Random questions
What is my dad's official first name?
Vyacheslav
Who was Moses' sister?
Miriam
Who is assumed to be "the disciple whom Jesus loved"?
John
(Fun fact that most of you probably already know: the Bible doesn't explicitly state that "the disciple whom Jesus loved" is John.)
Name an instrument Yo-Yo Ma's sister plays.
Violin/Piano.
Your team gets these points + an advantage:
Your team can privately hear half of any question of choice.
Alphabet
Write the quadratic formula on a sheet of paper.
BONUS POINTS (100): What is the standard form of a circle?
(-b ± √(b² - 4ac)) / 2a
BONUS QUESTION: (x - h)² + (y - k)² = r²
How old was Moses when he died?
120 years old
Which two disciples wanted to sit to the right and left of Jesus' throne in heaven?
James and John, sons of Zebedee
How many milliliters (mL) is one cubic centimeter (cm3)?
1 mL = 1 cm3! They're equal!
Your team gets these points + an advantage:
Your team gets a single-use hint. You can only use it if your team chose the question. You may not use it when stealing.
I can be cracked, made, told and played. What am I?
A joke
What's a highly used sheet music library where everyone can upload "Scores"
MuseScore
Who was Moses' father-in-law?
Jethro
Pick ONE person to name 7 of Jesus' disciples within 30 seconds
Peter, Andrew, James (son of Zebedee), John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James (son of Alphaeus), Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot
Your team gets to pick the question for the other team's next turn.
If they answer it right, they get these points, plus the points from the question you picked. If they answer it wrong, you get all of the points, so pick something hard.
(If this is the last remaining question, you get free 500 points.)
The letter R
What's the capital of Alaska?
Juneau
Which Psalm was written by Moses?
Psalm 90
Who were the two people, one of whom was chosen to replace Judas Iscariot? (300 points for each)
Barsabbas/Justus and Matthias
Pick a person from each team with good table-top game (not board game) skills
You get 1 minute to play pucket. Whoever has the least pucks on their side by the end of the minute wins these points, plus an advantage:
You can lock a category only once at any point in the game.
In a bus, there is a 26-year-old pregnant lady, a 30-year-old policeman, a 52-year-old random woman, and the driver who is 65 years old. Who is the youngest?
The baby of the pregnant lady.
Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79 and devastated which two Roman cities?
100 points for the well-known city & 600 points for the less known city.
(1 min, 45 sec to think)
Pompeii (100) and Herculaneum (600)
Who were Moses' original parents (not in-laws)?
(250 points for his father, 250 points for mother)
Amram and Jochebed
How many books of the Bible have the names of any of Jesus' 12 disciples in their titles?
8
If your team answers this question right, you get these points and an extra advantage for later in the game. YOU GET 1 MINUTE, 45 SECONDS TO THINK.
What is the next number in this sequence?
1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, ?
Hint: Read the numbers out loud, but don’t focus on their value—focus on what they say.
312211
YOUR ADVANTAGE: Once there are FIVE questions left, you get to reserve 1 out of the 5 questions for your team, or you can choose to reserve 2 questions right now. Also, you can, but you don't have to choose the reserved questions as soon as it's your turn.
If this is the last question and you got it right, you get 1150 points. If there are fewer than 5 questions but more than 1 question left, you still get to reserve 1.
A shepherd must cross a river with a wolf, a goat, and a lettuce, but his boat can only carry one at a time. How can he get them all across safely without the wolf eating the goat or the goat eating the lettuce?
Goat across
Return alone
Wolf/lettuce across
Goat back
Lettuce/wolf across
Return alone
Goat across