Updated November 10, 2026
This free list has 20 Bible trivia questions about Daniel, faithful in Babylon, each with an answer and a Scripture reference. The questions run from the best-known events to details few people remember, and work for Sunday school, youth group and Bible study.
Taken to Babylon as a young man, Daniel served pagan kings without ever being defiled. From the lions' den to the prophetic visions, his book teaches faithfulness in a foreign land.
Below are 20 questions about Daniel, moving from the best-known events to details few people remember, each with an answer and a reference you can check in the Bible. You can print the list, save it as a PDF after a free sign-up, or show it on a screen in presentation mode.
Answer: To Babylon — Daniel 1:1-6
Answer: Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon — Daniel 1:1
Answer: Belteshazzar — Daniel 1:7
Answer: Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, also called Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego — Daniel 1:6-7
Answer: The king's food and wine; he asked for vegetables and water — Daniel 1:8-12
Answer: Nebuchadnezzar's — Daniel 2:31-45
Answer: The everlasting kingdom that God would set up — Daniel 2:44-45
Answer: Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, for refusing to worship the golden statue — Daniel 3:20-21
Answer: Four, and the fourth looked like "a son of the gods" — Daniel 3:25
Answer: Nebuchadnezzar, humbled for his pride — Daniel 4:33-34
Answer: King Belshazzar's — Daniel 5:1-5
Answer: Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin — Daniel 5:25
Answer: Darius, tricked by the jealous officials — Daniel 6:7-9, 16
Answer: Because he kept praying to his God three times a day — Daniel 6:10-13
Answer: God sent his angel and shut the lions' mouths — Daniel 6:22
Answer: Four kingdoms that would arise on the earth — Daniel 7:17
Answer: Gabriel — Daniel 8:16; 9:21
Answer: The prophecy of the seventy weeks — Daniel 9:24
Answer: Three times, on his knees, with his windows open toward Jerusalem — Daniel 6:10
Answer: An excellent spirit; he was faithful and no fault was found in him — Daniel 6:3-4
Open the meeting with a Bible activity and close with the questions from this list. Each page has step-by-step instructions, a key verse and a variation for your group.
Yes. The list is free for the page and was written for churches, Sunday school, small groups, youth group, Bible quiz competitions and families. Every answer has a reference to check in the text.
Yes. There is a print version that you can also save as a PDF after a free sign-up, and a presentation mode for showing one question at a time.
There is also a shorter list of 10 Bible trivia questions about Daniel, and separate lists of questions on Daniel 2, Daniel 3 and Daniel 6.
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