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Books of the Bible
| Vague | Moderate | Easy | Answer |
|---|---|---|---|
| ritual cleansing, Day of Atonement set | first 16 chapters make up the Priestly Code | "love one's neighbor as oneself", lots of abominations (including the 'fact' that gays are bad) | Leviticus |
| Midian is conquered | Miriam is punished with leprosy for insulting Moses | all of God's people are counted | Numbers |
| Passover, Shauvot, Sukkot established | distinguishes between clean and unclean foods | bond between Israel and YHWH, 5th book | Deuteronomy |
| Israelites are circumcised at Gilgal | altar is erected by titular man on Mount Ebal | Battle of Jericho | Joshua |
| Shamgar, Tola, Jair, Ibzan | Jephthah, Elon, Abdon, Othniel | Ehud, Deborah, Gideon, Samson | Judges |
| Chilion marries Orpah | Boaz's feet are uncovered as he sleeps | Naomi's titular daughter marries Boaz and has Obed | Ruth |
| Nahash besieges Jabesh-Gilead | David marries Bathshebah | title figure anoints David king | Samuel |
| a man from Baal-Shalishah brings Elijah 20 loaves | Queen of Sheba tests Solomon | Temple of Solomon is built, God's People scattered to 12 tribes | Kings |
| Uzziah and his leprosy | Cyrus the Great permits the Jews to return home | Ark of the Covenant is moved to Mount Zion, regarded as a history of the Israelites | Chronicles |
| title figure commissioned to bring Babylonian captives home | Cyrus permits rebuilding of Temple of Jerusalem | Joshua and Zerubbabel celebrate feast of tabernacles | Ezra |
| grandson of high priest Eliashib is mature of years | increase in Jerusalem's inhabitants and census of males (including Levites) | wall of Jerusalem rebuilt and dedicated, title figure reforms Israel | Nehemiah |
| provided proper burials for Israelites killed by Sennacherib | Sarah loses 7 husbands to demon of lust, Asmodeus | title figure blinded by bird droppings in the eye | Tobit |
| famous action painted by Donatello and Caravaggio | title figure is pissed the countrymen didn't deliver Israelites | title figure cuts off the head of Holofernes | Judith |
| Ahasuerus removes Vashti as queen and looks for a replacement | Mordecai's life saved, Haman dies instead | establishes basis for Purim, Jews saved from a genocide by title figure | Esther |
| Simon is murdered by agents of Ptolemy | Jews conquered by Alexander the Great, then Antiochus IV | title character defeats Nicanor in 161 BC, after miracle of the oil... HANUKKAH! | Maccabees |
| a ruach (wind/spirit) kills all of title figure's offspring | consoled by Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar | God allows Satan to test title figure, who does not waver in his faith | Job |
| includes Songs of Zion | Liturgy of the Hours is based on recitation | songs largely ascribed to David | Psalms |
| Agur and Lemuel | "As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly" | wise sayings of Solomon | Proverbs |
| "Vanity of vanities" | offered in Fahrenheit 451 | Qohelet affirms human mortality | Ecclesiastes |
| "As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters." | "I am a rose of Sharon" | erotic book, attributed to Solomon | Song of Songs |
| Israel's redemption from Egypt is cited | takes issue with Qohelet | title is said to be "fashioner of all things" | Wisdom |
| wisdom is synonymous with fear of God | prayer of Israel, imploring God to unite scattered tribers | written by Ben Sira, last of wisdom books | Sirach |
| Isaiah | |||
| Jeremiah | |||
| Lamentations | |||
| Ezekiel | |||
| Baruch | |||
| Daniel | |||
| Hosea | |||
| Joel | |||
| Amos | |||
| Obadiah | |||
| Jonah | |||
| Micah | |||
| Nahum | |||
| Habukkuk | |||
| Zephanian | |||
| Zecharias | |||
| Haggai | |||
| Malachi | |||
| Matthew | |||
| Mark | |||
| Luke | |||
| John | |||
| Acts | |||
| Romans | |||
| Corinthians | |||
| Galatians | |||
| Ephesians | |||
| Philippians | |||
| Colossians | |||
| Thessalonians | |||
| Titus | |||
| Timothy | |||
| Philemon | |||
| Hebrews | |||
| James | |||
| Peter | |||
| John 1-3 | |||
| Jude | |||
| Revelation | |||
| purchase of Mechpelah's cave, Onan and his sin | Jacob wrestles the angel, Tower of Babel, seduction of Lot by his daughters | Noah's Ark, Cain and Abel, Adam and Eve | Genesis |
| Aaron makes a golden calf | Levite woman finds a baby in a basket, judges for Israel are appointed | Moses parts the Red Sea, gets the Commandments, etc...(if you don't get this, it's an embarrassment to Catholics) | Exodus |