Last Updated on May 10, 2022
In this article are 100 Hard Bible Trivia Questions and Answers with Bible Reference.
Bible Quiz is a way of testing your knowledge of the Bible and also studying God’s word. The Bible trivia questions and answers are designed for group (friends & family), and individual bible studies.
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100 Hard Bible Trivia Questions and Answers
The following are 100 hard bible trivia questions and answers to help you expand your bible knowledge:
#1. Which Jewish holiday commemorates the Jewish people’s deliverance from Haman as recorded in the Book of Esther?
Answer: Purim (Esther 8:1—10:3).
#2. What Is the Bible’s shortest verse?
Answer: John 11:35 (Jesus wept).
#3. In Ephesians 5:5, Paul says Christians should follow the example of whom?
Answer: Jesus Christ.
#4. What happens after one dies?
Answer: For Christians, death means being “away from the body and at home with the Lord. ( 2 Corinthians 5:6-8; Philippians 1:23).
#5. When Jesus was presented to the Temple as a baby, who recognized him as the Messiah?
Answer: Simeon (Luke 2:22-38).
#6. Which candidate was not chosen for the office of the apostle after Judas Iscariot committed suicide, according to the Acts of the Apostles?
Answer: Joseph Barsabbas (Acts 1:24–25).
#7. How many baskets remained after Jesus fed the 5,000?
Answer: 12 baskets (Mark 8:19).
#8. In a parable found in three of the four Gospels, what did Jesus compare mustard seed to?
Answer: Kingdom of God ( Matt. 21:43).
#9. How old was Moses when he died, according to the book of Deuteronomy?
Answer: 120 years (Deuteronomy 34: 5-7).
#10. Which village was the location of Jesus’ ascension, according to Luke?
Answer: Bethany( (Mark 16:19).
#11. Who interprets Daniel’s vision of the ram and he-goat in the Book of Daniel?
Answer: Archangel Gabriel (Daniel 8:5-7).
#12. Which of King Ahab’s wife, was been cast from a window and trampled underfoot?
Answer: Queen Jezebel (1 Kings 16:31).
#13. In his Sermon on the Mount, who did Jesus say “shall be called the Children of God,” according to the book of Matthew?
Answer: The Peacemakers ( Matthew 5:9).
#14. What are the names of the storm winds that can affect Crete?
Answer: Euroklydon (Acts 27,14).
#15. How many miracles did Elijah and Elisa work?
Answer: Elisa outperformed Elijah exactly twice as many times. ( 2 Kings 2:9 ).
#16. When was Passover observed? The day and month.
Answer: 14th of the first month (Exodus 12:18).
#17. What is the name of the first toolmaker mentioned in the Bible?
Answer: Tubalkain ( Moses 4:22).
#18. What did Jacob call the location where he fought God?
Answer: Pniel( Genesis: 32:30).
#19. How many chapters are there in the book Jeremiah? How many verses does Judas’ letter have?
Answer: 52 and 25 respectively.
#20. What does Romans 1,20+21a say?
Answer: (For, since the creation of the world, God’s invisible virtues, eternal power, and divine nature have been seen, being comprehended from what has been made, so that men have no excuse. Because, despite knowing God, they did not glorify or give thanks to him).
#21. Who made the sun and moon standstill?
Answer: Joshua (Joshua 10:12-14).
#22. Lebanon was famous for what kind of tree?
Answer: Cedar.
#23. Stephen died in what manner?
Answer: Death by stoning (Acts 7:54-8:2).
#24. Where was Jesus imprisoned?
Answer: Gethsemane ( Matthew 26:47-56).
#25. Which biblical book contains the story of David and Goliath?
Answer: 1. Sam.
#26. What were the names of Zebedee’s two sons (one of the disciples)?
Answer: Jacob and John.
#27. Which book details Paul’s missionary journeys?
Answer: Acts of the Apostles.
#28. What was the name of Jacob’s eldest son?
Answer: Rueben (Genesis 46:8).
#29. What were Jacob’s mother and grandmother’s names?
Answer: Rebecca and Sara( Genesis 23:3).
#30. Name three soldiers from the Bible.
Answer: Joab, Niemann, and Cornelius.
#32. In which book of the Bible do we find the story of Haman?
Answer: The book of Esther (Esther 3:5–6).
#33. At the time of Jesus’ birth, which Roman was in charge of cultivation in Syria?
Answer: Cyrenius (Luke 2:2).
#34. What were Abraham’s brothers’ names?
Answer: Nahor and Haran).
#35. What were the name of a female judge and her associate?
Answer: Deborah and Barak(Judges 4:4).
#36. What occurred first? Matthew’s ordination as an apostle or the appearance of the Holy Spirit?
Answer: Matthew was first appointed as an apostle.
#37. What was the name of the most revered goddess in Ephesus?
Answer: Diana (1 Timothy 2:12).
#38. What was Priscilla’s husband’s name, and what was his job?
Answer: Aquila, tent manufacturer (Romans 16:3-5).
#39. Name three of David’s sons.
Answer: (Nathan, Absalom, and Salomon).
#40. Which came first, the beheading of John or the feeding of the 5000?
Answer: John’s head was severed.
#41. Where is the first mention of apples in the Bible?
Answer: Proverbs 25,11.
#42. What was the name of Boa’s great-grandson?
Answer: David (Ruth 4:13-22).
#43. Who said, “It won’t take much more to persuade you to become a Christian”?
Answer: From Agrippa to Paul (Acts 26:28).
#44. “Philistines rule over you!” who made the statement?
Answer: From Delilah to Samson ( Judges 15:11-20).
#45. Who is the recipient of Peter’s first letter?
Answer: To the persecuted Christians in five regions of Asia Minor, exhorts readers to imitate Christ’s suffering (1 Peter).
#46. What is the bible portion that says ”These promote controversies rather than God’s work – which is accomplished through faith”
Answer: 1 Timothy 1,4.
#47. What was Job’s mother’s name?
Answer: Zeruja (Samuel 2:13).
#48. What are the books that come before and after Daniel?
Answer: (Hosea, Ezekiel).
#49. “His blood comes over us and our children,” who made the statement and at what occasion?
Answer: The Israeli people when Christ was to be crucified(Matthew 27:25).
#50. What exactly did Epaphroditus do?
Answer: He brought a gift from the Philippians to Paul ( Philippians 2:25).
#51. Who is the Jerusalem high priest who put Jesus on trial?
Answer: Caiaphas.
#52. Where does Jesus give his first public sermon, according to Matthew’s Gospel?
Answer: On the mountain top.
#53. How does Judas inform Roman officials about Jesus’ identity?
Answer: Jesus is kissed by Judas.
#54. What insect did John the Baptist eat in the desert?
Answer: Locusts.
#55. Who were the first disciples summoned to follow Jesus?
Answer: Andrew and Peter.
#56. Which apostle disowned Jesus three times after he was arrested?
Answer: Peter.
#57. Who was the author of the Book of Revelation?
Answer: John.
#58. Who asked Pilate for the body of Jesus after he was crucified?
Answer: Joseph of Arimathea.
#60. Who was a tax collector before preaching God’s word?
Answer: Matthew.
#61. Who is Paul referring to when he says Christians should follow his example?
Answer: The example of Christ (Ephesians 5:11).
#62. What did Saul encounter on his way to Damascus?
Answer: powerful, blinding light.
#63. What tribe is Paul a member of?
Answer: Benjamin.
#64. What did Simon Peter do before becoming an apostle?
Answer: Fisherman.
#65. Who is Stephen in the Acts of the Apostles?
Answer: The first Christian martyr.
#66. Which of the imperishable qualities is the greatest in 1 Corinthians?
Answer: Love.
#67. In the Bible, which apostle, according to John, doubts Jesus’ resurrection until he sees Jesus with his own eyes?
Answer: Thomas.
#68. Which Gospel focuses the most on the mystery and identity of Jesus?
Answer: According to John’s Gospel.
#69. Which biblical story is associated with Palm Sunday?
Answer: The triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.
#70. Which gospel was written by a physician?
Answer: Luke.
#71. What person baptizes Jesus?
Answer: John the baptize.
#72. Which people are righteous enough to inherit God’s kingdom?
Answer: The Uncircumcised.
#73. What is the fifth and final commandment of the Ten Commandments?
Answer: Honour thy mother and father.
#74:What is the sixth and final commandment of the Ten Commandments?
Answer: Thou shalt not murder.”
#75. What is the seventh and final commandment of the Ten Commandments?
Answer: Thou shalt not defile thyself with adultery.
#76. What is the eighth and final commandment of the Ten Commandments?
Answer: Thou shalt not steal.
#77. What is the ninth of the Ten Commandments?
Answer: Thou shalt not testify falsely against thy neighbour.
#78. On the first day, what did God create?
Answer: Light.
#79. On the fourth day, God created what?
Answer: The sun, the moon, and the stars.
#80. What is the name of the river where John the Baptist spent the majority of his time baptizing?
Answer: The Jordan River.
#81. What is the Bible’s longest chapter?
Answer: Psalm119th.
#82. How many books did Moses and the apostle John write in the Bible?
Answer: Five.
#83: Who cried when he heard a rooster crow?
Answer: Peter.
#84. What is the name of the final book of the Old Testament?
Answer: Malachi.
#85. Who is the first murderer mentioned in the Bible?
Answer: Cain.
#86. What was the final wound on Jesus’ dead body on the cross?
Answer: His side was been pierced.
#87. What was the material used to make Jesus’ crown?
Answer: Thorns.
#88. Which location is known as “Zion” and “the City of David”?
Answer: Jerusalem.
#89: What is the name of the Galilean town where Jesus grew up?
Answer: Nazareth.
#90: Who replaced Judas Iscariot as an apostle?
Answer: Matthias.
#91. What will all who look to the Son and believe in him have?
Answer: Salvation of the soul.
#92. What was the name of the region in Palestine where the tribe of Judah lived after the exile?
Answer: Judea.
#93. Who is the Redeemer?
Answer: The Lord Jesus Christ.
#94: What is the title of the final book in the New Testament?
Answer: Revelation.
#95. When did Jesus rise from the dead?
Answer: On the third day.
#96: Which group was the Jewish ruling council that plotted to kill Jesus?
Answer: The Sanhedrin.
#97. How many divisions and sections does the Bible have?
Answer: Eight.
#98. Which prophet was summoned like a child by the Lord and anointed Saul as Israel’s first king?
Answer: Samuel.
#98. What is the term for a violation of God’s law?
Answer: Sin.
#99. Which of the apostles walked on water?
Answer: Peter.
#100: When did the Trinity become known?
Answer: During Jesus’ baptism.