Manna & Quail 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 Israel murmur against Moses and Aaron for in the wilderness of Sin?
- A. Thirst
- B. Hunger / flesh pots and bread ✓
- C. The heat
- D. The serpents
Answer: Hunger / flesh pots and bread
Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full.
Q2.What did the LORD promise to rain from heaven?
- A. Oil and wine
- B. Bread ✓
- C. Manna and quails
- D. Grain
Answer: Bread
I will rain bread from heaven for you.
Q3.What did the manna look like?
- A. White like snow
- B. A small round thing, white, like coriander seed ✓
- C. Honeycomb
- D. Bread loaves
Answer: A small round thing, white, like coriander seed
It was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
Q4.How much manna was each person to gather?
- A. One omer per person ✓
- B. A handful
- C. A basketful
- D. As much as they could carry
Answer: One omer per person
This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man.
Q5.What happened to manna left until the morning?
- A. It spoiled and bred worms ✓
- B. It turned to water
- C. It multiplied
- D. It became quail
Answer: It spoiled and bred worms
It bred worms, and stank.
Q6.How much extra could be gathered on the sixth day?
- A. None
- B. Twice as much ✓
- C. Three times as much
- D. As much as desired
Answer: Twice as much
On the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread.
Q7.Why did the extra on the sixth day not spoil?
- A. It was for the Sabbath
- B. God commanded it
- C. Both — it was the Sabbath portion ✓
- D. It was kept in the ark
Answer: Both — it was the Sabbath portion
It did not stink, neither was there any worm therein… for to morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD.
Q8.What did Israel call the bread?
- A. Angels' food
- B. Manna ✓
- C. Bread of heaven
- D. Both manna and bread from heaven
Answer: Manna
The house of Israel called the name thereof Manna.
Q9.What did God send in the evening alongside the manna?
- A. Water from the rock
- B. Quails ✓
- C. Fire
- D. Dew
Answer: Quails
At even the quails came up, and covered the camp.
Q10.How long did Israel eat manna?
- A. One year
- B. Forty years, until they came to the borders of Canaan ✓
- C. Until Moses died
- D. Until the quails returned
Answer: Forty years, until they came to the borders of Canaan
The children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited.