Biblical Characters
Brain Teasers by Matthew Mansour
Connecting the Old and New
Saints
Bible or Cap
100

Who was the rational gate to heaven?

St. Mary

100

What has hands and a face but cannot hold anything or smile

A clock

100

Which book contains the most prophecies about Christ?

Isaiah

100

Which saint carried a sackcloth with a hole in it to a council with monks?

St. Moses

100

God will not give you more than you can handle.

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"but with the temptation will make the way of escape" 1 Corinthians 10:13

200

Who deceived his father and was then deceived by his sons?

Jacob

200

The more you take the more you leave behind. What are they?

Footsteps

200

What was the first veiled prophecy of the sacrifice of Christ?

When God killed an animal to cover Adam and Eve from their shame

200

Who was the pope during the Council of Chalcedon?

Pope Dioscorus

200

"Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred"

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Martin Luther King Jr

300

Who am I? I was a king and a priest. I blessed Abraham and was given 10% of everything.

Melchizedek
300

In my hand, I have two coins that are newly minted. Together, they total 30 cents. One isn't a nickel. What are the coins?

Quarter and a nickel

300

What was another symbol of the eucharist in genesis other than the manna? (specifically with Abraham)

The bread and wine Melchizedek offered Abraham

300

What was the profession of St. Verena?

Nurse on missionaries

300

The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender

Proverbs 22:7

400

Which son of Noah leads to Abram (later known as Abraham)?

Shem

400

What are the next 3 letters in the following sequence: J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A

S, O, N, D: these are the initials of the months

400

Which two characters had a similar role of tending and cultivating a garden?

Jesus and Adam 

(Gen 2:15) (Isaiah 5:1-2) (John 15:1) (2 Timothy 2:6)

400

Who was the first pope ordained by St. Mark?

St. Anianus
400

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity

Proverbs 17:17
500

Who am I? My first husband was wicked in the sight of the Lord and was killed. My second husband also displeased the Lord and was killed. I was promised a third husband from my father-in-law. I deceived my father-in-law as a prostitute?

Tamara

500

What do you throw out when you want to use it but take in when you don't want to use it?

an anchor 

a fishing rod

500

Why specifically did the pharisees buy a Potter's land? 

Hint: Matthew references this prophecy. Think of punishment to those who have filled this place with innocent blood

I will break this people and this city as one breaks a potter's vessel.

It can never be whole again Jeremiah 19:11

500

Who found St. Mary of Egypt in the desert?

St. Zosimas

500

The secret of Joy is Christ in me. Not me in different circumstances

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Elisabeth Elliot

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