22 Bible Trivia Questions About Noah and the Ark

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Easy questions

1. Question 1Easy

   How many total people were saved on Noah's Ark?

   • ASix
   • BTwelve
   • CEight
   • DTen
   Answer: C. EightGenesis 7:13

   In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;

2. Question 2Easy

   In the book of Ezekiel, which three righteous men did God say could only save themselves by their righteousness?

   • ANoah, Daniel, and Job
   • BDavid, Solomon, and Hezekiah
   • CMoses, Samuel, and Elijah
   • DAbraham, Isaac, and Jacob
   Answer: A. Noah, Daniel, and JobEzekiel 14:14

   Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.

3. Question 3Easy

   What was the sign of God's covenant never to flood the earth again?

   • AStar
   • BRainbow
   • CDove
   • DCloud
   Answer: B. RainbowGenesis 9:13

   I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

4. Question 4Easy

   After the great flood, Noah's ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

   • ATrue
   • BFalse
   Answer: TrueGenesis 8:4

   And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

5. Question 5Easy

   In the 'Hall of Faith' chapter, who is commended for building an ark to save his family?

   • AMoses
   • BAbraham
   • CNoah
   • DEnoch
   Answer: C. NoahHebrews 11:7

   By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

6. Question 6Easy

   Which man walked with God and was blameless?

   • ANoah
   • BNimrod
   • CCain
   • DLamech
   Answer: A. NoahGenesis 6:9

   These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

7. Question 7Easy

   In Peter's first letter, exactly how many people were saved in Noah's ark through water?

   • AEight
   • BTwelve
   • CSeven
   • DTen
   Answer: A. Eight1 Peter 3:20

   Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

8. Question 8Easy

   Rain fell on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights during the flood.

   • ATrue
   • BFalse
   Answer: TrueGenesis 7:12

   And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

Medium questions

1. Question 9Medium

   Jesus compared the days of the coming of the Son of Man to the days of _____.

   • AMoses
   • BAbraham
   • CNoah
   • DDavid
   Answer: C. NoahMatthew 24:37

   ‹But as the days of Noe› were, ‹so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.›

2. Question 10Medium

   What does the name Noah mean?

   • AWanderer
   • BWarrior
   • CHunter
   • DRest/Comfort
   Answer: D. Rest/ComfortGenesis 5:29

   And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.

3. Question 11Medium

   According to Peter's second letter, Noah was a preacher of what?

   • ASalvation
   • BDoom
   • CRighteousness
   • DThe flood
   Answer: C. Righteousness2 Peter 2:5

   And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

4. Question 12Medium

   Who were the three sons of Noah?

   • AShem, Ham, and Japheth
   • BCain, Abel, and Seth
   • CAbraham, Nahor, and Haran
   • DReuben, Simeon, and Levi
   Answer: A. Shem, Ham, and JaphethGenesis 5:32

   And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

5. Question 13Medium

   The apostle Peter writes that the saving of eight people in Noah's Ark through water symbolizes baptism.

   • ATrue
   • BFalse
   Answer: True1 Peter 3:20-21

   Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

6. Question 14Medium

   Noah was told to bring three of every living thing into the ark.

   • ATrue
   • BFalse
   Answer: FalseGenesis 6:19

   And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

7. Question 15Medium

   In which year of Noah's life did the waters dry up?

   • A700th year
   • B500th year
   • C601st year
   • D600th year
   Answer: C. 601st yearGenesis 8:13

   And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

8. Question 16Medium

   What type of wood did Noah use to build the Ark?

   • AAcacia
   • BGopher wood
   • COak
   • DCedar
   Answer: B. Gopher woodGenesis 6:14

   Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

Hard questions

1. Question 17Hard

   How high did the floodwaters rise above the mountains?

   • A50 cubits
   • B100 cubits
   • C15 cubits
   • D10 cubits
   Answer: C. 15 cubitsGenesis 7:20

   Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

2. Question 18Hard

   For how many days did the floodwaters flood the earth before receding?

   • A40 days
   • B150 days
   • C365 days
   • D100 days
   Answer: B. 150 daysGenesis 7:24

   And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

3. Question 19Hard

   How old was Noah when the flood started?

   • A950
   • B600
   • C500
   • D100
   Answer: B. 600Genesis 7:11

   In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

4. Question 20Hard

   How many pairs of clean animals was Noah commanded to take on the Ark?

   • ATwo pairs
   • BTen pairs
   • CFour pairs
   • DSeven pairs
   Answer: D. Seven pairsGenesis 7:2

   Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

5. Question 21Hard

   How old was Noah's father, Lamech, when he died?

   • A969 years
   • B777 years
   • C930 years
   • D895 years
   Answer: B. 777 yearsGenesis 5:31

   And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

6. Question 22Hard

   What was the length of Noah's Ark in cubits?

   • A300 cubits
   • B50 cubits
   • C500 cubits
   • D100 cubits
   Answer: A. 300 cubitsGenesis 6:15

   And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.