Hard Bible trivia for serious readers
Think you know your Bible? These 25 questions are about names, places and details that most readers miss. Each answer includes the verse, so you can check it yourself.
Who was the father of Methuselah?
Hard Bible Trivia: all 25 questions and answers
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1. Who was the father of Methuselah?
Answer: Enoch — Genesis 5:21
2. How old was Methuselah when he died?
Answer: 969 years — Genesis 5:27
3. Which king of Salem brought out bread and wine to Abram?
Answer: Melchizedek — Genesis 14:18
4. Who was Jacob's first wife?
Answer: Leah — Genesis 29:25
5. What was the name of Moses' wife?
Answer: Zipporah — Exodus 2:21
6. Which left-handed judge killed Eglon, king of Moab?
Answer: Ehud — Judges 3:15
7. Who was the high priest at Shiloh when Samuel was a boy?
Answer: Eli — 1 Samuel 3:1
8. Who was the servant of the prophet Elisha?
Answer: Gehazi — 2 Kings 4:12
9. What was Daniel's Babylonian name?
Answer: Belteshazzar — Daniel 1:7
10. Which king saw a hand writing on the wall during a feast?
Answer: Belshazzar — Daniel 5:5
11. Which prophet was told to marry Gomer?
Answer: Hosea — Hosea 1:3
12. What is the longest name in the Bible?
Answer: Maher-shalal-hash-baz — Isaiah 8:1
13. What is the shortest verse in the King James Bible?
Answer: Jesus wept. — John 11:35
14. Who was the father of John the Baptist?
Answer: Zacharias — Luke 1:13
15. What was the name of the servant whose ear Peter cut off?
Answer: Malchus — John 18:10
16. Who was chosen to replace Judas Iscariot?
Answer: Matthias — Acts 1:26
17. Whom did Peter raise from the dead at Joppa?
Answer: Tabitha — Acts 9:40
18. In which city were the disciples first called Christians?
Answer: Antioch — Acts 11:26
19. Which seller of purple from Thyatira was baptized in Philippi?
Answer: Lydia — Acts 16:14
20. Which young man fell from a third-floor window while Paul preached?
Answer: Eutychus — Acts 20:9
21. On which island was Paul shipwrecked?
Answer: Melita — Acts 28:1
22. Which two of the twelve spies brought a good report?
Answer: Joshua and Caleb — Numbers 14:6
23. What did Gideon use to ask God for a sign?
Answer: A fleece of wool — Judges 6:37
24. Who was the mother of the prophet Samuel?
Answer: Hannah — 1 Samuel 1:20
25. On which island was John when he wrote Revelation?
Answer: Patmos — Revelation 1:9