Old Testament
Clue: This man is the first person in Scripture recorded as being “taken by God” so that he did not experience death.
Reference: Genesis 5:24
Answer: Who is Enoch
Clue: This man carried Paul’s letter to the Colossians and is called a “faithful minister.”
Reference: Colossians 1:7
Answer: Who is Epaphras
Clue: This book commands Israel not to boil a young goat in its mother’s milk — a law repeated three separate times.
Reference: Exodus 23:19; Exodus 34:26; Deuteronomy 14:21
Answer: What is the Law of Moses
Riddle:
I walked with God, then I was gone,
No grave, no stone to mark my lawn.
In Genesis’ list of those who died,
I simply “was not,” though once alive.
Who am I?
Answer: Enoch
Reference: Genesis 5:21–24
Clue: This king reigned only three months before being taken captive to Babylon.
Reference: 2 Kings 24:8–12
Answer: Who is Jehoiachin
Clue: This couple was struck dead for lying about the price of their land.
Reference: Acts 5:1–10
Answer: Who are Ananias and Sapphira
Clue: This law required a man to marry his deceased brother’s widow to produce offspring in his brother’s name.
Reference: Deuteronomy 25:5–6
Answer: What is levirate marriage
Riddle:
I spoke to God, my face aglow,
So bright they feared the light would show.
A veil I wore for fading shine,
Yet law and tablets once were mine.
Who am I?
Answer: Moses
Reference: Exodus 34:29–35
Clue: This prophet saw a vision of a lampstand of gold with two olive trees beside it.
Reference: Zechariah 4:1–3
Answer: Who is Zechariah
Clue: This young man is mentioned by Paul as having deserted him during a missionary journey.
Reference: Acts 13:13; 2 Timothy 4:11
Answer: Who is John Mark
Clue: This law required Israelites to build parapets around their roofs to prevent bloodguilt.
Reference: Deuteronomy 22:8
Answer: What is the rooftop safety law
Riddle:
I slept through preaching, late at night,
A window seat, a fatal height.
I fell, they screamed, “The boy is dead!”
But lived again, by hands instead.
Who am I?
Answer: Eutychus
Reference: Acts 20:7–12
Clue: This judge killed 600 Philistines with an ox goad.
Reference: Judges 3:31
Answer: Who is Shamgar
Clue: This Roman official trembled when Paul reasoned with him about righteousness, self‑control, and judgment.
Reference: Acts 24:24–25
Answer: Who is Felix
Clue: This command forbade Israelites from wearing clothing woven of two different kinds of material.
Reference: Leviticus 19:19
Answer: What is the mixed‑fabric prohibition
Riddle:
I asked for wisdom, not for gold,
My name in Proverbs often told.
The queen once traveled far to see
If all they’d heard was true of me.
Who am I?
Answer: Solomon
Reference: 1 Kings 3; 1 Kings 10:1–9
Clue: This man rebuilt Jericho at the cost of his firstborn and youngest sons, fulfilling Joshua’s curse.
Reference: 1 Kings 16:34
Answer: Who is Hiel of Bethel
Clue: This man is the only named convert in Athens after Paul preached at the Areopagus.
Reference: Acts 17:34
Answer: Who is Dionysius the Areopagite
Clue: This unusual law required a woman suspected of adultery to drink “bitter water” before the priest to determine her innocence or guilt.
Reference: Numbers 5:11–31
Answer: What is the law of the jealous husband (or ordeal of bitter water)
Double jeopardy
Riddle:
I saw a scroll fly through the sky,
A curse on thieves and those who lie.
Visions strange were shown to me,
Of horses, horns, and lampstands, three.
Who am I?
Answer: Zechariah
Reference: Zechariah 5:1–4