Are You as Bible-Savvy as a Fifth Grader?

This is the quiz I administered to my students after we completed a Bible Skills series, such as the one we’ve been covering in this blog. It can be an interesting game if you cut the individual questions into strips, toss them in a box, have each student draw out a question to read and answer. You can also reverse the format, calling out an answer and requiring “Jeopardy” style questions as response.

1.      Name the first and last books of the New Testament.

2.      Which book tells the history of the early Church?

3.      Name the four gospels.

4.      Why are they called gospels?

5.      How many letters did Paul write to believers?

6.      Which is the book about “better things”?

7.      Name Paul’s first three letters in the New Testament.

8.      What does “epistle” mean?

9.      Name the 4 books that follow 1^st and 2^nd Corinthians.

10.   What are the 3 T’s and a P?

11.   Name the 7 general epistles

12.   Which New Testament book is called prophecy?

13.   Which books were written by brothers of Jesus?

14.   How many books in the New Testament did John write?

15.   Who wrote the Acts?

16.   How many chapters in Jude?

17.   One New Testament writer was a doctor. Which one?

18.   Which book was written by a former tax collector?

19.   Why are the books in the Bible arranged the way they are?

20.   What does the word “gospel” really mean?

21.   What is prophecy?

22.   What are the books of Old Testament Law?

23.   Who wrote the 5 books of the Law?

24.   Which is the book of beginnings?

25.   Name the 12 books of Old Testament history.

26.   What was Joshua’s mission?

27.   Which is the book about suffering?

28.   Name the 5 Old Testament books of poetry.

29.   One man wrote 3 of the poetic books. Who was he? Which books?

30.   Which book was mostly written by Israel’s greatest king? Who was he?

31.   Where did Solomon learn the Bible doctrine that he wrote about?

32.   Who wrote Lamentations?

33.   What does Lamentations mean?

34.   Name the first 5 books of prophecy (Major Prophets).

35.   Name the two prophets who were carried away captive when they were children.

36.   How many books in the Old Testament?

37.   How many books in the New Testament?

38.   What is our formula for remembering the number of books in the Bible?

39.   What does the word Ecclesiastes mean?

40.   Which book is about human love?

41.   Name all 12 of the Minor Prophets.


Keep scrolling down for answer sheet. These sections should print on separate pages.

Bible-Savvy Answer Sheet

1. Matthew, Revelation
2. Acts
3. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
4. They tell of the life and work of Jesus Christ on Earth.
5. 13
6. Hebrews
7. Romans, 1^st & 2^nd Corinthians
8. Letter
9. Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians
10. 1^st & 2^nd Thessalonians, 1^st & 2^nd Timothy, Titus, Philemon
11. James, 1^st & 2^nd Peter, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd John, Jude
12. The Revelation
13. James and Jude
14. Five. John’s Gospel, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd John and The Revelation
15. Luke
16. One
17. Luke
18. Matthew
19. Longest to shortest
20. Good News
21. Future things
22. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
23. Moses
24. Genesis
25. Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1^st & 2^nd Samuel, 1^st & 2^nd Kings, 1^st & 2^nd Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther
26. He led the children of Israel into the Promised Land
27. Job
28. Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon
29. Solomon. Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon
30. Psalms. David
31. From his father, David
32. Jeremiah
33. Weeping, mourning
34. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel
35. Ezekiel, Daniel
36. 39
37. 27
38. 3 x 9 = 27.   39 + 27 =66
39. Preacher
40. Song of Solomon
41. Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi