Bible Challenge: 2nd – 3rd Grade Questions

Bible Challenge 2020

Completed Second and Third Grade List

Old Testament
(50 Questions)

1. What was the first thing God created? LIGHT
2. What did God create on the sixth day? ANIMALS AND MAN
3. What did God use when He made Adam? DUST
4. What did God use to make Eve? ADAM’S RIB
5. How did God punish Cain? SENT HIM AWAY
6. How long did it rain when God flooded the earth? 40 DAYS
7. What does the rainbow mean? GOD WILL NEVER AGAIN FLOOD THE WHOLE EARTH
8. What Bible story explains why people speak different languages? TOWER OF BABEL
9. What did God promise Abram (Abraham)? HE WOULD MAKE A GREAT NATION FROM HIM
10. Who was Abram’s (Abraham’s) wife? SARAH
11. Who was Abram’s (Abraham’s) nephew? LOT
12. How old was Abraham when he and Sarah had a baby? 100 YEARS OLD
13. What was the name of Abraham and Sarah’s son? ISAAC
14. What did God tell Abraham to do with Isaac when he was a young boy? OFFER HIM AS A SACRIFICE
15. Who was the girl Isaac married? REBEKAH
16. Who were the twin sons of Isaac and Rebekah? JACOB AND ESAU
17. Who was older, Jacob or Esau? ESAU
18. When Esau became very hungry, what did he give to Jacob in trade for a bowl of stew? HIS BIRTHRIGHT
19. How did Jacob trick his father Isaac? HE PRETENDED HE WAS ESAU SO THAT HE COULD RECEIVE THE BLESSING
20. What girl did Jacob want to marry? RACHEL
21. Who was the father of Rachel and Leah? LABAN
22. How did Laban trick Jacob? HE GAVE HIM LEAH TO MARRY INSTEAD OF RACHEL
23. Who was Jacob’s favorite son? JOSEPH
24. Where was Joseph taken to be a slave? EGYPT
25. Who was the man who owned Joseph? POTIPHAR
26. How did Pharoah reward Joseph for telling him about his dream? HE MADE HIM SECOND IN CHARGE OF ALL OF EGYPT
27. Who was the sister of Moses? MIRIAM       
28. Who was the brother of Moses? AARON
29. What was strange about the bush that Moses saw? IT WAS ON FIRE BUT IT WAS NOT BURNING UP
30. How were the Israelites saved from the tenth plague? THEY ATE A SPECIAL MEAL AND SPRINKLED BLOOD ON THE DOORPOSTS
31. What did Moses do when he came down from the mountain and saw the people worshipping a golden calf? HE BROKE THE TABLETS
32. Who were the only two spies who said the Israelites could take the Promised Land? JOSHUA AND CALEB
33. How did God punish the Israelites for not believing that they could take the Promised Land? THEY WANDERED IN THE WILDERNESS FOR 40 YEARS
34. What did the Israelites eat while they wandered in the wilderness? MANNA AND QUAIL
35. What do we call God’s helpers who were leaders of the Israelites before they had kings? JUDGES
36. Most of the judges were men, but which judge was a woman? DEBORAH
37. What man led an army of just 300 men carrying only torches, trumpets, and jars? GIDEON
38. What judge was known for his great strength? SAMSON
39. What woman tricked Samson into telling her the secret of his strength? DELILAH
40. Who are two famous relatives of Ruth? DAVID AND JESUS
41. Which book in the Bible includes many of the songs or poems that David wrote? PSALMS
42. What is an idol? SOMETHING MADE OF WOOD OR STONE THAT PEOPLE WORSHIP
43. What is a prophet? SOMEONE WHO SPEAKS FOR GOD
44. How did Elisha reward the Shunamite couple for their kindness to him? THEY WERE ABLE TO HAVE A SON
45. Who was the king of Israel whom God gave 15 more years to live? HEZEKIAH
46. Who had a contest with the prophets of Baal? ELIJAH
47. What evil plan did Haman come up with because of his hatred for Mordecai? TO KILL ALL THE JEWS
48. Who was the King of Babylon who brought Daniel to Babylon? NEBUCHADNEZAR
49. What strange thing happened during the banquet of King Belshazzar? A HAND WROTE ON THE WALL
50. Who rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem? NEHEMIAH