Daniel Bible quiz · 10 questions
How well do you know Daniel?
Pick an answer, then see the verse that settles it.
What did Daniel ask to eat instead of the king’s food?
Nothing at all · Only bread · Vegetables and water
Answer
Vegetables and water. Daniel 1:12: ““Please test your servants for ten days. Let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink.” Read it
In Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, what was the statue’s head made of?
Gold · Silver · Iron
Answer
Gold. Daniel 2:32: “The head of that statue was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze…” Read it
Who was thrown into the blazing furnace?
Ezra and Nehemiah · Daniel and his servant · Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
Answer
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Daniel 3:20: “He told certain powerful warriors in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and hurl them into the furnace of blazing fire.” Read it
How many men did the king see walking in the fire?
Three · Four · Seven
Answer
Four. Daniel 3:25: “He said, “Look, I see four men loose and walking about inside the fire, with no harm on them, and the fourth has the appearance of a son of the gods.”” Read it
When Nebuchadnezzar was driven out, what did he eat?
Bread from ravens · Grass, like cattle · Locusts and honey
Answer
Grass, like cattle. Daniel 4:33: “At that very moment the word was fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven away from people and ate grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.” Read it
At whose feast did a hand write on the wall?
Belshazzar’s · Nebuchadnezzar’s · Darius’s
Answer
Belshazzar’s. Daniel 5:1, 5: “King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine in front of the thousand. … At that very moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, opposite the lampstand. The king watched the hand as it wrote.” Read it
What words did the hand write?
Babylon has fallen · Holy, Holy, Holy · Mene, Mene, Tekel, Parsin
Answer
Mene, Mene, Tekel, Parsin. Daniel 5:25: “This is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin.” Read it
What did Daniel keep doing after the law against prayer was signed?
Kneeling to pray three times a day, as before · Hiding in his house · Fasting in secret
Answer
Kneeling to pray three times a day, as before. Daniel 6:10: “Once Daniel knew the document had been signed, he went into his house. Its upper room had windows opening toward Jerusalem, and three times each day he would kneel down, pray, and give thanks before his God, exactly as he used to do before this.” Read it
What did Daniel say shut the lions’ mouths?
The king’s order · God sent his angel · The lions were full
Answer
God sent his angel. Daniel 6:22: “My God sent his angel, who closed the mouths of the lions, and they did me no harm, since I was found innocent in his presence; and before you as well, O king, I have committed no crime.”” Read it
In Daniel’s vision, who came with the clouds of heaven?
A ram with two horns · A great eagle · One like a son of man
Answer
One like a son of man. Daniel 7:13: “I went on watching in the visions of the night, and there, coming with the clouds of heaven, was one like a son of man. He reached the Ancient of Days and was brought before him.” Read it
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