Braingle: 'Bible Colours' Trivia Quiz

Bible Colours

Do you know all the colours that are mentioned in the Bible?

Quiz ID:	#7854
Fun:	(2.87)
Difficulty:	(0.88)
Category:	Religion > The Bible
Created By:	MarcM1098

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#1 After the flood, what was the colourful sign of God's covenant with Noah?

A burning red bush
A fluffy white cloud
A green olive leaf
A rainbow in the sky

#2 When Esau was born, he was described as _. Later he sold his birthright to his brother Jacob for some _ stew. (The same word is used in both blanks.)

Black
Brown
Red
Yellow

#3 Jacob gave his favourite son Joseph a _____.

Purple coat.
Red and blue coat.
Coat of three colours.
Coat of many colours.

#4 When the Israelites escaped from Egypt, the Egyptians drowned in what colourfully named body of water?

Black Sea
Red Sea
White Sea
Yellow Sea

#5 Exodus records God's instructions on how to build the tabernacle. The curtains were to be made of finely twisted linen and _____ yarn.

Blue, purple, and scarlet
Green, blue, and yellow
Orange, yellow, and red
White, black, and brown

#6 Green usually symbolizes natural growth and life, but in Leviticus it symbolizes disease.

True
False

#7 What colour completes this verse from Psalm 23: "He makes me lie down in _____ pastures..."?

Brown
Green
Red
Yellow

#8 In Proverbs, grey hair symbolizes a life of stress and worry.

True
False

#9 Complete the following quote from Isaiah 1:18. "Though your sins are like _____, they shall be as white as snow.

Aqua
Black
Scarlet
Violet

#10 The Roman soldiers put a robe on Jesus and a crown of thorns on his head, then mocked him saying "Hail, king of the Jews!" What colour was the robe?

Black or Brown
Blue or Green
Purple or Scarlet
White or Grey

#11 Which of the following is NOT one of the colours of the four horses of the Apocalypse?

Black
Brown
Red
White

#12 Orange is never mentioned in the Bible.

True
False

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parayik

posted 656 days ago

Cool!

coyotemoon

posted 655 days ago

Spannxx.11/12. Missed the last one. misread the question.

Dontrelle

posted 654 days ago

AWESOME!

Mon05

posted 652 days ago

10/12 great quiz

katjojo

posted 648 days ago

Good!!

Serenata

posted 639 days ago

nice 1!

butterfly2721

posted 629 days ago

AWESOME quiz. I really enjoyed it. make more.....

cooldev88

posted 626 days ago

GumEBears

posted 622 days ago

Another great quiz! A+

aball911

posted 619 days ago

12/12, yay

i never thought of the Bible as "colorful". thanks for the new point of view!!

Trishgal

posted 617 days ago

12/12 well that was really good.

tipsypyro

posted 595 days ago

I missed #6 but I don't think of mold as disease. great quiz!

guaterocks18

posted 586 days ago

B Very cool!

dkochensparger

posted 555 days ago

Loved it and got them all.

Dishhead5

posted 507 days ago

Woaps got grey hair wrong

GebbieRose

posted 466 days ago

Another great quiz!

rocky4square

posted 364 days ago

11/12, to Dishhead5, I also got gray hair wrong

Ruthy

posted 313 days ago

11/12 I missed the green for diseases!

rouge_storm

posted 312 days ago

i've read the bible and it is a load of s**t

dalfamnest

posted 39 days ago

Thanks! A most enjoyable quiz again. Good variety of question - enough of a challenge, too. I always thought of 'hairy' Jacob as brown. so 11/12 for me, too!

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Bible Colours

#1 After the flood, what was the colourful sign of God's covenant with Noah?

#2 When Esau was born, he was described as _. Later he sold his birthright to his brother Jacob for some _ stew. (The same word is used in both blanks.)

#3 Jacob gave his favourite son Joseph a _____.

#4 When the Israelites escaped from Egypt, the Egyptians drowned in what colourfully named body of water?

#5 Exodus records God's instructions on how to build the tabernacle. The curtains were to be made of finely twisted linen and _____ yarn.

#6 Green usually symbolizes natural growth and life, but in Leviticus it symbolizes disease.

#7 What colour completes this verse from Psalm 23: "He makes me lie down in _____ pastures..."?

#8 In Proverbs, grey hair symbolizes a life of stress and worry.

#9 Complete the following quote from Isaiah 1:18. "Though your sins are like _____, they shall be as white as snow.

#10 The Roman soldiers put a robe on Jesus and a crown of thorns on his head, then mocked him saying "Hail, king of the Jews!" What colour was the robe?

#11 Which of the following is NOT one of the colours of the four horses of the Apocalypse?

#12 Orange is never mentioned in the Bible.

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Bible Colours

#1 After the flood, what was the colourful sign of God's covenant with Noah?

#2 When Esau was born, he was described as _____. Later he sold his birthright to his brother Jacob for some _____ stew. (The same word is used in both blanks.)

#3 Jacob gave his favourite son Joseph a _____.

#4 When the Israelites escaped from Egypt, the Egyptians drowned in what colourfully named body of water?

#5 Exodus records God's instructions on how to build the tabernacle. The curtains were to be made of finely twisted linen and _____ yarn.

#6 Green usually symbolizes natural growth and life, but in Leviticus it symbolizes disease.

#7 What colour completes this verse from Psalm 23: "He makes me lie down in _____ pastures..."?

#8 In Proverbs, grey hair symbolizes a life of stress and worry.

#9 Complete the following quote from Isaiah 1:18. "Though your sins are like _____, they shall be as white as snow.

#10 The Roman soldiers put a robe on Jesus and a crown of thorns on his head, then mocked him saying "Hail, king of the Jews!" What colour was the robe?

#11 Which of the following is NOT one of the colours of the four horses of the Apocalypse?

#12 Orange is never mentioned in the Bible.

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#2 When Esau was born, he was described as _. Later he sold his birthright to his brother Jacob for some _ stew. (The same word is used in both blanks.)