If you're looking for a fun and easy way to , or you're hoping to reinforce some of the being taught to them during Sunday school or in their youth group, these are a good place to start.
From easy-to-remember facts (like how many of each animal were invited aboard Noah’s Ark), to tricky questions that will get older kids, teens, and adults thinking (like the name of the people God sent quail and manna to), everyone will be quizzed on their Bible knowledge with these questions.
Beyond reading inspiring scripture verses about the importance of prayer, gratitude, and helping others, incorporating fun games into your child's religious education will not only help them remember the information being taught to them but will also help you reinforce some of those ideals you’re hoping to instill. A few Bible quizzes on the Old and New Testaments help give them the foundational knowledge they’ll need as they become adults.
Go ahead and check out this list of 100 Bible trivia questions and see if you know the answers to all of them. We have a hunch there are at least one or two questions that will stump even the most devout.
Easy Bible trivia for kids
- Question: How many commandments are there?
Answer: 10
2. Question: True or False: You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods is one of the 10 commandments.
Answer: True
3. Question: How many of each animal went on Noah's Ark?
Answer: Two
4. Question: What were the names of the first two people in the Bible?
Answer: Adam and Eve
5. Question: What town was Jesus from?
Answer: Nazareth
6. Question: Who received the 10 commandments?
Answer: Moses
7. Question: What language was the Bible first written in?
Answer: Hebrew
8. Question: What part of Adam did God use to create Eve?
Answer: Rib
9. Question: True or False: Genesis is the first book in the Bible.
Answer: True
10. Question: How long did it take for God to create life?
Answer: Six
11. Question: How many days of rain fell during the story of Noah's Ark?
Answer: 40
12: Question: Who is the earthly mother of Jesus?
Answer: Mary
13. Question: Who is the earthly father of Jesus?
Answer: Joseph
14. Question: What job did Jesus have?
Answer: Carpenter
15. Question: How many disciples were there?
Answer: 12
16. Question: What day of the week did Jesus come back to life?
Answer: Sunday
17. Question: What holiday is celebrated alongside the day Jesus came back to life?
Answer: Easter
18. Question: Where did Adam and Eve live?
Answer: Garden of Eden
19. Question: What creature came to the Garden of Eden to speak to Adam and Eve?
Answer: A snake
20. Question: Who was the man who betrayed Jesus?
Answer: Judas Iscariot
21. Question: What was the name of the giant killed by David?
Answer: Goliath
22. Question: How was Goliath killed?
Answer: A stone fired with a slingshot
23. Question: Which day did God create the sky?
Answer: The second day
24. Question: Where was Moses born?
Answer: Egypt
25. Question: How many days did Jesus fast?
Answer: 40
26. Question: What was the fruit that got Adam and Eve kicked out of the Garden of Eden?
Answer: Apple
27. Question: Which animal did Jesus ride into Jerusalem?
Answer: A donkey
28. Question: How many books are in the Gospels?
Answer: Four
29. Question: What does the word Gospel mean?
Answer: Good news
30. Question: How did Jesus die?
Answer: He was crucified
31. Question: True or False: Jesus was arrested.
Answer: True
32. Question: How many days did it take for God to create the world?
Answer: Six
33. Question: Which day did God create man?
Answer: The sixth
Tricky Bible trivia for youth groups
- Question: Who were Adam and Eve's three sons?
Answer: Seth, Cain, and Abel
2. How did God let Noah know he would never flood the world again?
Answer: He sent a rainbow
3. Question: What did God use to speak to Moses when he was in the desert?
Answer: A burning bush
4. Question: Where was Moses when he received the 10 commandments?
Answer: Mt. Sinai
5. Question: True or False: Jesus was baptized by Joseph the Baptist.
Answer: False — it was John the Baptist
6. Question: True or False: Jesus was able to turn wine into water.
Answer: False — he turned water into wine
7. Question: In addition to spreading the word of God, what else did Jesus do while ministering?
Answer: Casting out demons, healing the sick
8. Question: What food did Jesus feed the starving?
Answer: Bread and fish
9. Question: When did Jesus wash the feet of his disciples?
Answer: During the Last Supper
10. Question: How many times did Peter deny Jesus?
Answer: Three
11. Question: When did God move a large stone?
Answer: When Jesus rose from the tomb
12. Question: Which commandment does Jesus say is the most important?
Answer: Love God with all your heart, minds, soul, and strength
13. Question: Where does the book of Revelation appear in the Bible?
Answer: The end
14. Question: True or False: Jesus only wrote two of the books in the Bible.
Answer: False — Jesus didn't write any books in the Bible
15. Question: What country did the slave traders take Joseph to?
Answer: Egypt
16. Question: How many siblings did Jesus have?
Answer: Four brothers and two sisters
17. Question: True or False: Jesus had a sister named Hannah.
Answer: False — his sister was never named in the Bible
18. Question: Who was Jesus' best-known cousin?
Answer: John the Baptist
19. Question: True or False: Jesus fed 5,000 people with two loaves of bread and five fish.
Answer: False — it was five loads of bread and two fish
20. Question: Was David the only one to write the book of Psalms?
Answer: No
21. Question: Which of the Testaments has 27 books?
Answer: The New Testament
22. Question: What was responsible for writing 13 books in the Bible?
Answer: Paul
23. Question: Which of the Gospels was likely written first?
Answer: Mark
24. Question: Which of the Gospels was likely written last?
Answer: John
25. Question: Name one of Noah's three sons.
Answer: Shem, Japheth, or Ham
26. Question: How many humans survived on Noah's Ark?
Answer: Eight
27. Question: Where did God ask Abram to move away from?
Answer: Ur
28. Question: Who was Sarai married to?
Answer: Abram
29. Question: What did God promise Abram and Sarai?
Answer: A baby
30. Question: What did Sarai want Hagar to do?
Answer: Have Abram's baby
31. Question: What was Abram's oldest son named?
Answer: Ishmael
32. Question: What city did Joshua and the Israelites enter after the town's permitter was collapsed by God?
Answer: Jericho
33. Question: When Joshua died, who ruled Israel?
Answer: The judges
Hard Bible trivia for older kids
- Question: Which of the plagues sent by God convinced Pharaoh to finally free the slaves?
Answer: Killing the firstborn sons of Egypt
2. How did Moses get to the enslaved?
Answer: Parting the Red Sea
3. What did the Israelites worship that sparked outrage?
Answer: A golden calf
4. What animal was Daniel sent to face after making a forbidden prayer to God?
Answer: Lion
5. Question: What was the body of water Jesus was able to walk across?
Answer: Sea of Galilee
6. Which Bible verse is the shortest?
Answer: John 11:35
7. Question: What did Jesus have poured on his feet while at the home of Simon the Leper?
Answer: An expensive jar of perfume.
8. Question: What name appears in four of the books in the Bible?
Answer: John
9. Question: What does the shortest Bible verse say?
Answer: "Jesus wept."
10. Question: Name the four books that cover Jesus' earthly life.
Answer: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
11. Question: What is the name of the book that David wrote the most of?
Answer: Psalms
12. Question: Who wanted to build a tower that could reach Heaven?
Answer: The men at the Tower of Babel
13. Question: What was the name of the man who bought Joseph in Egypt?
Answer: Potiphar
14. Question: What awful thing did Joseph see in Pharaoh's dream?
Answer: Seven-year famine
15. Question: What are the names of Jesus' brothers?
Answer: James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas
16. Question: What was the number of lepers healed by Jesus?
Answer: 10
17. Question: What was the shortest book in the Bible?
Answer: 3 John
18. Question: Which of the Testaments has 36 books?
Answer: The Old Testament
19. Question: Where does Jesus' Sermon on the Mount appear?
Answer: The Book of Matthew
20. Question: What was the name of David's son who became the king?
Answer: Solomon
21. Question: What language was most of the New Testament written in?
Answer: Greek
22. Question: How did God get people to go out and travel to new places around the world?
Answer: He confused all of their languages
23. Question: What was Abraham's original name?
Answer: Abram
24. Question: Who were Isaac's parents?
Answer: Abraham and Sarah
25. Question: Who did Isaac marry?
Answer: Rebekah
26. Question: Which of Isaac's sons was his favorite?
Answer: Esau
27. Question: What was Israel's name before he met Esau?
Answer: Jacob
28. Question: Why did Moses flee to the desert?
Answer: He killed an Egyptian
29. Question: What creature did Moses' staff turn into when he met with Pharaoh?
Answer: A snake
30. Question: Who did God send quail and manna to?
Answer: The Israelites
31. Question: Who saw the giants in Canaan?
Answer: The Spies
32. Question: Which of the Israelites were allowed into the Promised Land?
Answer: Caleb and Joshua
33. Question: How many men did Gideon have when he defeated the Midianites?
Answer: 300
34. Question: What was the name of the vow Samson took?
Answer: The Nazarite vow
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