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Bible Quiz

Bible Quiz: Memorials

How well do you remember the Bible's stories, promises, and memorials? Test your knowledge!

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1). The following directive from the Book of Exodus reminded the Hebrew people that they were to celebrate this event annually: “This day shall be for you a Memorial Day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast.”
2). In the Gospel of St. Luke, Jesus took bread; blessed and broke it and gave it to His disciples saying, “Do this in _________ of Me.”
3). When the Moses parted the Red Sea and the Hebrew people crossed over, but Pharaoh’s armies were drowned, the people did what as a means of both rejoicing in this great miracle and to remember this miracle?
4). After the Flood, God made a promise to Noah that He would never again cover the earth with water. In recognition of this covenant – and as a constant reminder – God did this:
5). When Joshua and the Hebrew people needed to cross over the Joran River, they let the Arc of the Covenant lead the procession. Immediately the river stopped flowing and all the people were able to cross over to the other side into the Promised Land. Then God instructed them to do what?
6). After Jesus chased the money changers out of the Temple, His disciples remembered that this Old Testament prophecy:
7). “By the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept when we remembered ______.”
8). After a woman had anointed Jesus with very costly perfumed oil, the disciples became angry because that oil could have been sold for a great amount of money. But Jesus quieted them by telling them that this woman had done a beautiful thing for Him and had prepared our Lord for His burial. He then went on to say:
9). According to the Book of Proverbs, “The memory of the Righteous is ______.”
10). “And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the saying of the Lord, how he had said to him ____________,

Bible Quiz: Rock Quiz

With Cleveland being the “Birthplace of Rock & Roll,” let’s see how well you do with knowing Rocks in the Bible!

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1). He used a stone for a pillow and dreamed of a ladder that reached to Heaven?
2). According to the Book of Revelation, the Gates to Heaven are made of this type of precious stone?
3). Using a play of words on the meaning of his name, Jesus told this disciple that he was the “rock” upon which He would build His Church?
4). He was one of the first appointed deacons, but also became the Church’s first martyr by being stoned to death, while beholding a vision of Christ?
5). This young lad and future King took five smooth stones from a brook and used them to kill a giant?
6). According to this Old Testament Book, there is “a season to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together.”
7). He told Christ to command the stones around Him to turn into loaves of bread?
8). In which parable does Christ use the analogy of “rocky ground?”
9). He hid in the “cleft of a rock” so that as God passed by he wouldn’t die?
10). In Peter’s first epistle, he refers to Christ’s Church as a “spiritual house” built using us as these?
11). After crossing over the Jordan River with the Ark of the Covenant, God commanded Joshua to make a memorial monument using this number of stones so that future generations would remember the event?
12). After Noah built the Ark and survived the flood, he immediately built this?
13). When He came upon an angry crowd ready to stone a woman accused of adultery, Jesus lifted His voice and simply told them this?
14). While fleeing the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot’s wife didn’t heed God’s instructions to “not turn back” and, upon doing so, was immediately turned into this?
15). This famous Old Testament couple were buried in the cave of Machpelah in the field of Ephron?
16). In the Book of Psalms, David prophetically wrote that “The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner (118:22),” meaning the “key-stone” or cap-stone which holds everything together. Who was he referring to?
17). On the first day of the week, the Myrrhbearing Woman got up early and went to the tomb to anoint Jesus’ Body. As they walked, they posed this question to one another?
18). According to the Gospel of St. Luke, this man went to Pilate and asked for the Body of Jesus. Taken Him down from the Cross, he wrapped Him in a linen shroud, and laid Him in a rock-hewn tomb where no one had ever yet been laid?
19). Christ said that it is wiser to build a house upon rock than this?
20). As His disciples came out of the Temple, they marveled and said, “Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!” But Jesus chastised them and prophesized what?
21). In Luke’s Gospel, as Jesus made His triumphal entry into Jerusalem the people cried out saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” When the Pharisees heard this they rebuked Jesus and told Him to quiet His followers. To this Jesus said what?
22). After the Exodus from Egypt, the Hebrews wandered in the desert and soon ran out of water. Tired and thirsty, they murmured against Moses saying, “Did he bring us out of Egypt to die of thirst?” Moses prayed to God for guidance and God told Moses to take his staff and strike this to produce a steady flow of water for the people?
23). According to the Book of Job, the “price of wisdom” is above this gemstone?
24). At the very moment Jesus yielded up His Spirit, the gospels tell us that the Temple curtain was torn in two – from top to bottom, the earth shook, and the rocks did what?
25). The Book of Psalms refers to God as being “The Rock of my” what?
Bonus Question: This singer/songwriter famously weaves biblical verses and analogies throughout his lyrics. One such song titled, “Every Grain of Sand,” is a reference to Psalm 139 in which God knows even the number of grains of sand in the world. Who is this singer who just turned 85 last month?

Bible Quiz: Mothers in the Bible

In Honor of Mother’s Day

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1). She was the mother of Cain, Abel, and Seth:
2). She was Moses’ wife:
3). She was the mother of Jacob and Esau:
4). She was Abraham’s wife and the mother of Issac:
5). She was Isaac’s wife:
6). She was married to Elimelech and was the mother-in-law of Ruth and Orpah:
7). Jacob was so smitten by Laban’s daughter Rachel that he promised to work seven years to marry her. However, on the wedding night, Laban tricked Jacob by substituting this veiled daughter instead of Rachel:
8). Jael, the wife of Heber, is best remembered for this gruesome act?
9). John the Forerunners’ father Zachariah was married to this woman:
10). Which Book of the Bible contains a beautiful discourse about marriage which begins with these words: “A good wife, who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.”
Bonus Question: Mary was given the title “Theotokos” which means:

Bible Quiz: Narrow Escapes

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1). In Nazareth, Jesus enters the synagogue and reads a passage from the Prophet Isaiah. He then preaches on this passage telling the people that “Today this prophecy has come true.” The people become irate and drive Jesus out of town and to the brow of a hill (cliff) to throw Him over. However, before they can, this happens:
2). During the night of His arrest, the disciples escaped by:
3). During that same confrontation, Mark’s gospel records that a young man was apprehended by a soldier, but escaped by:
4). After Jesus was born, Herod ordered that all the male children in the region of Bethlehem, aged two years and younger, be killed so as to protect his regal status. Jesus, however, survived this horrific event because:
5). When the apostle Paul began preaching about Jesus Christ in the synagogues of Damascus, the governor under King Aretas ordered him arrested. How did Paul escape from Damascus?
6). In Ephesus, a silversmith name Demetrius stirred up a near riot against Paul and his followers. It took the city clerk to calm the people. What did Demetrius have against Paul?
7). Shipwrecks were just some of the misfortunes that Paul managed to survive. How many times did Paul say he had been shipwrecked?
8). In Philippi, Paul and Silas were beaten and thrown into prison with their feet bound. What happened to them during the night?
9). In Egypt, after the nine plagues or “blows” were struck against Pharaoh and the Egyptians, an angel of death passed over the region killing all the first-born males. The Hebrews, however, were protected from this onslaught if they killed a lamb and smeared the lamb’s blood upon the post and lintels of their homes.
10). During the Exodus, when the Hebrew people were trapped between the Red Sea and Pharaoh’s approaching armies, they were able to escape immanent slaughter because the people trusted Moses and kept “walking forward.” And when they did, it was then that the Red Sea parted.
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