Noah's Ark Quiz for Kids — Questions & Answers
All 10 questions with the correct answer, a one-sentence explanation, and the King James verse reference. Use this page as an answer key, a study sheet, or a quick review.
Q1.Who told Noah to build the ark?
- A. His father
- B. God ✓
- C. His friend
- D. The king
Answer: God
God spoke to Noah and told him to build the ark.
Q2.What was the ark made of?
- A. Stone
- B. Gold
- C. Gopher wood ✓
- D. Iron
Answer: Gopher wood
Make thee an ark of gopher wood.
Q3.How many of each kind of animal came into the ark?
- A. One
- B. Two ✓
- C. Five
- D. Ten
Answer: Two
They came in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female.
Q4.How many days and nights did it rain?
- A. 7
- B. 12
- C. 30
- D. 40 ✓
Answer: 40
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Q5.Who came into the ark with Noah?
- A. His family ✓
- B. Just his sons
- C. Only his wife
- D. Nobody
Answer: His family
Noah, his wife, his three sons, and their wives all came into the ark.
Q6.What bird did Noah send out first?
- A. Dove
- B. Sparrow
- C. Raven ✓
- D. Eagle
Answer: Raven
And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro.
Q7.What did the dove bring back in its mouth?
- A. A fish
- B. An olive leaf ✓
- C. A flower
- D. A worm
Answer: An olive leaf
And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf.
Q8.What sign did God put in the sky as a promise?
- A. A star
- B. A cloud
- C. A rainbow ✓
- D. The sun
Answer: A rainbow
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant.
Q9.On what mountain did the ark rest?
- A. Mount Sinai
- B. Mount Ararat ✓
- C. Mount Zion
- D. Mount Olive
Answer: Mount Ararat
And the ark rested... upon the mountains of Ararat.
Q10.Why did God send the flood?
- A. For fun
- B. Because people were very wicked ✓
- C. To water the trees
- D. By accident
Answer: Because people were very wicked
The earth was filled with violence, so God sent the flood.