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Hard Bible Trivia Questions
The hard questions from our bible set, 14 of them, each with the answer and an explanation below the game.
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The hard band deals with the history of the text itself: the Vulgate and the Septuagint, the 1611 English translation, the Synoptic Gospels, the Minor Prophets as a grouping, and the Dead Sea Scrolls found at Qumran.
14 hard bible trivia questions with answers
Which Latin translation of the Bible was produced largely by Jerome in the fourth century?
Answer: The Vulgate The Septuagint is the earlier Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures.
What is the Septuagint?
Answer: An ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures Tradition connects it with seventy translators working in Alexandria.
Which English Bible translation was published in 1611 under a Stuart king?
Answer: The King James Version The Geneva Bible was the leading English version before it.
Which three Gospels are called the Synoptic Gospels?
Answer: Matthew, Mark and Luke They share so much material that they can be set side by side.
Which book directly follows the four Gospels in the New Testament?
Answer: Acts of the Apostles It narrates the spread of the early church after the Gospels close.
Which prophet is associated in the book of Kings with a contest on Mount Carmel?
Answer: Elijah Elisha is his successor in the narrative.
Which empire is described in the Old Testament as taking the people of Judah into exile?
Answer: Babylon The exile follows the fall of Jerusalem in the sixth century BC.
Which term describes the twelve shorter prophetic books at the end of the Old Testament?
Answer: The Minor Prophets They are called minor for their length, not their importance.
Which Roman governor is named in the Gospels as presiding at the trial of Jesus?
Answer: Pontius Pilate Felix and Festus appear later, in the book of Acts.
Which Old Testament book consists largely of a debate about undeserved suffering?
Answer: Job Most of the book is written as poetry between prose opening and closing sections.
Which letters of the New Testament are traditionally attributed to Paul?
Answer: Romans, Corinthians, Galatians and others addressed to churches and individuals The authorship of Hebrews is disputed and it is usually listed separately.
Which name is given to the additional books included in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles but not in the Hebrew Bible?
Answer: The Apocrypha, or deuterocanonical books They include Tobit, Judith and the books of Maccabees.
Which ancient manuscript find in the Judean desert included some of the oldest known biblical texts?
Answer: The Dead Sea Scrolls They were discovered near Qumran from 1947 onwards.
Which Old Testament book records the return from exile and the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls?
Answer: Nehemiah It is closely paired with the book of Ezra.
Answer key
- The Vulgate
- An ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures
- The King James Version
- Matthew, Mark and Luke
- Acts of the Apostles
- Elijah
- Babylon
- The Minor Prophets
- Pontius Pilate
- Job
- Romans, Corinthians, Galatians and others addressed to churches and individuals
- The Apocrypha, or deuterocanonical books
- The Dead Sea Scrolls
- Nehemiah
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