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Who was the father of Methuselah?

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These hard Bible trivia questions and answers are for a table that knows the stories: lesser-known people, places and journeys, ages and counts, the minor prophets, and what the text does not say. Every answer names its verse.

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What the text does not say

The last round sorts habit from text. It asks which fruit Genesis 3 names, what Saul was riding on the road to Damascus and how often the book of Esther names God. For these, the whole passage was searched for the missing word.

Who said it, and to whom?

Each question gives a line, such as "to obey is better than sacrifice", and most offer four pairs of speaker and hearer. The verses printed with the answer name both. After a set of ten, More options lets you choose a round under Topic.

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How hard are these Bible trivia questions?

All of them are marked hard, by our judgment. They ask for names such as Mephibosheth and Eutychus, for ages and counts, and for the exact wording of a verse, and the wrong choices are close to the right one.

What is the shortest chapter in the Bible?

Psalm 117, with two verses. The longest chapter is Psalm 119, with 176 verses. Both counts are from the King James text.

Which books of the Bible never name God?

Two, in the King James text: Esther and the Song of Solomon. Neither "God" nor "LORD" appears anywhere in them.

Can I print hard Bible trivia questions with answers?

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Lesser-known people 25

At whose feet does Paul say he was brought up? Answer: Gamaliel. Source: King James Version: Acts 22:3
What is the name of the priest of Midian whose flock Moses kept? Answer: Jethro. Source: King James Version: Exodus 3:1
Which damsel came to hearken when Peter knocked at the door of the gate? Answer: Rhoda. Source: King James Version: Acts 12:12-13
Which disciple at Joppa was called Tabitha? Answer: Dorcas. Source: King James Version: Acts 9:36
Which Jew, born at Alexandria and "mighty in the scriptures", came to Ephesus? Answer: Apollos. Source: King James Version: Acts 18:24
Which judge had thirty sons who rode on thirty ass colts? Answer: Jair. Source: King James Version: Judges 10:3-4
Which judge of Israel is described as "a man lefthanded"? Answer: Ehud. Source: King James Version: Judges 3:15
Which king of Salem, "the priest of the most high God", blessed Abram? Answer: Melchizedek. Source: King James Version: Genesis 14:16-19
Which king of the Moabites sent for Balaam? Answer: Balak the son of Zippor. Source: King James Version: Numbers 22:3-5
Which man of Samaria offered the apostles money? Answer: Simon. Source: King James Version: Acts 8:9; Acts 8:18
Which man of the tribe of Judah was called by name to do the work of the tabernacle? Answer: Bezaleel. Source: King James Version: Exodus 31:2-3
Which priest took a horn of oil and anointed Solomon? Answer: Zadok. Source: King James Version: 1 Kings 1:39
Which ruler of the synagogue fell at the feet of Jesus for his little daughter? Answer: Jairus. Source: King James Version: Mark 5:22-23
Which servant of Elisha followed after Naaman to take something of him? Answer: Gehazi. Source: King James Version: 2 Kings 5:20-21
Which silversmith at Ephesus made silver shrines? Answer: Demetrius. Source: King James Version: Acts 19:24
Which son of Jonathan, lame on both his feet, ate at David's table? Answer: Mephibosheth. Source: King James Version: 2 Samuel 9:6-7; 2 Samuel 9:13
Which young man sat in a window and sank into a deep sleep while Paul was long preaching? Answer: Eutychus. Source: King James Version: Acts 20:6-9
Who took of the accursed thing after the fall of Jericho? Answer: Achan the son of Carmi. Source: King James Version: Joshua 7:1
Who was the captain of Saul's host? Answer: Abner the son of Ner. Source: King James Version: 1 Samuel 14:50
Who was the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran? Answer: Terah. Source: King James Version: Genesis 11:26
Who was the father of Methuselah? Answer: Enoch. Source: King James Version: Genesis 5:21
Who was the father of the prophet Samuel? Answer: Elkanah. Source: King James Version: 1 Samuel 1:1-2; 1 Samuel 1:20
Who wrote the words of Jeremiah on a roll of a book? Answer: Baruch the son of Neriah. Source: King James Version: Jeremiah 36:4
Whom does Abram call the steward of his house? Answer: Eliezer of Damascus. Source: King James Version: Genesis 15:2
Whose vineyard lay hard by the palace of Ahab? Answer: Naboth the Jezreelite. Source: King James Version: 1 Kings 21:1-2

Places and journeys 25

At which place could Israel not drink the waters because they were bitter? Answer: Marah. Source: King James Version: Exodus 15:23
Before the men of which city did Israel flee after the fall of Jericho? Answer: Ai. Source: King James Version: Joshua 7:4
By which river was Ezekiel among the captives? Answer: Chebar. Source: King James Version: Ezekiel 1:1
By which valley did Saul and the men of Israel pitch when Goliath came out? Answer: The valley of Elah. Source: King James Version: 1 Samuel 17:2-3
From which city did Terah set out with Abram and Lot? Answer: Ur of the Chaldees. Source: King James Version: Genesis 11:31
In which city did David reign over Judah seven years and six months? Answer: Hebron. Source: King James Version: 2 Samuel 5:5
In which city did Paul see a man of Macedonia in a vision? Answer: Troas. Source: King James Version: Acts 16:8-9
In which country of Egypt did Israel dwell? Answer: Goshen. Source: King James Version: Genesis 47:27
In which palace was the throne of king Ahasuerus? Answer: Shushan. Source: King James Version: Esther 1:2
In which pool was the man born blind told to wash? Answer: Siloam. Source: King James Version: John 9:7
In which town "upon the sea coast" did Jesus dwell after leaving Nazareth? Answer: Capernaum. Source: King James Version: Matthew 4:13
Into whose country did Jesus come on the other side of the sea, in Mark 5? Answer: The Gadarenes. Source: King James Version: Mark 5:1; Mark 4:39
Near which city of Samaria was Jacob's well? Answer: Sychar. Source: King James Version: John 4:5-6
Out of which land did Solomon ask Hiram to hew cedar trees? Answer: Lebanon. Source: King James Version: 1 Kings 5:6
Philip was sent to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to which place? Answer: Gaza. Source: King James Version: Acts 8:26
To the top of which height did Moses go up to see the land? Answer: Pisgah, on the mountain of Nebo. Source: King James Version: Deuteronomy 34:1
To which cave did David escape from Gath? Answer: Adullam. Source: King James Version: 1 Samuel 22:1
To which mount did Elijah go forty days and forty nights? Answer: Horeb the mount of God. Source: King James Version: 1 Kings 19:5-8
To which town belonging to Zidon was Elijah sent when the brook dried up? Answer: Zarephath. Source: King James Version: 1 Kings 17:9
What was the tempestuous wind that struck Paul's ship called? Answer: Euroclydon. Source: King James Version: Acts 27:14-15
Where did Joshua pitch the twelve stones taken out of Jordan? Answer: Gilgal. Source: King James Version: Joshua 4:20-21
Where did the ark rest in the seventh month? Answer: Upon the mountains of Ararat. Source: King James Version: Genesis 8:4
Where in Athens did Paul stand and speak of the altar TO THE UNKNOWN GOD? Answer: Mars' hill. Source: King James Version: Acts 17:22-23
Which pool at Jerusalem had five porches? Answer: Bethesda. Source: King James Version: John 5:2
Which two rivers of Damascus did Naaman call better than all the waters of Israel? Answer: Abana and Pharpar. Source: King James Version: 2 Kings 5:12

Numbers and ages 25

After how many years at Babylon does Jeremiah's letter say the captives will return? Answer: 70. Source: King James Version: Jeremiah 29:1; Jeremiah 29:10
At what age does the last verse of Genesis say Joseph died? Answer: 110. Source: King James Version: Genesis 50:26
By the count in Genesis 46, how many souls of the house of Jacob came into Egypt? Answer: Threescore and ten. Source: King James Version: Genesis 46:27
How long had the man at the pool with five porches had his infirmity? Answer: Thirty-eight years. Source: King James Version: John 5:5-7
How long was the ark to be? Answer: 300 cubits. Source: King James Version: Genesis 6:15
How many cities were to be set apart for refuge? Answer: Six. Source: King James Version: Numbers 35:13-14
How many elders sit round about the throne in Revelation 4? Answer: Twenty-four. Source: King James Version: Revelation 4:4
How many in Israel had not bowed the knee to Baal? Answer: 7,000. Source: King James Version: 1 Kings 19:8-9; 1 Kings 19:18
How many men does Elijah tell the people that Baal's prophets number? Answer: 450. Source: King James Version: 1 Kings 18:22
How many others did the Lord appoint and send two and two, in Luke 10? Answer: Seventy. Source: King James Version: Luke 10:1
How many palm trees stood by the twelve wells of Elim? Answer: 70. Source: King James Version: Exodus 15:27
How many proverbs does 1 Kings say Solomon spoke? Answer: 3,000. Source: King James Version: 1 Kings 4:32
How many souls were in the ship with Paul? Answer: 276. Source: King James Version: Acts 27:37
How many verses has the shortest chapter in the Bible, Psalm 117? Answer: Two. Source: King James Version: Psalm 117:1-2
How many were sealed "of all the tribes of the children of Israel" in Revelation 7? Answer: 144,000. Source: King James Version: Revelation 7:4
How many years were added to the days of Hezekiah? Answer: 15. Source: King James Version: Isaiah 38:5
How old was Aaron when he and Moses spoke to Pharaoh? Answer: 83. Source: King James Version: Exodus 7:7
How old was Abram when he departed out of Haran? Answer: 75. Source: King James Version: Genesis 12:4
How old was David when he began to reign? Answer: 30. Source: King James Version: 2 Samuel 5:4
How old was Noah when the flood of waters was upon the earth? Answer: 600. Source: King James Version: Genesis 7:6; Genesis 9:28
How old was the daughter of Jairus? Answer: Twelve. Source: King James Version: Mark 5:42
In John 2, how many years do the Jews say the temple was in building? Answer: Forty-six. Source: King James Version: John 2:20
Over how many provinces did Ahasuerus reign? Answer: 127. Source: King James Version: Esther 1:1
To what age does Genesis 5 say that Adam lived? Answer: 930. Source: King James Version: Genesis 5:5
What age does Genesis 23 give for the whole life of Sarah? Answer: 127. Source: King James Version: Genesis 23:1

The minor prophets and the shorter letters 25

According to 2 Peter 3, one day is with the Lord as how long? Answer: A thousand years. Source: King James Version: 2 Peter 3:8
Amos 5:24 says "let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as" what? Answer: A mighty stream. Source: King James Version: Amos 5:24
The book of Nahum opens with "the burden of" which city? Answer: Nineveh. Source: King James Version: Nahum 1:1
Concerning which nation is the vision of Obadiah? Answer: Edom. Source: King James Version: Obadiah 1:1; Obadiah 1:21
In Haggai 1, what lies waste while the people dwell in cieled houses? Answer: The LORD's house. Source: King James Version: Haggai 1:2-4
In Joel 1, what ate that which the palmerworm had left? Answer: The locust. Source: King James Version: Joel 1:4
In Joel 2:28, who "shall dream dreams"? Answer: Your old men. Source: King James Version: Joel 2:28
In the days of which king of Judah did the word of the LORD come to Zephaniah? Answer: Josiah. Source: King James Version: Zephaniah 1:1
In which island did Paul leave Titus to set in order the things that were wanting? Answer: Crete. Source: King James Version: Titus 1:5
James 1:22 says "be ye doers of the word, and not" what? Answer: Hearers only. Source: King James Version: James 1:22
To what does 1 Peter 5 liken "your adversary the devil"? Answer: A roaring lion. Source: King James Version: 1 Peter 5:8
To whom is the second letter of John addressed? Answer: The elect lady and her children. Source: King James Version: 2 John 1:1
To whom is the word "Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit" addressed? Answer: Zerubbabel. Source: King James Version: Zechariah 4:2-6
What did the LORD God prepare to be a shadow over Jonah's head? Answer: A gourd. Source: King James Version: Jonah 4:6
What does Amos say he was before he prophesied? Answer: A herdman and a gatherer of sycomore fruit. Source: King James Version: Amos 7:14
What name was Hosea told to give his first son? Answer: Jezreel. Source: King James Version: Hosea 1:3-4
Which archangel is named in the letter of Jude? Answer: Michael. Source: King James Version: Jude 1:9
Which book of the New Testament has the fewest verses, at thirteen? Answer: 2 John. Source: King James Version: 2 John 1:13
Which prophet asks "what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy"? Answer: Micah. Source: King James Version: Micah 6:8
Which prophet does the last chapter of Malachi say will be sent? Answer: Elijah. Source: King James Version: Malachi 4:5
Which prophet turns the saying around and writes "Beat your plowshares into swords"? Answer: Joel. Source: King James Version: Joel 3:10; Isaiah 2:4; Micah 4:3
Which prophet wrote "the just shall live by his faith"? Answer: Habakkuk. Source: King James Version: Habakkuk 2:4; Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38
Which prophet wrote "they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind"? Answer: Hosea. Source: King James Version: Hosea 8:7
Who, in 3 John, "loveth to have the preeminence"? Answer: Diotrephes. Source: King James Version: 3 John 1:9; 3 John 1:12
Whom does Colossians call "the beloved physician"? Answer: Luke. Source: King James Version: Colossians 4:14

Who said it, and to whom? 25

To whom did Jesus say "Get thee behind me, Satan"? Answer: Peter. Source: King James Version: Matthew 16:23
To whom did Jesus say "thou art careful and troubled about many things"? Answer: Martha. Source: King James Version: Luke 10:41
To whom was it said "man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart"? Answer: Samuel, at Bethlehem. Source: King James Version: 1 Samuel 16:4-7
Who answered "Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life"? Answer: Simon Peter, to Jesus. Source: King James Version: John 6:67-68
Who answered "We ought to obey God rather than men"? Answer: Peter and the other apostles, to the council. Source: King James Version: Acts 5:27-29
Who asked "How long halt ye between two opinions?" Answer: Elijah, of all the people. Source: King James Version: 1 Kings 18:21
Who asked "Is any thing too hard for the LORD?", and of whom? Answer: The LORD, of Abraham. Source: King James Version: Genesis 18:13-14
Who asked "Lord, teach us to pray"? Answer: One of his disciples. Source: King James Version: Luke 11:1
Who asked "Understandest thou what thou readest?" Answer: Philip, of a man of Ethiopia. Source: King James Version: Acts 8:27-30
Who asked "Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?" Answer: The LORD, of Job. Source: King James Version: Job 38:1-4
Who asked "Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice?" Answer: Pharaoh, of Moses and Aaron. Source: King James Version: Exodus 5:1-2
Who asked for "a double portion of thy spirit"? Answer: Elisha, of Elijah. Source: King James Version: 2 Kings 2:9-10
Who put forth the riddle "Out of the eater came forth meat"? Answer: Samson, to thirty companions. Source: King James Version: Judges 14:11-14
Who read out "Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting"? Answer: Daniel, to Belshazzar. Source: King James Version: Daniel 5:17; Daniel 5:22; Daniel 5:27
Who said "Call me not Naomi, call me Mara"? Answer: Naomi, to the people of Bethlehem. Source: King James Version: Ruth 1:19-20
Who said "I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof"? Answer: A centurion, to Jesus. Source: King James Version: Matthew 8:5-8
Who said "I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts"? Answer: David, to the Philistine. Source: King James Version: 1 Samuel 17:45
Who said "I will not let thee go, except thou bless me"? Answer: Jacob, to the man who wrestled with him. Source: King James Version: Genesis 32:24-26
Who said "Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean"? Answer: A leper, to Jesus. Source: King James Version: Matthew 8:1-3
Who said "much learning doth make thee mad"? Answer: Festus, to Paul. Source: King James Version: Acts 26:24
Who said "our God whom we serve is able to deliver us"? Answer: Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, to Nebuchadnezzar. Source: King James Version: Daniel 3:16-17
Who said "Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon"? Answer: Joshua, in the sight of Israel. Source: King James Version: Joshua 10:12
Who said "to obey is better than sacrifice"? Answer: Samuel, to Saul. Source: King James Version: 1 Samuel 15:20-22
Who said "ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good"? Answer: Joseph, to his brethren. Source: King James Version: Genesis 50:15; Genesis 50:19-20
Who sent word "who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" Answer: Mordecai, to Esther. Source: King James Version: Esther 4:11-14

What the text does not say 25

According to 1 Timothy 6:10, what is "the root of all evil"? Answer: The love of money. Source: King James Version: 1 Timothy 6:10
The book of Jonah says "a great fish". Which word does the King James text of Matthew 12:40 use? Answer: Whale. Source: King James Version: Jonah 1:17; Matthew 12:40
By what name does 2 Kings call the little maid who waited on Naaman's wife? Answer: None. Source: King James Version: 2 Kings 5:2-4
How many of every clean beast was Noah told to take? Answer: By sevens. Source: King James Version: Genesis 7:2
In Acts 9, what animal is Saul riding when the light shines round about him? Answer: No animal is named. Source: King James Version: Acts 9:1-9
In Isaiah 11:6, which animal "shall dwell with the lamb"? Answer: The wolf. Source: King James Version: Isaiah 11:6
In Proverbs 16:18, what does pride go before? Answer: Destruction. Source: King James Version: Proverbs 16:18
In the account of the rich man and Lazarus, what is the rich man's name? Answer: He is not named. Source: King James Version: Luke 16:19-20
In the King James text of Judges 16:19, who shaved off the seven locks of Samson's head? Answer: A man whom Delilah called. Source: King James Version: Judges 16:19
In the King James text of the book of Esther, how many times is God named? Answer: Not once. Source: King James Version: Esther
What does 2 Corinthians say the "thorn in the flesh" was? Answer: It does not say what it was. Source: King James Version: 2 Corinthians 12:7
What does Genesis say the mark set upon Cain looked like? Answer: It does not say. Source: King James Version: Genesis 4:15
What name does 1 Kings give the queen of Sheba? Answer: None. Source: King James Version: 1 Kings 10:1-13
What name does Acts 16 give the keeper of the prison at Philippi? Answer: None. Source: King James Version: Acts 16:23-27
What name does Exodus 2 give the daughter of Pharaoh who drew Moses out of the water? Answer: None. Source: King James Version: Exodus 2
What name does Genesis give to the wife of Noah? Answer: None. Source: King James Version: Genesis 7:13
What name does John 4 give the woman who came to draw water at Jacob's well? Answer: None. Source: King James Version: John 4:7
What name does Matthew give the mountain of the Sermon on the Mount? Answer: None. Source: King James Version: Matthew 5:1
What name does the book of Job give to Job's wife? Answer: None. Source: King James Version: Job 2:9; Job 42:14
Which fruit does Genesis 3 name as the one that was eaten? Answer: It names no fruit. Source: King James Version: Genesis 3
Which leaves did the man and the woman sew together in Genesis 3? Answer: Fig leaves. Source: King James Version: Genesis 3:7
Which of these lines is found nowhere in the King James Bible? Answer: Cleanliness is next to godliness. Source: King James Version: Psalm 51:7; Psalm 51:10; 1 Corinthians 14:40
Which of these sayings is found nowhere in the King James Bible? Answer: God helps those who help themselves. Source: King James Version: Proverbs 17:22; Acts 20:35; John 8:32
Who had the five barley loaves and two small fishes in John 6? Answer: A lad who is not named. Source: King James Version: John 6:8-9
Whom does the text of the letter to the Hebrews name as its writer? Answer: No one. Source: King James Version: Hebrews

How this list was compiled

Written for this site by the editors; nothing was copied from another quiz or list. Each answer was read on 2026-10-02 at the verse named beside it in the King James Version (the standard text of 1769, public domain) as published at ebible.org (https://ebible.org/eng-kjv/), and the same verse was read in the World English Bible (public domain, https://ebible.org/eng-web/). Names and quoted words follow the King James text, and other translations word many of these verses differently; some reasons add the World English Bible's word for a name or an old word. Only what the text says is asked: no question turns on doctrine, on one church's teaching or on the date of an event. In the round on what the text does not say, a word or a name said to be missing was searched for in the whole passage, book or Bible named, in the same King James text, leaving out the books called Apocrypha. Verse counts were counted in that text. Levels are an editor's judgment. A second reader compared every answer with the same verses in both texts on 2026-10-03. Licence: own work