Trivia Quiz on Biblical Geography

1. What do Christians call the place which the Hebrews called Golgotha, (Place of Skulls)

A) Calvary

B) Golgotha

C) Skull Hill

D) Mount Moriah

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2. Where is the modern site of the biblical land of Goshen

A) Sinai Peninsula

B) Canaan

C) Mesopotamia

D) Egypt the nile delta

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3. After Solomon's death, the Kingdom of Israel split into two; Israel with its capital at Shechem, and Judah. Which city was the capital of Judah

A) Samaria

B) Hebron

C) Jerusalem

D) Bethlehem

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4. In the Bible Judah was in which province

A) Samaria

B) Palestine

C) Galilee

D) Egypt

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5. In which river was jesus baptised

A) Nile

B) Tigris

C) Jordan

D) Amazon

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6. According to the Acts of the Apostles, from where did Christ's Ascension into Heaven take place

A) Olivet mount of olives

B) Mount Zion

C) Temple Mount in Jerusalem

D) Bethany

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7. According to the Holy Bible, where did Cain go after killing Abel

A) East of Eden

B) Land of nod

C) Land of Shinar

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8. In the Bible what in Hebrew means Place of a Skull

A) Calvary

B) Golgotha

C) Gethsemane

D) Bethlehem

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9. Melita in the Bible where Paul was shipwrecked is where today

A) Malta

B) Cyprus

C) Crete

D) Sicily

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10. In the Bible the good Samaritan was travelling to where

A) Jericho

B) Jerusalem

C) Bethlehem

D) Nazareth

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11. According to the Gospel of Saint John, what 'lay on the other side of the Brook of Cedron'

A) Mount of Olives

B) Garden of gethsemane

C) Bethany

D) Temple Mount

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12. What was the name of the city in the Bible which was built by Cain and named after his son

A) Jericho

B) Enoch

C) Nineveh

D) Babylon

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13. The name of which place of biblical significance actually means 'House of Bread''

A) Nazareth

B) Jerusalem

C) Bethlehem

D) Jericho

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14. What is the name of the field where Christ was crucified?

A) Mount Zion

B) Nazareth

C) Calvary

D) Bethlehem

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15. On which mountain did Moses receive the Ten Commandments?

A) Mount Everest

B) Mount Kilimanjaro

C) Sinai

D) Mount Olympus

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16. What two biblical cities did God destroy with fire and brimstone?

A) Admah and Zeboim

B) Sodom and Gomorrah

C) Zoar and Jericho

D) Gomorrah and Admah

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17. On which mountain did Moses receive the Ten Commandments

A) Sinai

B) Mount Horeb

C) Mount Everest

D) Mount Zion

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