You Just Call Out My Name Trivia Quiz

Answer: Queen of Sheba

Solomon was king at the pinnacle of the ancient Israeli kingdom. When God gave Solomon the chance to have whatever he wanted, he requested an understanding heart. Fantastic answer! So, God made Solomon the GOAT of wise men (that means greatest of all time, BTW). Now an interesting character shows up at his palace. Being a potential member of FunTrivia, the Queen of Sheba seeks out the wisdom of Solomon and asks him many questions.

She is so impressed with his answers that she gives him a ton of gold and more spices than have ever been seen before, like ever! The question that comes to mind for me is, in this patriarchal world, where is the King of Sheba? She must have been powerful indeed to rule alone.

More girl power! Bam! (1 Kin 10, 2 Chr 9)

Answer: Bathsheba

When I hear the story about Bathsheba I immediately feel sorry for Uriah, her husband. Here he is off fighting a war for King David even though the king is twiddling his thumbs at home. We are told that late one night Bathsheba was taking a bath on the roof.

It so happened that King David couldn't sleep and, while on his own rooftop, just happened to notice the beautiful Bathsheba. Being king, he decided it was perfectly reasonable to have Bathsheba brought to him so he could get to know this married woman more intimately.

When David discovers that she is pregnant, he tries to have Uriah sleep with his wife to cover it up...but the soldier refuses! How can he think of sleeping with his wife when his fellow soldiers are in a battle? David thinks, "Well it didn't stop me!" and decides he must have Uriah murdered so he can take Bathsheba as his wife.

It's good to be king! (2 Sam 11)

Answer: Leah

Leah is the older sister of Rachel. Unfortunately for the cow-eyed Leah, the handsome Jacob only has eyes for the ewe-eyed Rachel. Love triangle biblical style! Now Laban, the father of Leah and Rachel, is a shrewd and devious man. He convinces Jacob to work for him for seven years in exchange for his daughter's hand in marriage. Jacob is of course imagining this to be Rachel the whole time, but when he goes to the wedding bed he finds Leah! Laban graciously tells Jacob in a used car salesman voice he can have both sisters (after talking to his manager)...but only if he works for another seven years.

It is revealed in Genesis that since Leah was not loved by Jacob, God opened Leah's womb and gave her 6 sons and a daughter before Rachel had her first child. Hmm...one for every year he had to wait for Leah... (Gen 29)

Answer: Eve

Genesis tells us that Eve's first two sons are Cain and Abel. As the story goes, Cain became a great farmer of the land and offered a portion of his harvest to the Lord. Meanwhile, Abel became a great herdsman and offered up the best of his flock to the Lord.

After consideration, the Lord told the brothers that Abel's offering was better. So, logically, Cain went into a murderous fit of rage! It was then that the Lord learned that silly humans can't handle the truth! Poor Eve was left with one less son, so we are told the Lord gave her Seth to replace Abel. (Gen 4)

Answer: Dinah

In Genesis, Dinah is the child of Leah, and the only daughter listed for Jacob. As it appears, she is the only girl with 12 brothers. Hello, testosterone! What a lucky girl! Apparently, Prince Shechem was not aware of the brothers. After raping Dinah, Schechem thought it would be great to marry her.

The tricky brothers said only if the entire town gets circumcised, will you be allowed to marry our sister! Yikes! Being a commoner was no bueno! I'm just trying to make bread here and now you are coming at me with a knife! Here's the tricky part, apparently the third day after the surgery is the most painful and the time when the brothers decided to murder all the men in town! Nobody touches our sister! (Gen 34) Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah...

Answer: Jael

Of all the ladies on the list, I think Jael is the scariest. So setting the scene, Judge Deborah determines the time is right for Barak to attack the Canaanites. He agrees, but only if Deborah will go with him! Deborah must have been very tough since she agreed, and told Barak that since he was a wimp, a woman would win the victory in his place! So, as expected, the battle goes horribly for the Canaanites, and their general, Sisera, runs away to the Israelite camp to hide. Jael offers him shelter and a drink, and he soon falls fast asleep.

Then in Annie Wilkes style, Jael takes a hammer and a tent stake and drives it through the sleeping Sisera's head, pinning him to the ground! Cold-blooded girl power! (Jud 4)

Answer: Ruth

Naomi was from Bethlehem but had moved to Moab with her husband, Elimelech, and her two sons. Tragically, her husband and sons all died in Moab leaving her a widow along with her son's widows, Ruth and Orpah. Naomi wants to go home and tells the two girls to go to their own mothers. Ruth, however, makes a pledge to never leave Naomi and insists on following her to Bethlehem. We learn in the book of Ruth that if you are interested in a guy you should sneak into his bedroom at night and lay down at his feet so he is surprised in the morning! I can't imagine how this strategy could ever go wrong, especially in ancient times! "Right Boaz, you have NO idea how she got there!" (Rut 1-4)

Answer: Hagar

Hagar is described as an Egyptian slave and maidservant to Abraham's wife, Sarah. God was excited to tell Abraham he would be the patriarch of a huge family which was fantastic news...only to be a patriarch you need to have children! As time went on, Sarah never delivered a child and, probably getting tired of Abraham's kvetching, told him to have a kid with her servant Hagar. Of course, Hagar is successful in becoming pregnant and thus irritates Sarah.

At one point, a pregnant Hagar runs for her life almost dying in the desert when the angel of the Lord appears! In a Darth Vader voice, he tells Hagar that her son will be named Ismael and that hiding in the desert is a bad idea! Oh, and by the way your son will be a wild donkey of a man! (Gen 16) Just what every mother wants to hear, right?

Answer: Rachel

Rachel's husband Jacob thought he was working seven years for her hand in marriage but after being tricked by Rachel's father, he had to work another seven years to gain her as a wife. Jacob clearly favors Rachel and, finally, she gives him his favorite son Joseph, who looks amazing in a technicolor dreamcoat. Jacob's clear favoritism to Joseph makes the older brothers a wee bit jealous, but you will have to read the book to find out more. Rachel had a second son Benjamin, but unfortunately, she died giving birth to him. Jacob is heartbroken and becomes overprotective of Benjamin. (Gen 29-35)

Answer: Esther

Esther is beautiful, clever, and brave. Living as a poor, fatherless, Jewish woman in the Persian Empire typically does not give you many options. However, the current queen lost favor, and the king was looking for a new beautiful wife. Like a true Hallmark movie, Esther is chosen despite her secret Jewish identity! All is great, except the king doesn't want to see you unless he wants to see you! Esther finds out her people will all be killed due to a jealous viceroy, and she decides to risk standing in the presence of the king without being summoned! Ominous music plays... Luckily for her, she makes her saving throw, and he chooses not to kill her! How nice! In fact, he offers her whatever she wants. If you read the whole story, you will find that things go comically wrong for the viceroy, and Esther saves her Jewish people in style like a boss.

The Jewish festival of Purim honors Esther's great success. (Est 1-10)