50 Bible Geography Quiz Questions and Answers

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Easy questions

1. Question 1Easy

   At what location outside Jerusalem's walls was Jesus crucified?

   • AGolgotha (The Skull)
   • BThe Mount of Olives
   • CGethsemane
   • DMount Zion
   Answer: A. Golgotha (The Skull)John 19:17

   And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:

2. Question 2Easy

   Nehemiah served as the cupbearer to the king of Persia in the citadel of Susa.

   • ATrue
   • BFalse
   Answer: TrueNehemiah 1:1-11

   The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in …

3. Question 3Easy

   Where did Moses deliver the long speeches that make up the book of Deuteronomy?

   • APlains of Moab
   • BInside Jericho
   • CGoshen
   • DMount Sinai
   Answer: A. Plains of MoabDeuteronomy 1:5

   On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,

4. Question 4Easy

   The Israelites crossed the Jordan River during the flood stage at harvest time.

   • ATrue
   • BFalse
   Answer: TrueJoshua 3:15

   And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)

5. Question 5Easy

   What mountain is synonymous with the City of David and the city of Jerusalem?

   • AMount Tabor
   • BMount Hermon
   • CMount Zion
   • DMount Carmel
   Answer: C. Mount Zion2 Samuel 5:7

   Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.

6. Question 6Easy

   Which valley did Jesus cross with His disciples to reach the garden where He was arrested?

   • AValley of Hinnom
   • BJezreel Valley
   • CKidron Valley
   • DValley of Elah
   Answer: C. Kidron ValleyJohn 18:1

   When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.

7. Question 7Easy

   On the day of His resurrection, Jesus walked with two disciples on the road to Emmaus.

   • ATrue
   • BFalse
   Answer: TrueLuke 24:13

   And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.

8. Question 8Easy

   In what city did Jesus meet Zacchaeus, the short tax collector who climbed a sycamore-fig tree?

   • AJericho
   • BJerusalem
   • CCapernaum
   • DBethlehem
   Answer: A. JerichoLuke 19:1

   And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.

9. Question 9Easy

   Saul (Paul) was blinded by a light from heaven while traveling on the road to what city?

   • ATarsus
   • BAntioch
   • CJerusalem
   • DDamascus
   Answer: D. DamascusActs 9:3

   And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:

10. Question 10Easy

    From which mountain did Jesus ascend into heaven, forty days after his resurrection?

    • AMount Sinai
    • BMount Tabor
    • CMount of Olives
    • DMount Zion
    Answer: C. Mount of OlivesActs 1:12

    Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.

11. Question 11Easy

    The Tower of Babel was built on a plain in the land of Shinar (Babylonia).

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: TrueGenesis 11:2

    And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

12. Question 12Easy

    Stephen, the first Christian martyr, was stoned to death just outside the city of Jerusalem.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: TrueActs 7:58

    And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.

13. Question 13Easy

    At the oasis of Elim, the Israelites found twelve springs and seventy palm trees.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: TrueExodus 15:27

    And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

14. Question 14Easy

    In what Galilean town did Jesus grow up and spend most of His childhood?

    • ANazareth
    • BJericho
    • CBethany
    • DBethlehem
    Answer: A. NazarethLuke 2:39

    And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.

15. Question 15Easy

    In what city did King Solomon build the first temple for the Lord?

    • ABethel
    • BJerusalem
    • CShiloh
    • DHebron
    Answer: B. Jerusalem2 Chronicles 3:1

    Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Medium questions

1. Question 16Medium

   According to the book of Revelation, what is the Hebrew name of the place where the kings of the world are gathered for the final battle?

   • AGehenna
   • BMegiddo
   • CGolgotha
   • DArmageddon
   Answer: D. ArmageddonRevelation 16:16

   And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.

2. Question 17Medium

   Mary Magdalene is named after her hometown of Magdala, a town on the Sea of Galilee.

   • ATrue
   • BFalse
   Answer: TrueLuke 8:2

   And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,

3. Question 18Medium

   What ancient capital city was known as the 'city of blood' by the prophet Nahum?

   • ABabylon
   • BJericho
   • CNineveh
   • DSodom
   Answer: C. NinevehNahum 3:1

   Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;

4. Question 19Medium

   The Israelite slaves were forced to build the Egyptian supply cities of Pithom and Rameses.

   • ATrue
   • BFalse
   Answer: TrueExodus 1:11

   Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

5. Question 20Medium

   In Jesus' parable, a man was attacked by robbers while traveling down from Jerusalem to what city?

   • AJericho
   • BGaza
   • CHebron
   • DBethlehem
   Answer: A. JerichoLuke 10:30

   And Jesus answering said, ‹A certain› man ‹went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded› him, ‹and departed, leaving› him ‹half dead.›

6. Question 21Medium

   God called Abram out of Haran to go to what land?

   • AMidian
   • BCanaan
   • CEgypt
   • DMoab
   Answer: B. CanaanGenesis 12:5

   And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

7. Question 22Medium

   Moses viewed the Promised Land just before his death from the top of what mountain?

   • AMount Hor
   • BMount Carmel
   • CMount Sinai
   • DMount Nebo
   Answer: D. Mount NeboDeuteronomy 34:1

   And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,

8. Question 23Medium

   From what location did Joshua secretly send two spies to look over the land and Jericho?

   • AShittim
   • BBethel
   • CGilgal
   • DAi
   Answer: A. ShittimJoshua 2:1

   And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

9. Question 24Medium

   When Jesus left Nazareth, what lakeside town became the main base for His public ministry?

   • AMagdala
   • BChorazin
   • CTiberias
   • DCapernaum
   Answer: D. CapernaumMatthew 4:13

   And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:

10. Question 25Medium

    After being sent away by Abraham, Hagar and Ishmael settled in what desert region?

    • ADesert of Sin
    • BDesert of Zin
    • CDesert of Shur
    • DDesert of Paran
    Answer: D. Desert of ParanGenesis 21:21

    And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

11. Question 26Medium

    When David pursued the Amalekites, 200 of his men were too exhausted to cross which ravine/brook?

    • AArnon Gorge
    • BBesor Ravine
    • CKidron Valley
    • DZered Brook
    Answer: B. Besor Ravine1 Samuel 30:9

    So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.

12. Question 27Medium

    Moses fled to what land after killing an Egyptian, where he eventually married Zipporah?

    • AMoab
    • BCanaan
    • CMidian
    • DEdom
    Answer: C. MidianExodus 2:15

    Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

13. Question 28Medium

    From which prominent Phoenician port city did King Hiram supply David and Solomon with cedar logs?

    • ATyre
    • BAshkelon
    • CGaza
    • DJoppa
    Answer: A. Tyre1 Kings 5:1

    And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.

14. Question 29Medium

    In what coastal city was Paul held as a prisoner for two years by governors Felix and Festus?

    • APtolemais
    • BTyre
    • CCaesarea
    • DJoppa
    Answer: C. CaesareaActs 24:27

    But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.

15. Question 30Medium

    Which river served as the natural boundary between the two-and-a-half tribes and the rest of Israel?

    • AJabbok River
    • BJordan River
    • CNile River
    • DArnon River
    Answer: B. Jordan RiverJoshua 1:14

    Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;

16. Question 31Medium

    Jerusalem was inhabited by the Jebusites before David conquered it.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True2 Samuel 5:6

    And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.

17. Question 32Medium

    The Israelites never conquered the city of Ai.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: FalseJoshua 8:28

    And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.

18. Question 33Medium

    According to Revelation, what are the twelve gates of the New Jerusalem made of?

    • ASapphires
    • BPearls
    • CIron
    • DGold
    Answer: B. PearlsRevelation 21:21

    And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

19. Question 34Medium

    The manna stopped appearing the day after the Israelites ate the produce of Canaan at Gilgal.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: TrueJoshua 5:12

    And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

20. Question 35Medium

    Which empire conquered the Northern Kingdom of Israel and deported its people?

    • ABabylonia
    • BPersia
    • CEgypt
    • DAssyria
    Answer: D. Assyria2 Kings 17:6

    In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

Hard questions

1. Question 36Hard

   What Ammonite capital city, known as the 'City of Waters', was captured by Joab?

   • AAroer
   • BRabbah
   • CHeshbon
   • DDibon
   Answer: B. Rabbah2 Samuel 12:27

   And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.

2. Question 37Hard

   Which mountain is prophesied to split in two from east to west on the Day of the Lord?

   • AMount Carmel
   • BMount Zion
   • CMount of Olives
   • DMount Sinai
   Answer: C. Mount of OlivesZechariah 14:4

   And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

3. Question 38Hard

   Which two tribes asked to settle in the land east of the Jordan River instead of crossing into Canaan?

   • AEphraim and Manasseh
   • BReuben and Gad
   • CDan and Naphtali
   • DJudah and Simeon
   Answer: B. Reuben and GadNumbers 32:1

   Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;

4. Question 39Hard

   Philip met the Ethiopian eunuch on the desert road going down from Jerusalem to what Philistine city?

   • AEkron
   • BGaza
   • CGath
   • DAshkelon
   Answer: B. GazaActs 8:26

   And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.

5. Question 40Hard

   After dreaming of a ladder reaching to heaven, Jacob named the place Bethel. What was the city's original name?

   • ASalem
   • BLuz
   • CShechem
   • DHebron
   Answer: B. LuzGenesis 28:19

   And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

6. Question 41Hard

   On what mountain did the Samaritans claim was the proper place to worship God?

   • AMount Gerizim
   • BMount Tabor
   • CMount Zion
   • DMount Carmel
   Answer: A. Mount GerizimJohn 4:20

   Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

7. Question 42Hard

   Which tribe's inheritance was originally near the coast, but they migrated far north because of enemies?

   • AAsher
   • BNaphtali
   • CSimeon
   • DDan
   Answer: D. DanJudges 18:1

   In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

8. Question 43Hard

   In what city was the great temple of the goddess Artemis (Diana) located?

   • AAthens
   • BRome
   • CCorinth
   • DEphesus
   Answer: D. EphesusActs 19:27

   So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.

9. Question 44Hard

   How many days did the twelve spies spend exploring the land of Canaan?

   • A12 days
   • B7 days
   • C30 days
   • D40 days
   Answer: D. 40 daysNumbers 13:25

   And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.

10. Question 45Hard

    The inheritance of which tribe was entirely enclosed within the borders of the territory of Judah?

    • ADan
    • BZebulun
    • CSimeon
    • DBenjamin
    Answer: C. SimeonJoshua 19:1

    And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.

11. Question 46Hard

    From what island was Barnabas, the 'Son of Encouragement', originally from?

    • ACrete
    • BCyprus
    • CPatmos
    • DMalta
    Answer: B. CyprusActs 4:36

    And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,

12. Question 47Hard

    The Sea of Chinnereth is the Old Testament name for the Dead Sea.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: FalseNumbers 34:11-12

    And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward: And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.

13. Question 48Hard

    In the region of what city did Peter make his famous confession, 'You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God'?

    • AJerusalem
    • BBethsaida
    • CTiberias
    • DCaesarea Philippi
    Answer: D. Caesarea PhilippiMatthew 16:13

    When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, ‹Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?›

14. Question 49Hard

    Before crossing the Red Sea, the Israelites camped at Pi-hahiroth, opposite what location?

    • AEtham
    • BBaal Zephon
    • CSuccoth
    • DMigdol
    Answer: B. Baal ZephonExodus 14:2

    Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.

15. Question 50Hard

    Immediately after crossing the Red Sea, into what desert did Moses lead the Israelites?

    • ADesert of Sin
    • BDesert of Shur
    • CDesert of Paran
    • DDesert of Zin
    Answer: B. Desert of ShurExodus 15:22

    So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.