A Christmas Quiz

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. The story of Jesus' birth is told in two of the Gospels. Do you know which two? Luke and John Mark and Matthew John and Mark Matthew and Luke

2. What was the name of the angel who visited Mary to tell her she was going to have a baby by the Holy Spirit? Michael Raphael Roger Gabriel

3. Apart from telling Mary that she was to have a baby and call him Jesus, what else did the angel tell her? that she would be very rich that her cousin was pregnant that all her troubles were over that she would travel the world

4. Why were Joseph and Mary in Bethlehem when Jesus was born? because of the census because they were going to Egypt because they were visiting friends because they moved house

5. Joseph and Mary were given the best room in the hotel. True False

6. Who were the first people to visit them after the baby was born? Mary's mother shepherds the wise men Joseph's mother

7. We don't know for certain how many Magi (wise men) came to visit Jesus, but the Bible does tell us which direction they came from. Do you know which direction it was? they came from the south they came from the west they came from the east they came from the north

8. The Magi stopped off in Jerusalem to see the King - what was his name? John Herod George Pilate

9. Jewish Law required that baby boys be taken to the Temple (or synagogue) when only a few days old, so Joseph and Mary took Jesus to Jerusalem when he was still tiny. There they met two people who also knew how special this baby was. Do you know who they were? Joanne and Simeon Anna and Michael Simeon and Anna Michael and Joanne

10. Because the King was worried about a new King being born, it was dangerous to stay in Bethlehem, and Gabriel told Joseph that he and his family should leave immediately. Where did they go? England Egypt Italy Spain