Bible trivia for adults
30 medium-level questions from Genesis to Acts, made for adult Bible studies, small groups and church fellowship nights. Each answer includes the King James reference.
Who lived longer than anyone else recorded in the Bible?
Bible Trivia for Adults: all 30 questions and answers
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1. Who lived longer than anyone else recorded in the Bible?
Answer: Methuselah — Genesis 5:27
2. Who walked with God and was taken, without dying?
Answer: Enoch — Genesis 5:24
3. Who interpreted Pharaoh's dreams of the fat and lean cattle?
Answer: Joseph — Genesis 41:25
4. What did Esau sell to Jacob for a meal?
Answer: His birthright — Genesis 25:33
5. For how much was Joseph sold by his brothers?
Answer: Twenty pieces of silver — Genesis 37:28
6. Who was the brother of Moses?
Answer: Aaron — Exodus 4:14
7. Whose walls fell down after Israel marched around them?
Answer: Jericho — Joshua 6:20
8. Who led Israel into the promised land after Moses died?
Answer: Joshua — Joshua 1:2
9. Who was the first king of Israel?
Answer: Saul — 1 Samuel 10:1
10. Which prophet confronted King David about Bathsheba?
Answer: Nathan — 2 Samuel 12:1
11. What did Solomon ask God to give him?
Answer: An understanding heart — 1 Kings 3:9
12. Who built the first temple in Jerusalem?
Answer: Solomon — 1 Kings 6:14
13. On which mountain did Elijah defeat the prophets of Baal?
Answer: Mount Carmel — 1 Kings 18:19
14. Which prophet was taken up to heaven by a whirlwind?
Answer: Elijah — 2 Kings 2:11
15. Who was the mother of John the Baptist?
Answer: Elisabeth — Luke 1:57
16. Which tax collector left his work to follow Jesus?
Answer: Matthew — Matthew 9:9
17. Who is called "the beloved physician"?
Answer: Luke — Colossians 4:14
18. Who was the first to walk on water toward Jesus?
Answer: Peter — Matthew 14:29
19. Whom did Jesus raise from the dead after four days in the tomb?
Answer: Lazarus — John 11:39
20. In which garden did Jesus pray before he was arrested?
Answer: Gethsemane — Matthew 26:36
21. Which disciple denied Jesus three times?
Answer: Peter — Matthew 26:75
22. Who washed his hands before the crowd at Jesus' trial?
Answer: Pilate — Matthew 27:24
23. Who was made to carry the cross of Jesus?
Answer: Simon of Cyrene — Matthew 27:32
24. Who was the first Christian martyr?
Answer: Stephen — Acts 7:59
25. On the road to which city was Saul converted?
Answer: Damascus — Acts 9:3
26. By what other name was Saul of Tarsus known?
Answer: Paul — Acts 13:9
27. What did Isaac's son Jacob do to receive his father's blessing?
Answer: Pretended to be Esau — Genesis 27:19
28. Who was the father of King David?
Answer: Jesse — 1 Samuel 16:1
29. What was the name of the giant David defeated?
Answer: Goliath — 1 Samuel 17:4
30. Which disciple wanted to see the nail prints before he would believe?
Answer: Thomas — John 20:25