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100 free Hard Bible trivia questions with answers — literature quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
67 free Hard Bible trivia questions with answers. This is Bible trivia on hard mode. Sixty-seven questions that skip the Sunday-school staples and go for the names, numbers and places most quizzes never touch: the left-handed judge who killed Eglon, the woman who dropped a millstone on Abimelech, Paul's shortest letter and the runaway slave it pleads for, how many prophets ate at Jezebel's table, what Pharaoh renamed Joseph, and which of the seven churches of Revelation is a decoy. It is built for pastors, seminary students, Bible-quiz teams and anyone who has read the whole thing more than once and wants to be tested properly. Difficulty starts around medium and climbs to expert; a perfect score is genuinely rare. Every answer is anchored to a specific verse, quoted from the NIV on Bible Gateway, and each question shows its reference once you have answered, so disputes can be settled by opening the passage.
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Q 01According to Genesis, how many years did Methuselah live?
969
Genesis 5:27 records that Methuselah lived 969 years before he died. The 365 belongs to his father Enoch in Genesis 5:23, and the 950 to Noah in Genesis 9:29.
Q 02After Judas's death, on whom did the lot fall when the apostles cast lots to fill his place?
Matthias
Matthias was then numbered with the eleven apostles (Acts 1:26); Barnabas, Stephen and Silas all appear later in Acts but were not part of that casting of lots.
Q 03The Philistine champion Goliath is identified in 1 Samuel as coming from which city?
Gath
1 Samuel 17:4 introduces him as "Goliath, of Gath". Gaza, Ashdod and Ekron were also Philistine cities, which is what makes the question worth asking.
Q 04Judges says Samson picked up the fresh jawbone of a donkey and struck down how many men with it?
1,000
Judges 15:15 gives the figure as a thousand men, killed with a jawbone Samson found on the spot.
Q 052 Timothy names which woman as Timothy's grandmother, in whom faith first lived?
Lois
2 Timothy 1:5 names the grandmother as Lois and the mother as Eunice, so the two are easy to swap by mistake.
Q 06On which mountain did Elijah face 450 prophets of Baal in a contest of sacrifices?
Carmel
1 Kings 18:19 has Elijah summon all Israel and the 450 prophets of Baal to Carmel. Nebo is where Moses views the promised land, and Sinai is where the law is given.
Q 07Who is stoned to death in Acts 7 while praying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit"?
Stephen
Acts 7:59-60 describes the stoning of Stephen and records that prayer as he died.
Q 08Which woman names her newborn son Samuel, saying "Because I have asked him of the LORD"?
Hannah
Hannah, per 1 Samuel 1:20; Elisabeth is the mother of John the Baptist, and Naomi is Ruth's mother-in-law.
Q 09What did Jacob hand over to Esau in the exchange that cost Esau his birthright?
Bread and lentil stew
Genesis 25:34 says Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils, after which Esau ate, drank and went his way.
Q 10In Philippians, Paul describes himself as a Hebrew of the Hebrews and a member of which tribe?
Benjamin
Philippians 3:5 lists his credentials, including circumcision on the eighth day and descent from the tribe of Benjamin.
Q 11After the shipwreck in Acts 27, the survivors reach an island that the King James Version calls what?
Melita
Acts 28:1 names the island Melita, generally identified with modern Malta. Crete appears earlier in the same voyage, which makes it the tempting wrong answer.
Q 12The writing that appeared on the wall at Belshazzar's feast read MENE, MENE, TEKEL, and what?
UPHARSIN
Daniel 5:25 gives the inscription as MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. Selah is a term found throughout the Psalms, and Maranatha appears in 1 Corinthians.
Q 13John's Gospel places the first of Jesus' miracles, the water turned to wine, in which town?
Cana
Cana of Galilee, says John 2:11, which calls the wedding miracle 'this beginning of miracles'.
Q 21Which princess hid the infant Joash from the murderous Queen Athaliah, preserving the line of David?
Jehosheba
Jehosheba, daughter of King Jehoram and sister of Ahaziah, hid Joash in the temple for six years (2 Kings 11:2-3) until the priest Jehoiada crowned him.
Q 22Which young man dozed off during a long sermon by Paul, fell three storeys and was raised?
Eutychus
Eutychus fell from a third-storey window at Troas (Acts 20:9); Paul went down, embraced him, then returned upstairs and talked until daybreak.
Q 23The disciple Tabitha, whom Peter raised from the dead at Joppa, is also known by which Greek name?
Dorcas
Acts 9:36 says Tabitha 'by interpretation is called Dorcas'; both names mean gazelle, and the widows showed Peter the robes she had made for them.
Q 14What is Moses' father-in-law, the priest of Midian, called in Exodus 3?
Jethro
Exodus 3:1 calls him Jethro, priest of Midian. Laban is Jacob's father-in-law, and Eleazar is a son of Aaron.
Q 15On which mountains did Noah's ark come to rest, according to Genesis?
Ararat
Genesis 8:4 places the resting point on the mountains of Ararat in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day. Moriah is the mountain of the binding of Isaac.
Q 16Which left-handed judge killed the obese Moabite king Eglon with a hidden double-edged sword?
Ehud
Ehud, the left-handed Benjamite of Judges 3, strapped a cubit-long dagger to his right thigh and plunged it into Eglon so deep that the fat closed over the hilt.
Q 17With what unlikely weapon did the judge Shamgar strike down six hundred Philistines?
An oxgoad
Judges 3:31 says Shamgar slew six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad, in a single verse sandwiched between the stories of Ehud and Deborah.
Q 18Who killed the Canaanite commander Sisera by driving a tent peg through his temple while he slept?
Jael
Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, drove the tent peg through Sisera's temple (Judges 4:21), fulfilling Deborah's word that the honour would go to a woman.
Q 19Who came out of Jephthah's house first, to be sacrificed under his rash vow?
His daughter
The vow in Judges 11 is one of the darkest passages in the book; his daughter asked only for two months to mourn in the hills.
Q 20Whose theft of a Babylonian robe, silver and a bar of gold from Jericho caused Israel's defeat at Ai?
Achan
Achan confessed to hiding the Babylonish garment, silver and wedge of gold under his tent (Joshua 7:21); Israel stoned him in the Valley of Achor.
Q 24Which craftsman did God fill with his Spirit to build the Tabernacle and its furnishings?
Bezalel
Exodus 31:2-3 names Bezalel of the tribe of Judah, filled with the Spirit of God for the work; Oholiab of Dan was appointed as his assistant.
Q 25Which servant girl was so excited when Peter knocked that she left him outside?
Rhoda
Rhoda, the servant girl of Acts 12:13-15, ran back without opening the gate; the believers said she was mad, then decided it must be Peter's angel.
Q 26Which prophetess did King Josiah's officials consult about the newly discovered Book of the Law?
Huldah
Huldah, wife of Shallum the keeper of the wardrobe, lived in Jerusalem's Second Quarter (2 Kings 22:14) and confirmed the judgment written in the book.
Q 27Who led the rebuilding of the temple after the return from Babylonian exile, alongside the priest Joshua?
Zerubbabel
Zerubbabel, grandson of the exiled king Jehoiachin, rebuilt the altar and temple with Joshua the priest (Ezra 3:2, 5:2) and appears in Matthew 1's genealogy.
Q 28According to 1 Kings 10:26, how many horsemen did Solomon keep?
12,000
1 Kings 10:26 says Solomon had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen (NIV: horses), despite Deuteronomy's warning that kings should not multiply horses; the 4,000 figure is his stalls in 2 Chronicles 9:25.
Q 29Which king of Salem, 'priest of God Most High', brought bread and wine to Abram?
Melchizedek
Hebrews later presents Jesus as a priest 'in the order of Melchizedek', a priest without recorded genealogy.
Q 30What was Queen Esther's Hebrew name?
Hadassah
Esther 2:7 introduces her as Hadassah, a name meaning 'myrtle'; the Book of Esther is famous for never mentioning God by name.