John the Baptist Quiz — 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.Who were John the Baptist's parents?
- A. Joseph and Mary
- B. Zacharias and Elisabeth ✓
- C. Eli and Hannah
- D. Joachim and Anna
Answer: Zacharias and Elisabeth
And his wife Elisabeth… shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
Q2.Which angel announced John's birth?
- A. Michael
- B. Raphael
- C. Gabriel ✓
- D. Uriel
Answer: Gabriel
I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God.
Q3.What was John's clothing made of?
- A. Fine linen
- B. Camel's hair ✓
- C. Sheepskin
- D. Sackcloth
Answer: Camel's hair
And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair.
Q4.What did John eat in the wilderness?
- A. Bread and fish
- B. Locusts and wild honey ✓
- C. Manna
- D. Figs and olives
Answer: Locusts and wild honey
And his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Q5.What prophet foretold John as 'the voice of one crying in the wilderness'?
- A. Jeremiah
- B. Isaiah ✓
- C. Malachi
- D. Ezekiel
Answer: Isaiah
This is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias.
Q6.In what river did John baptize?
- A. Nile
- B. Euphrates
- C. Jordan ✓
- D. Kishon
Answer: Jordan
And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
Q7.What did John call Jesus when he saw Him coming?
- A. The Son of Man
- B. The Lamb of God ✓
- C. The Holy One
- D. The Christ
Answer: The Lamb of God
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Q8.What ruler imprisoned John?
- A. Herod the Great
- B. Herod Antipas ✓
- C. Herod Agrippa
- D. Pontius Pilate
Answer: Herod Antipas
For Herod… had bound him in prison for Herodias' sake.
Q9.Whose daughter danced and asked for John's head?
- A. Jezebel's
- B. Bernice's
- C. Herodias's ✓
- D. Salome's mother Herodias
Answer: Herodias's
The daughter of… Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
Q10.How did Jesus describe John?
- A. The least in the kingdom
- B. Greater than any born of women ✓
- C. A reed shaken with the wind
- D. A scribe of the law
Answer: Greater than any born of women
Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist.