Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego 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 were their Hebrew names?
- A. Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, Azariah
- B. Hananiah, Mishael, Azariah ✓
- C. Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah
- D. Shem, Ham, Japheth
Answer: Hananiah, Mishael, Azariah
Daniel 1:6-7 (KJV) — Their Hebrew names were Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; Daniel's was Belteshazzar.
Q2.What were their Babylonian names?
- A. Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego ✓
- B. Belteshazzar, Shadrach, Meshach
- C. Rabmag, Rabshakeh, Rabsaris
- D. Nergal, Sharezer, Adrammelech
Answer: Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego
Daniel 1:7 (KJV) — The prince of the eunuchs gave them new names: Hananiah became Shadrach, Mishael became Meshach, and Azariah became Abednego.
Q3.What musical instruments signaled the people to worship the image?
- A. Harp, flute, trumpet
- B. Cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer ✓
- C. Cymbals and tambourines
- D. Organ and violin
Answer: Cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer
Daniel 3:5 (KJV) — 'That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick...'
Q4.What was the punishment for refusing to worship the image?
- A. Death by the sword
- B. The fiery furnace heated seven times more ✓
- C. Exile to Egypt
- D. Imprisonment
Answer: The fiery furnace heated seven times more
Daniel 3:19 (KJV) — Nebuchadnezzar 'commanded to heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.'
Q5.Who reported Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to the king?
- A. The Chaldeans
- B. Certain Chaldeans ✓
- C. Daniel
- D. The priests of Marduk
Answer: Certain Chaldeans
Daniel 3:8 (KJV) — 'Then came near certain Chaldeans, and accused the Jews.'
Q6.What did they tell the king about their God?
- A. He will deliver us, but if not, we will not worship ✓
- B. We fear your power more than our God
- C. Our God is weaker than yours
- D. We need time to pray
Answer: He will deliver us, but if not, we will not worship
Daniel 3:17-18 (KJV) — 'Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us... But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods.'
Q7.Who did Nebuchadnezzar see walking in the fire with them?
- A. An angel of the LORD
- B. The Son of God ✓
- C. A soldier
- D. Daniel
Answer: The Son of God
Daniel 3:25 (KJV) — Nebuchadnezzar said, 'I see four men loose... and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.'
Q8.What happened to their clothes and hair in the fire?
- A. They were burned
- B. Not a hair was singed, nor their coats changed ✓
- C. They were stripped off
- D. They turned to gold
Answer: Not a hair was singed, nor their coats changed
Daniel 3:27 (KJV) — 'Upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed.'
Q9.What decree did Nebuchadnezzar make after the miracle?
- A. To worship only Marduk
- B. That no one speak against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego ✓
- C. To build more idols
- D. To exile all Jews
Answer: That no one speak against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
Daniel 3:29 (KJV) — 'I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces.'
Q10.What province did they govern?
- A. All Babylon
- B. The province of Babylon ✓
- C. Jerusalem
- D. Nineveh
Answer: The province of Babylon
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.'