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50 free Bible Trivia for Teens trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Bible trivia for teens should be harder than a Sunday-school warm-up but not so obscure that only a seminary student could answer. These 50 questions sit in that middle band: the stories most young people have heard (David and Goliath, Jonah, the prodigal son) with a detail or two that separates the kids who actually read the passage from the ones who just remember the flannelgraph. The set moves roughly through the Bible in order, from Genesis and the patriarchs through the judges, kings and prophets, then into the Gospels, Acts and Revelation. Every answer is checked against a cited source, and the explanations add a fact worth repeating at youth group. Use it as a Wednesday-night icebreaker, a lock-in competition or a car-ride quiz on the way to camp. Play a round now and see how you score.
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Q 01When David went out to face Goliath, what did he pick up from the brook to use with his sling?
Five smooth stones
He turned down Saul's armor and went out with only his staff, his sling and the stones.
Q 02Moses smashed the first stone tablets after seeing the Israelites worshipping what?
A golden calf
He had been on the mountain forty days and nights, and God later gave him a second set of tablets to place in the Ark.
Q 03According to Genesis, how long was Noah's ark?
300 cubits
That works out to roughly 440 feet, about one and a half football fields, and 50 cubits wide.
Q 04Jonah tried to run from God rather than preach to which city?
Nineveh
When he finally walked in and announced the city had forty days left, the people declared a fast and God spared them.
Q 05Which king reluctantly had Daniel thrown into the lions' den after Daniel kept praying to God?
Darius the Mede
The king's own officials had tricked him into signing the decree, and he rushed to the den at dawn to see if Daniel had survived.
Q 06During whose extravagant feast, with the temple's holy vessels used as cups, did a hand write on the wall?
Belshazzar
The message meant his kingdom was about to be handed to the Medes and Persians, and Daniel was the only one who could read it.
Q 07Which Jewish holiday celebrates Queen Esther foiling Haman's plot to destroy the Jews of Persia?
Purim
Haman had been offended because Esther's cousin Mordecai refused to bow to him.
Q 08Who arranged for Samson's hair to be cut while he slept, costing him his strength?
Delilah
The Philistines then blinded him, but his hair grew back in prison and he pulled down the temple of Dagon.
Q 09Joseph rose to become second-in-command of Egypt after correctly interpreting whose dreams?
Pharaoh's
He predicted seven years of plenty followed by seven of famine, which is exactly why his brothers later came begging for grain.
Q 10Methuselah is famous for living longer than anyone else in the Bible. How old was he when he died?
969
Some scholars think the huge ages in Genesis 5 come from an ancient mix-up between months and years.
Q 11Which chapter is the longest in the entire Bible?
Psalm 119
It runs to 176 verses arranged as an acrostic, with each section starting with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Q 12What is the shortest verse in the King James Bible?
Jesus wept
It is John 11:35, and it is not actually the shortest in the original Greek.
Q 13The tax collector Zacchaeus was too short to see Jesus in the crowd, so what did he do?
Climbed a sycamore tree
Jesus called him down by name and invited himself to dinner, and Zacchaeus promised to give away half of what he owned.
Q 21Who is traditionally regarded as the first Christian martyr, stoned after addressing the Jewish council?
Stephen
A young man named Saul, the future Paul, watched over the coats of the men who stoned him.
Q 22Jesus fed the crowd of 5,000 people starting with what food?
Five loaves and two fish
It is the only miracle apart from the resurrection that appears in all four Gospels.
Q 23How many days had Lazarus been in the tomb when Jesus called him out?
Four
Jesus deliberately waited two extra days before setting out for Bethany.
Q 14In John's Gospel, Jesus's first miracle, water into wine, was at a wedding in which town?
Cana
Jesus did it at his mother's request after the hosts ran out of wine.
Q 15What was the name of Ruth's mother-in-law, whom she refused to leave after both were widowed?
Naomi
Ruth was a Moabite, and her great-grandson turned out to be King David.
Q 16After God whittled down his army, how many men did Gideon lead against the Midianites?
300 men
The final cut kept only the men who lapped water from their hands instead of kneeling to drink.
Q 17How much was Judas paid to betray Jesus, according to Matthew?
Thirty pieces of silver
He later tried to give the money back, and when the priests refused it he threw it down and left.
Q 18Saul was struck blind by a light from heaven while travelling to which city to arrest Christians?
Damascus
He stayed blind for three days without eating or drinking, and afterwards became the apostle Paul.
Q 19At the Last Supper, Jesus predicted that before the rooster crowed Peter would disown him how often?
Three denials
Peter had been a fisherman from Bethsaida before Jesus called him.
Q 20Which apostle refused to believe Jesus had risen until he could see and touch the wounds himself?
Thomas
His nickname stuck so hard that any skeptic today can be called a doubting Thomas.
Q 24In the parable of the Good Samaritan, which two people walked past the beaten traveller?
A priest and a Levite
Samaritans and Jews despised each other, which is exactly why Jesus made the Samaritan the hero of the story.
Q 25After wasting his inheritance, the Prodigal Son took the lowest job he could find. What was it?
Feeding pigs
He was so hungry that he envied the pigs their food, which is when he decided to go home.
Q 26The walls of which city fell after the Israelites marched around it for seven days and blew their horns?
Jericho
They circled once a day for six days and seven times on the seventh, then everyone shouted.
Q 27The story of the Tower of Babel explains the origin of what?
Different languages
The name Babel plays on the Hebrew verb balal, meaning to jumble or confuse.
Q 28Cain and Abel had different jobs. What did Cain do for a living?
Farmer
Abel was the shepherd, and God's preference for Abel's offering set off the first murder in the Bible.
Q 29Which king threw Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego into a fiery furnace for not bowing to his statue?
Nebuchadnezzar
When he looked in he saw four figures walking unharmed in the flames, and the three came out without even smelling of smoke.
Q 30Which prophet challenged the prophets of Baal to see whose god would send fire?
Elijah
He even mocked Baal's prophets, suggesting their god might be asleep or away on a trip.