Daniel and Babylon Quiz

Question 1

Daniel and his three friends were taken captive to Babylon from which city?

Accepted Answer

Jerusalem

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Samaria

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Nineveh

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Hebron

Question 2

What were the Babylonian names given to Daniel and his three friends?

Accepted Answer

Belteshazzar, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

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Nebuzaradan, Arioch, Ashpenaz, and Abednego

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Belteshazzar, Arioch, Meshach, and Azariah

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Belshazzar, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah

Question 3

Daniel and his friends refused the king's food. What did Daniel propose as an alternative test?

Accepted Answer

They would eat only vegetables and drink only water for ten days

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They would eat only bread and salt for a month

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They would fast completely for seven days

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They would eat only foods approved by the Mosaic Law

Question 4

Nebuchadnezzar's great statue in his dream had a head of gold. What did the head of gold represent?

Accepted Answer

The Babylonian Empire under Nebuchadnezzar

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The Persian Empire

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The entire history of human civilisation

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The coming Messiah's kingdom

Question 5

In Nebuchadnezzar's dream, what destroyed the great statue?

Accepted Answer

A stone not cut by human hands that struck the statue's feet

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A great flood of water

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Lightning from heaven

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A fire that melted all the metals simultaneously

Question 6

How tall was the golden statue Nebuchadnezzar built that everyone was commanded to worship?

Accepted Answer

60 cubits high and 6 cubits wide

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30 cubits high and 3 cubits wide

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90 cubits high and 9 cubits wide

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40 cubits high and 4 cubits wide

Question 7

When Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were thrown into the furnace, what did the king see inside?

Accepted Answer

Three men and an angelic being — a fourth man — walking in the fire

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Two men walking in the fire unharmed

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The men kneeling in prayer in the fire

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The fire went out immediately when they entered

Question 8

What happened to the soldiers who threw the three men into the furnace?

Accepted Answer

They were killed by the intense heat of the fire

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They were promoted for their obedience to the king

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They were blinded by the light from the furnace

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They became believers in God

Question 9

Nebuchadnezzar suffered a divinely sent illness described as what in Daniel 4?

Accepted Answer

He developed a mental illness and lived like a wild animal

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He became mute and deaf for seven years

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He lost his eyesight and had to be led by servants

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He was struck with leprosy and banished from Babylon

Question 10

The famous writing on the wall appeared during whose banquet in Babylon?

Accepted Answer

Belshazzar's

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Nebuchadnezzar's

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Darius the Mede's

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Cyrus the Persian's

Question 11

What did the writing on the wall (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Parsin) mean when Daniel interpreted it?

Accepted Answer

Your kingdom is numbered, you have been weighed and found wanting, and your kingdom is divided

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Your kingdom is blessed, your enemies defeated, and your kingdom will endure forever

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You are the greatest king, but a greater one is coming, and he will rule the world

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The gods have measured your days, found you worthy, and established your throne

Question 12

Who cast Daniel into the lions' den and what was their motive?

Accepted Answer

Jealous administrators and satraps, who tricked King Darius into signing an edict

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King Darius, because Daniel refused to bow to him

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The Babylonian priests, who resented Daniel's God

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Belshazzar, as punishment for interpreting the writing on the wall

Question 13

After Daniel survived the lions' den, what did King Darius do to his accusers?

Accepted Answer

He had them and their families thrown into the lions' den

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He banished them from the kingdom

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He imprisoned them in the same den for one night

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He forced them to bow before Daniel's God

Question 14

Daniel's vision in chapter 7 features four great beasts. What did the fourth beast have that was different from the others?

Accepted Answer

Ten horns and iron teeth

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Seven heads and a crown of pure gold

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Wings like an eagle and claws like a bear

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Eyes of fire and a human-sounding voice

Question 15

What is the 'abomination of desolation' referenced in Daniel?

Accepted Answer

A pagan altar or act of desecration set up in the holy place

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The destruction of the Temple by Nebuchadnezzar

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The final judgment at the end of time

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The statue Nebuchadnezzar erected in Daniel 3

Question 16

In Daniel 9, Daniel prays a lengthy prayer of repentance. What prompted this prayer?

Accepted Answer

Reading Jeremiah's prophecy that Jerusalem's desolation would last 70 years

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A vision of the future he did not understand

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An angel's rebuke for his sin

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The death of King Belshazzar and the fall of Babylon

Question 17

Which angel came to Daniel in response to his prayer in Daniel 9?

Accepted Answer

Gabriel

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Michael

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Raphael

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The Angel of the Lord

Question 18

Daniel's final vision (chapters 10–12) was received in the reign of which Persian king?

Accepted Answer

Cyrus the Persian

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Darius the Mede

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Artaxerxes

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Cambyses

Question 19

Daniel 12 contains one of the clearest Old Testament references to what future event?

Accepted Answer

The bodily resurrection of the dead

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The birth of the Messiah

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The destruction of Jerusalem

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The outpouring of the Holy Spirit

Question 20

Approximately how many years did Daniel serve in the Babylonian/Persian court throughout his life?

Accepted Answer

Over 70 years

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20 years

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40 years

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60 years