Memorial Day Bible Quiz — Remembrance — Questions and Answers
All 10 questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the King James Version reference. Use this page as a study guide, an answer key, or a quick review sheet.
Q1.What did Joshua set up as a memorial at Gilgal?
- A. Twelve stones from the Jordan ✓
- B. An altar of gold
- C. A pillar of fire
- D. A bronze serpent
Answer: Twelve stones from the Jordan
And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel... That this may be a sign among you; that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? (Joshua 4:5-6)
Q2.What did the LORD tell Israel to remember?
- A. Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage ✓
- B. Remember the gold of Egypt
- C. Remember Pharaoh's power
- D. Remember the plagues
Answer: Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage
And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place. (Exodus 13:3)
Q3.What does Psalm 103 tell us to forget not?
- A. All his benefits ✓
- B. Our sins
- C. Our past
- D. Our enemies
Answer: All his benefits
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. (Psalm 103:2)
Q4.What does Deuteronomy say about teaching children?
- A. Thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house ✓
- B. Let children learn on their own
- C. Teach only adults
- D. Keep it secret
Answer: Thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. (Deuteronomy 6:7)
Q5.What did Jesus say at the Last Supper about remembering Him?
- A. This do in remembrance of me ✓
- B. Forget me not
- C. Build me a monument
- D. Write my name
Answer: This do in remembrance of me
And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. (Luke 22:19)
Q6.What does Hebrews say about the great cloud of witnesses?
- A. Seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses ✓
- B. They are forgotten
- C. They are gone
- D. They are asleep
Answer: Seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us. (Hebrews 12:1)
Q7.What did Samuel set up and call Ebenezer?
- A. A stone of help ✓
- B. An altar
- C. A pillar
- D. A tabernacle
Answer: A stone of help
Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us. (1 Samuel 7:12)
Q8.What does the Passover commemorate?
- A. The LORD passing over the houses of Israel in Egypt ✓
- B. The harvest
- C. The giving of the law
- D. The building of the temple
Answer: The LORD passing over the houses of Israel in Egypt
And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations. (Exodus 12:14)
Q9.What did David say about the righteous dead?
- A. Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints ✓
- B. They are forgotten
- C. They are punished
- D. They are lost
Answer: Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. (Psalm 116:15)
Q10.What promise does Jesus give about the one who believes in Him?
- A. I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live ✓
- B. Death is the end
- C. The dead are asleep forever
- D. Only the righteous rise
Answer: I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. (John 11:25-26)