Seconds Count

1) Who is the second woman mentioned in the bible?

a) Adah

b) Cain’s wife

c) Zillah

d) The daughters of men

2) What is the second talking animal mentioned in the bible?

a) The serpent

b) A raven

c) Balaam’s donkey

d) Saul’s donkey

3) Who is the second oldest man in the bible?

a) Jared

b) Mahalaleel

c) Enos

d) Cainan

4) What was the second plague in Egypt?

a) Locusts

b) Lice

c) Hail

d) Frogs

5) Who was the second killer mentioned in the bible?

a) Moses

b) Levi

c) Zimri

d) Lamech

6) Who was the second judge in the Israelites?

a) Gideon

b) Shamgar

c) Ehud

d) Deborah

7) Who was the second king of Israel?

a) David

b) Solomon

c) Rehoboam

d) Ishbosheth

8) What was the second miracle of Jesus? 

a) Healing the son of a nobleman

b) Healing Peter’s mother in law

c) Cleanses the leper

d) Healing the paralytic man

9) Who was the second Christian martyr mentioned in the Book of Acts?

a) Stephen

b) Bartholomew

c) James

d) Matthias

10) What is the second church mentioned in 7 churches listed in Revelation?

a) Pergamos

b) Thyatira

c) Smyrna

d) Laodicea

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Firsts – Old Testament

1) Who was the first son born to Israel?

a) Judah

b) Reuben

c) Simeon

d) Zebulun

2) What was the first plague in Egypt?

a) Changing the river into blood

b) Invasion of frogs

c) Infestation of flies

d) Invasion of locusts

3) What stone was among the three stones in the first row of the ephod Aaron wore?

a) Agate

b) Topaz

c) Sapphire

d) Emerald

4) Who was the first judge of Israel?

a) Ehud

b) Shamgar

c) Gideon

d) Othniel

5) What was the first city the Israelites defeated in Canaan?

a) Ai

b) Hebron

c) Jericho

d) Gilgal

6) Who was the first king of Judah after Israel was divided into 2 kingdoms?

a) Jeroboam

b) Solomon

c) Rehoboam

d) Abijah

7) Who built the first temple in Jerusalem?

a) Solomon

b) David

c) Ezra

d) Rehoboam

8) Who was the first King of Israel?

a) Gideon

b) Saul

c) Ishbosheth

d) David

9) Who was the first wife of David?

a) Abigail

b) Maacah

c) Ahinoam

d) Michal

10) Who speaks first in the Song of Solomon after the title and attribution to Solomon?

a) Solomon

b) The Shulamite

c) The Daughters of Jerusalem

d) There is only one speaker

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Genealogies

1) Lamech, who is the first man mentioned in the bible with multiple wives, is listed in which genealogy?

a) Adam

b) Cain

c) 1 Chronicles

d) He is not listed in any genealogy

2) In the genealogy of Noah, Canaan is listed as the son of which of Noah’s sons?

a) Japheth

b) Shem

c) Cush

d) Ham

3) In the genealogy of Adam, the grandfather of Noah is known for what?

a) Walked with God then was not

b) Being very righteous

c) Being the longest lived man

d) He had no special significance

4) Ruth and Boaz had a son. He is the grandfather of which prominent bible figure?

a) Eli

b) Samuel

c) Saul

d) David

5) David’s son Absalom was the born of which woman?

a) Maachah

b) Michal

c) Bathsheba

d) Abigail

6) In the genealogies in 1 Chronicles, Samuel is listed in the descendents of Kohath, who is the son of which of the sons of Israel?

a) Reuben

b) Levi

c) Asher

d) Issachar

7) In the genealogies in 1 Chronicles, Saul is listed as a descendent of which of the sons of Israel?

a) Benjamin

b) Judah

c) Levi

d) Dan

8) According to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, Jesus is descended from which son of Israel?

a) Benjamin

b) Simeon

c) Naphtali

d) Judah

9) True or False: Solomon is listed in one of the genealogies of Jesus

a) False

b) True

10) How many women are mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus as written in the Gospel of Matthew?

a) 0

b) 2

c) 4

d) 5

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The Apostles

1) Who was the publican (tax collector)?

a) Matthew

b) Simon

c) Philip

d) James

2) Who were the sons of thunder?

a) Simon and Andrew

b) Philip and Thomas

c) Bartholomew and Peter

d) James and John

3) Which of the original 12 apostles had a wife who was mentioned in the bible?

a) John

b) James

c) Peter

d) Andrew

4) Which of these apostles was a fisherman by occupation in the bible?

a) Andrew

b) Philip

c) Thomas

d) Simon the Zealot (Zelotes)

5) Which 3 apostles were present at the transfiguration?

a) Andrew, Philip, John

b) Peter, James, and John

c) Peter, Andrew, John

d) James, Thomas, Philip

6) Who denied Jesus 3 times?

a) Andrew

b) John

c) James

d) Peter

7) Who replaced Judas after being chosen by casting lots?

a) Matthias

b) Barsabas

c) Stephen

d) Thomas

8) Who attempted to walk on water to reach Jesus?

a) Bartholomew

b) Andew

c) Peter

d) John

9) Who had a vision about unclean foods?

a) John

b) Philip

c) Matthew

d) Peter

10) According to the Gospel of Luke which apostle ran to the tomb of Jesus to see for themselves that the tomb was empty?

a) John

b) Peter

c) James

d) Thomas

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Names for Jerusalem

1) The prophet Isaiah writes about the multitude of nations that go against Jerusalem. He calls the city by which name?

a) Azal

b) Zion

c) Shalom

d) Ariel

2) In 2 Samuel, Jerusalem is called the city of which bible figure?

a) Solomon

b) David

c) Jesus

d) Abraham

3) Fill in the blank: In Lamentations, Jerusalem is called the ____ of the whole earth.

a) Hope

b) Joy

c) Despair

d) Center

4) Which prophet calls Jerusalem, The city of righteousness, the faithful city?

a) Isaiah

b) Jeremiah

c) Amos

d) Nahum

5) Which prophet calls Jerusalem The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel?

a) Habakkuk

b) Micah

c) Isaiah

d) Ezekiel

6) Fill in the blank: In Lamentations, Jerusalem, is referred to as the perfection of _____.

a) Beauty

b) The Lord

c) His salvation

d) Peace

7) Which prophet says Jerusalem will be called 'The LORD is our righteousness'?

a) Malachi

b) Hosea

c) Jeremiah

d) Isaiah

8) When the Lord returns, Jerusalem will be called a city of truth, according to which prophet?

a) Haggai

b) Habakkuk

c) Zechariah

d) Zephaniah

9) In the description of a future temple, the prophet Ezekiel states that Jerusalem will be known by a new name. What is that name?

a) City of peace

b) Hope of the world

c) The throne of the King

d) The Lord is there

10) Fill in the blank: In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells people not to swear by earth or His footstool, nor by Jerusalem for it is the city of ______.

a) David

b) Of the great King

c) Redemption

d) The throne of God

Fathers and Sons

1) Who is the father of Methusaleh

a) Lamech

b) Jared

c) Enoch

d) Enos

2) Who is the father of King Saul

a) Kish

b) Nadab

c) Gedor

d) Zacher

3) Who is the father of Joshua

a) Achan

b) Nun

c) Othniel

d) Caleb

4) Name the 3 sons of Noah

a) Shem, Cush, and Ham

b) Ham, Cush, and Japheth

c) Japheth, Shem, and Cush

d) Shem, Ham, and Japheth

5) Phinehas is the son of which well known priest?

a) Eli

b) Aaron

c) Samuel

d) Ichabod

6) Who is the father of Jesse, the father of David

a) Boaz

b) Kish

c) Obed

d) Salmon

7) Who is the father of John the Baptist

a) Zechariah

b) Zephaniah

c) Zebulun

d) Zacharias

8) Who is the father of Jonathan?

a) Samuel

b) Saul

c) Abimelech

d) David

9) Who was the father of Absalom?

a) David

b) Saul

c) Jonathan

d) Abimelech

10) Who is one of the sons of Joseph in the book of Genesis?

a) Naphali

b) Gad

c) Ephraim

d) Zebulun

Firsts – Genesis Hard

1) Who was the first shepherdess?

a) Cain’s wife

b) Rachel

c) Leah

d) Rebekkah

2) Who was the first shepherd?

a) Adam

b) Noah

c) Abel

d) Cain

3) Who is the first hunter mentioned in the bible?

a) Cain

b) Nimrod

c) Lamech

d) Jubal

4) Whose sacrifice to the Lord is first mentioned in the bible?

a) Cain

b) Abel

c) Adam

d) Eve

5) Who is the first metal craftsman?

a) Jubal

b) Jabal

c) Lamech

d) Tubal Cain

6) Abimelach has the first dream in the bible. What was it about?

a) That he would bow to Joseph

b) Seven years of famine

c) That he would die for taking another man’s wife

d) That Pharaoh would kill him in 3 days

7) Who was the first prisoner of war?

a) Terah

b) Lot

c) Chedorlaomer

d) Nahor

8) The first time land is bought in the bible, what is the land to be used for?

a) For a burial

b) As a pasture for sheep

c) To farm

d) As a vineyard

9) What is the first metal mentioned in the bible?

a) Iron

b) Bronze

c) Silver

d) Gold

10) What is the first city mentioned in the bible?

a) Enoch

b) Babel

c) Sodom

d) Gomorrah

Firsts – Genesis

1) Who was (were) the first exile(s) in the bible?

a) Cain

b) Adam and Eve

c) Noah

d) The people at Babel

2) Who was the first murderer?

a) Moses

b) Lamech

c) Cain

d) Esau

3) Who planted the first vineyard mentioned in the bible?

a) Abel

b) Noah

c) Adam

d) Seth

4) What was the first commandment in the bible?

a) Be fruitful and multiply

b) Do not eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil

c) Do not eat from the Tree of Life

d) Subdue the earth

5) Who told the first lie? the serpent

a) Adam

b) Eve

c) Cain

d) The serpent

6) What was the first clothing made of?  

a) Animal skins

b) Woven grass

c) Linen

d) Fig leaves

7) Who is the first child mentioned in the bible?

a) Abel

b) Seth

c) Cain

d) Unnamed daughter

8) Who is the first priest mentioned in the bible?

a) Melchezidek

b) Enoch

c) Abraham

d) Abel

9) What is the first animal that left the ark?

a) Raven

b) Dove

c) Eagle

d) Vulture

10) Who was the first drunk in the bible?

a) Lamech

b) Abimelech

c) Noah

d) Cain

Firsts – New Testament

1) Who was the first Christian martyr?

a) Stephen

b) James

c) Matthias

d) Timon

2) Who was the first person to fall asleep during a sermon? 

a) Nicholas

b) Eutychus

c) Prochorus

d) Onesimus

3) What is the first miracle of Jesus?

a) Healing Simon Peter’s mother in law

b) Healing the son of a royal official

c) Freeing a man in Capernaum from demon possession

d) Changing water into wine in Cana

4) Who were the first foreign missionaries in the New Testament?

a) Barnabas and Saul

b) Paul and Luke

c) Saul and Timothy

d) Paul, Priscilla, and Aquila

5) Who was the first disciple called by Jesus?

a) John

b) James

c) Simon Peter

d) Matthew

6) Where were the disciples first called Christians?

a) Jerusalem

b) Damascus

c) Thessalonica

d) Antioch

7) What  is the first temptation of Christ?

a) Make bread out of stones

b) Tempting the Lord by leaping off the temple

c) Worship someone other than God

d) Breaking His fast

8) According to the Gospel of Matthew, who are the first group in the Sermon on the Mount that Jesus says are blessed?

a) They that mourn

b) The meek

c) The pure in heart

d) The poor in spirit

9) According to the Gospel of Matthew, who were the first people at the tomb after He rose?

a) Mary Magalene and Martha

b) Mary Magdalene and Mary

c) Joanna and Mary

d) Mary Magdalene and Joanna

10) According to the Gospel of Mark, who was the first to see the risen Jesus?

a) Peter

b) Mary Magdalene

c) Joanna and Mary

d) Peter and James