Quiz 3

Question 1

By what name is the Mediterranean island, once named Alashiya, known today?

Answer 1

Cyprus

Question 2

True or false? The name Saul means “answered”.

Answer 2

False. It means “asked”

Question 3

What is the most confusing name in the Bible?

Answer 3

Babel

Question 4

What Aramaic name did Jesus give to Peter?

Answer 4

Cephas

Question 5

Which New Testament place name means “skull”?

Answer 5

Golgotha

Question 6

According to Genesis which patriarch’s name means deceiver?

Answer 6

Jacob

Question 7

True or false? The name Zebulun given to a son of Jacob means “brave”.

Answer 7

False. It probably means “honor” (Genesis 30:20)

Question 8

Who named his first son saying, “I have become an alien in a foreign land”?

Answer 8

Moses

Question 9

According to 2 Samuel what was Solomon’s other name?

Answer 9

Jedidiah

Question 10

What is the ironic meaning of the name of the runaway slave Onesimus?

Answer 10

Useful

Question 11

According to Genesis what did God call the expanse that separated the waters?

Answer 11

Sky

Question 12

In chapter 62 of Isaiah which name meaning “my delight is in her” will be given to Zion?

Answer 12

Hephzibah

Question 13

In Genesis, what name did Abraham give to the place where he swore an oath with Abimelech?

Answer 13

Beersheba

Question 14

Which wicked man was buried at a place named the Valley of Achor?

Answer 14

Achan

Question 15

What name was given to the place where Joshua had the Israelites circumcised?

Answer 15

Gilgal