Bible Challenge

I love to watch "Jeopardy" every chance I get. In fact, I even have the game on my computer.

Lately I have been appalled at the contestants that cannot answer the easiest of questions on the Bible. So I have decided to make Wednesdays Bible Jeopardy day. On Wednesdays I will ask 20 questions from the Bible and the place where you can find the answers. I will alternate weeks between Old Testament and New Testament and give you the reference where the answer may be found if you don't know it.

I think this may be fun as well as educational. If I didn't own the "Bible Challenge" game (which I found cleaning out a closet), I wouldn't know the answers to many of the questions. Here are this week's questions:

1. What did Pharaoh request of the Hebrew midwives Shiphrah and Puah? Exodus 1: 15-16

2. Where was the tower of Babel? Genesis 11:2

3. How long was David king? I Kings 2:11

4. Where did the Lord tell Cyrus to build him a house? Ezra 1:2

5. Who prepared a sacrifice and then ordered twelve barrels of water poured on it? I Kings 18:31-35

6. Who wrote Ecclesiastes? In introduction to book

7. Why did Joseph's brothers come to Egypt? Genesis 41:57

8. Who said, "Treason. Treason"? 2 Chronicles 23:13

9. Who was Absalom's sister? 2 Samuel 13:1

10. What happened at Jericho when the children of Israel shouted at Joshua's command? Joshua 6:20

11. Where did Moses send 12 men to spy? Numbers 13:1

12. What symbol of power was Moses known to carry? Exodus 4:2

13. Who were Noah's sons? Genesis 9:18

14. The name of which book of the Bible is derived from one of the sons of Jacob? a book of laws

15. Was the report that the Queen of Sheba heard about Solomon true? 1 Kings 10:6

16. Where did the Lord tell Jonah to go? Jonah 1:12

17. To whom did the Lord say "Get them out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee"? Genesis 12:1

18. What is another name for the Ten Commandments? Exodus 20: 1-17

19. Nehemiah came to rebuild the walls of which city? Nehemiah 2:17

20. What was the sign of God's promise that the world would never again be destroyed by a flood? Genesis 9:15

Like Jeff Foxworthy says on "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?", "I know that's the right answer because I have it written on this card here." That is the only way I knew some of these answers.

Please take time to try to answer all 20 questions. It might be fun and we just might learn something (I know I have just typing the questions.). Who knows? You may be on "Jeopardy" sometime and the final Jeopardy category is "The Old Testament". You could win thousands of dollars. Or we may just learn a little more about God's Word. Either way it is worth the time.