Biblical Heroes
Who is known as the “father of many nations” in the Bible?
Who is Abraham?
"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
This U.S. Founding Father, known for his role in drafting the Declaration of Independence, shares his name with the Biblical "doubting" apostle.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This Greek hero is known for his strength and his twelve labors, including slaying the Nemean lion.
Who is Hercules?
This city was known for its wealth and was home to the temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
What is Ephesus?
This prophet was swallowed by a large fish when he tried to run from God’s call.
Who is Jonah?
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress."
Who is Albert Einstein?
This English physicist, who developed the laws of motion and gravity, shares his first name with a famous prophet who led the Israelites into the Promised Land.
Who is Isaac Newton?
This Norse god is associated with thunder and wielded a powerful hammer called Mjölnir.
Who is Thor?
This desert is where the Israelites wandered for 40 years before entering the Promised Land.
What is the Sinai Desert?
This courageous woman saved her people by approaching the king, even though it could have meant her death.
Who is Esther
This ancient Greek philosopher is credited with the saying, "The unexamined life is not worth living."
Who is Socrates?
This Russian writer of War and Peace, named after an Old Testament prophet, is one of the giants of world literature
Who is Leo Tolstoy? (Leo is often associated with Daniel due to “lion’s den,” or Leonid for “lion-like”)
The final Egyptian Pharaoh. After her reign, Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire, marking the end of the Hellenistic Era.
Who is Cleopatra?
This ancient city was the capital of the Assyrian Empire and is often associated with the prophet Jonah.
What is Nineveh?
A judge and prophetess, she led Israel to victory over the Canaanites with the help of a commander named Barak.
Who is Deborah?
This former British Prime Minister stated, "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."
Who is Winston Churchill?
This South African leader and Nobel laureate shares his name with a Biblical prophet known for anointing kings.
Who is Desmond Tutu?
In Hindu mythology, this multi-headed serpent is said to hold up the world and is associated with water and creation.
What is Vasuki?
This region, often referred to as a land flowing with milk and honey, was promised to Abraham and his descendants.
What is Canaan?
He was the prophet who confronted King David after his sin with Bathsheba, using a parable about a rich man and a poor man.
Who is Nathan?
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This Irish playwright and Nobel laureate, known for works like Waiting for Godot, shares his name with a prophet who anointed the first two kings of Israel.
Who is Samuel Beckett?
This figure from Japanese mythology is a malevolent spirit known for bringing misfortune and calamity, often depicted as a demon or ogre
What is an Oni?
This ancient city, known for its sorcery and magic, is mentioned in the New Testament and was famously associated with Simon the Sorcerer.
What is Samaria?