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70 Bible Trivia Questions for Kids with Answers and References

Updated November 10, 2026

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Here are 70 Bible trivia questions for kids with answers and a Bible reference for each, arranged by story: creation and the patriarchs, Moses, the heroes of Israel, the birth of Jesus, his miracles and parables, the early church, and two more sets of Old Testament stories and Jesus and his friends. They are short questions with simple answers for Sunday school, children's church, and family Bible games, with tips for ages 4 to 6, 7 to 9, and 10 to 12.

Kids love to answer when they know the story. That is why these 70 questions follow the stories taught most often in Sunday school: the Old Testament first, then the life of Jesus, and last the first steps of the church. Every answer is short and comes with a reference so a teacher or parent can read the passage with the kids.

At the end you will find ideas for adjusting the game to each age. You can print the list as a PDF after a free sign-up, or show it on a screen in presentation mode so the kids can see each question.

The questions, with answers and references

Creation and the patriarchs

Genesis: from the first day of creation to Joseph in Egypt.

  1. 1. What did God create on the first day?

    Answer: Light — Genesis 1:3-5

  2. 2. What names did God give to the light and the darkness?

    Answer: He called the light Day and the darkness Night — Genesis 1:5

  3. 3. What did God put in the sky on the fourth day?

    Answer: The sun, the moon, and the stars — Genesis 1:14-19

  4. 4. What did God form the first man from?

    Answer: The dust of the ground — Genesis 2:7

  5. 5. What was the name of the garden where God put the man?

    Answer: Eden — Genesis 2:8

  6. 6. Who named all the animals?

    Answer: Adam — Genesis 2:19-20

  7. 7. What did God compare Abraham's family to, saying it could not be counted?

    Answer: The stars of the sky — Genesis 15:5

  8. 8. Why did Sarah laugh at the tent door?

    Answer: Because she heard she would have a son even though she was very old — Genesis 18:10-12

  9. 9. Where did Joseph's brothers throw him before selling him?

    Answer: Into an empty pit with no water — Genesis 37:24

  10. 10. In which country did Joseph become a ruler?

    Answer: Egypt — Genesis 41:41

Moses and the people in the wilderness

From the basket in the river to the Ten Commandments.

  1. 11. Where did Moses' mother hide her baby?

    Answer: In a basket made of reeds, among the reeds at the edge of the river — Exodus 2:3

  2. 12. Who found baby Moses in the river?

    Answer: Pharaoh's daughter — Exodus 2:5-6

  3. 13. What did God speak to Moses from in the wilderness?

    Answer: A bush that was on fire but did not burn up — Exodus 3:2-4

  4. 14. What did Aaron's staff turn into in front of Pharaoh?

    Answer: A snake — Exodus 7:10

  5. 15. What led the Israelites by day and by night in the wilderness?

    Answer: A pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night — Exodus 13:21

  6. 16. What came out of the rock when Moses struck it at Horeb?

    Answer: Water for the people to drink — Exodus 17:6

  7. 17. What did God write the Ten Commandments on?

    Answer: Two tablets of stone — Exodus 31:18

  8. 18. How many men did Moses send to explore the land of Canaan?

    Answer: Twelve, one from each tribe — Numbers 13:1-3

Heroes of Israel

Joshua, Samuel, David, Elijah, Daniel, and Jonah.

  1. 19. How many times did the people march around Jericho on the seventh day?

    Answer: Seven times — Joshua 6:15

  2. 20. What did young Samuel answer when God called him in the night?

    Answer: "Speak; for thy servant heareth" — 1 Samuel 3:10

  3. 21. What did David take care of before he became king?

    Answer: His father's sheep — 1 Samuel 16:11; 17:15

  4. 22. Which animals did David defeat to protect his sheep?

    Answer: A lion and a bear — 1 Samuel 17:34-36

  5. 23. What was the name of David's father?

    Answer: Jesse — 1 Samuel 16:1; 17:12

  6. 24. What happened to the widow's flour and oil that helped Elijah?

    Answer: They did not run out during the drought — 1 Kings 17:14-16

  7. 25. Who told Naaman's wife that a prophet in Israel could heal him?

    Answer: A young Israelite girl who served her — 2 Kings 5:2-3

  8. 26. Which king had Daniel thrown into the lions' den?

    Answer: King Darius — Daniel 6:9, 16

  9. 27. Whom did God send to shut the lions' mouths?

    Answer: His angel — Daniel 6:22

  10. 28. What plant did God make grow to give Jonah shade?

    Answer: A leafy plant (a gourd) — Jonah 4:6

The birth and childhood of Jesus

  1. 29. Who spoke to Joseph in a dream, telling him to take Mary as his wife?

    Answer: An angel of the Lord — Matthew 1:20

  2. 30. What did the angels sing to the shepherds?

    Answer: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace" — Luke 2:13-14

  3. 31. Which old man took baby Jesus in his arms at the temple and praised God?

    Answer: Simeon — Luke 2:25-28

  4. 32. Which elderly prophetess spoke about baby Jesus at the temple?

    Answer: Anna — Luke 2:36-38

  5. 33. Where did Joseph and Mary find Jesus after looking for him for three days?

    Answer: In the temple, sitting among the teachers — Luke 2:46

  6. 34. What was Joseph's trade?

    Answer: He was a carpenter — Matthew 13:55

Jesus: miracles and parables

  1. 35. What did Jesus do when a great storm shook the boat?

    Answer: He told the wind and the sea to be still, and everything became calm — Mark 4:37-39

  2. 36. Who had the five loaves and two fish that Jesus multiplied?

    Answer: A boy — John 6:9

  3. 37. How many baskets of leftovers were collected after Jesus fed the crowd?

    Answer: Twelve baskets — John 6:13

  4. 38. How did the friends of a paralyzed man get him in front of Jesus?

    Answer: They lowered him through the roof of the house — Mark 2:3-4

  5. 39. What did Jesus say when the disciples tried to keep the children away?

    Answer: "Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not" — Mark 10:14

  6. 40. What did Jesus say to Jairus' daughter to raise her up?

    Answer: "Talitha cumi," which means, "Little girl, I say to you, arise" — Mark 5:41-42

  7. 41. What was the name of the blind man of Jericho who shouted, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"?

    Answer: Bartimaeus — Mark 10:46-52

  8. 42. In the parable of the sower, what is the seed?

    Answer: The word of God — Luke 8:11

  9. 43. What did the father do when he saw his prodigal son coming home?

    Answer: He ran, hugged him, kissed him, and threw a party — Luke 15:20-24

  10. 44. Who put two small coins in the offering and, Jesus said, gave more than everyone else?

    Answer: A poor widow — Mark 12:41-44

The church and the apostles

Pentecost, Peter, and Paul's journeys.

  1. 45. What did the tongues that rested on the disciples at Pentecost look like?

    Answer: Tongues, divided among them, like fire — Acts 2:3

  2. 46. What did Peter say to the lame beggar at the temple gate?

    Answer: "Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk" — Acts 3:6

  3. 47. What happened to Saul on the road to Damascus?

    Answer: A light from heaven shone around him and he heard Jesus' voice — Acts 9:3-5

  4. 48. How did Saul escape from Damascus?

    Answer: His friends lowered him over the wall in a basket — Acts 9:25

  5. 49. What were Paul and Silas doing at midnight in the Philippian jail?

    Answer: Praying and singing hymns to God — Acts 16:25

  6. 50. What was the name of the disciple in Joppa who made robes and clothing for widows?

    Answer: Tabitha, also called Dorcas — Acts 9:36-39

More Old Testament stories

From Noah's dove to Elijah's ravens.

  1. 51. Which bird did Noah send out that came back with an olive leaf?

    Answer: A dove — Genesis 8:10-11

  2. 52. How many people were saved in the ark?

    Answer: Eight: Noah, his wife, his three sons, and their wives — Genesis 7:13; 1 Peter 3:20

  3. 53. At the well, whom did Rebekah give water to besides Abraham's servant?

    Answer: His camels — Genesis 24:18-20

  4. 54. What did Jacob dream about when he slept with his head on a stone?

    Answer: A ladder reaching to heaven, with angels going up and down — Genesis 28:11-12

  5. 55. What happened to Aaron's staff in the tabernacle?

    Answer: It sprouted, budded, blossomed, and produced almonds — Numbers 17:8

  6. 56. With how many men did Gideon defeat the Midianites?

    Answer: Three hundred men — Judges 7:7

  7. 57. What did Hannah ask God for at the house of the LORD in Shiloh?

    Answer: A son; God gave her Samuel — 1 Samuel 1:11, 20

  8. 58. What did David do when the ark came into Jerusalem?

    Answer: He danced before the LORD with all his might — 2 Samuel 6:14-15

  9. 59. What did the ravens bring Elijah by the brook Cherith?

    Answer: Bread and meat in the morning and in the evening — 1 Kings 17:5-6

  10. 60. What did the priests blow as they marched around Jericho?

    Answer: Trumpets made from rams' horns — Joshua 6:4

More about Jesus and his friends

The fishermen, Zacchaeus, the entry into Jerusalem, and the beach after the resurrection.

  1. 61. What were Peter and Andrew doing when Jesus called them?

    Answer: Casting a net into the sea, because they were fishermen — Matthew 4:18

  2. 62. What did Jesus say to Zacchaeus when he saw him up in the tree?

    Answer: "Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house" — Luke 19:5

  3. 63. What did the one leper who came back to Jesus do?

    Answer: He praised God with a loud voice and fell at Jesus' feet, giving thanks — Luke 17:15-16

  4. 64. What was Mary, Martha's sister, doing when Jesus visited their home?

    Answer: Sitting at Jesus' feet, listening to his teaching — Luke 10:39

  5. 65. What animal did Jesus ride into Jerusalem?

    Answer: A young donkey, the colt of a donkey — John 12:14-15

  6. 66. What did the crowd shout when Jesus entered Jerusalem?

    Answer: "Hosanna to the Son of David!" — Matthew 21:9

  7. 67. What did the disciples find on the fire when they came ashore to the risen Jesus?

    Answer: A fish cooking on the coals, and bread — John 21:9

  8. 68. What did Jesus ask Peter three times by the sea?

    Answer: "Do you love me?" — John 21:15-17

  9. 69. What hid Jesus from the disciples' sight when he went up to heaven?

    Answer: A cloud — Acts 1:9

  10. 70. What did Philip do for the Ethiopian official who was reading the prophet Isaiah?

    Answer: He told him the good news about Jesus and baptized him — Acts 8:30-38

How to use the questions by age

The same list works for a whole children's ministry if you change how you play. What matters is that every child takes part and that each round ends with the story being read, not only with points.

  • Ages 4 to 6: pick 8 to 10 questions from a single story and tell the story first. Accept answers with gestures or drawings, show a picture of the story, and cheer each answer with applause instead of points.
  • Ages 7 to 9: make two teams and read all the questions in one set. Each correct answer is worth a point, and if the team finds the reference in the Bible, it earns a bonus point. That way kids practice finding books and chapters.
  • Ages 10 to 12: mix all the sets, give 20 seconds per question, and have one team member read the verse aloud after answering. They can also play the list as a quiz on a phone, with a leaderboard.

Bible game ideas for these questions

  • Story spinner: write the eight sets on a spinner or on slips of paper; the team picks a set and answers one question from it.
  • Road to Canaan: draw a path of 10 squares on the floor; each correct answer moves the team one square, and the first to reach the promised land wins.
  • True or false: turn the answer into a statement ("Sarah laughed because she was going to have a son") and the kids stand up if it is true or sit down if it is false.
  • Draw and guess: one child draws the answer (the ark, the bush, the basket) and their team has 30 seconds to guess the story.

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.

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Frequently asked questions

What Bible questions should I ask kids?

Short questions about stories they have already heard, each with one clear answer: who built something, what happened, where it took place. This list has 70 questions like that, in story order, each with an answer and a reference.

What are 20 easy Bible questions for kids?

The first 20 questions on this list, from creation to the fall of Jericho, are a good start: What did God create on the first day? (light) Who named the animals? (Adam) Which country did Joseph rule? (Egypt) Who found baby Moses in the river? (Pharaoh's daughter) What did God write the Ten Commandments on? (two tablets of stone). Each one has a reference to read with the kids.

What are Christian trivia questions for kids?

They are questions about Bible stories and the faith, sized for a child: short, with one answer and a reference to read together. They work in Sunday school, children's church, and family devotions.

What age are these questions for?

From about age 4, if you pick a few questions from one story and tell the story first. For ages 7 to 12 you can play the whole list in teams.

How do I turn the questions into a Bible game for kids?

Split the group into teams, read the questions from one section, and give a point for each correct answer and another for finding the reference. The section above has more ideas, like the story spinner and the road to Canaan.

Can kids play these questions on a phone?

You can print the list or show it on a screen in presentation mode, and the older kids can follow along on a phone or tablet while you read.

Is there a printable PDF?

Yes. With a free Cinira Master account you can print this list or save it as a PDF.

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