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50 Bible Trivia Questions and Answers: Easy to Hard
Updated November 10, 2026
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These are 50 Bible trivia questions and answers, each with a Scripture reference: 20 easy, 18 medium and 12 hard, with the level marked next to each question. They run from creation to Revelation and work for Sunday school, a small group, a Bible quiz competition or a family evening.
Fifty questions are just the right size for one meeting: enough for a full round of competition without tiring the group. This list starts with questions almost everyone can answer, moves up to medium level and ends with twelve hard ones for tiebreakers.
Every answer includes a Scripture reference so your group can check it in the Bible. If you want more, the list of 100 Bible trivia questions continues with another fifty in the same format.
The questions, with answers and references
1. What did God create in the beginning?Easy
Answer: The heavens and the earth — Genesis 1:1
2. On which day did God rest from all his work?Easy
Answer: The seventh day — Genesis 2:2
3. What was the name of the garden where God placed the man he had formed?Easy
Answer: Eden — Genesis 2:8
4. What did God set in the clouds as the sign of his covenant after the flood?Easy
Answer: His bow, the rainbow — Genesis 9:13
5. Which son did God tell Abraham to offer in the land of Moriah?Easy
Answer: Isaac — Genesis 22:2
6. How many brothers did Joseph, the son of Jacob, have?Easy
Answer: Eleven — Genesis 35:22-26; 37:9
7. Where did Joseph's brothers throw him before selling him?Easy
Answer: Into an empty pit — Genesis 37:24
8. What did Moses' mother put the baby in when she hid him by the river?Easy
Answer: A basket made of papyrus (bulrushes) — Exodus 2:3
9. What does the first of the Ten Commandments say?Easy
Answer: "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." — Exodus 20:3
10. What was the bread that God gave Israel in the wilderness called?Easy
Answer: Manna — Exodus 16:15, 31
11. Who led Israel into the Promised Land after Moses died?Easy
Answer: Joshua — Joshua 1:1-2
12. What did David use to defeat the Philistine giant?Easy
Answer: A sling and a stone — 1 Samuel 17:49-50
13. Which king built the temple in Jerusalem?Easy
Answer: Solomon — 1 Kings 6:1, 14
14. Which prophet went up to heaven in a whirlwind?Easy
Answer: Elijah — 2 Kings 2:11
15. How many days and nights was Jonah inside the great fish?Easy
Answer: Three days and three nights — Jonah 1:17
16. In which town in Judea was Jesus born?Easy
Answer: Bethlehem — Matthew 2:1
17. Who came from the east, following a star, to worship the child Jesus?Easy
Answer: Wise men (magi) — Matthew 2:1-2
18. How many loaves and fish did the disciples have when Jesus fed the five thousand men?Easy
Answer: Five loaves and two fish — Matthew 14:17-21
19. Which verse says, "For God so loved the world..."?Easy
Answer: John 3:16 — John 3:16
20. What did the women find when they came to Jesus' tomb on the first day of the week?Easy
Answer: The stone rolled away and the tomb empty, without the body of Jesus — Luke 24:1-3
21. What was the name of the son born to Adam and Eve after Abel died?Medium
Answer: Seth — Genesis 4:25
22. What does the name Abraham, which God gave to Abram, mean?Medium
Answer: Father of a multitude — Genesis 17:5
23. What did Jacob do with the stone he used as a pillow at Bethel?Medium
Answer: He set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it — Genesis 28:18-19
24. Which two servants of Pharaoh did Joseph interpret dreams for in prison?Medium
Answer: The cupbearer and the baker — Genesis 40:1-22
25. Whose staff turned into a serpent before Pharaoh?Medium
Answer: Aaron's — Exodus 7:10
26. What did the people make while Moses was delayed on the mountain?Medium
Answer: A golden calf — Exodus 32:1-4
27. How many men did Moses send to spy out the land of Canaan?Medium
Answer: Twelve, one from each tribe — Numbers 13:1-2
28. Which prophetess and judge of Israel went with Barak to battle?Medium
Answer: Deborah — Judges 4:4, 8-9
29. What test with a fleece of wool did Gideon ask of God?Medium
Answer: That dew would be only on the fleece, and the next night only on the ground around it — Judges 6:36-40
30. Who answered, "Speak; for thy servant heareth"?Medium
Answer: The boy Samuel — 1 Samuel 3:10
31. Which prophet anointed David in the midst of his brothers?Medium
Answer: Samuel — 1 Samuel 16:13
32. Which king ordered a child to be cut in two to find out who the real mother was?Medium
Answer: Solomon — 1 Kings 3:24-27
33. How many prophets of Baal did Elijah face on Mount Carmel?Medium
Answer: Four hundred and fifty — 1 Kings 18:19, 22
34. Who fed Elijah with the last of her flour and oil?Medium
Answer: A widow of Zarephath in Sidon — 1 Kings 17:9-16
35. Who urged the people to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem?Medium
Answer: Nehemiah — Nehemiah 2:17-18
36. What did Nebuchadnezzar see in the dream that Daniel interpreted?Medium
Answer: A great statue of gold, silver, bronze, iron and clay, broken by a stone — Daniel 2:31-35
37. To which disciple did Jesus say, "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church"?Medium
Answer: Simon, son of Jonah — Matthew 16:17-18
38. Whom did Jesus raise in Bethany after he had been in the tomb four days?Medium
Answer: Lazarus — John 11:17, 43-44
39. How old was Abraham when Isaac was born?Hard
Answer: One hundred years old — Genesis 21:5
40. What name did Jacob give to the place where he wrestled with a man until daybreak?Hard
Answer: Peniel — Genesis 32:30
41. What was the name of Moses' father?Hard
Answer: Amram — Exodus 6:20
42. How many years did Israel wander in the wilderness?Hard
Answer: Forty years — Numbers 14:33-34
43. Over what place did the sun stand still when Joshua fought the Amorites?Hard
Answer: Over Gibeon; the moon stood over the valley of Aijalon — Joshua 10:12-13
44. How many foxes did Samson tie together to burn the Philistines' grain?Hard
Answer: Three hundred — Judges 15:4-5
45. Who was the commander of Saul's army, later killed by Joab?Hard
Answer: Abner — 1 Samuel 17:55; 2 Samuel 3:27
46. Which king of Israel married Jezebel?Hard
Answer: Ahab — 1 Kings 16:30-31
47. Which prophet saw the valley of dry bones?Hard
Answer: Ezekiel — Ezekiel 37:1
48. Which prophet was told to take Gomer as his wife?Hard
Answer: Hosea — Hosea 1:2-3
49. Who was chosen to take Judas' place among the twelve apostles?Hard
Answer: Matthias — Acts 1:26
50. On which island, in exile, did John receive the visions of Revelation?Hard
Answer: Patmos — Revelation 1:9
Activities to use with these questions
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.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use these questions at my church or in Sunday school?
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.
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Where can I find more questions like these?
The list of 100 Bible trivia questions and answers continues with another fifty in the same format, and there are separate lists for each level.
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