Old Testament 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.Who was the first man created by God?
- A. Adam ✓
- B. Noah
- C. Abraham
- D. Enoch
Answer: Adam
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground.
Q2.How many days and nights did it rain during the Flood?
- A. 7
- B. 12
- C. 40 ✓
- D. 100
Answer: 40
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Q3.Who led the Israelites out of Egypt?
- A. Joshua
- B. Aaron
- C. Moses ✓
- D. Caleb
Answer: Moses
Moses was commissioned by God at the burning bush to bring Israel out of bondage.
Q4.On which mountain did Moses receive the Ten Commandments?
- A. Mount Sinai ✓
- B. Mount Zion
- C. Mount Carmel
- D. Mount Nebo
Answer: Mount Sinai
And Moses went up unto God upon mount Sinai.
Q5.Who defeated Goliath with a sling and a stone?
- A. Saul
- B. Jonathan
- C. David ✓
- D. Samuel
Answer: David
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone.
Q6.Which prophet was taken up to heaven in a whirlwind?
- A. Elisha
- B. Elijah ✓
- C. Isaiah
- D. Ezekiel
Answer: Elijah
Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
Q7.Who interpreted Pharaoh's dreams of seven cows and seven ears of corn?
- A. Daniel
- B. Joseph ✓
- C. Mordecai
- D. Nehemiah
Answer: Joseph
Joseph interpreted the dreams as seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine.
Q8.Who was swallowed by a great fish?
- A. Jonah ✓
- B. Job
- C. Hosea
- D. Amos
Answer: Jonah
Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.
Q9.How many books are in the Old Testament (KJV)?
- A. 27
- B. 39 ✓
- C. 46
- D. 66
Answer: 39
The Protestant Old Testament contains 39 books, from Genesis to Malachi.
Q10.Which book begins, 'In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth'?
- A. Exodus
- B. Psalms
- C. Genesis ✓
- D. John
Answer: Genesis
Genesis 1:1 is the opening verse of the Bible.