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Medium Bible Trivia Questions
The medium questions from our bible set, 14 of them, each with the answer and an explanation below the game.
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The medium questions move to structure and named figures: the Pentateuch, the four Gospels, the two Old Testament books named after women, the original languages, and the mountain where Exodus places the giving of the law.
14 medium bible trivia questions with answers
Which four books of the New Testament are called the Gospels?
Answer: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John Acts follows John and is attributed to the same author as Luke.
Which term is used for the first five books of the Bible?
Answer: The Pentateuch In Jewish tradition the same five books are called the Torah.
Which book of the Bible comes last in the Christian canon?
Answer: Revelation Malachi closes the Old Testament in Christian arrangements.
Which king is traditionally credited with building the first temple in Jerusalem?
Answer: Solomon David is described as gathering materials but not building it.
Which two books of the Old Testament are named after women?
Answer: Ruth and Esther Judith appears in the Apocrypha rather than the Hebrew Bible.
Which mountain is named in Exodus as the place where the law was given?
Answer: Mount Sinai It is also called Horeb in parts of the Hebrew Bible.
Which apostle is described in Acts as being converted on the road to Damascus?
Answer: Paul He is called Saul before the episode.
Which book of the Bible is a collection of one hundred and fifty songs and poems?
Answer: Psalms Many are traditionally attributed to David.
Which prophet is described as being thrown into a den of lions?
Answer: Daniel The episode is set during the Babylonian and Persian period.
Who is named in Genesis as the father of Isaac?
Answer: Abraham Isaac in turn is the father of Jacob.
How many sons of Jacob give their names to the tribes of Israel?
Answer: Twelve Joseph's portion is usually counted through his two sons.
Which figure baptises Jesus in the Gospel accounts?
Answer: John the Baptist The Gospels place the baptism at the river Jordan.
Which language was most of the Old Testament originally written in?
Answer: Hebrew Short sections of Daniel and Ezra are in Aramaic.
Which language was the New Testament originally written in?
Answer: Greek The dialect is the common Koine Greek of the eastern Roman world.
Answer key
- Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
- The Pentateuch
- Revelation
- Solomon
- Ruth and Esther
- Mount Sinai
- Paul
- Psalms
- Daniel
- Abraham
- Twelve
- John the Baptist
- Hebrew
- Greek
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