Looking for a fun and meaningful way to test biblical knowledge during a church gathering, Sunday school, Bible study, youth meeting, or fellowship event? This collection of 100 Bible quiz questions with answers covers the Old and New Testaments, important people, places, events, teachings, and memorable biblical facts.
The questions range from easy to challenging, making them suitable for church groups, Bible study groups, youth ministries, Sunday school classes, and family gatherings.
Old Testament Bible Quiz Questions
1. Who was the first man created by God?
Answer: Adam
2. Who was the first woman?
Answer: Eve
3. What was the name of Adam and Eve’s first son mentioned in the Bible?
Answer: Cain
4. Who built the ark?
Answer: Noah
5. How many people from Noah’s family were saved in the ark?
Answer: Eight
6. What sign did God give Noah as a covenant that He would not again destroy the earth with a flood?
Answer: A rainbow
7. Who was called the father of many nations?
Answer: Abraham
8. What was Abraham’s wife’s name?
Answer: Sarah
9. What was the name of Abraham’s son born to Sarah?
Answer: Isaac
10. Who was Isaac’s wife?
Answer: Rebekah
11. How many sons did Jacob have?
Answer: Twelve
12. What new name did God give Jacob?
Answer: Israel
13. Which son of Jacob was sold into slavery by his brothers?
Answer: Joseph
14. Where was Joseph taken as a slave?
Answer: Egypt
15. What did Joseph interpret for Pharaoh?
Answer: Pharaoh’s dreams
16. Who led the Israelites out of Egypt?
Answer: Moses
17. What did God speak to Moses through in the wilderness?
Answer: A burning bush
18. What sea did the Israelites cross when leaving Egypt?
Answer: The Red Sea
19. On what mountain did Moses receive the Ten Commandments?
Answer: Mount Sinai
20. How many commandments did God give Moses on the stone tablets?
Answer: Ten
21. What food did God provide for the Israelites in the wilderness?
Answer: Manna
22. Who was Moses’ brother?
Answer: Aaron
23. Who was Moses’ sister?
Answer: Miriam
24. Who succeeded Moses as leader of Israel?
Answer: Joshua
25. What city did the Israelites famously conquer after its walls fell?
Answer: Jericho
26. Who was the strong judge whose hair was associated with his strength?
Answer: Samson
27. Who betrayed Samson by discovering the secret of his strength?
Answer: Delilah
28. Who was Ruth’s mother-in-law?
Answer: Naomi
29. Who did Ruth marry?
Answer: Boaz
30. Who was Ruth and Boaz’s famous descendant?
Answer: King David
31. Who was the first king of Israel?
Answer: Saul
32. Who defeated Goliath?
Answer: David
33. What weapon did David use to defeat Goliath?
Answer: A sling and a stone
34. Who was David’s closest friend?
Answer: Jonathan
35. Who was David’s son who became king after him?
Answer: Solomon
36. What did Solomon famously ask God to give him?
Answer: Wisdom
37. What great building did Solomon construct in Jerusalem?
Answer: The Temple
38. Which prophet confronted the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel?
Answer: Elijah
39. How was Elijah taken into heaven?
Answer: In a whirlwind, with a chariot and horses of fire
40. Who was Elijah’s successor as prophet?
Answer: Elisha
41. Which prophet was swallowed by a great fish?
Answer: Jonah
42. To what city was Jonah sent to preach?
Answer: Nineveh
43. Who was thrown into a den of lions?
Answer: Daniel
44. Why was Daniel thrown into the lions’ den?
Answer: He continued praying to God despite the king’s decree.
45. Who were the three men thrown into the fiery furnace?
Answer: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
46. What happened to the three men in the fiery furnace?
Answer: God protected them, and they were not harmed by the fire.
47. Which Old Testament book tells the story of Job’s suffering and faith?
Answer: Job
48. Who was known for his great patience and faith during suffering?
Answer: Job
49. Which book begins with the words “The LORD is my shepherd”?
Answer: Psalms
50. What is the first book of the Bible?
Answer: Genesis
New Testament Bible Quiz Questions
51. What is the first book of the New Testament?
Answer: Matthew
52. Who was the mother of Jesus?
Answer: Mary
53. Who was Mary’s husband?
Answer: Joseph
54. Where was Jesus born?
Answer: Bethlehem
55. In what town did Jesus grow up?
Answer: Nazareth
56. Who announced Mary’s pregnancy to her?
Answer: The angel Gabriel
57. Who baptized Jesus?
Answer: John the Baptist
58. In which river was Jesus baptized?
Answer: The Jordan River
59. How many days did Jesus fast in the wilderness?
Answer: Forty days
60. How many apostles did Jesus choose?
Answer: Twelve
61. Which disciple betrayed Jesus?
Answer: Judas Iscariot
62. For how many pieces of silver did Judas betray Jesus?
Answer: Thirty pieces of silver
63. Which disciple denied Jesus three times?
Answer: Peter
64. What occupation did Peter have before following Jesus?
Answer: Fisherman
65. Which disciple was known as “Doubting Thomas”?
Answer: Thomas
66. Who was the tax collector who became one of Jesus’ disciples?
Answer: Matthew
67. What was Matthew’s occupation before following Jesus?
Answer: Tax collector
68. What was Jesus’ first recorded miracle?
Answer: Turning water into wine at Cana
69. Where did Jesus perform His first recorded miracle?
Answer: Cana in Galilee
70. How many loaves and fish did Jesus use to feed the five thousand?
Answer: Five loaves and two fish
71. Who walked on water toward Jesus?
Answer: Peter
72. Who did Jesus raise from the dead after four days in the tomb?
Answer: Lazarus
73. What were the names of Lazarus’s two sisters?
Answer: Mary and Martha
74. What prayer did Jesus teach His disciples?
Answer: The Lord’s Prayer
75. What is commonly called the greatest commandment?
Answer: To love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.
76. What is the second commandment Jesus connected with it?
Answer: To love your neighbor as yourself.
77. In which garden did Jesus pray before His arrest?
Answer: Gethsemane
78. Who sentenced Jesus to crucifixion?
Answer: Pontius Pilate
79. On what day did Jesus rise from the dead?
Answer: The first day of the week
80. What did the women find when they came to Jesus’ tomb?
Answer: The tomb was empty.
81. Who rolled away the stone from Jesus’ tomb?
Answer: An angel
82. How long after His resurrection did Jesus ascend into heaven?
Answer: Forty days
83. What happened to the disciples at Pentecost?
Answer: The Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in other languages.
84. Which book tells the story of the early Christian church?
Answer: Acts
85. Who was the first Christian martyr recorded in Acts?
Answer: Stephen
86. Who was Saul before he became known as Paul?
Answer: A persecutor of Christians
87. What happened to Saul on the road to Damascus?
Answer: He encountered the risen Jesus and was converted.
88. What was Paul’s original name?
Answer: Saul
89. Who wrote many of the letters in the New Testament?
Answer: Paul
90. Which book comes immediately after the four Gospels?
Answer: Acts
Challenging Bible Quiz Questions
91. How many books are in the Bible in the commonly used Protestant canon?
Answer: 66
92. How many books are in the Old Testament in the Protestant Bible?
Answer: 39
93. How many books are in the New Testament?
Answer: 27
94. What is the shortest verse in the Bible?
Answer: “Jesus wept.” — John 11:35
95. Which Gospel begins with a genealogy tracing Jesus’ lineage?
Answer: Matthew
96. Which Gospel begins with the words “In the beginning was the Word”?
Answer: John
97. What is known as the “love chapter” of the Bible?
Answer: 1 Corinthians 13
98. What is known as the “faith chapter” of the Bible?
Answer: Hebrews 11
99. What is the final book of the Bible?
Answer: Revelation
100. What is the central message Jesus gave His followers in the Great Commission?
Answer: To go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them and teaching them to obey His commands.
How to Use These Bible Quiz Questions in a Church Group
These 100 questions can be turned into an engaging Bible quiz competition for your church. Divide participants into teams and award one point for each correct answer.
For a more exciting event, you can create different rounds:
- Round 1: Easy Bible Facts
- Round 2: Old Testament
- Round 3: New Testament
- Round 4: Who Am I?
- Round 5: Bible Characters
- Round 6: Complete the Verse
- Round 7: True or False
- Final Round: Difficult Bible Questions
You can also use the questions for Sunday school, youth groups, women’s ministry, men’s fellowship, Bible study meetings, family Bible nights, and church retreats.
The goal isn’t simply to see who knows the most Bible facts. A good Bible quiz can encourage people to open Scripture, discover something new, and grow together in faith.
Tip: For a church competition, keep the answers hidden from participants and have one person act as the quizmaster. Mix easy and difficult questions so that everyone has a chance to participate.
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