Nebuchadnezzar 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 nation did Nebuchadnezzar rule?
- A. Assyria
- B. Babylon ✓
- C. Persia
- D. Egypt
Answer: Babylon
Daniel 1:1 (KJV) — 'Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.'
Q2.What young Hebrews did Nebuchadnezzar train in his court?
- A. Moses, Aaron, and Miriam
- B. Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah ✓
- C. David, Jonathan, and Samuel
- D. Elijah, Elisha, and Isaiah
Answer: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah
Daniel 1:6-7 (KJV) — Among the children of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, whom the prince of the eunuchs renamed.
Q3.What did Nebuchadnezzar dream that none of his wise men could interpret?
- A. A tree that filled the earth
- B. A great image of various metals ✓
- C. A burning bush
- D. A ladder reaching heaven
Answer: A great image of various metals
Daniel 2:31 (KJV) — Nebuchadnezzar saw 'a great image... whose brightness was excellent,' with head of gold, chest of silver, etc.
Q4.What did Daniel say the head of gold in the dream represented?
- A. Persia
- B. Babylon / Nebuchadnezzar ✓
- C. Greece
- D. Rome
Answer: Babylon / Nebuchadnezzar
Daniel 2:37-38 (KJV) — Daniel told him, 'Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom... thou art this head of gold.'
Q5.What did Nebuchadnezzar build on the plain of Dura?
- A. A palace
- B. A golden image ✓
- C. An altar to Marduk
- D. A temple
Answer: A golden image
Daniel 3:1 (KJV) — 'Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits.'
Q6.What punishment did Nebuchadnezzar decree for not worshipping the image?
- A. Death by sword
- B. The fiery furnace ✓
- C. Exile
- D. Stoning
Answer: The fiery furnace
Daniel 3:6 (KJV) — 'Whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.'
Q7.In his second dream, what grew to heaven and was hewn down?
- A. A mountain
- B. A great tree ✓
- C. A tower
- D. A vine
Answer: A great tree
Daniel 4:10-14 (KJV) — Nebuchadnezzar saw a tree whose height reached heaven, and a watcher commanded it be hewn down.
Q8.How long was Nebuchadnezzar driven from men to eat grass like oxen?
- A. One year
- B. Seven times (years) ✓
- C. Forty days
- D. Three months
Answer: Seven times (years)
Daniel 4:32 (KJV) — 'They shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field... till thou know that the most High ruleth.'
Q9.What did Nebuchadnezzar say when his reason returned?
- A. I have sinned
- B. I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him ✓
- C. My gods have saved me
- D. I am the greatest king
Answer: I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him
Daniel 4:34 (KJV) — 'I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High...'
Q10.Whose sons were put in charge of the affairs of the province of Babylon?
- A. Daniel's sons
- B. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego ✓
- C. The magicians' sons
- D. The princes of Judah
Answer: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
Daniel 2:49 (KJV) — 'Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon.'