Stories in Daniel
What are the names of Daniel’s three friends?
Shadrach, Meschach, and Abednego
About how many years are between the Old and New Testament?
A. 200
B. 300
C. 400
D. 500
C. 400
In Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of the statue, what broke the statue?
A Rock!
Bonus: Who did that Rock represent and what did it become?
__________ ___________ TEKEL PARSIN
Mene (x2)
Bonus: Fill in the blanks for 50 points each
Mene- God had ______________ your days
Tekel- You have been ____________ in the balances and found wanting
Parsin/Peres- Your kingdom is _____________
What is an example of a way you can stay spiritually clean?
Watch and read good things; read the Bible; stay accountable to your parents, siblings, friends, etc.; pray; go to church; choose a healthy life; and more!
bOnUs: Draw a really dirty person in 30 seconds (TEAM)
What king turned wild for a time before being restored?
Nebuchadnezzar
What was the name of the very famous Greek leader who conquered Medo-Persia and established a widespread Greek Empire?
Alexander the Great
What did Nebuchadnezzar dream about that represented his coming curse of madness?
A. A lion
B. A cheetah
C. A shrub
D. A tree
“The head of this image was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its middle and thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of ________.”
Clay
How can we be sure the Bible is true and means what it says?
There are many proofs and reasons to find scientific validity in Scripture; but it ultimately comes down to having FAITH!
Bonus: 30 seconds to write the word Faith in your bestest handwriting ever (TEAM)
How many times more than usual was the furnace heated to by Nebuchadnezzar to kill Daniel’s friends?
7
Bonus: How many days was Daniel in the Lion’s Den?
What was the name of the Greek Ptolemaic king who tortured and killed many Jews, sacrificed a pig in the Temple and disrupter the regular sacrifice?
Antiochus Epiphanes
Bonus: What book in the Apocrypha talks about the historical revolt of the Jews against this leader? (It’s the basis for Hanukkah)
What two animals fighting did Daniel have a vision about that corresponded with the kingdoms of Persia and Greece?
A Ram and a Goat
Bonus: How many horns total appear in this vision? Hint: it‘s less than 10.
“I, ___________________, was at ease in my house and prospering in my palace.”
Nebuchadnezzar!
Bonus: How is his authorship likely a proof that he was indeed saved?
What is the term used for describing the way Biblical prophecy often has a near fulfillment and one or more far fulfillments?
telescoping
Bonus: 30 seconds to draw a really really good telescope (individual!)
What was the main reason Daniel and his friends did not eat the king’s food?
It was unclean!
For a 100 points a piece, name the four kingdoms mentioned and prophecies in Daniel in order before the arrival of Christ?
Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome
What are the four beasts that Daniel has a vision about?
A lion, a bear, a leopard, and a great beast
Bonus: Which beast represented Greece and conspicuously had four heads and four wings (corresponding to the four generals who divided the kingdom?)
“When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward _______________”
Jerusalem
Why does God purposefully write prophecy in a seemingly confusing way? (Multiple answers are good here…)
To get us to trust Him and His Word, to let us understand it’s ok we don’t know anything, to give us an assurance of faith as modern readers knowing these things were fulfilled, etc.
Bonus: In 30 seconds, draw the other drawer (TEAM)
What was the name of the “king” of Babylon during the Handwriting on the Wall story?
Belshazzar
Bonus: What was Daniel’s very similar Babylonian name?
Out of the three kings mentioned in the historical stories portion of Daniel, which one is not easy to identify with a historical figure?
Darius (a co-regent, governor, or perhaps a weird uncle, a code name, who knows!)
Bonus: Who was the king of Persia who was the overall king at the time and let the first wave of Jews go back to Jerusalem?
What is the multiple-word name for God used in Daniel 7 when He gives dominion to the Son of Man?
Ancient of Days
Bonus: What is the multiple-word term used to describe the desecration of the Temple that Jesus later uses in the Gospel? The __________ of ___________
“How long shall it be till the end of these wonders?……he raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven and swore by Him who lives forever that it would be for a ______, _______, and _______ a ________.”
a time, times, and half a time
Bonus: With some calculating, this time length relates to events in which Bible books?
For 100 points a piece:
-What was destroyed in 70 AD?
-Who desecrated the temple then?
-What did it signify an official end to?
-What did it signify the semi-official beginning of (sort of kind of probably)?
-Why is the belief in this historical event’s significance important for end times studies and why is it not super important?
-Jerusalem, Temple
-Titus
-The Old Covenant
-Christ’s coming as King and the spreading of the Kingdom
-It gives us clear vision that our faith is for everyone who repents and believes and that we don’t need to be constantly worried about the end times. It’s also not important in the sense that it doesn’t change what we ought to be doing right now- evangelizing and discipling!
Bonus: Guess Mr. T or Mrs. Emily’s ages for a chance at 50 pts a piece! Good luck.