75 Easy Trivia Questions That Will Make You Second-Guess the Obvious
The cruelest thing about easy trivia is that confidence. You know the answer , you're sure of it , right up until someone asks you to say it out loud.
25 Bible Trivia Questions and Answers Multiple Choice That Will Start Arguments at Your Table
The most confident wrong answer I’ve ever heard at a trivia night came from a Sunday school teacher who’d been teaching for thirty years. The question was about how many wise men visited Jesus. She slammed her hand on the table and said three. The Bible never gives a number. It mentions three gifts. That’s a different thing entirely. And the look on her face when I read the answer out loud is the reason I keep writing bible trivia questions and answers multiple choice , because the gap between what people think they know and what the text actually says is where all the best moments live.
The person searching for these questions usually falls into one of two camps. Either they grew up in church and carry a patchwork quilt of half-remembered verses, flannel-board imagery, and things their grandmother told them that may or may not be in Scripture. Or they’re putting together a quiz night for a youth group or Bible study and they want questions that actually land, not the same ten softballs about Noah’s Ark. I wrote these for both.
Some of these you’ll get instantly. Some will make you second-guess yourself mid-sentence. A few will genuinely surprise you. That’s the shape of a good set.
The Ones That Feel Easy Until They Don’t
1. How many days and nights did it rain during the Great Flood?
A) 7 days and 7 nights
B) 40 days and 40 nights
C) 100 days and 100 nights
D) 12 days and 12 nights
I open with this one because it lets people settle in. Almost everyone gets it, and that early confidence is something you can use against them later.
2. Who was swallowed by a great fish?
A) Elijah
B) Jonah
C) Daniel
D) Peter
This is the layup before the curveball. Everyone knows Jonah. But notice the question says “great fish,” not whale. The Bible says fish. The whale thing is tradition, not text. Plant that seed now.
3. What is the first book of the Bible?
A) Exodus
B) Psalms
C) Genesis
D) Revelation
You need a question like this in any set. Not because it’s interesting on its own, but because the person who’s nervous about playing needs a win early. That’s how you keep a room together.
4. Who killed Goliath?
A) Saul
B) Jonathan
C) David
D) Samson
Straightforward, sure. But in a room full of people who’ve been drinking, someone always picks Samson. Every single time. Something about “strong guy kills big guy” makes the brain short-circuit.
Where the Floor Starts to Shift
5. How many books are in the Bible (Protestant canon)?
A) 73
B) 66
C) 72
D) 39
This is the first question where denomination matters, and it’s worth acknowledging that out loud if you’re running this live. Catholics and Protestants have different answers and they’re both right within their tradition. But the standard answer for most Bible trivia is the Protestant count.
6. Who wrote most of the Psalms?
A) Solomon
B) Moses
C) David
D) Samuel
“Most” is doing real work in this question. People know David wrote psalms. But “most” makes them wonder if it’s a trick.
7. What was the last plague God sent on Egypt?
A) Darkness
B) Locusts
C) Death of the firstborn
D) Boils
People remember the plagues in clusters rather than in order. Blood, frogs, the scary ones. But the last one tends to stick because it’s the one that actually broke Pharaoh.
8. Which apostle betrayed Jesus?
A) Peter
B) Thomas
C) Judas Iscariot
D) Bartholomew
I include Peter as an option deliberately. Because Peter denied Jesus three times, and in a room of people, someone will always confuse betrayal with denial. That distinction matters theologically and it makes for a good thirty seconds of table debate.
9. What did God create on the first day?
A) The sky
B) Animals
C) Light
D) Water
The creation order trips people up more than almost anything else. They remember the broad strokes but the sequence gets jumbled. Light comes first, before the sun, which is its own interesting theological puzzle.
10. Who was the first king of Israel?
A) David
B) Solomon
C) Saul
D) Samuel
David is the most popular wrong answer by a mile. People jump straight to the famous king and skip the tragic one who came first.
The Middle of the Set, Where Confidence Gets Expensive
11. What is the shortest verse in the Bible (in English)?
A) “Amen.”
B) “Jesus wept.”
C) “Be still.”
D) “Rejoice always.”
This is one of those questions that Sunday school kids know cold and adults suddenly aren’t sure about. I’ve seen grown men whisper-argue about whether “Amen” counts as a verse.
12. On what mountain did Moses receive the Ten Commandments?
A) Mount Carmel
B) Mount Sinai
C) Mount Ararat
D) Mount Moriah
Every mountain in the Bible gets conflated with every other mountain. Ararat is Noah’s. Moriah is Abraham’s. Carmel is Elijah’s. But people swap them constantly.
13. How many brothers did Joseph (son of Jacob) have?
A) 10
B) 11
C) 12
D) 7
This is a beautiful trap. Twelve tribes of Israel. Twelve sons of Jacob. Joseph is one of the twelve. So his brothers number eleven. But people hear “twelve” echoing in their heads and can’t let go of it.
14. What was Paul’s name before his conversion?
A) Simon
B) Saul
C) Stephen
D) Silas
Two Sauls in the Bible, one king and one persecutor-turned-apostle. This question is easy for regular churchgoers but catches people who only know the highlights.
15. Which book comes right after the four Gospels?
A) Romans
B) Acts
C) Hebrews
D) Revelation
People who read the Bible cover to cover know this instantly. People who dip in and out often think Romans comes next because Paul’s letters are what they’ve studied most.
16. Who interpreted dreams for Pharaoh in Egypt?
A) Moses
B) Daniel
C) Joseph
D) Aaron
Daniel and Joseph both interpreted dreams for foreign kings. That’s the whole game with this question. Two right-sounding answers, one right answer.
17. What fruit is commonly depicted as the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden?
A) Pomegranate
B) Fig
C) Apple
D) Grape
The question says “commonly depicted,” not “what does the Bible say.” That’s important. The Bible never names the fruit. This question tests cultural knowledge, not scriptural knowledge, and that distinction catches people off guard.
The Back Half, Where You Find Out What You Actually Know
18. How many days was Lazarus dead before Jesus raised him?
A) 1 day
B) 2 days
C) 3 days
D) 4 days
Three is the answer people want to give. Three days feels right , it echoes Jesus’ own resurrection timeline. But the text is specific and it’s not three.
19. Who was thrown into a den of lions?
A) David
B) Samson
C) Daniel
D) Elijah
Samson killed a lion with his bare hands. David fought a lion protecting his sheep. Daniel was thrown into a den of them. Three lion stories, one question. It’s not as automatic as it looks.
20. What was the name of Abraham’s wife?
A) Rebekah
B) Rachel
C) Sarah
D) Leah
All four of these women are matriarchs. All four names are familiar. The question is whether you can match them to the right patriarch. Rebekah was Isaac’s wife. Rachel and Leah were Jacob’s. Sarah was Abraham’s.
21. Which disciple walked on water with Jesus?
A) John
B) James
C) Peter
D) Andrew
Peter gets out of the boat. Peter always gets out of the boat. That’s basically his whole character arc , impulsive, bold, sinking, rescued.
22. How many of each animal did Moses bring on the ark?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 7
D) None , it was Noah, not Moses
This is called the Moses Illusion, and it’s one of my favorite tricks in all of trivia. Researchers have studied it. Most people don’t catch the name swap even when they’re looking for tricks. The brain fills in what it expects.
23. What language was most of the Old Testament originally written in?
A) Greek
B) Latin
C) Hebrew
D) Aramaic
Aramaic is a strong distractor because parts of Daniel and Ezra are written in it. Greek was the language of the New Testament. Latin was the language of the Vulgate translation. But the bulk of the Old Testament is Hebrew.
24. Who said, “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
A) Esau
B) Joseph
C) Abel
D) Cain
The line is so famous it’s become a proverb. But stripping it from its context and putting it in multiple choice reveals whether people actually know the story or just know the phrase.
The Last One You’ll Be Thinking About Tomorrow
25. According to the Gospel of Matthew, how many wise men visited the baby Jesus?
A) 3
B) 2
C) 12
D) The Bible doesn’t specify a number
I save this one for last because it’s the question that started this whole set. It’s the one that made a thirty-year Sunday school teacher slam her hand on a table. It’s the question that reveals the gap between the story we’ve absorbed from Christmas pageants and nativity sets and the story that’s actually on the page. Three gifts are named , gold, frankincense, myrrh. The number of men who carried them? Never mentioned. Not once. And when that answer lands in a room full of people who grew up singing “We Three Kings,” the silence is something I never get tired of.
General knowledge is the hardest round to write because it has to be genuinely broad. I've been at it for 10 years from Boston, MA and I still approach every question like I'm writing for a room full of different people, because I am. I've written for JetPunk trivia, and I take the same care with every set I write.
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