Judas Iscariot Bible 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.Whose son was Judas Iscariot?
- A. Alphaeus
- B. Simon ✓
- C. Zebedee
- D. Cleopas
Answer: Simon
John 6:71 (KJV) — 'He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon.'
Q2.What office did Judas hold among the disciples?
- A. He kept the bag (treasurer) ✓
- B. He led prayer
- C. He recorded miracles
- D. He healed the sick
Answer: He kept the bag (treasurer)
John 12:6 (KJV) — 'He was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.'
Q3.For how many pieces of silver did Judas betray Jesus?
- A. Twenty
- B. Thirty ✓
- C. Forty
- D. Fifty
Answer: Thirty
Matthew 26:15 (KJV) — 'They covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.'
Q4.By what sign did Judas identify Jesus to the soldiers?
- A. A word
- B. A kiss ✓
- C. A pointed finger
- D. A bow
Answer: A kiss
Matthew 26:48 (KJV) — 'Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he.'
Q5.At the Last Supper, what did Jesus give Judas as a sign of his betrayer?
- A. A cup
- B. A sop ✓
- C. A coin
- D. A loaf
Answer: A sop
John 13:26 (KJV) — 'He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it.'
Q6.What did Judas do with the thirty pieces of silver afterward?
- A. Hid them
- B. Cast them down in the temple ✓
- C. Gave them to the poor
- D. Returned them to Jesus' mother
Answer: Cast them down in the temple
Matthew 27:5 (KJV) — 'He cast down the pieces of silver in the temple.'
Q7.How did Judas die, according to Matthew?
- A. By the sword
- B. He hanged himself ✓
- C. He drowned
- D. He was stoned
Answer: He hanged himself
Matthew 27:5 (KJV) — He 'went and hanged himself.'
Q8.What was bought with Judas' silver?
- A. A vineyard
- B. The potter's field ✓
- C. A garment
- D. A house
Answer: The potter's field
Matthew 27:7 (KJV) — 'They bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.'
Q9.Who replaced Judas as the twelfth apostle?
- A. Barnabas
- B. Matthias ✓
- C. Paul
- D. Stephen
Answer: Matthias
Acts 1:26 (KJV) — 'The lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.'
Q10.What does Jesus call Judas in John 17?
- A. The lost
- B. The son of perdition ✓
- C. The accuser
- D. The traitor
Answer: The son of perdition
John 17:12 (KJV) — 'None of them is lost, but the son of perdition.'