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100

May people know that you, whose name is Jehovah ...

... You alone are the Most High over all the earth.
Psalm 83:18

100

Lot's wife looked back longingly toward Sodom, and became a pillar of this mineral

Salt

(Genesis 19:26)

100

Paul suggests that this biblical figure was not deceived

Who was Adam?

(1 Timothy 2:14)

100

One of the richest and wisest people ever to live.

Who was Solomon?

(1 Kings 3:12, 13)

100
He wrote the Book, "The Bible is Black History." 

 Who is Dr. Theron Williams 

100

What better place to start than the Beginning

What is Genesis?

100

 In this Book of the Bible you will find this verse: "His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters."

What is Revelations 1:15?

200

A true friend shows love at all times ...

... and is a brother who is born for times of distress
Proverbs 17:17

200

Why were Adam and Eve expelled from Eden

They disobeyed Jehovah by eating of the forbidden fruit.

(Gen 3:6)

200

I was called the "beloved physician"

Who is Luke?

(Colossians 4:14)

200

My name means "dove"

Jehovah gave me a lesson in mercy

I had an encounter with a fish

Who was Jonah?

(IT 98)

200

I am full of music and songs

What are Psalms?

200

a song about a king who fell in love with a simple country girl but she loved a shepherd boy - so the king lost out

What is Song of Solomon?

300

[Love] bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. ...

Love never fails.
1 Corinthians 13:7,8

300

Jehovah gave this as a sign he would never again destroy the earth by a flood.

The Rainbow (or Rainbow Covenant)

(Genesis 9:13)

300

Pilate set him free in place of Jesus

Who was Barabbas?

(Matthew 27:26)

300

In 1987, Dr. Rebecca Cann and her team of geneticists, discovered the mitochondria DNA of this biblical person in Southern Africa 100,000+ years ago confirming the African lineage of the mother of humanity. 

Who is Eve

300

I offer wisdom and discipline

What are Proverbs?

300

Integrity under trial

What is the book of Job?

400

Trust in Jehovah with all your heart, and ...

... do not rely on your own understanding.
Proverbs 3:5

400

The last days end with this global event

What is Armaggedon

400

I ate locusts and wild honey

Who was John the Baptist?

(Matthew 3:4)

400

I said, "Look! Jehovah's slave girl"

Who is Mary?

(Luke 1:38)

400

This continent has more Hebrew descendants than any other place in the world.


What is Africa

400

The number of books of the bible

What is 66

400

The book after Psalms

What is Proverbs

500

Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them.  And ...

... he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.
Revelation 21:3,4

500

The number of stones David put in his pouch when confronting Goliath?

What is 5?

(1 Samuel 17:40)

500

I was not a prophet nor the son of a prophet; but I was a herdsman, and I took care of sycamore fig trees.

Who was Amos?

(Amos 7:14)

500

I warned people to turn away from bad but they did not listen until the day of the deluge - but then it was too late

Who was Noah?

(Luke 17:27; 2 Peter 2:5)

500

The last book of the Hebrew scriptures (some call them the "Old Testament"

What is Malachi?

500

Faith without works is dead

James

(specifically 2:17)

600

And no resident will say: “I am sick.”  The ...

... people dwelling in the land will be pardoned for their error.
Isaiah 33:24

600

Jesus saw me under the fig tree

Who is Nathaniel?

(John 1:48)

600

I liked smooth stones, and was really good at slinging them.

Although I made some major mistakes and suffered for them, I am known primarily as a righteous man, agreeable to Jehovah's heart.


Who was David?

(IT 585)

600

This famous scholar said this: the Negro is born with a veil and gifted with second-sight in this American world,- a world which yields him no true self-consciousness, but only lets him see himself through the revelation of the other world. It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this is the sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others, of measuring one’s soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity. One ever feels his twoness, - an American, a Negro two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength keeps it from being torn asunder

Who is W.E.B. DuBoise 

600

Known for saying "order in the court"

What are Judges?

600

Everything is vanity and a chasing after the wind

What is Ecclesiastes?

700

The meek will possess the earth, and ...

... they will find exquisite delight in the abundance of peace.
Psalm 37:11?

700

Why did Jephthah weep when he saw his daughter?

Jephthah vowed to give the first person to greet him to Jehovah

(Judges 11:30-35)

700

My name means "Gift of Jehovah"

I was known as Levi

I use to be a tax collector, but then I was chosen by Jesus.

Who is Matthew?

(IT 352)

700

My wife was a nag.  And a really bad hair stylist.

Who was Samson?

(Judges 16:16-19)

700

In the recent PBS Series, The Black Church, it was said that the Martin Luther King Jr was so influenced by this African American Theologian that he carried around his book, 'Jesus and the Disinherited." 

Who is Howard Thurman 

700

These are the Synoptic Gospels 

What are Matthew, Mark, and Luke?

700

Expresses grief at the siege, capture, and destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar

Full of regret and sorrow

What is Lamentations?

800

All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial ...

... for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness.
2 Timothy 3:16

800

The 5 world powers foretold by Daniel

(hint, Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Iron/clay)

Gold: Babylon

Silver: Medo Persia

Copper: Greece

Iron: Rome

Iron/clay: Anglo-America

800

Beautiful and Bold

Who is Esther?

(IT 761)

800

I was Jacob's second wife.

Joseph and Benjamin's mother.

Who was Rachel?

(IT 726)

800

In the recent PBS Special the Black Church, it was mentioned that this woman was the first authorized female preacher in the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1817.  

Who is Jarena Lee

800

Book of the Law

What is Leviticus?

800

My name means "Jehovah is God"

Who is Joel?

900

Go, therefore, and make disciples of people of all the nations...

baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit.
Matthew 28:19

900

After Korah rebelled, Jehovah made Aaron's rod blossom with flowers, buds, and ripe ___

almonds.

(Numbers 17:8)

900

I said: “Here I am! Send me!”

Who was Isaiah?

(Isaiah 6:8)

900

I was a faithful daughter-in-law.

I married Boaz, and became an ancestress of Jesus.

Who is Ruth?

(IT 828)

900

In Numbers 12:1, Moses married this woman from the land of Cush. 

Who is Zipporah

900

I am actually not a book, but a letter written from Greece, most probably from Corinth

What is Romans?

900

My name means "God strengthens", and I am also called "son of man" over 90 times

Who is Jeremiah?

1000

Keep on, then, seeking first the Kingdom and ...

his righteousness, and all these other things will be added to you
Matthew 6:33

1000

On the last day of Belshazzar's life, Jehovah wrote these words on a wall

What are "MEʹNE, MEʹNE, TEʹKEL, and PARʹSIN."

(Daniel 5:22)

1000

Peninnah made my life miserable.

When Eli saw me pouring out my heart to Jehovah, he first accused me of drunkenness.  

Who was Hannah?

(1 Samuel 1:6, 13)

1000

My mother's name was Mary and her home was used as a meeting place.

Paul refused to take me along on his second missionary tour.

While I don't admit to it, most people say I left my garment behind and got away naked

Who is Mark?

(IT 320)

1000

This renowned former slave and American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman said, "One and God is a majority." 

Who is Frederick Douglass

1000

I declare:  that God is not partial

What is Acts?

1000

My name means "My Judge is God"

Who is Daniel?

1100

Whoever does not love has not come to know God, because ...

...God is love.
1 John 4:8

1100

How long did it take for Nehemiah to rebuild Jerusalem's walls

52 days

(IT 486)

1100

I asked Jesus how many times are we to forgive our brother?

Who was Peter?

(Matthew 18:21)

1100

This was the first black church in America. 

What is the First African Church or the First African Baptist Church. 

1100

I declare Paul to be "an apostle, neither from men nor through a man, but through Jesus Christ and god the Father" and it was written in "large letters with Paul's own hands"...

What is Galatians?

1100

My name means "Object of Hostility", yet I was known for my integrity.

Who is Job?

1200

For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that ...

... everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life.
John 3:16

1200

The number of Israelite men to cross the Red Sea in 1513 bc

about 600,000 men on foot, besides children. 

And a vast mixed company also went with them, as well as flocks and herds, a great number of livestock.

(Exodus 12:37, 38)

1200

I was daughter of Bethuel the son of Nahor.

My brother’s name was Laban.

I was married to Isaac

Who was Rebekah?

(IT 756)

1200

I was sanctified as a prophet before my birth.

I foretold the desolation of Judah and Jerusalem by Babylon, and I lived through it.

Who was Jeremiah?

(IT 30.6)

1200

She was an African-American educator, orator, religious leader, civil rights activist, feminist, and businesswoman in the United States. Her speech "How the Sisters Are Hindered from Helping," at the 1900 National Baptist Convention in Virginia, instantly won her fame and recognition.

Who is Nannie Helen Burroughs 

1200

The shortest book of the bible

3 John

1200

We were remembered for our faithful work, loving labor and endurance and because we became imitators of the Lord

What is 1 of Thessalonians?

1300

This means everlasting life, their coming to know you, the only true God, and ...

... the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
John 17:3

1300

When called to Ninevah, Jonah instead ran to this city

What is Tarshish

(Jonah 1:3)


1300

When the angel said I would have a son, I thought he was joking! I was WAY too old.

One year later I became mother to Isaac.   I was 90 years old and my husband was 100.

Who was Sarah?

(Genesis 18:12; 21:5)

1300

I gave someone a nice warm drink, and a cold stake.

1300

In 1961, Gardner Taylor, Ralph Albernathy, Martin Luther King Sr., Martin Luther King Jr., Benjamin Mays and some other 30 delegates from across the country broke away from the National Baptist Convention to form a new Christian Movement that was progressive, forward thinking organization that undergirded the civil rights movement. 

What is the Progressive National Baptist Convention (PNBC) 

1300

The Pentateuch 

What are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy?

1300

WRITTEN in the Plains of MOAB

What is Deuteronomy?


1400

And stop being molded by this system of things, but be transformed by making your mind over, so that you may ...

prove to yourselves the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2

1400

On the last night of Jesus' life, Peter cut off this man's right ear.

Who is Malchus (a slave to the high priest)

(John 18:10)

1400

My name means "rebel"

I was known as a mighty hunter in defiance of Jehovah

I built the tower of Babel

Who was Nimrod

(IT 503)

1400

Jehovah made me eat a scroll.  It was delicious.

Jehovah made my "forehead" hard like diamond.

Among other amazing visions, Jehovah showed me his celestial chariot.

Who was Ezekiel

(Ezekiel 1:4-28; 3:3, 9)

1400

The term "Hebrew" first appeared in what Book and chapter 

What is Genesis 14:13

1400

Bible books that start with the letter "Z"

What are Zephaniah and Zechariah?

1400

I am one of Jesus half brothers and I wrote this book

Who was Jude or James?

1500

But become kind to one another, tenderly compassionate, freely forgiving one another ...

... just as God also by Christ freely forgave you.
Ephesians 4:32

1500

Daily Double! (two part question)

On the day of Atonement, one goat is sent away "for Azazel"...

Q1:  That goat prefigured ____ (who)

Q2:  That goat became the source for this common english term:   

Q1:  Jesus

Q2:  Scapegoat

(IT 225, 226)

1500

Arabian traditions claim that one of my sons was also the progenitor of the Chinese peoples.

I am one of Noah's sons

Shem and I covered my father with a garment

Who was Japheth?

(IT 1255)

1500

I was father to Methuselah

I walked with God

I did not see death

Who was Enoch?

(IT 729.2)

1500

In what Book of the Bible does the term "Jew" first appear?

What is Ezra 4:23 or Esther 2:5. 

1500

List the 5 "Poetic Books"

What are Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon (or Canticles)

(Study bible introduction: Question 19)

1500

List the 8 "Sections" of bible books 

(hint, the first is "Pentateuch")

Hebrew Scriptures
1: Pentateuch
2: Historical books
3: Poetic books
4: Prophetic books

Christian Greek Scriptures
5: The Four Gospels
6: Acts of Apostles
7: Letters
9: Revelation

(Study bible introduction, Question 19)

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