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What Were They Playing? Trivia Quiz


We at A JOYFUL NOISE would like to invite you to a Biblical musical. Instruments found in the Bible are the focus of this quiz. We hope you enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by Team A JOYFUL NOISE. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
logcrawler
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
382,363
Updated
Feb 02 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
212
Last 3 plays: matthewpokemon (9/10), comark2000 (10/10), Mfombu123 (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Musical instruments make an early appearance in the Bible. Already in the list of Cain's descendants, one is described as 'the father of all such as handle the harp and the organ' (Genesis 4:21, KJV). Can you name him?
(Think of joyful noise, think of jubilee!)
Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. When King Saul had a distressing spirit, what musical instrument did a young David play to pacify him? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. When the Egyptians finally released the Jewish people from captivity, Moses and the descendants of Israel sang a song.

His sister, Miriam, then led the women in a dance while playing a particular musical instrument.

Which instrument did she play?
Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Psalm 92 tells us that 'It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High' (KJV). The instruments it lists to accompany this singing all belong to which type?
(No need to get tangled up in your choice!)
Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Jesus ate the Passover meal with his disciples and afterward they sang a hymn together, according to Matthew 26:30 (King James Version).
While they were singing, Simon Peter played softly on a stringed instrument, after which they all arose and went to the Mount of Olives.


Question 6 of 10
6. In 1st Chronicles Chapter 16, whom did King David appoint to be the chief musician over all the rest of the singers, harp players and trumpeters as they worshiped in song and music before the Ark of the Covenant? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. In Luke 7:31-2 Jesus compares the people of this age to children sitting in the market-place and shouting to one another, "We played the 'aulos' for you and you didn't dance, we sang dirges and you wouldn't cry". What is the modern equivalent of the "aulos"? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Every 50 years after the Israelites were released from slavery in Egypt, the Lord commanded them to observe a feast called "Jubile". Often spelled "jubilee" today, this feast began with the sounding of a musical instrument.

Can you tell me what this instrument was, as referred to in the book of
Leviticus 25:9? (King James Version of the Bible)
Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Paul, in one of the thirteen books in the New Testament he is credited with writing, basically states that a Christian without love is a nothing but a poorly played musical instrument. The verse in the NKJV states, "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal." (In the NIV, it says "noisy gong" rather than sounding brass.) In what book do you find this verse? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. In "Revelation" Chapter 5, twenty-four elders stand before the throne in heaven. Each one is holding a golden bowl of incense and what musical instrument? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Musical instruments make an early appearance in the Bible. Already in the list of Cain's descendants, one is described as 'the father of all such as handle the harp and the organ' (Genesis 4:21, KJV). Can you name him? (Think of joyful noise, think of jubilee!)

Answer: Jubal

In other translations, Jubal's instruments are called 'stringed instruments and pipes'(NIV) or 'harp and flute'(Good News). There seems a consensus that both stringed instruments and some arrangement of pipes were used in music-making from an early stage.
Jubal's half-brother Tubalcain, the "instructer of every artificer in brass and iron",(quoting from Gen 4:22, King James Version), perhaps had a bit more work to do before trumpets came on the scene.


Question submitted by mfc.
2. When King Saul had a distressing spirit, what musical instrument did a young David play to pacify him?

Answer: harp

When David was an unknown shepherd boy -- before he slayed Goliath -- he would play the harp for Saul to refresh his spirit.

1 Samuel 16:23, in the NKJV, explains things this way: "And so it was, whenever the spirit from God was upon Saul, that David would take a harp and play it with his hand. Then Saul would become refreshed and well, and the distressing spirit would depart from him."

Saul's appreciation of David would be short lived, however.

Later Saul would plot to kill David simply because he was deeply jealous of the young shepherd boy who kept making a name for himself.

In addition to being "a mighty man of valor", David is described as a "skillful musician" in 1 Samuel 16:18.

Question submitted by cowrofl.
3. When the Egyptians finally released the Jewish people from captivity, Moses and the descendants of Israel sang a song. His sister, Miriam, then led the women in a dance while playing a particular musical instrument. Which instrument did she play?

Answer: timbrel

Miriam played a timbrel, also known as a tambourine, in modern vernacular.
In Exodus 15:20 the Bible speaks of her being a prophetess, and further states that she "took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances." (King James Version)

Question submitted by logcrawler.
4. Psalm 92 tells us that 'It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High' (KJV). The instruments it lists to accompany this singing all belong to which type? (No need to get tangled up in your choice!)

Answer: Strings

Wind instruments would of course not be practical if people were to join in the singing at the same time as playing, but usually the psalms suggest a range of instruments. Here the two or three instruments (depending on which translation is used) are all varieties of stringed instrument.

Question submitted by mfc.
5. Jesus ate the Passover meal with his disciples and afterward they sang a hymn together, according to Matthew 26:30 (King James Version). While they were singing, Simon Peter played softly on a stringed instrument, after which they all arose and went to the Mount of Olives.

Answer: False

While it is noted that they sang a hymn, no musical instruments were mentioned as being played by anyone.

The scripture as found in Matthew 26:26-30 in the King James Version of the Holy Bible merely states,
"And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives."

Question submitted by logcrawler.
6. In 1st Chronicles Chapter 16, whom did King David appoint to be the chief musician over all the rest of the singers, harp players and trumpeters as they worshiped in song and music before the Ark of the Covenant?

Answer: Asaph

Asaph was the chief musician, appointed by King David to lead the singers. He also was a cymbal player. Asaph wrote a number of the Psalms as well. Moses wrote the 90th Psalm, with several other people writing some of the rest. David wrote many of them himself, but Asaph was quite prolific in both words and music scores also.

Question submitted by logcrawler.
7. In Luke 7:31-2 Jesus compares the people of this age to children sitting in the market-place and shouting to one another, "We played the 'aulos' for you and you didn't dance, we sang dirges and you wouldn't cry". What is the modern equivalent of the "aulos"?

Answer: Recorder

The Greek word "aulos" is often mistranslated as "flute", but pictures on Greek vases make it clear that this was not a flute which is played by blowing over the hole, but a double-recorder which the player blew into. It was the standard Greek instrument for social gatherings, parades, and public performances of dance, song, and drama.

Question submitted by ampelos.
8. Every 50 years after the Israelites were released from slavery in Egypt, the Lord commanded them to observe a feast called "Jubile". Often spelled "jubilee" today, this feast began with the sounding of a musical instrument. Can you tell me what this instrument was, as referred to in the book of Leviticus 25:9? (King James Version of the Bible)

Answer: trumpet

The trumpet was the instrument mentioned in Leviticus 25 in the King James Version.

"Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land."

Interestingly, the trumpet was made of a ram's horn, and the Hebrew word "jubilee" meant "ram's horn."

The Day of Atonement was the day of the year that the High Priest offered atonement for his own sins as well as the sins of the people, from year to year.

On the 50th year, a very festive occasion occurred because individuals who had sold themselves as slaves or indentured servants were set free; families were able to reclaim their land if they had lost it due to indebtedness, and everyone got a new opportunity to "start over" with a clean slate.

Question submitted by logcrawler
9. Paul, in one of the thirteen books in the New Testament he is credited with writing, basically states that a Christian without love is a nothing but a poorly played musical instrument. The verse in the NKJV states, "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal." (In the NIV, it says "noisy gong" rather than sounding brass.) In what book do you find this verse?

Answer: 1 Corinthians

The verse is from 1 Corinthians 13:1, known as the Love Chapter. (Rather than using the word 'love', the KJV uses 'charity'.)

Notes in the NKJV Study Bible state Paul likely made mention of sounding brass and a clanging cymbal as many of the Corinthians would have easily understood the point he was making because they had used "brass instruments and cymbals as standard elements of pagan worship in their lives before Christ."

In the chapter, Paul cites examples of four gifts (tongues, prophecy, faith and giving) and states that even "their most spectacular manifestations" are basically useless unless the believer is motivated by love, according to notes in the NIV Study Bible. Paul's standards are so high it's apparent no one is capable of achieving his goal. Nevertheless, it doesn't hurt to try. It's an 'impossible goal' for mere mortals to be Christlike, but that's what Scripture states believers are to aspire to become.

Because it is such exquisite writing, I present the Love Chapter in its entirety as it appears in he NKJV:

"Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.

"Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

"Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.

"When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.

"And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love."

Question submitted by cowrofl.
10. In "Revelation" Chapter 5, twenty-four elders stand before the throne in heaven. Each one is holding a golden bowl of incense and what musical instrument?

Answer: Harp

The Greek word "kithara" is usually translated as harp, but lyre would be a better rendition since we know from vase-paintings that the "kithara" was a small hand-held instrument and not the large concert device that we associate with the word harp.

Question submitted by ampelos.
Source: Author logcrawler

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