Belshazzar 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.What did Belshazzar do at his feast?
- A. Drank wine before the thousand, and commanded the golden and silver vessels from the temple ✓
- B. Prayed to God
- C. Fasted
- D. Built an altar
Answer: Drank wine before the thousand, and commanded the golden and silver vessels from the temple
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem. (Daniel 5:1-2)
Q2.What did Belshazzar, his princes, wives, and concubines do with the vessels?
- A. Drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone ✓
- B. Returned them to Jerusalem
- C. Worshipped the LORD
- D. Broke them
Answer: Drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone
They brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. (Daniel 5:3-4)
Q3.What appeared on the wall?
- A. The fingers of a man's hand ✓
- B. A vision of an angel
- C. A fire
- D. A cloud
Answer: The fingers of a man's hand
In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace. (Daniel 5:5)
Q4.How did Belshazzar react?
- A. His countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another ✓
- B. He rejoiced
- C. He praised God
- D. He ignored it
Answer: His countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another
Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another. (Daniel 5:6)
Q5.Who was called to interpret the writing?
- A. Daniel ✓
- B. The astrologers
- C. The soothsayers
- D. The Chaldeans
Answer: Daniel
Then was Daniel brought in before the king. (Daniel 5:13)
Q6.What did Daniel remind Belshazzar about Nebuchadnezzar?
- A. That God gave him a kingdom and majesty, and when his heart was lifted up, he was driven from men ✓
- B. That he was a good king
- C. That he built Babylon
- D. That he was powerful
Answer: That God gave him a kingdom and majesty, and when his heart was lifted up, he was driven from men
O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour... But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him. (Daniel 5:18-20)
Q7.What had Belshazzar not done?
- A. He had not humbled his heart, though he knew all this ✓
- B. He had not eaten
- C. He had not slept
- D. He had not ruled
Answer: He had not humbled his heart, though he knew all this
And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this. (Daniel 5:22)
Q8.What did the writing say?
- A. MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN ✓
- B. PEACE, PEACE
- C. WAR, WAR
- D. LIFE, DEATH
Answer: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN
And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. (Daniel 5:25)
Q9.What did MENE mean?
- A. God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it ✓
- B. You are blessed
- C. You are wise
- D. You are powerful
Answer: God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it
This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. (Daniel 5:26)
Q10.What happened that night?
- A. In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain ✓
- B. He repented
- C. He gave the kingdom to Daniel
- D. He fled
Answer: In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain
In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old. (Daniel 5:30-31)