250 Bible Trivia Questions (with Answers)

Here is a comprehensive list of 250 Bible Trivia Questions with Answers, categorized for easy navigation.

Old Testament Trivia Questions

1. Who was the first man created by God?

Answer: Adam

2. Who was the first woman?

Answer: Eve

3. How many days did God take to create the world?

Answer: 6 days (He rested on the 7th)

4. What fruit did Adam and Eve eat that caused them to sin?

Answer: Fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil

5. Who built the ark?

Answer: Noah

6. How many pairs of clean animals did Noah take on the ark?

Answer: 7 pairs

7. Who led the Israelites out of Egypt?

Answer: Moses

8. What sea did Moses part?

Answer: The Red Sea

9. Who received the Ten Commandments from God?

Answer: Moses

10. What food did God provide the Israelites in the wilderness?

Answer: Manna

11. Who was the strongest man in the Bible?

Answer: Samson

12. Who killed Goliath?

Answer: David

13. Who was thrown into the lion’s den?

Answer: Daniel

14. Who interpreted Pharaoh’s dreams?

Answer: Joseph

15. What was the name of the place where Jesus was born?

Answer: Bethlehem

New Testament Trivia Questions

16. Who baptized Jesus?

Answer: John the Baptist

17. How many disciples did Jesus have?

Answer: 12

18. Who was the disciple that betrayed Jesus?

Answer: Judas Iscariot

19. How many days was Jesus in the tomb before He rose again?

Answer: 3 days

20. What is the first book of the New Testament?

Answer: Matthew

21. Who wrote most of the New Testament letters?

Answer: Paul

22. Who was the first Christian martyr?

Answer: Stephen

23. What was the name of the angel who told Mary she would have a son?

Answer: Gabriel

24. What is the last book of the New Testament?

Answer: Revelation

25. What miracle did Jesus perform at the wedding in Cana?

Answer: He turned water into wine.

Bible Characters Trivia

26. Who was swallowed by a great fish?

Answer: Jonah

27. Who was the king known for his wisdom?

Answer: Solomon

28. Who was the oldest man in the Bible?

Answer: Methuselah (969 years)

29. Who was known as the father of many nations?

Answer: Abraham

30. Who was Jacob’s favorite son?

Answer: Joseph

31. Who was the first king of Israel?

Answer: Saul

32. Who succeeded Moses as the leader of Israel?

Answer: Joshua

33. What was the name of David’s son who rebelled against him?

Answer: Absalom

34. Who was the prophet who confronted King Ahab and Queen Jezebel?

Answer: Elijah

35. Who anointed Saul as king?

Answer: Samuel

Bible Numbers Trivia

36. How many books are in the Bible?

Answer: 66

37. How many books are in the Old Testament?

Answer: 39

38. How many books are in the New Testament?

Answer: 27

39. How many plagues did God send on Egypt?

Answer: 10

40. How many years did the Israelites wander in the wilderness?

Answer: 40 years

41. How many people were on Noah’s Ark?

Answer: 8

42. How many days did Jesus fast in the wilderness?

Answer: 40 days

43. How many times did Peter deny Jesus?

Answer: 3 times

44. How many Psalms are in the Book of Psalms?

Answer: 150

45. How many people were fed by Jesus with 5 loaves and 2 fish?

Answer: About 5,000

Bible Geography Trivia

46. Where was Jesus crucified?

Answer: Golgotha (The Place of the Skull)

47. What river did John the Baptist baptize people in?

Answer: The Jordan River

48. What city is known as the City of David?

Answer: Bethlehem

49. What mountain did Moses receive the Ten Commandments on?

Answer: Mount Sinai

50. Where did Jesus ascend to heaven?

Answer: The Mount of Olives

Bible Books Trivia

51. Which book of the Bible begins with “In the beginning”?

Answer: Genesis

52. Which book is known for its wisdom literature?

Answer: Proverbs

53. Which book contains the Beatitudes?

Answer: Matthew

54. Which book describes the creation of the Church?

Answer: Acts

55. Which book talks about the fruit of the Spirit?

Answer: Galatians

Bible Events Trivia

56. What was the first miracle performed by Jesus?

Answer: Turning water into wine (John 2:1-11)

57. How many people were saved on the ark during the flood?

Answer: 8 people

58. Who led the Israelites into the Promised Land?

Answer: Joshua

59. What was the name of the tower the people tried to build to reach heaven?

Answer: The Tower of Babel

60. What did God use to speak to Moses in the wilderness?

Answer: A burning bush

61. What weapon did David use to defeat Goliath?

Answer: A sling and a stone

62. What happened to Lot’s wife when she looked back at Sodom?

Answer: She turned into a pillar of salt

63. How did God destroy the city of Jericho?

Answer: The walls fell after the Israelites marched around the city and blew trumpets

64. What happened when Elijah prayed for rain after a long drought?

Answer: Rain came pouring down

65. Who was thrown into a fiery furnace but didn’t burn?

Answer: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

Jesus’ Life and Ministry Trivia

66. Who were Jesus’ earthly parents?

Answer: Mary and Joseph

67. In what city did Jesus grow up?

Answer: Nazareth

68. How old was Jesus when He began His ministry?

Answer: About 30 years old

69. Who were Jesus’ first disciples?

Answer: Peter and Andrew

70. How many parables did Jesus teach?

Answer: Over 30

71. What did Jesus do during a storm on the Sea of Galilee?

Answer: He calmed the storm

72. What was Jesus’ first sermon called?

Answer: The Sermon on the Mount

73. What did Jesus feed to the 5,000?

Answer: 5 loaves and 2 fish

74. What did Jesus say about paying taxes to Caesar?

Answer: “Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s” (Matthew 22:21)

75. Who rolled the stone away from Jesus’ tomb?

Answer: An angel

Prophecies and Promises Trivia

76. Who foretold the coming of the Messiah as a “suffering servant”?

Answer: Isaiah (Isaiah 53)

77. What prophet was swallowed by a great fish?

Answer: Jonah

78. Who prophesied about the dry bones coming back to life?

Answer: Ezekiel

79. Who prophesied that Jesus would be born in Bethlehem?

Answer: Micah (Micah 5:2)

80. What sign did God give Noah as a promise not to flood the earth again?

Answer: A rainbow

81. What was Abraham promised by God?

Answer: That he would be the father of many nations

82. What prophet predicted the virgin birth of Jesus?

Answer: Isaiah (Isaiah 7:14)

83. Who prophesied about the Day of Pentecost in the Old Testament?

Answer: Joel (Joel 2:28)

84. What city did God promise the Israelites as their inheritance?

Answer: Canaan

85. Who foretold the rebuilding of the temple after the exile?

Answer: Haggai

Parables of Jesus Trivia

86. What parable tells the story of a father welcoming his lost son?

Answer: The Prodigal Son (Luke 15)

87. In the Parable of the Sower, what does the seed represent?

Answer: The Word of God (Luke 8:11)

88. What happened to the Good Samaritan?

Answer: He helped a man who was robbed and left for dead (Luke 10:25-37)

89. What did the man in the Parable of the Rich Fool do wrong?

Answer: He stored up treasures for himself and wasn’t rich toward God (Luke 12:16-21)

90. In the Parable of the Talents, how many talents did the master give to the first servant?

Answer: 5 talents (Matthew 25:14-30)

Bible Miracles Trivia

91. Who healed Naaman of leprosy?

Answer: Elisha

92. How did God provide water for the Israelites in the wilderness?

Answer: He made water flow from a rock

93. Who walked on water besides Jesus?

Answer: Peter

94. Who raised Lazarus from the dead?

Answer: Jesus

95. What miracle did God perform for the widow at Zarephath?

Answer: He made her oil and flour last until the famine ended

96. Who prayed and caused fire to come down from heaven?

Answer: Elijah

97. How many people were healed by touching the hem of Jesus’ garment?

Answer: A woman with a bleeding condition (Matthew 9:20-22)

98. What miracle occurred at Pentecost?

Answer: The disciples spoke in tongues (Acts 2)

99. What happened when Paul and Silas prayed in prison?

Answer: There was an earthquake, and their chains fell off

100. Who healed a man born blind?

Answer: Jesus (John 9)

End Times Trivia

101. What is the final book of the Bible?

Answer: Revelation

102. Who wrote the Book of Revelation?

Answer: John

103. What is the name of the battle mentioned in Revelation?

Answer: Armageddon

104. What is the New Jerusalem described as having for light?

Answer: The glory of God and the Lamb

105. What does the number 666 represent?

Answer: The mark of the beast

106. Who will judge the living and the dead?

Answer: Jesus Christ

107. What will there be no more of in the new heaven and new earth?

Answer: Death, mourning, crying, or pain

108. What is written on the robe of the one called “Faithful and True”?

Answer: King of Kings and Lord of Lords

109. What is the tree mentioned in Revelation that gives healing to the nations?

Answer: The Tree of Life

110. How many seals are broken in Revelation?

Answer: 7 seals

Biblical Women Trivia

111. Who was the first woman created by God?

Answer: Eve

112. Who was the mother of Jesus?

Answer: Mary

113. Who was the sister of Moses and Aaron?

Answer: Miriam

114. Who was turned into a pillar of salt?

Answer: Lot’s wife

115. Who was the queen who saved her people by speaking to the king?

Answer: Esther

116. Who was Jacob’s first wife?

Answer: Leah

117. Who prayed for a child and was blessed with Samuel?

Answer: Hannah

118. Who was the wife of Abraham?

Answer: Sarah

119. Who deceived Samson into revealing the secret of his strength?

Answer: Delilah

120. Who was the first woman to see Jesus after His resurrection?

Answer: Mary Magdalene

Children in the Bible Trivia

121. Who was the youngest son of Jacob?

Answer: Benjamin

122. Who was the baby placed in a basket on the Nile River?

Answer: Moses

123. Who was the boy who defeated Goliath?

Answer: David

124. Who was the firstborn son of Abraham?

Answer: Ishmael

125. Who was the child Jesus blessed by saying, “Let the little children come to me”?

Answer: No specific child (applies to all children in the crowd)

126. Who was the young boy that heard God calling him in the night?

Answer: Samuel

127. Who were the twin sons of Isaac and Rebekah?

Answer: Esau and Jacob

128. What child wore a coat of many colors?

Answer: Joseph

129. Who was the child born to Abraham and Sarah in their old age?

Answer: Isaac

130. Who danced before the Lord as a young child?

Answer: Miriam (as part of the celebration after crossing the Red Sea)

Miracles of Jesus Trivia

131. What was Jesus’ first recorded miracle?

Answer: Turning water into wine

132. How many lepers did Jesus heal at once?

Answer: 10 lepers

133. Who did Jesus heal by saying, “Take up your mat and walk”?

Answer: The paralyzed man at Bethesda

134. How many demons were cast out of Mary Magdalene?

Answer: 7 demons

135. What did Jesus say to calm the storm?

Answer: “Peace! Be still!”

136. What did Jesus multiply to feed the 4,000?

Answer: 7 loaves of bread and a few fish

137. Who did Jesus raise from the dead after four days in the tomb?

Answer: Lazarus

138. Who touched Jesus’ robe and was healed?

Answer: A woman with a bleeding condition

139. What did Jesus do to heal the blind man in John 9?

Answer: He made mud, placed it on the man’s eyes, and told him to wash in the Pool of Siloam

140. What miracle did Jesus perform on the Sabbath that angered the Pharisees?

Answer: He healed a man with a withered hand

Kings and Leaders Trivia

141. Who was the first king of Israel?

Answer: Saul

142. Who was the second king of Israel?

Answer: David

143. Who was the king known for his wisdom?

Answer: Solomon

144. Who was the king that built the Temple in Jerusalem?

Answer: Solomon

145. Which king of Babylon threw Daniel into the lion’s den?

Answer: King Darius

146. Who was the king during Jesus’ birth that sought to kill Him?

Answer: King Herod

147. Who was the king that threw Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego into the fiery furnace?

Answer: Nebuchadnezzar

148. Who was the cupbearer to the king of Persia who rebuilt Jerusalem’s walls?

Answer: Nehemiah

149. Who became queen after Vashti refused the king?

Answer: Esther

150. Who was the last king of Judah before the Babylonian exile?

Answer: Zedekiah

Bible Numbers Trivia (Part 2)

151. How many times did the Israelites march around Jericho before the walls fell?

Answer: 7 times on the 7th day

152. How many brothers did Joseph have?

Answer: 11

153. How many tribes of Israel are there?

Answer: 12

154. How many pieces of silver did Judas betray Jesus for?

Answer: 30 pieces

155. How many men were chosen as deacons in Acts 6?

Answer: 7

156. How many fish were caught after Jesus told the disciples to cast their net on the right side?

Answer: 153

157. How many days did Jonah spend in the belly of the great fish?

Answer: 3 days

158. How many years did the Israelites spend in Egypt before the Exodus?

Answer: 430 years

159. How many days did Nehemiah take to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem?

Answer: 52 days

160. How many years did Methuselah live?

Answer: 969 years

Prophets Trivia

161. Who was called the “weeping prophet”?

Answer: Jeremiah

162. Which prophet was taken to heaven in a whirlwind?

Answer: Elijah

163. Who was the prophet that confronted King David about his sin with Bathsheba?

Answer: Nathan

164. Which prophet had a vision of a valley of dry bones?

Answer: Ezekiel

165. Who was the prophet that called down fire on Mount Carmel?

Answer: Elijah

166. What prophet was told to marry a prostitute as a symbol of God’s relationship with Israel?

Answer: Hosea

167. Which prophet foretold the coming of John the Baptist?

Answer: Isaiah

168. Who interpreted the writing on the wall for King Belshazzar?

Answer: Daniel

169. Which prophet was swallowed by a great fish?

Answer: Jonah

170. Who prophesied about the coming of the Messiah as “a child born to us”?

Answer: Isaiah

Covenants Trivia

171. What was the sign of the covenant between God and Noah?

Answer: A rainbow

172. What was the covenant God made with Abraham?

Answer: That his descendants would be as numerous as the stars and inherit the land of Canaan

173. What was the sign of the covenant with Abraham?

Answer: Circumcision

174. Who did God make a covenant with to establish a kingdom forever?

Answer: David

175. What was the new covenant established by Jesus?

Answer: Salvation through His blood and the forgiveness of sins

Psalms Trivia

176. Who wrote most of the Psalms?

Answer: David

177. What is the shortest chapter in the Bible?

Answer: Psalm 117

178. What is the longest chapter in the Bible?

Answer: Psalm 119

179. “The Lord is my shepherd” comes from which Psalm?

Answer: Psalm 23

180. What does Psalm 150 focus on?

Answer: Praising God with music and instruments

181. What Psalm begins with “Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked”?

Answer: Psalm 1

182. Which Psalm is known as the “Messianic Psalm” because it predicts the suffering of Jesus?

Answer: Psalm 22

183. How does Psalm 46 describe God?

Answer: “Our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble”

184. What Psalm says, “Be still, and know that I am God”?

Answer: Psalm 46

185. Which Psalm declares, “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path”?

Answer: Psalm 119:105

Biblical Locations Trivia

186. Where did God confuse the languages of the people?

Answer: The Tower of Babel

187. What city did Jonah preach to?

Answer: Nineveh

188. Where did Moses see the burning bush?

Answer: Mount Horeb (or Mount Sinai)

189. What city’s walls fell after being marched around seven times?

Answer: Jericho

190. Where did Jesus grow up?

Answer: Nazareth

191. What city was known as the city of David?

Answer: Bethlehem

192. What region is referred to as the Promised Land?

Answer: Canaan

193. What city is called the “City of God” in the Psalms?

Answer: Jerusalem

194. Where did Paul preach about the “unknown god”?

Answer: Athens (at Mars Hill/Areopagus)

195. What island was John exiled to when he wrote Revelation?

Answer: Patmos

Biblical Themes Trivia

196. What does the Bible say is the greatest commandment?

Answer: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind

197. What is the second greatest commandment?

Answer: Love your neighbor as yourself

198. What is the “Golden Rule”?

Answer: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”

199. What is the central theme of the Bible?

Answer: God’s plan of redemption through Jesus Christ

200. What does the Bible say about faith in Hebrews 11:1?

Answer: “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”

Bible Numbers Trivia (Part 3)

201. How many days did God take to create the world?

Answer: 6 days

202. How many apostles did Jesus have?

Answer: 12

203. How many spies did Moses send to explore Canaan?

Answer: 12

204. How many days did Jesus appear to His disciples after His resurrection?

Answer: 40 days

205. How many chapters are in the Book of Psalms?

Answer: 150

206. How many times did Jesus say we should forgive someone?

Answer: 70 times 7

207. How many baskets of leftovers were collected after Jesus fed the 5,000?

Answer: 12 baskets

208. How many plagues did God send on Egypt?

Answer: 10

209. How many commandments were written on stone tablets?

Answer: 10

210. How many years did the Israelites spend wandering in the wilderness?

Answer: 40 years

General Bible Knowledge Trivia

211. What language was most of the Old Testament written in?

Answer: Hebrew

212. What language was most of the New Testament written in?

Answer: Greek

213. What is the Bible often referred to as?

Answer: The Word of God

214. What does the term “Gospel” mean?

Answer: Good news

215. Who is considered the “father of faith”?

Answer: Abraham

216. What is the first commandment?

Answer: “You shall have no other gods before Me”

217. How many disciples betrayed Jesus?

Answer: One (Judas Iscariot)

218. Who was the only female judge of Israel?

Answer: Deborah

219. Who wrote the first five books of the Bible?

Answer: Moses

220. What was the profession of Matthew before following Jesus?

Answer: Tax collector

Unique Stories in the Bible Trivia

221. Who was swallowed by a great fish and lived to tell about it?

Answer: Jonah

222. Who walked on water with Jesus before doubting and sinking?

Answer: Peter

223. Who killed a lion with his bare hands?

Answer: Samson

224. Who climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus?

Answer: Zacchaeus

225. Who was raised to life after four days in the tomb?

Answer: Lazarus

226. What Old Testament man wrestled with God?

Answer: Jacob

227. Who was the left-handed judge who killed King Eglon?

Answer: Ehud

228. Who was stoned to death for his faith in the New Testament?

Answer: Stephen

229. What prophet called down bears to attack mockers?

Answer: Elisha

230. What king hosted a feast using the sacred vessels from the temple and saw writing on the wall?

Answer: Belshazzar

Parables of Jesus Trivia

231. In the Parable of the Good Samaritan, who helped the injured man?

Answer: The Samaritan

232. What did the prodigal son do with his inheritance?

Answer: He squandered it on reckless living

233. What kind of seed is described as the smallest but grows into the largest plant?

Answer: The mustard seed

234. In the Parable of the Lost Sheep, how many sheep did the shepherd leave to find the one?

Answer: 99

235. In the Parable of the Sower, what happened to the seeds that fell on rocky ground?

Answer: They sprang up quickly but withered because they had no root

236. What happened to the servant who buried his talent?

Answer: He was rebuked and cast out

237. What is the moral of the Parable of the Rich Fool?

Answer: To not store up earthly treasures but to be rich toward God

238. In the Parable of the Ten Virgins, why were five locked out?

Answer: They didn’t bring enough oil for their lamps

239. What does the father do in the Parable of the Prodigal Son when his son returns?

Answer: He runs to him, embraces him, and celebrates

240. In the Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector, who went home justified?

Answer: The tax collector

Final Bible Facts Trivia

241. What is the last word in the Bible?

Answer: Amen

242. What does “Immanuel” mean?

Answer: God with us

243. How many books are in the Bible?

Answer: 66

244. What is the shortest verse in the Bible?

Answer: “Jesus wept.” (John 11:35)

245. What is the longest name in the Bible?

Answer: Maher-shalal-hash-baz

246. How many books in the Bible are named after women?

Answer: Two (Ruth and Esther)

247. What is the first miracle recorded in the Bible?

Answer: Creation of the universe

248. Who is the oldest person mentioned in the Bible?

Answer: Methuselah (969 years)

249. What is the main purpose of the Bible, according to 2 Timothy 3:16-17?

Answer: To teach, rebuke, correct, and train in righteousness

250. What promise does Revelation 22:20 give?

Answer: Jesus will come again

That wraps up 250 Bible Trivia Questions with Answers, covering a wide range of topics from Genesis to Revelation.