Copy the following chart of categories and points on a large dry-erase board. (You may choose to use only 10 to 50 in the game, and if the teams want to play again, you can use the harder questions 60 to 100.) Divide into 2 or 3 teams and choose a Captain for each team. All the players on the team may help with the answers, but the Captain is the speaker for the final answer. A time-keeper may help to keep the game moving quickly. Team 1 chooses a category and begins with the easiest question (10 points) in that category. The score-keeper reads the clues from the lists provided and awards points for each correct answer. (Erase the points from the chart so everyone will see which questions have been answered.) After each correct or incorrect answer, play moves to the next team, who chooses which category they prefer, working from the easy questions (10 points) to the harder questions (100 points). These questions and answers are from the King James Version of the Bible. If you use another version, you may wish to verify the wording beforehand. ** Teams may get double points for correct answers to those specially noted questions. Hints are given for some of the math questions if you choose to use them.
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Where did the wise man and the foolish man build their houses? (Matthew 7:24-27)
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What two things does the woman with the lost piece of silver do to find her lost coin? (Luke 15:8)
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In the parable of the Good Samaritan, who passed by the wounded man without helping him? (Luke 10:31-32)
40 In the parable of the sower, what is represented by the seed? (Luke 8:11)
50 What did Jesus say you would not put under a bushel or a bed? (Mark 4:21)
60 In the parable of the tower, what did Jesus say a man must do first? (Luke 14:28)
70 In the parable of the lost son, who became angry when the father celebrated his return? (Luke 15:25-29)
80 In the parable of the fig tree, what did Jesus say they knew when the branch was tender and put forth leaves? (Mark 13:28)
90 Which one of the four gospels gives the parable of the Good Shepherd?
100 What prophet did Jesus say was the sign that the Son of Man would be in the heart of the earth 3 days and 3 nights? (Matthew 12:40)
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Questions from the Parables of Jesus
Writing
Questions about Written Works of the Bible
10 What was written with the finger of God on two tables of stone? (Exodus 31:18 and Exodus 34:28)
20 Who wrote the accusation that was put on the cross, "JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS"? (John 19:19)
30 Who asked for a writing table and wrote, "His name is John"? (Luke 1:59-63)
40 Which Old Testament prophet wrote that Christ would be born in Bethlehem? (Micah 5:2)
50 Who did God tell to write seven letters to the seven churches in Asia? (Revelation 1:1 & 11)
60 Who said, "Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written"? (Exodus 32:31-32)
70 Who wrote, "And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen."? (John 21:25)
80 What names are written on twelve gates of the New Jerusalem? (Revelation 21:12)
90 Who said, "Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!"? (Job 19:1 & 23)
100 What was written by fingers of a man's hand on the palace wall after King Belshazzar drank from the golden and silver cups taken from the temple in Jerusalem? (Daniel 5:5 & 25)
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Questions answered with Numbers
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Give the answers for this equation: Number of books in the Old Testament + Number of books in the New Testament = Number of books in the Bible
20 Give the equation for the Parable of the Lost Sheep: The number of sheep in the fold - how many were lost = how many were left. (Luke 15:4)
30 Give the equation for the Parable of the Lost Coin: The number of coins the woman had - how many were lost = the number of coins left. (Luke 15:8)
40 How many people were saved on the ark? (Genesis 7:13)
50 How long did Methuselah live? (Genesis 5:27)
60 How many different fruits are on the Tree of Life in heaven? (*Hint: There is a different kind for every month) (Revelation 22:2)
70 There were 32,000 in Gideon's army to fight against the Midianites and God said that was too many. How many men were left with Gideon to fight the battle? (Judges 7:1-7)
80 How many verses are in the longest chapter of the Bible, Psalm 119? (*Hint: There are 8 verses for all 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet.)
90 Using the standard of 1 cubit = 1 1/2 feet, how long in feet was the bed of the giant, Og, king of Bashan. (*Hint: It was nine cubits long.) (Deuteronomy 3:11)
100 Give the equation for how many stripes Paul received. (*Hint: Five times forty stripes save one.) (II Corinthians 11:24)
History
Questions about Historical Events in the Bible
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Who were the first man and woman? (Genesis 3:20)
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What two men held up the hands of Moses when Joshua fought against Amelek? (Exodus 17:10-12)
30 Whom did Samuel anoint to be the first king over Israel? (I Samuel 11:15)
40 What king reigned after Saul, that was a man after God's own heart? (Acts 13:22)
50 In what book do we read, "In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes." (Judges 21:25)
60 Where were the disciples first called Christians? (Acts 11:26)
70 Who was banished to the isle of Patmos where he wrote the book of Revelation? (Revelation 1:9)
80 Who was promised by God to be a father of many nations? (Genesis 17:5)
90 What queen saved the Jews from the hands of Haman? (Esther 7:1-6)
100 What king carried the Children of Israel captive into Babylon? (II Kings 24:10 and Ezra 5:12)
Spelling
Spell the Words Correctly
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God gave Moses the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. (Exodus 31:18) Spell: MOUNT SINAI
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Jesus called twelve disciples whom He also called apostles. (Luke 6:13) Spell: DISCIPLES and APOSTLES
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God spoke to Moses in the tabernacle in the wilderness. (Numbers 1:1) Spell: TABERNACLE and WILDERNESS
40 Genesis is the first book of the Bible. Spell: GENESIS
50 Revelation is the last book of the Bible. Spell: REVELATION
60 Jesus was born in Bethlehem. (Luke 2:4) Spell: BETHLEHEM
70 King Solomon built the temple at Jerusalem. (I Chronicles 6:32) Spell: JERUSALEM
80 At Easter we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. (Acts 4:33) Spell: RESURRECTION
90 "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us..." (Titus 3:5) Spell: RIGHTEOUSNESS
100 Mephibosheth was the son of Jonathan. (II Samuel 4:4) Spell: MEPHIBOSHETH
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10 The wise man built on the rock and the foolish man built on the sand.
20 Light a candle, and Sweep the house
30 A priest and a Levite
40 The Word of God
50 A candle
60 Count the cost
70 The older brother
80 That summer was near
90 John (chapter 10)
100 (Jonas) Jonah in the belly of the whale
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10 Adam and Eve
20 Aaron and Hur
30 Saul
40 David
50 Judges (21:25)
60 Antioch
70 John
80 Abram or Abraham
90 Esther
100 Nebuchadnezzar
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10 MOUNT SINAI
20 DISCIPLES and APOSTLES
30 TABERNACLE and WILDERNESS
40 GENESIS
50 REVELATION
60 BETHLEHEM
70 JERUSALEM
80 RESURRECTION
90 RIGHTEOUSNESS
100 MEPHIBOSHETH
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10 The Ten Commandments (on two Tables of Testimony)
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30 Zacharias
40 Micah
50 John
60 Moses
70 John
80 The Twelve Tribes of Israel
90 Job
100 MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN
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10 39 Old T. + 27 New T. = 66 Books in the Bible
20 100 sheep - 1 sheep = 99 sheep left in the fold
