SPNBQ 1 and 2 (Book One): Elimination Round
Methuselah
According to the Bible, who lived the longest on Earth?
Mount Horeb
After the Exodus from Egypt, where did God meet the Israelites?
Araunah the Jebusite
At whose threshing floor did David build an altar to the Lord, as the prophet Gad commanded?
Mount Ararat
When the great flood had subsided, on what mountain did the ark of Noah come to rest?
Shechem
Where did Joshua gather the Israelites to renew their covenant with God just before Joshua's death?
Isaiah 40-55
Where do we find the oracles on the Ebed YHWH or the Servant of the Lord?
Cherubim
Which angel/s did God station at the entrance of Eden to prevent Adam and Eve from approaching the tree of life?
Jeremiah
Which prophet said that God's law would be written upon the hearts of God's people, Israel?
Psalm 137
Which psalm sings of the Jews' lament of their exile in Babylon? It starts with this passage: "By the rivers of Babylon we sat mourning and weeping when we remembered Zion"?
Miriam
Who became a leper for questioning the authority of Moses?
David
Who composed the Miserere psalm (Psalm 51) which begins "Have mercy on me, God, in your goodness; in your abundant compassion blot out my offense"?
Rebekah
Who did Isaac marry?
Nebuchadnezzar
Who exiled the inhabitants of Judah to Babylon?
Dinah
Who is Jacob's daughter who was raped by Shechem?
Reuben
Who is Jacob's eldest son who lost his birthright for sleeping with Rachel's maid, Bilhah?
Isaac
Who is the biblical figure whose name means "laughter"?
Abiathar
Who is the priest who supported Adonijah when this declared he had the right to succeed David?
Shem
Who is the son of Noah who became the ancestor of the Hebrews?
Bathsheba
Who is the wife of Uriah who had an adulterous union with King David, who also is the mother of King Solomon?
Jeroboam
Who led a revolt against King Rehoboam, the son of Solomon?
Jephthah
Who of the Judges of Israel vowed that upon his return in triumph against the Ammonites, whoever came out of the doors of his house to meet him would be sacrificed to the Lord?
Caleb
Who of the scouts send by Moses to reconnoiter the land of Canaan advised to attack the land because the Israelites could conquer the inhabitants with the help of the Lord?
Balaam
Who prophesied about a star advancing from Jacob and a staff arising from Israel in the Book of Numbers?
Malachi
Who prophesied that God would send back Elijah the Prophet before the Day of the Lord comes, to turn the heart of fathers to their children?
Raphael
Who was the angel who accompanied Tobiah to Ecbatana and rescued him from the demon Asmodeus?
Dagon
Who was the god of the Philistines whose statute fell down before the Ark of the Covenant?
Nehemiah
Who was the layman appointed by King Artaxerses of Persia to be governor and lead the Jewish exiles in Babylon to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the city and the temple?
Ezekiel
Who was the prophet who saw the vision of creatures that had faces of a human being, lion, ox and eagle?
Gershom
Moses' son born in Midian
Fire
Nadab and Abihu were consumed by fire because they offered unholy ____
Assyria
King Shalmaneser conquered the northern kingdom of Israel and deported the people to ________
Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)
On what holy day did the High Priest enter the "Holy of Holies" in the temple of the Lord?
Mount Gilboa
On what mountain did Saul, Jonathan, and other sons of Saul die in the battle against the Philistines?
Agag
Saul was punished for not killing the Amalekite king ____
Hagar
Ishmael is the son of Abraham and _____
slave girl
"If only my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy" is the word of Naaman's ___________
Bethlehem
Because the time of famine had passed, Ruth and Naomi left Moab to return to _________
Judah
From which tribe of Israel was the Messiah expected to come?
Susanna
In the Book of Daniel, the young Daniel separated the two elders from each other in order to examine them, and in the process, he saved the innocent __________
Tabernacles
In the Book of Nehemiah (chapter 8), Ezra read the Law and instructed them how to celebrate the feast of _________
Daniel
In the Hebrew canon which of the following is not considered a prophetic book?
Micah
In what prophetic book do we find this Messianic prophecy: "But you, Bethlehem-Ephrathah, too small to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel"?
worm
The animal that attacked and withered the bush under which Jonah prayed was a _______
Joshua
To whom did God say, "My servant Moses is dead. Now proceed to cross the Jordan, you and all these people into the land that I am giving them, to the Israelites"?
Ecclesiastes
What Old Testament book does this famous passage come from: "There is an appointed time for everything... A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant"?
a piece of land
What did Jeremiah buy, and after which he gave to Baruch its sealed deed of purchase?
Malachi
What is the last book of the Old Testament in the Catholic canon?
Zipporah
What is the name of Moses' wife?
Egyptian
What is the nationality of Hagar, the slave of Sarah?
Marah
What is the oasis in the desert the water of which the Israelites could not drink because it was too bitter?
Death of the first-born
What is the tenth plague in Egypt that finally forced Pharaoh to let the Israelites go?
Isaiah
What prophetic book contains this famous passage: "Can a mother forget her infant... Even should she forget, I will never forget you"? This has been rendered into song entitled "Hindi Kita Malilimutan."
Psalm 23
What psalm contains this famous phrase: "The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I lack"?
Levi
What tribe of Israel did priests who ministered to the Lord come from?
Staff of Moses
What was NOT put inside the Ark of the Covenant?
Barren
What was true of all three: Sarah, Hannah, and Elizabeth?
