Bible Jeopardy: Questions and Game Board

Light, called day

On the first day God said "Let there be light," and called the light day and the darkness night.

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

Genesis 1:3–5 BSB

Abraham

Abram would now be called Abraham, because God made him a father of many nations.

No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.

Genesis 17:5 BSB

A ladder

Jacob dreamed of a ladder resting on the earth with its top reaching heaven and God's angels going up and down on it.

And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.

Genesis 28:12 BSB

A robe of many colors

Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons and made him a robe of many colors; the silver cup appears later, in Joseph's own story in Egypt.

Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.

Genesis 37:3 BSB

Bethel

Jacob called the place Bethel, though the city had previously been named Luz.

Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it, and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.

Genesis 28:18–19 BSB

A rainbow

God set the rainbow in the clouds as the sign of the covenant between God and the earth.

I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

Genesis 9:13 BSB

An olive leaf

The dove returned with a freshly plucked olive leaf, so Noah knew the waters had gone down.

And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

Genesis 8:11 BSB

On the mountains of Ararat

On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

Genesis 8:4 BSB

A raven

Noah first sent out a raven, which kept flying back and forth; the dove came next.

After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth. Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.

Genesis 8:6–8 BSB

Gopher wood

God told Noah to make an ark of gopher wood and coat it with pitch inside and out.

Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.

Genesis 6:14 BSB

His sandals

God told Moses to take off his sandals, because the place where he stood was holy ground.

“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

Exodus 3:5 BSB

Pharaoh's daughter

Pharaoh's daughter saw the basket among the reeds while bathing in the Nile and sent her maidservant to bring it.

Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it.

Exodus 2:5 BSB

Aaron

God said Moses' brother Aaron the Levite, who could speak well, would be his spokesman.

Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do. He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.

Exodus 4:14–16 BSB

On the doorframes of their houses

They were to put some of the blood on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they ate the lambs.

They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.

Exodus 12:7 BSB

80 years old

Moses was 80 years old; 83 was Aaron's age at the time.

Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.

Exodus 7:7 BSB

The Jordan

Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

Mark 1:9 BSB

A mustard seed

Jesus says the kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.

He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.

Matthew 13:31 BSB

About five thousand

About five thousand men were fed besides women and children, and twelve basketfuls were left over; the four thousand come in a later feeding in Matthew 15.

And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. About five thousand men were fed, in addition to women and children.

Matthew 14:19–21 BSB

One

One of the ten saw that he was healed, came back praising God and fell at Jesus' feet, and he was a Samaritan.

As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed. When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice. He fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him—and he was a Samaritan.

Luke 17:12–16 BSB

The Place of the Skull

Mark says Jesus was brought to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull.

They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull.

Mark 15:22 BSB

Genesis

Genesis is first, and it opens with God creating the heavens and the earth.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:1 BSB

Revelation

Revelation is the last book, and its first verse says it was made known to God's servant John.

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

Revelation 1:1 BSB

Acts

Acts follows John, and its writer opens by recalling his first book written to Theophilus.

In my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach,

Acts 1:1 BSB

Malachi

Malachi is the last Old Testament book, opening with the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi.

This is the burden of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi:

Malachi 1:1 BSB

Amos

Amos 1:1 describes Amos as among the sheepherders of Tekoa in the days of King Uzziah of Judah.

These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.

Amos 1:1 BSB

Ravens

The ravens brought Elijah bread and meat morning and evening, and he drank from the brook; a widow feeds him later in the chapter.

The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.

1 Kings 17:6 BSB

Seven

Naaman dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, as the man of God had said, and his flesh was restored.

So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child, and he was clean.

2 Kings 5:14 BSB

Belshazzar

King Belshazzar held a feast for a thousand nobles, and at that moment a hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall.

Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them. Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines. Thus they brought in the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king drank from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines. As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone. At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,

Daniel 5:1–5 BSB

Elisha

The sons of the prophets were with Elisha when the axe head fell into the water, and the man of God threw in a stick and made the iron float.

Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Please take note that the place where we meet with you is too small for us. Please let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a log so we can build ourselves a place to live there.” “Go,” said Elisha. Then one of them said, “Please come with your servants.” “I will come,” he replied. So Elisha went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down some trees. As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!” “Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float.

2 Kings 6:1–6 BSB

Josiah

Josiah became king at eight and reigned 31 years; Joash was seven, Manasseh twelve and Hezekiah twenty-five.

Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.

2 Kings 22:1 BSB

Rahab

The two spies stayed in the house of a woman named Rahab, and she hid them when the king of Jericho sent for them.

Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there. And it was reported to the king of Jericho: “Behold, some men of Israel have come here tonight to spy out the land.” So the king of Jericho sent to Rahab and said, “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, for they have come to spy out the whole land.” But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I did not know where they had come from.

Joshua 2:1–4 BSB

Hannah

Hannah gave birth to a son and named him Samuel, because she had asked for him from the LORD.

So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”

1 Samuel 1:20 BSB

Deborah

Judges 4:4 names Deborah, a prophetess and the wife of Lappidoth, as judging Israel at that time.

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

Judges 4:4 BSB

Phoebe

Paul commends our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea.

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea.

Romans 16:1 BSB

Lois

Paul says Timothy's sincere faith first dwelt in his grandmother Lois and his mother Eunice.

I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.

2 Timothy 1:5 BSB

My shepherd

Psalm 23 opens by calling the LORD my shepherd, and the writer says he shall not want.

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Psalm 23:1 BSB

A deer

As the deer pants for streams of water, the writer says, so his soul longs after God.

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.

Psalm 42:1 BSB

Babylon

By the rivers of Babylon they sat and wept when they remembered Zion.

By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

Psalm 137:1 BSB

His loving devotion endures forever

Each verse of Psalm 136 ends with the refrain that God's loving devotion endures forever.

Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good. His loving devotion endures forever. Give thanks to the God of gods. His loving devotion endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of lords. His loving devotion endures forever.

Psalm 136:1–3 BSB

The prayers of David son of Jesse

Psalm 72:20 says that the prayers of David son of Jesse are concluded, at the end of the second book of Psalms.

Thus conclude the prayers of David son of Jesse.

Psalm 72:20 BSB

Pentecost

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place, and they were filled with the Holy Spirit.

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

Acts 2:1–4 BSB

Antioch

Barnabas and Saul taught at Antioch for a full year, and the disciples were first called Christians there.

and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

Acts 11:26 BSB

Tentmaking

Paul stayed and worked with Aquila and Priscilla because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.

There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them, and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.

Acts 18:2–3 BSB

Rhoda

A servant girl named Rhoda came to the gate and was so overjoyed at Peter's voice that she forgot to open it.

He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it. When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”

Acts 12:13–14 BSB

Matthias

Two men were proposed, Joseph called Barsabbas and Matthias, and the lot fell to Matthias.

So they proposed two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias. And they prayed, “Lord, You know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two You have chosen to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.” Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.

Acts 1:23–26 BSB

Omega

In Revelation 1:8 the Lord God says, "I am the Alpha and the Omega."

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.

Revelation 1:8 BSB

Laodicea

The message to the church in Laodicea says its people are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold.

To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation. I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other! So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!

Revelation 3:14–16 BSB

Pearls

The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl, while the main street was pure gold.

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.

Revelation 21:21 BSB

The crown of life

The church in Smyrna is told to be faithful even unto death, and it is promised the crown of life.

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Revelation 2:10 BSB

Silence for about half an hour

When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

Revelation 8:1 BSB