Bible Trivia Questions and answers # 1

1. In what city was Jesus born? 
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   Bethlehem
2. How many books are in the New Testament? 
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   27
3. What type of insect did John the Baptist eat in the desert? 
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   Locusts
4. Who were the first apostles called to follow Jesus? 
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   Peter and Andrew
5. How many people did Jesus feed with five loaves of bread and two fish? 
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   about 5000 men
6. After Jesus was arrested, which apostle disowned him three times? 
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   Peter
7. Who recognized Jesus as the Messiah when he was presented at the Temple as a baby? 
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   Simeon
8. Who asked Pilate for Jesus’ body after the crucifixion? 
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   Joseph of Arimathea
9. Paul was shipwrecked on what island? 
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   Malta
10. What is the shortest book in the New Testament? 
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    2 John
11. Who is the author of the Book of Revelation? 
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    John
12. Matthew was a _________. 
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    Tax collector
13. To what city was Saul traveling when he encountered a great and blinding light? 
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    Damascus
14. Who was the first person to come upon the injured man in the parable of the Good Samaritan? 
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    Priest
15. Finish this verse. “In every battle you will need faith as your ______ to stop the fiery arrows aimed at you by Satan.” 
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    Shield
16. Whose example does Paul say Christians should follow in Chapter 5 of Ephesians? 
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    Christ’s
17. After Jesus fed 5,000+ people with two fish and five loaves of bread, how many baskets were left over? 
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    12
18. What does Paul say may “abound more and more in knowledge and in all judgment?” 
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    Love
19. What tribe is Paul from? 
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    Benjamin
20. According to the Beatitudes who will be filled? 
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    Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness
21. What does Simon Peter do for a living before he becomes an apostle? 
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    He was a fisherman.
22. In the Gospel of Mark, how does the Virgin Mary learn of her pregnancy? 
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    From the angel Gabriel
23. Who is Stephen in Acts of the Apostles? 
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    The first Christian martyr
24. According to the Gospel of Matthew, who visits Jesus at his birth and where does this meeting take place? 
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    The three wise men, in a stable
25. By what name is Paul of Tarsus known before he begins his missionary activity? 
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    Saul