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Race Contest Questions

Here is the list of questons that I used while doing the Race Contest. You can copy and paste any that are suitable for your group.

Race 1 Set 1- (Answer only 1 question)

 1. In what book and chapter of the Bible do you find the words “He leadeth me beside the still waters”?

 2. What is the name of the queen for whom the Ethiopian eunuch worked?

 3. What was the name of Moses’ father?

 

Race 1 Set 2- (Answer only 1 question)

 1. What was the name of the angel that spoke to Mary the mother of Jesus?

2. To who was it said “To obey is better than sacrifice”?

3. Where did Job live?

 

Race 1 Set 3- (Answer only 1 question)

 1. What was Naomi’s other name?

2. In what book of the Bible do we have the first mention of magicians?

3. Amos tended two things. What were they?

 

Race 1 Set 4- (Answer only 1 question)

 1. What was the name of the second city Joshua attacked in Canaan?

2. What was the name of Solomon’s mother?

3. How old was Isaac when he married Rebekah?

 

Race 2 Set 1- (Answer only 1 question)

1. What is the name of the land that God told Abram to leave?

2. In Exodus what was the color of the priest’s robe?

3. How many horsemen did Solomon have?

 

Race 2 Set 2- (Answer only 1 question)

1. What was the name of  the father of James and John?

2. Which 2 NT books instruct husbands to love their wives?

3. What was the occupation of Shiphrah and Puah?

 

Race 2 Set 3- (Answer only 1 question)

1. In what book of the Bible do we find the story of the sun standing still?

2. Who said, “Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian”?

3. Of whom was it said that he was “mighty in the Scriptures”?

 

Race 3 Set 1- (Answer 1 question plus bonus)

1. Which prophet made iron swim?

2. What kind of grain did Boaz give to Ruth?

BONUS: Who sneezed 7 times in the Bible?

 

Set 2- (Answer 1 question plus bonus)

1. In the story of the rich man and Lazarus, how many brothers did the rich man have?

2. What was the name of Aaron’s wife?

BONUS: Which prophet talked about the Jews having holes in their purses?

 

Race 3 Set 3- (Answer 1 question plus bonus)

1. What man replaced Judas as the twelfth apostle?

2. In what Bible book does it talk about God naming the stars?

BONUS: What 3 things did Paul tell Timothy to bring to him while he was in prison?

Race Answers

Race 1

Set 1

1.    Psa 23:2  

2.    Candace Acts 8:27

3.    Amram Ex 6:20

Set 2

1.    Gabriel Lk 1:26

2.    Saul I Sam 15:22

3.    Uz Job 1:1

Set 3

1.    Mara Ruth 1:20

2.    Genesis 41:8

3.    Sheep & sycamore trees  Amos 7:14

Set 4

1.    Ai Joshua 7:2

2.    Bathsheba 2 Sam 12:24

3.    40 Gen 25:20

 

Race 2

Set 1

1.    Ur of the Chaldeans Gen 15:7

2.    Blue Ex 28:31

3.    Twelve thousand 2 Chron. 9:25

Set 2

1.    Zebedee Matt. 4:21

2.    Eph. 5:25 & Col. 3:19

3.    Hebrew midwives Ex. 1:15

Set 3

1.    Joshua 10:12

2.    King Agrippa Acts 26:27

3.    Apollos Acts 18:24

 

Race 3

Set 1

1.    Elisha 2 kg 6:6

2.    Barley Ruth 3:15

3.    (bonus) Shunammite’s son 2 Kg 4:35

Set 2

1.    5 Lk 16:27

2.    Elisheba Ex 6:23

3.    (bonus) Haggai 1:6

Set 3

1.    Matthias Acts 1:26

2.    Psa 147:4

3.    (bonus) Cloak, books, parchments 2Ti 4:13

 

Take into consideration the age of your group and their general Bible knowledge.

 

 

To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching.