50 Gospel of Mark Trivia Questions and Answers

Mark is the shortest Gospel and it moves fast, from John the Baptist in the wilderness to the empty tomb. How well do you know it?

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Easy questions

  1. Question 1Easy

    Before beginning his public ministry, what was Jesus's known earthly profession in Nazareth?

    Answer: B. A carpenter (builder/craftsman)Mark 6:3
    Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
  2. Question 2Easy

    During the Transfiguration, Jesus's clothes became shining, exceedingly white, like snow.

    Answer: TrueMark 9:3
    And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
  3. Question 3Easy

    When Jesus found nothing but leaves on the fig tree, He said: 'May no one ever eat fruit from you again.'

    Answer: TrueMark 11:14
    And Jesus answered and said unto it, ‹No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever.› And his disciples heard it.
  4. Question 4Easy

    According to Jesus, who are his brother, sister, and mother?

    Answer: C. Whoever does the will of GodMark 3:35
    ‹For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.›
  5. Question 5Easy

    When a disciple pointed out the massive stones of the temple, what did Jesus prophesy?

    Answer: B. Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.Mark 13:2
    And Jesus answering said unto him, ‹Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.›
  6. Question 6Easy

    What did Jesus state is the second most important commandment?

    Answer: B. Love your neighbor as yourselfMark 12:31
    ‹And the second› is ‹like,› namely ‹this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.›
  7. Question 7Easy

    Jesus took Jairus's daughter by the hand and said 'Talitha koum!', which means 'Little girl, I say to you, get up!'

    Answer: TrueMark 5:41
    And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, ‹Talitha cumi;› which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
  8. Question 8Easy

    What name did Jesus give to Simon?

    Answer: A. PeterMark 3:16
    And Simon he surnamed Peter;
  9. Question 9Easy

    Why did Jesus rebuke Peter and say, 'Get behind me, Satan!'?

    Answer: B. Because Peter did not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concernsMark 8:33
    But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, ‹Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.›
  10. Question 10Easy

    Jesus asked His disciples, 'Who do people say I am?', and then asked them: 'But what about you? _____'

    Answer: A. Who do you say I am?Mark 8:29
    And he saith unto them, ‹But whom say ye that I am?› And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
  11. Question 11Easy

    What happened while Jesus and His disciples were crossing the sea?

    Answer: B. A great windstorm aroseMark 4:37
    And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
  12. Question 12Easy

    When a boy's father said 'If you can do anything', Jesus replied, 'If you can? Everything is possible for one who believes.'

    Answer: TrueMark 9:23
    Jesus said unto him, ‹If thou canst believe, all things› are ‹possible to him that believeth.›
  13. Question 13Easy

    Jesus taught the Twelve: 'Anyone who wants to be first must be _____.'

    Answer: D. The very last, and the servant of allMark 9:35
    And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, ‹If any man desire to be first,› the same ‹shall be last of all, and servant of all.›
  14. Question 14Easy

    When a man called Him 'Good teacher', Jesus replied: 'Why do you call me good? No one is good—except _____ alone.'

    Answer: C. GodMark 10:18
    And Jesus said unto him, ‹Why callest thou me good?› there is ‹none good but one,› that is, ‹God.›
  15. Question 15Easy

    In the Parable of the Sower, the seed on good soil produced fruit, yielding thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.

    Answer: TrueMark 4:8
    ‹And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.›

Medium questions

  1. Question 16Medium

    Therefore what God has joined together, let not _____ separate.

    Answer: D. ManMark 10:9
    ‹What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.›
  2. Question 17Medium

    What name did the unclean spirit give himself when Jesus questioned him?

    Answer: C. LegionMark 5:9
    And he asked him, ‹What› is ‹thy name?› And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
  3. Question 18Medium

    Before the feeding of the five thousand, what did the disciples suggest Jesus do when it grew late?

    Answer: B. Send the crowd away to buy foodMark 6:35-36
    And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
  4. Question 19Medium

    Jesus warned His disciples: 'Everyone will hate you because of me, but the one who _____ to the end will be saved.'

    Answer: B. Stands firmMark 13:13
    ‹And ye shall be hated of all› men ‹for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.›
  5. Question 20Medium

    Who came to Jesus asking why his disciples were not fasting?

    Answer: A. Some peopleMark 2:18
    And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
  6. Question 21Medium

    After leaving the region of Tyre and Sidon, through which region did Jesus return to the Sea of Galilee?

    Answer: A. DecapolisMark 7:31
    And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
  7. Question 22Medium

    What did Jesus reply when Pilate asked Him, 'Are you the king of the Jews?'

    Answer: D. You have said so.Mark 15:2
    And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, ‹Thou sayest› it.
  8. Question 23Medium

    During the Transfiguration, which two Old Testament figures appeared and talked with Jesus?

    Answer: A. Elijah and MosesMark 9:4
    And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.
  9. Question 24Medium

    Salt is good, but if salt loses its flavor, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have _____ one with another.

    Answer: C. PeaceMark 9:50
    ‹Salt› is ‹good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.›
  10. Question 25Medium

    Salome is explicitly named as one of the women who visited the tomb of Jesus in Mark's Gospel.

    Answer: TrueMark 16:1
    And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
  11. Question 26Medium

    At the tomb of Jesus, how is the stone described when the women arrived?

    Answer: A. Very largeMark 16:4
    And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.
  12. Question 27Medium

    The Lord worked with the disciples and confirmed the word through accompanying signs.

    Answer: TrueMark 16:20
    And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
  13. Question 28Medium

    How did Jesus send the leper away after healing him?

    Answer: D. Sternly and immediatelyMark 1:43
    And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away;
  14. Question 29Medium

    Jesus asked, 'For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?'

    Answer: TrueMark 8:36
    ‹For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?›
  15. Question 30Medium

    Following the Transfiguration, Jesus commanded Peter, James, and John to tell everyone what they had seen immediately after they came down the mountain.

    Answer: FalseMark 9:9
    And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.
  16. Question 31Medium

    According to Jesus, whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits _____ against her.

    Answer: A. AdulteryMark 10:11
    And he saith unto them, ‹Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.›
  17. Question 32Medium

    To whom did Jesus appear first after He had risen, according to Mark?

    Answer: D. Mary MagdaleneMark 16:9
    Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
  18. Question 33Medium

    The disciples woke Jesus saying, 'Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?'

    Answer: TrueMark 4:38
    And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
  19. Question 34Medium

    What did the apostle John see someone doing in Jesus's name?

    Answer: A. Casting out demonsMark 9:38
    And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.
  20. Question 35Medium

    When Mary Magdalene told the disciples that Jesus was alive, did they believe her?

    Answer: B. No, they did not believeMark 16:11
    And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.

Hard questions

  1. Question 36Hard

    Who were among the women watching the crucifixion from a distance?

    Answer: C. Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and SalomeMark 15:40
    There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
  2. Question 37Hard

    Why did Jesus say Moses wrote the commandment of divorce?

    Answer: C. Because of the hardness of your heartsMark 10:5
    And Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.›
  3. Question 38Hard

    According to Mark, at what hour (Jewish time) was Jesus crucified?

    Answer: B. Third hour (9:00 AM)Mark 15:25
    And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
  4. Question 39Hard

    What did Jesus say was necessary to cast out the unclean spirit that His disciples could not expel?

    Answer: C. Prayer and fastingMark 9:29
    And he said unto them, ‹This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.›
  5. Question 40Hard

    What did the demon in the synagogue call Jesus?

    Answer: C. The Holy One of GodMark 1:24
    Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
  6. Question 41Hard

    From where was Simon of Cyrene coming when they compelled him to carry the cross?

    Answer: C. Out of the countryMark 15:21
    And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
  7. Question 42Hard

    In Mark's Gospel, what action did Jesus identify as 'blasphemy against the Holy Spirit' after being accused of having an unclean spirit?

    Answer: C. Attributing the miraculous work of the Holy Spirit to Satan or demonsMark 3:29-30
    ‹But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:› Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
  8. Question 43Hard

    Joseph of Arimathea was a prominent member of the _____.

    Answer: C. Council (Sanhedrin)Mark 15:43
    Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
  9. Question 44Hard

    According to Jesus, from where do evil thoughts, adulteries, and thefts come?

    Answer: C. Out of the heart of menMark 7:21-22
    ‹For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,› ‹Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:›
  10. Question 45Hard

    During the arrest of Jesus, a young man followed Him wearing only a linen cloth. What happened when he was seized?

    Answer: D. He left the linen cloth and fled nakedMark 14:51-52
    And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him: And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
  11. Question 46Hard

    Jesus said: 'For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a _____ for many.'

    Answer: A. RansomMark 10:45
    ‹For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.›
  12. Question 47Hard

    If your hand causes you to sin, what did Jesus suggest doing?

    Answer: C. Cut it offMark 9:43
    ‹And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:›
  13. Question 48Hard

    Jesus said, 'Everyone will be salted with _____.'

    Answer: C. FireMark 9:49
    ‹For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.›
  14. Question 49Hard

    During which watch of the night did Jesus walk on the sea toward His disciples?

    Answer: B. The fourth watchMark 6:48
    And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.
  15. Question 50Hard

    What word did Jesus say to the deaf man, meaning 'Be opened'?

    Answer: A. EphphathaMark 7:34
    And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, ‹Ephphatha,› that is, Be opened.

Answer key

  1. B. A carpenter (builder/craftsman) (Mark 6:3)
  2. True (Mark 9:3)
  3. True (Mark 11:14)
  4. C. Whoever does the will of God (Mark 3:35)
  5. B. Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down. (Mark 13:2)
  6. B. Love your neighbor as yourself (Mark 12:31)
  7. True (Mark 5:41)
  8. A. Peter (Mark 3:16)
  9. B. Because Peter did not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns (Mark 8:33)
  10. A. Who do you say I am? (Mark 8:29)
  11. B. A great windstorm arose (Mark 4:37)
  12. True (Mark 9:23)
  13. D. The very last, and the servant of all (Mark 9:35)
  14. C. God (Mark 10:18)
  15. True (Mark 4:8)
  16. D. Man (Mark 10:9)
  17. C. Legion (Mark 5:9)
  18. B. Send the crowd away to buy food (Mark 6:35-36)
  19. B. Stands firm (Mark 13:13)
  20. A. Some people (Mark 2:18)
  21. A. Decapolis (Mark 7:31)
  22. D. You have said so. (Mark 15:2)
  23. A. Elijah and Moses (Mark 9:4)
  24. C. Peace (Mark 9:50)
  25. True (Mark 16:1)
  26. A. Very large (Mark 16:4)
  27. True (Mark 16:20)
  28. D. Sternly and immediately (Mark 1:43)
  29. True (Mark 8:36)
  30. False (Mark 9:9)
  31. A. Adultery (Mark 10:11)
  32. D. Mary Magdalene (Mark 16:9)
  33. True (Mark 4:38)
  34. A. Casting out demons (Mark 9:38)
  35. B. No, they did not believe (Mark 16:11)
  36. C. Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome (Mark 15:40)
  37. C. Because of the hardness of your hearts (Mark 10:5)
  38. B. Third hour (9:00 AM) (Mark 15:25)
  39. C. Prayer and fasting (Mark 9:29)
  40. C. The Holy One of God (Mark 1:24)
  41. C. Out of the country (Mark 15:21)
  42. C. Attributing the miraculous work of the Holy Spirit to Satan or demons (Mark 3:29-30)
  43. C. Council (Sanhedrin) (Mark 15:43)
  44. C. Out of the heart of men (Mark 7:21-22)
  45. D. He left the linen cloth and fled naked (Mark 14:51-52)
  46. A. Ransom (Mark 10:45)
  47. C. Cut it off (Mark 9:43)
  48. C. Fire (Mark 9:49)
  49. B. The fourth watch (Mark 6:48)
  50. A. Ephphatha (Mark 7:34)
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What is the Gospel of Mark about?

Mark is the second book of the New Testament and the shortest of the four Gospels. It opens with John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness and baptizing Jesus in the river Jordan, where a voice from heaven says, "Thou art my beloved Son" (Mark 1:11). The story moves quickly, often using the word "straightway," as Jesus calls fishermen to follow him, heals the sick, casts out devils and calms a storm on the sea (Mark 4:39).

Halfway through, Peter confesses that Jesus is the Christ (Mark 8:29), and Jesus begins to teach that he must suffer, die and rise again. The second half follows him to Jerusalem, through the last supper, his arrest in Gethsemane and his crucifixion. Jesus says he came "not to be ministered unto, but to minister" (Mark 10:45). The book ends with the women finding the stone rolled away and a young man in white telling them that Jesus is risen (Mark 16:6).

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