50 Numbers in the Bible Trivia Questions

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Easy questions

1. Question 1Easy

   In the Parable of the Lost Sheep, how many sheep did the shepherd leave behind to find the lost one?

   • A9
   • B100
   • C50
   • D99
   Answer: D. 99Luke 15:4

   ‹What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?›

2. Question 2Easy

   Into how many pieces did the Roman soldiers divide Jesus' clothes (excluding his seamless undergarment)?

   • AThree
   • BTwo
   • CTwelve
   • DFour
   Answer: D. FourJohn 19:23

   Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

3. Question 3Easy

   How many men of good repute were chosen to oversee the daily distribution of food to the widows?

   • AThree
   • BSeven
   • CTwelve
   • DTen
   Answer: B. SevenActs 6:3

   Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

4. Question 4Easy

   For how many days did Goliath step forward every morning and evening to taunt the Israelite army?

   • A40 days
   • B30 days
   • C7 days
   • D14 days
   Answer: A. 40 days1 Samuel 17:16

   And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

5. Question 5Easy

   More than how many men took a vow not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul?

   • A100
   • B12
   • C40
   • D70
   Answer: C. 40Acts 23:13

   And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.

6. Question 6Easy

   How many times a day did Daniel kneel down and pray, even after the king's decree was signed?

   • AOnce
   • BThree times
   • CFive times
   • DSeven times
   Answer: B. Three timesDaniel 6:10

   Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

7. Question 7Easy

   How many times did Jesus tell Peter to forgive a brother who sins against him?

   • ATen times
   • BSeven times
   • CSeventy-seven times (or 70 times 7)
   • DThree times
   Answer: C. Seventy-seven times (or 70 times 7)Matthew 18:22

   Jesus saith unto him, ‹I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.›

8. Question 8Easy

   How many commandments did God give Moses on the stone tablets?

   • ATen
   • BTwelve
   • CSeven
   • DForty
   Answer: A. TenExodus 34:28

   And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

9. Question 9Easy

   How many times did the devil tempt Jesus in the wilderness?

   • AThree
   • BTen
   • CSeven
   • DForty
   Answer: A. ThreeMatthew 4:1-11

   Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, ‹It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.› Then …

10. Question 10Easy

    According to Peter, one day with the Lord is like how many years?

    • AA hundred years
    • BTen thousand years
    • CSeven years
    • DA thousand years
    Answer: D. A thousand years2 Peter 3:8

    But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

11. Question 11Easy

    How many days did Jonah say Nineveh had before it would be overthrown?

    • A40 days
    • B10 days
    • C3 days
    • D7 days
    Answer: A. 40 daysJonah 3:4

    And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

12. Question 12Easy

    How many people were baptized and added to the church on the Day of Pentecost?

    • AAbout 5,000
    • BAbout 3,000
    • CAbout 1,000
    • DAbout 144,000
    Answer: B. About 3,000Acts 2:41

    Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

13. Question 13Easy

    How many men visited Abraham by the oaks of Mamre?

    • ASeven
    • BTwo
    • CThree
    • DTwelve
    Answer: C. ThreeGenesis 18:2

    And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

14. Question 14Easy

    How many days a week were the Israelites allowed to gather manna?

    • AEvery day
    • BSeven
    • CSix
    • DFive
    Answer: C. SixExodus 16:26

    Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.

15. Question 15Easy

    For how many days was Jesus seen by the apostles after His resurrection?

    • AForty days
    • BSeven days
    • CFifty days
    • DThree days
    Answer: A. Forty daysActs 1:3

    To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

Medium questions

1. Question 16Medium

   For how many months was Moses brought up in his father's house before being placed in the river?

   • AOne month
   • BSix months
   • CThree months
   • DTwo months
   Answer: C. Three monthsActs 7:20

   In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:

2. Question 17Medium

   How many days' journey is it from Horeb to Kadesh Barnea?

   • AEleven days
   • BSeven days
   • CForty days
   • DThree days
   Answer: A. Eleven daysDeuteronomy 1:2

   (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)

3. Question 18Medium

   How many in Israel did God say He had reserved who had not bowed to Baal?

   • A500
   • B100
   • C12,000
   • D7,000
   Answer: D. 7,0001 Kings 19:18

   Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

4. Question 19Medium

   How many husbands did the woman at the well have previously?

   • ASeven
   • BOne
   • CThree
   • DFive
   Answer: D. FiveJohn 4:18

   ‹For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.›

5. Question 20Medium

   At the dedication of the house of God after the Babylonian exile, how many male goats were offered as a sin offering for all Israel?

   • ATwo
   • BTwelve, according to the number of the tribes of Israel
   • CSeven
   • DOne hundred
   Answer: B. Twelve, according to the number of the tribes of IsraelEzra 6:17

   And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

6. Question 21Medium

   How many Assyrian soldiers did the angel of the Lord kill in one night?

   • A50,000
   • B185,000
   • C5,000
   • D100,000
   Answer: B. 185,000Isaiah 37:36

   Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

7. Question 22Medium

   How many men of Zebulun came to help David, armed with every type of weapon?

   • A100,000
   • B5,000
   • C50,000
   • D10,000
   Answer: C. 50,0001 Chronicles 12:33

   Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart.

8. Question 23Medium

   How many times does the priest sprinkle the blood before the Lord's sanctuary veil for a sin offering?

   • ASeven times
   • BThree times
   • CTwelve times
   • DOnce
   Answer: A. Seven timesLeviticus 4:6

   And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.

9. Question 24Medium

   How many lepers returned to give thanks to Jesus?

   • AFive
   • BNone
   • CTen
   • DOne
   Answer: D. OneLuke 17:15-16

   And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

10. Question 25Medium

    How many days did Esther ask the Jews to fast for her?

    • AOne day
    • BSeven days
    • CThree days, night or day
    • DForty days
    Answer: C. Three days, night or dayEsther 4:16

    Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

11. Question 26Medium

    About how many men died because of the sin of the golden calf?

    • A10,000
    • B3,000
    • C100
    • D500
    Answer: B. 3,000Exodus 32:28

    And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

12. Question 27Medium

    How many years did God sustain the Israelites in the wilderness so they lacked nothing?

    • ASeven years
    • BOne hundred years
    • CForty years
    • DTwelve years
    Answer: C. Forty yearsNehemiah 9:21

    Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

13. Question 28Medium

    During the conflict with Jephthah, how many Ephraimites were killed at the fords of the Jordan?

    • A1,000
    • B10,000
    • C5,000
    • D42,000
    Answer: D. 42,000Judges 12:6

    Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.

14. Question 29Medium

    How many pieces of silver did Joseph give to Benjamin?

    • A300
    • B100
    • C500
    • D20
    Answer: A. 300Genesis 45:22

    To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.

15. Question 30Medium

    How many years did Job live after his suffering?

    • A70
    • B140
    • C100
    • D120
    Answer: B. 140Job 42:16

    After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.

16. Question 31Medium

    How many crops of fruit does the tree of life yield every year?

    • AThree
    • BTwelve
    • CSeven
    • DOne continuously
    Answer: B. TwelveRevelation 22:2

    In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

17. Question 32Medium

    How many times did Jesus ask Peter, 'Do you love Me?'

    • ASeven
    • BThree
    • COnce
    • DTwo
    Answer: B. ThreeJohn 21:15

    So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, ‹Simon,› son ‹of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these?› He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, ‹Feed my lambs.›

18. Question 33Medium

    How many Cities of Refuge were the Israelites commanded to give to the Levites?

    • AThree
    • BSix
    • CTen
    • DTwelve
    Answer: B. SixNumbers 35:6

    And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.

19. Question 34Medium

    How many times did Balaam hit his donkey?

    • ASeven times
    • BOnce
    • CThree times
    • DTwice
    Answer: C. Three timesNumbers 22:28

    And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

20. Question 35Medium

    In John's account, how many women are explicitly named as going to the tomb?

    • AThree
    • BOnly one (Mary Magdalene)
    • CFour
    • DTwo
    Answer: B. Only one (Mary Magdalene)John 20:1

    The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

Hard questions

1. Question 36Hard

   How many years did Naomi's family live in Moab before both of her sons died?

   • AAbout 7 years
   • BAbout 12 years
   • CAbout 3 years
   • DAbout 10 years
   Answer: D. About 10 yearsRuth 1:4

   And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.

2. Question 37Hard

   In the second census of the Israelites in the wilderness, roughly how many men were counted?

   • A600,000
   • B1,000,000
   • C50,000
   • D300,000
   Answer: A. 600,000Numbers 26:51

   These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.

3. Question 38Hard

   How many men did Ishmael son of Nethaniah take with him to assassinate Gedaliah?

   • ATwelve
   • BOne hundred
   • CTen
   • DFifty
   Answer: C. TenJeremiah 41:1

   Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.

4. Question 39Hard

   How many angels were bound at the great river Euphrates before being released at the sixth trumpet?

   • AFour
   • BTwelve
   • CTwo
   • DSeven
   Answer: A. FourRevelation 9:14

   Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

5. Question 40Hard

   In the vision of Revelation, how many living creatures covered with eyes are in the center and around the throne?

   • ATwo
   • BTwelve
   • CSeven
   • DFour
   Answer: D. FourRevelation 4:6

   And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

6. Question 41Hard

   How many children (sons and daughters combined) did the judge Ibzan have in total?

   • A30
   • B40
   • C70
   • D60
   Answer: D. 60Judges 12:9

   And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

7. Question 42Hard

   How many generations are there from Abraham to David in Matthew's genealogy?

   • A14
   • B12
   • C40
   • D7
   Answer: A. 14Matthew 1:17

   So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.

8. Question 43Hard

   How many men of Anathoth returned from the Babylonian exile?

   • A1000
   • B50
   • C128
   • D200
   Answer: C. 128Ezra 2:23

   The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.

9. Question 44Hard

   How many sons did Gideon have of his own, because he had many wives?

   • A30
   • B70
   • C12
   • D40
   Answer: B. 70Judges 8:30

   And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

10. Question 45Hard

    How many days did it take for God's word to come to Jeremiah regarding going to Egypt?

    • ASeven days
    • BTen days
    • CForty days
    • DThree days
    Answer: B. Ten daysJeremiah 42:7

    And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah.

11. Question 46Hard

    How many of David's men were too exhausted to cross the Besor Valley?

    • A200
    • B100
    • C400
    • D50
    Answer: A. 2001 Samuel 30:10

    But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

12. Question 47Hard

    How many sons did Keturah bear to Abraham?

    • ATwo
    • BSix
    • CThree
    • DTwelve
    Answer: B. SixGenesis 25:2

    And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

13. Question 48Hard

    In the story of David and Goliath, how many sons did Jesse have?

    • ASeven
    • BTwelve
    • CEight
    • DTen
    Answer: C. Eight1 Samuel 17:12

    Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.

14. Question 49Hard

    In the book of Revelation, how many heads and horns did the beast rising out of the sea have?

    • A7 heads and 10 horns
    • B10 heads and 7 horns
    • C7 heads and 7 horns
    • D12 heads and 10 horns
    Answer: A. 7 heads and 10 hornsRevelation 13:1

    And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

15. Question 50Hard

    In the book of Revelation, how many wings does each of the four living creatures have?

    • ATwo
    • BSix
    • CTwelve
    • DFour
    Answer: B. SixRevelation 4:8

    And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.