Hard Bible Trivia Questions

C. Uzziah Isaiah 6:1

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.

— Isaiah 6:1 (BSB)

B. Ehud Judges 3:15

And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

— Judges 3:15 (BSB)

C. Hushai 2 Samuel 17:14

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.

— 2 Samuel 17:14 (BSB)

D. Adonijah 1 Kings 1:5

At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.

— 1 Kings 1:5 (BSB)

B. Micaiah 1 Kings 22:14

But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me.”

— 1 Kings 22:14 (BSB)

A. Elihu Job 32:2

This kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram. He burned with anger against Job for justifying himself rather than God,

— Job 32:2 (BSB)

B. Zerubbabel Haggai 1:1

In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating

— Haggai 1:1 (BSB)

A. Titus Titus 1:4-5

To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

— Titus 1:4-5 (BSB)

A. Demas 2 Timothy 4:10

Because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

— 2 Timothy 4:10 (BSB)

A. Gallio Acts 18:12

While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews coordinated an attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat.

— Acts 18:12 (BSB)

C. Felix Acts 24:27

After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.

— Acts 24:27 (BSB)

D. Publius Acts 28:7

Nearby stood an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.

— Acts 28:7 (BSB)

B. Tychicus Colossians 4:7

Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a beloved brother, a faithful minister, and a fellow servant in the Lord.

— Colossians 4:7 (BSB)

A. The fire of God fell from heaven Job 1:16

While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

— Job 1:16 (BSB)

A. Five gold tumors and five gold rats 1 Samuel 6:4

“What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines. “Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague has struck both you and your rulers.

— 1 Samuel 6:4 (BSB)

C. He was blind for a time Acts 13:11

Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

— Acts 13:11 (BSB)

B. He was eaten by worms Acts 12:23

Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

— Acts 12:23 (BSB)

C. A cake of bread and a jar of water 1 Kings 19:6

And he looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.

— 1 Kings 19:6 (BSB)

C. He came back to life and stood up 2 Kings 13:21

Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of Elisha, the man was revived and stood up on his feet.

— 2 Kings 13:21 (BSB)

A. Flour 2 Kings 4:41

Then Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Pour it out for the people to eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.

— 2 Kings 4:41 (BSB)

A. Enmity Genesis 3:15

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

— Genesis 3:15 (BSB)

C. They wept loudly Ezra 3:12

But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.

— Ezra 3:12 (BSB)

A. They rowed hard to get back to land Jonah 1:13

Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea was raging against them more and more.

— Jonah 1:13 (BSB)

D. Three Luke 13:21

It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”

— Luke 13:21 (BSB)

B. Eighteen Luke 13:11

And a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.

— Luke 13:11 (BSB)

C. He looked up and thanked His Father for hearing Him John 11:41

So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.

— John 11:41 (BSB)

A. Sychar John 4:5

So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

— John 4:5 (BSB)

A. Caesarea Acts 10:1

At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.

— Acts 10:1 (BSB)

D. Horeb, the mountain of God 1 Kings 19:8

So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

— 1 Kings 19:8 (BSB)

C. The cave of Adullam 1 Samuel 22:1

So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.

— 1 Samuel 22:1 (BSB)

C. The Brook of Cherith 1 Kings 17:3

“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.

— 1 Kings 17:3 (BSB)

A. Elim Exodus 15:27

Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.

— Exodus 15:27 (BSB)

C. Kadesh-barnea Joshua 14:7

I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back to him an honest report.

— Joshua 14:7 (BSB)

D. Shiloh Joshua 18:1

Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,

— Joshua 18:1 (BSB)

C. The region of Tyre Mark 7:24-26

Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre. Not wanting anyone to know He was there, He entered a house, but was unable to escape their notice. Instead, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit soon heard about Jesus, and she came and fell at His feet. Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.

— Mark 7:24-26 (BSB)

B. The Praetorium Matthew 27:27

Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.

— Matthew 27:27 (BSB)

C. Lydda Acts 9:32-34

As Peter traveled throughout the area, he went to visit the saints in Lydda. There he found a man named Aeneas who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years. “Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and put away your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up,

— Acts 9:32-34 (BSB)

C. 430 Exodus 12:40

Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years.

— Exodus 12:40 (BSB)

C. Forty 1 Samuel 17:16

For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.

— 1 Samuel 17:16 (BSB)

B. Three hundred Judges 15:4

Then Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails.

— Judges 15:4 (BSB)

B. Six Numbers 35:6

Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.

— Numbers 35:6 (BSB)

A. Seventy-five Genesis 12:4

So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

— Genesis 12:4 (BSB)

A. Thirteen 1 Kings 7:1

Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.

— 1 Kings 7:1 (BSB)

C. Three full weeks Daniel 10:2

In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three full weeks.

— Daniel 10:2 (BSB)

A. Three 2 Corinthians 11:25

Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.

— 2 Corinthians 11:25 (BSB)

C. Ichabod 1 Samuel 4:21

And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.

— 1 Samuel 4:21 (BSB)

D. Ben-oni Genesis 35:18

And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.

— Genesis 35:18 (BSB)

A. The Urim and Thummim Leviticus 8:8

Then he put the breastpiece on him and placed the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece.

— Leviticus 8:8 (BSB)

B. Jachin and Boaz 1 Kings 7:21

Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.

— 1 Kings 7:21 (BSB)