Bible Villains Quiz

Question 1

Jezebel is one of the Bible's most infamous women. She was the wife of which Israelite king?

Accepted Answer

King Ahab

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King Saul

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King David

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King Jeroboam

Question 2

How did Jezebel die, fulfilling Elijah's prophecy?

Accepted Answer

She was thrown from a window and her body was eaten by dogs

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She was stoned by the people of Israel

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She drowned in the Jordan River

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She was struck by lightning on a high place

Question 3

King Herod the Great ordered the massacre of infants in Bethlehem. What was his motive?

Accepted Answer

He feared that the newborn 'King of the Jews' would eventually take his throne

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He was angered by the Magi refusing to bow to him

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He was commanded to do so by Roman Emperor Augustus

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He was trying to fulfil a prophecy he had received about eliminating a rival

Question 4

Which Roman official handed Jesus over to be crucified despite declaring him innocent?

Accepted Answer

Pontius Pilate

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Herod Antipas

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Caiaphas

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Annas

Question 5

Caiaphas was the high priest who condemned Jesus. What was his infamous logic for doing so?

Accepted Answer

'It is better for one man to die for the people than for the whole nation to perish'

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He genuinely believed Jesus was a blasphemer who deserved death under Mosaic Law

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He was bribed by the Pharisees who feared losing influence

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He was acting under Roman orders to eliminate Jewish troublemakers

Question 6

Which biblical villain built the gallows to hang Mordecai, but was hanged on it himself?

Accepted Answer

Haman

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Nebuchadnezzar

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Sennacherib

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Ahasuerus

Question 7

King Manasseh is described as the most wicked king in Judah's history. What did he do that was particularly abominable?

Accepted Answer

He sacrificed his own son in the fire and filled Jerusalem with innocent blood

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He melted down the Ark of the Covenant

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He sold the temple treasury to Babylon

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He forced all Israelites to worship Egyptian gods

Question 8

Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus. What did he do with the 30 pieces of silver afterward?

Accepted Answer

He returned them to the chief priests, then went and hanged himself

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He kept them and fled to another country

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He gave them to the poor as an act of repentance

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He threw them at the feet of Pontius Pilate

Question 9

The Pharaoh of the Exodus repeatedly hardened his heart against God's demands. What was the final plague that broke his resistance?

Accepted Answer

The death of the firstborn

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The plague of locusts

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Three days of darkness

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The plague of boils

Question 10

Goliath of Gath was the Philistine giant defeated by David. Approximately how tall was he according to 1 Samuel 17?

Accepted Answer

About 6 cubits and a span — roughly 9 feet 9 inches (nearly 3 m)

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About 7 feet (2.1 m)

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Exactly 10 feet (3 m)

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About 8 feet (2.4 m)

Question 11

King Herod Antipas had John the Baptist beheaded. What led to this decision?

Accepted Answer

Herodias (Herod's wife) persuaded her daughter Salome to ask for John's head after a dance pleased Herod

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John had publicly called for Herod's overthrow

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The Pharisees bribed Herod to silence John

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John had prophesied the destruction of Herod's palace

Question 12

Who was the Philistine king before whom David pretended to be insane to escape danger?

Accepted Answer

Achish, king of Gath

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Og, king of Bashan

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Abimelech, king of Gerar

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Sihon, king of the Amorites

Question 13

Which Old Testament king burned Jeremiah's scroll as it was read to him?

Accepted Answer

King Jehoiakim

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King Zedekiah

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King Josiah

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King Manasseh

Question 14

What was the sin of King Jeroboam that the Bible says caused all subsequent kings of Israel to sin?

Accepted Answer

He set up two golden calves at Bethel and Dan, saying 'Here are your gods'

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He murdered the prophets of God

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He built a temple to Baal in Samaria

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He abolished the Sabbath throughout the kingdom

Question 15

Sennacherib was the Assyrian king who besieged Jerusalem in Hezekiah's day. What happened to his army?

Accepted Answer

An angel of the LORD put 185,000 of them to death in one night, and Sennacherib withdrew

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They were defeated by Hezekiah's army in open battle

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A plague killed most of them and Sennacherib sued for peace

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They were defeated when Egypt came to Hezekiah's aid

Question 16

The serpent in the Garden of Eden tempted Eve by questioning what?

Accepted Answer

God's command, saying 'Did God really say you must not eat from any tree?'

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Eve's beauty and worth before God

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Adam's authority over Eve and the garden

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Whether God truly existed and had created everything

Question 17

Balaam was a pagan prophet hired by King Balak to curse Israel. What happened when Balaam tried to curse them?

Accepted Answer

He could only bless Israel instead of cursing them, because God put His words in his mouth

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God struck him mute so he could not speak

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He fell down dead before he could speak

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He cursed Israel but God reversed the curse immediately

Question 18

Which New Testament figure is described as 'the father of lies' and a murderer from the beginning?

Accepted Answer

Satan

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The Antichrist

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The Beast from the Sea

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The False Prophet

Question 19

The false prophets Jannes and Jambres are mentioned in the New Testament. Who were they?

Accepted Answer

Egyptian magicians who opposed Moses and imitated the plagues

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False prophets in Jerusalem who opposed Jeremiah

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Two followers of Simon Magus in Acts

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Corrupt priests in the time of Samuel

Question 20

Absalom was David's son who rebelled against him. What physical feature made him famous throughout Israel?

Accepted Answer

His hair — so heavy it weighed 200 shekels when cut annually

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His great height, said to be the tallest man in Israel

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His blue eyes, unusual in Israel

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His strength — able to lift a chariot with one hand