Trinitarian Bible Society
Wessex Auxiliary
QUIZ SHEET 2014
PRIMARY SECTION Suggested age range 5 to 10; younger children may need extra support.
T
he quiz this year is on Old Testament Characters. The first ten questions are on ‘Men of the Bible’
and the final eight questions are on ‘Women of the Bible’.
Men of the Bible
1) What was the name of the first man that God created?
_________________ (Genesis 2)
2) Noah had three sons. Can you unjumble the letters below to find out their names? (Genesis 6.10)
AMH PHATHEJ
MESH
3) Jacob had twelve sons. They were also known as the Children of Israel. Please circle the 12 correct
names from the list below. (Exodus 1.1-5)
REUBEN
JOSHUA
SAMSONSIMEONGAD
LEVIGIDEONNAPHTALI
MOSESJOSEPH
CALEBBENJAMIN
JUDAHAARONDAN
ASHER
JEPTHAE
ZEBULUN
SAMUEL
ISSACHAR
4) A Hebrew mother placed her baby in a little basket in the River Nile to hide him. What was that
baby’s name?
____________________ (Exodus 2)
5) Fill in the spaces in the text, which you will find in 1 Samuel 1.20.
‘…she bare a _______ and called his name_____________, saying, Because I have asked
him of the________.’
6) When the prophet Elijah met with the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel, he addressed the people
saying this. Please complete the text, which you will find in 1 Kings 18.21.
‘How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, ____________ _________:______ ____
__________ ______ __________ ________’
7) When Elisha was going to Bethel, some little children came and mocked him saying ‘Go up, thou
bald head’. When Elisha cursed them in the name of the Lord, two large animals came out of the wood
and killed forty-two children. Circle the correct animals. (2 Kings 2)?
LIONS
LEOPARDS
BEARS
WOLVES
8) What was the name of the captain of the host of the King of Syria, who had leprosy? (2 Kings 5.1)
______________________________
9) Which King of Israel wrote many of the Psalms?
___________________________
10) When Daniel and his three friends were taken captive to Babylon, they had their names
changed. Can you match up the correct Hebrew name with the name given to them by the
Babylonians? (Daniel 1.7)
DANIELSHADRACH
HANANIAH ABED-NEGO
MISHAELMESHACH
AZARIAHBELTESHAZZAR
Women of the Bible
1) Abraham had a wife. At first she was called by one name and then God told Abraham to change her
name to another name. What were the two names?
_______________ changed to _______________ (Genesis 17.15)
2) God especially used three women when Moses was a baby. We know the names of two of them,
but the third is only known as somebody’s daughter. Can you find these three women in Exodus 6.20,
Exodus 15.20 and Exodus 2.7?
a) Moses’ mother
___________________
b) Moses’ sister ___________________
c) The woman who rescued Moses from the river _______________________________
3) Where did Rahab hide the spies in Jericho just before it was destroyed? (Joshua 2). Was it:
a) In a well?
b) In a stable?
c) On the roof?
4) There are only three women named in the book of Ruth. Can you select the correct three women
from the names below?
ORPAH
ESTHER
HANNAH
NAOMI
ABIGAIL
RUTH
5) Below are six short sentences. Some of them are true and some are false. Put a tick beside those that
are right and a cross beside those that are wrong.
Rebekah was Isaac’s wife. (Genesis 24) ____
Rachel was married to Joseph.
Ruth was a Moabite.
(Genesis 29) ____
(Ruth 1) ____
Hannah was Samuel’s grandmother.
(1 Samuel 1) ____
Naaman’s wife had a little Israelitish maid.
Esther was Mordecai’s daughter.
(2 Kings 5) ____
(Esther 2) ____
6) Only two books of the Bible are named after women. Which books are these?
________________ and ________________
7) Who travelled from a far country to meet King Solomon? (1 Kings 10)
____ _____________ ___ ____________
8) Fill in the missing words from this text found in Proverbs 31.30.
‘Favour is deceitful, and _________________ is vain: but a _______________ that feareth the
___________, she shall be ____________’
Please fill in your name, age and address below and send your completed answer sheets to: Mrs G. Sayers, 3 Carters
Crescent, Faringdon, Oxon SN7 7LA. It would also be helpful if your parents have an email address that can be used for
further quizzes from the TBS or any queries about the answer sheets. My email address is [email protected]
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For producing a full set of correct answers, the Committee would like to reward you with one of the following:
A Selection of Colouring and Quiz Booklets*
Daily Light devotions
The Psalms of David in Metre
*As several of you may have had the booklets last year as a prize, please could you indicate whether you prefer
Colouring Books, Hidden Text Books, Gummed Scripture Text Albums, Outline Text Books, Puzzle Books, or a
selection from each.