In the Beg-inning, Dog Trivia
"There will be loud wailing throughout Egypt - worse than there has ever been or ever will be again. But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any person or animal." (Exodus 11)
Which event is being described in this quotation?
a) The death of Joseph
b) The killing of every firstborn Egyptian son
c) The destruction of Sodom
d) A directive that all Pharaoh hounds be muzzled
Answer: The killing of every firstborn Egyptian son.
Exodus 11 v. 6-7
In Luke chapter 12, which five birds are sold for two copper coins?
Answer: Sparrows
Luke 12:6
"Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise," is advice for lazy people in an Old Testament book. In what book is the verse from?
Answer: Proverbs 6:6
According to Genesis 27:16, what woman put skins of goats on the hands of her son to deceive her husband?
Answer: Rebekah
Gen 27:15-17
Dogs appear only once in Jesus' parables. Who is the poor man that dreams of eating the scraps that are given to the dogs?
Answer: Lazarus
Luke 16 v. 19-21
In the Biblical book, 'Song of Solomon' which love bird is mentioned?
Answer: Turtledove
Song of Solomon 2:12
In the KJV it says turtle but it speaks about birds before.
The following statement making reference to Ten Plagues unleashed by God is from Psalm 78:45-46 in the NKJV: "He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them. He also gave their crops to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust." Who is credited with writing Psalm 78? (And no, David is not the correct answer.)
Answer: Asaph
Jesus, in the 25th chapter of Matthew, says all nations will be gathered before Him and He will "separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats." According to Verse 33, how will the sheep and the goats be separated?
Answer: Sheep on His right hand goats on the left.
Matt 25:33
"There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going: A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any; A __________; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up." (Proverbs 30 KJV) Only once does the King James translation refer to a specific breed of dog. Which name is missing from this quotation?
a) Labrador retriever
b) Greyhound
c) German shepherd
d) Basenji
Answer: Greyhound
Proverbs 30 v. 31-32
In Psalm 104, in which hilly coniferous tree, which rather sounds like a Mediterranean island, do the storks make their home?
a) Spruce
b) Fir Trees
c) Yew
d) Cedar
Answer: Fir Trees
Psalm 104:17
In Exodus 23:28, God is quoted as telling a man in the NKJV, "I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you." Who did God make the statement to?
Answer: Moses
Deut 7:20
According to Genesis 30:25-43, Jacob and Laban had an agreement in which one of them got to keep goats born speckled and spotted and the other got to keep goats born all white. Who got to keep the speckled goats as well as speckled sheep? Was it Jacob or was it Laban?
Answer: Jacob
Gen 30:32
"'Separate those who lap the water with their tongues as a dog laps from those who kneel down to drink.' Three hundred of them drank from cupped hands, lapping like dogs." (Judges 7 v. 5-6)
What was the purpose of separating those that lapped like dogs?
a) God revealed they were guilty of rebellion and should be put to death
b) They formed an army that routed the Midianites
c) The 300 were revealed to be foreigners and deported to Sparta
d) They were appointed to be shepherds within Israel
Answer: They formed an army that routed the Midianites.
Job 30 v .1
Which unfortunate bird in a simile is compared to a person who gets rich unjustly in the Book of Jeremiah?
Answer: Patridge
Jeremiah 17:10-12
"Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten," Who made this statement?
a) Jude
b) Titus
c) James
d) Philemon
Answer: James 5:1-3
In what Old Testament book do you find details about a man telling a woman her hair is like a flock of goats?
a) Proverbs
b) Ecclesiastes
c) Ruth
d) Song of Solomon
Answer: Song of Solomon 4:1
"Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet." These words are taken from a psalm that is said by Christians to prophesy the crucifixion of Jesus. Its opening line is quoted by Jesus on the cross: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Which psalm is it?
a) Psalm 11
b) Psalm 22
c) Psalm 33
d) Psalm 44
Answer: Psalm 22
In Proverbs chapter 30, ravens are depicted expressing which fearsome emotion or quality in God's nature?
a) Righteous wrath
b) Ability to overlook
c) Humility
d) Endurance
Answer: Righteour Wrath
Proverbs 30:17
What country did Israelite spies visit, saying the inhabitants made them feel like grasshoppers?
a) Canaan
b) Mesopotamia
c) Syria
d) Egypt
Answer: Canaan
Numbers 13:33
The following verse is from an Old Testament book: "The lambs will provide your clothing and the goats the price of a field." What book is the verse from?
a) Psalm
b) Proverbs
c) Esther
d) Ecclesiastes
Answer: Proverbs 27:23-27