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Quiz about The Birds and The Bees in the Bible
Quiz about The Birds and The Bees in the Bible

The Birds and The Bees in the Bible Quiz


No, no...this quiz is not about what you're thinking. It actually *IS* about the birds and the bees, insects and other flying critters found in the scriptures. All quotes and references are from the King James Version.

A multiple-choice quiz by logcrawler. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
logcrawler
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
322,992
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
449
Last 3 plays: aliceinw (5/10), Guest 184 (6/10), comark2000 (10/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. One of the Old Testament prophets had a name that, in the Hebrew language, meant "dove". Who was this man?



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Question 2 of 10
2. In the seventh chapter of Isaiah, we are given an account of what Christians believe to be a foretelling of Christ's birth, nearly seven hundred years before the actual event. In this same chapter, we notice two types of insects that are mentioned. Which insects are spoken of here? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Throughout the Bible we can find many references to locusts, but this batch of locusts is made up of some very unusual ones. They are vividly described in Revelation 9. How are they portrayed? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. In Numbers, chapter 11, we find the Israelite people lusting after a particular food. Tired of the manna, (angel's food - Psalm 78:25) that God has provided them with, they clamor bitterly until God gives them their heart's desire: meat. Quail is the bird they received of the Lord's hand. How did the quail arrive at the encampment of the Israelites? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. I will quote a scripture about three very different birds and you tell me where it is found. I will help you out by narrowing it to...four choices. (How nice of me!)
"I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I am like an owl of the desert. I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the housetop."
Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Yep, you guessed it. Time for another Bible "locust" question.
Locusts appear in many places throughout the Bible; they are notorious for behavior like eating everything in sight: leaves, trees, bushes, etc.
Anything to help people starve ... Nasty little things.
In Exodus 10, when the Pharaoh refused to allow God's people to go out of Egypt, the Egyptians had to endure a number of plagues, one of which was by a swarm of locusts, the worst ever recorded. Once they had served their purpose, how did God cause the locusts to be removed from Egypt?
Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Elijah the Tishbite, and prophet of God, had informed King Ahab of an impending drought. God soon thereafter commanded some birds to bring Elijah some food. What kind of birds were these that are mentioned in 1 Kings 17? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Jesus was speaking to his disciples in Matthew 10, teaching them how to conduct themselves as they went about. At one point, he admonished them to be "wise as serpents and harmless as _____."
What type of creature finishes the instruction?
Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. In the 10th chapter of Matthew, just a little while after Jesus tells his disciples to be both wise and simultaneously harmless, he makes a reference to another type of creature. In the 31st verse, He tells them that they are worth more than many...what? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Job seems to be speaking of the vanities of man in Job chapter 27. What type of flying thing does he say that man builds his house like? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. One of the Old Testament prophets had a name that, in the Hebrew language, meant "dove". Who was this man?

Answer: Jonah or "Yonah"

Jonah's name means "dove" or "pigeon". (Hebrew - Yonah)

Interestingly, we read that when Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, the Holy Spirit came down and landed like a dove on Jesus as the Father spoke from heaven, saying,"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
(Matthew 3:17)

As far as I can determine, Jonah is the only Old Testament prophet that Jesus ever compares himself with. In Matthew 12:40, Jesus speaks of the similarity between Jonah's past "entombment" in the fish's belly with His own pending entombment that was to precede His resurrection.
2. In the seventh chapter of Isaiah, we are given an account of what Christians believe to be a foretelling of Christ's birth, nearly seven hundred years before the actual event. In this same chapter, we notice two types of insects that are mentioned. Which insects are spoken of here?

Answer: flies and bees

The passage states that the Lord will "hiss" or call for them, and they will come. It further states that some animals show up (specifically a cow and two sheep), and that those people who remain in the land will eat honey and butter. (verses 18-22)
3. Throughout the Bible we can find many references to locusts, but this batch of locusts is made up of some very unusual ones. They are vividly described in Revelation 9. How are they portrayed?

Answer: like horses prepared for battle, with faces of men and hair of women

In the seventh verse, we find this very graphic description of these particular locusts. While this may be an allegory, it is nonetheless a powerful picture of evil. They even have their own demonic "king" over them, specifically, the angel of the bottomless pit, "Abaddon/Appolyon" (verse 11.)
4. In Numbers, chapter 11, we find the Israelite people lusting after a particular food. Tired of the manna, (angel's food - Psalm 78:25) that God has provided them with, they clamor bitterly until God gives them their heart's desire: meat. Quail is the bird they received of the Lord's hand. How did the quail arrive at the encampment of the Israelites?

Answer: by a wind from the sea

In the 31st verse, we see the people eating greedily of their newfound meat. There were a LOT of birds. In fact, there were so many, that for twenty miles in any direction around the camp and in a pile that ran three feet deep, there were quails, quails and more quails. Apparently because of their greed and lust for food, a form of gluttony, God struck many of the people dead with a plague. (verses 33 and 34; to understand the entire story, you may want to read the whole chapter.)
5. I will quote a scripture about three very different birds and you tell me where it is found. I will help you out by narrowing it to...four choices. (How nice of me!) "I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I am like an owl of the desert. I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the housetop."

Answer: Psalm 102: 6-7

This Psalm seems to be a prayer of an afflicted and overwhelmed believer. The cry is bitter, but also with hope in the Lord. This is probably a Psalm of David.
6. Yep, you guessed it. Time for another Bible "locust" question. Locusts appear in many places throughout the Bible; they are notorious for behavior like eating everything in sight: leaves, trees, bushes, etc. Anything to help people starve ... Nasty little things. In Exodus 10, when the Pharaoh refused to allow God's people to go out of Egypt, the Egyptians had to endure a number of plagues, one of which was by a swarm of locusts, the worst ever recorded. Once they had served their purpose, how did God cause the locusts to be removed from Egypt?

Answer: with a strong west wind that drove them into the Red Sea

Beginning in the twelfth verse, we see that the locusts arrived via an east wind, covering and darkening the land as they came pouring in all that day and all that night. By the time we read to the nineteenth verse, we see that they were removed by a west wind and were dumped into the Red Sea, so that none remained anywhere in Egypt.
7. Elijah the Tishbite, and prophet of God, had informed King Ahab of an impending drought. God soon thereafter commanded some birds to bring Elijah some food. What kind of birds were these that are mentioned in 1 Kings 17?

Answer: Ravens

In the third and fourth verses we find Elijah being told by God to go and hide near the brook Cherith, where he may find water to drink. God's provision of this basic essential for life is supplemented by another essential: food. Ravens that God commanded to feed his prophet brought him "bread and flesh" twice a day until the brook dried up. God then sent His prophet elsewhere, to a city named Zarephath, where God had prepared a widow to take care of him.
8. Jesus was speaking to his disciples in Matthew 10, teaching them how to conduct themselves as they went about. At one point, he admonished them to be "wise as serpents and harmless as _____." What type of creature finishes the instruction?

Answer: doves

In the 16th verse, he told them that he would send them forth as sheep among wolves and warned them to be wise as serpents, yet harmless as doves.
9. In the 10th chapter of Matthew, just a little while after Jesus tells his disciples to be both wise and simultaneously harmless, he makes a reference to another type of creature. In the 31st verse, He tells them that they are worth more than many...what?

Answer: sparrows

Jesus seems to be stressing to his disciples the fact that they are worth much to him and to God. He begins by telling them that even the very hairs of their head are numbered in the 30th verse. He then states that while even sparrows have value to God, these men are much more valuable to Him.
10. Job seems to be speaking of the vanities of man in Job chapter 27. What type of flying thing does he say that man builds his house like?

Answer: a moth

In Job 27:18, Job speaks of wicked men in comparison to a moth as he foretells the fate of all wicked men.
Source: Author logcrawler

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