, and felt the jubilant triumph as Simba, at last, took his rightful place as king of Pride Rock. 

Upon deeper thought about the well-loved tale, you can actually begin to see something unique. One of the overall themes that Disney has always promoted in their stories is the idea of following your dreams and reaching your destiny. A line from the song Cinderella sings is just one example. “If you keep on believing, the dream that you wish will come true.”

The Lion King actually seems to be an exception to this idea. In the story, Simba certainly reaches his destiny, but it's not a destiny that he chose for himself. Rather it is one that was chosen for him from the moment he was born. And even though he tries his best to forget about it and to forge his own new path, in the end (spoiler alert) it is only in accepting his pre-chosen destiny that he finds his true self and who he is meant to be.

Simba has to answer the question asked him by Rafiki the baboon. "Who are you?" Rafiki waits somewhat patiently, but eventually, Simba has to answer it. And I wonder if this is something that each one of us has to ask ourselves as well. "Who am I? And what am I supposed to be?” 

Have you ever thought that one through? Me, too. 

One of my go-to resources to answer this fairly substantial question is the Book labeled the Bible. The Bible seems to have a lot to say about this particular question. 

Right in the beginning, it states that people are made in the image of God. I’m not privy to God’s stand on lions. “God created mankind in His image.” (recorded in Genesis 1:27.)  The Bible explains that God created mankind in order to share a close relationship with God. That sounds like a good destiny. 

However, straightaway that relationship was broken when the first man and woman went their own way, which the Bible titles ‘sinned.’ And ever since then, all humans have been lost, looking for their purpose. And like Simba, they never truly live until they find their way back to their Father and discover their true identity.

So how on earth do these two things fit together? On the one hand, we have failed because of our sin and thus our relationship with God is broken. But on the other hand, we are told that God chose us to be holy before the world was even created and He wants to be in relationship with us. How confounding is this!

And how then did God accomplish this relationship/ identity thing? Paul, the former rabbi, is quoted as saying “Because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Messiah even when we were dead in sins--it is by grace you have been saved.” (Ephesians 2:4-5) 

That’s how this works! Our sin, our separation from the Lord, and our wandering away from His purposes… are stopped and we are invited back into a good relationship with Him through Messiah Jesus.

To answer the question, “Who am I?” I think that Peter explains it beautifully. “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.” 

What will you do now? Will you continue ignoring God and your destiny, or are you like Simba, going to face the truth and step into your true calling of who you were chosen to be? Don’t wait for a baboon to ask you. I’ll have to do for now.

Want to discuss this? Comment below. We’d love to listen to your ideas. Hakuna Matata.