Quiz 13

Question 1

In the Parable of the Sower, what metaphor is used to describe Satan taking away the word that was sown?

Answer 1

Birds taking seed from the path

Question 2

Complete the sentence from the Song of Songs, “Like a _____ among thorns.”

Answer 2

Lily

Question 3

In Genesis, who was told, “When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you”?

Answer 3

Cain

Question 4

In which book of the Bible do we find the words, “Flowers appear on the earth, the season of singing has come”?

Answer 4

Song of Songs

Question 5

Fill in the missing word: on every ___ year the people were not to sow their fields or prune their vineyards because the land had to have a year of rest.

Answer 5

Seventh

Question 6

In the interpretation of the Parable of the Sower, what does the seed represent?

Answer 6

The word of God

Question 7

In the book of Esther, who gave a party in his garden lasting for seven days?

Answer 7

Ahasuerus (or Xerxes)

Question 8

In Genesis, what did Jacob buy from the sons of Hamor?

Answer 8

A plot of land

Question 9

When the Israelites were in the wilderness, what appeared on the ground like flakes of thin frost?

Answer 9

Manna

Question 10

True or false? It was Elisha, not Elijah, who features in the account of Naboth’s vineyard.

Answer 10

False (1 Kings 21:17)

Question 11

True or false? After the flood, Noah first of all sowed seed in the ground.

Answer 11

False. He planted a vineyard (Genesis 9:20)

Question 12

Fill in the name of the flower: “The wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the ____ it will burst into bloom.”

Answer 12

Crocus

Question 13

In which Old Testament book do we find the words, “I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring”?

Answer 13

Isaiah

Question 14

In John’s Gospel, who did Jesus see under a fig tree?

Answer 14

Nathanael

Question 15

True or false? Zacchaeus climbed a sycamore tree.

Answer 15

True (Luke 19:4)