Daniel: Faithfulness in a Foreign Land: 10 Bible Quiz Questions and Answers

Taken captive to Babylon as a young man, Daniel stayed faithful to God in food, in prayer and before kings, and God gave him great visions.

Here are 10 Bible quiz questions on Daniel: Faithfulness in a Foreign Land, with the answers and Bible references at the end. Use them for Sabbath School, youth meetings, family worship or personal study.

Questions

1. Which king took Daniel captive to Babylon?
   A) Darius
   B) Nebuchadnezzar
   C) Cyrus
   D) Belshazzar
2. What Babylonian name was Daniel given?
   A) Shadrach
   B) Abednego
   C) Belteshazzar
   D) Meshach
3. What did Daniel ask to eat instead of the king's meat?
   A) Bread and wine
   B) Fish and honey
   C) Only meat
   D) Pulse (vegetables) and water
4. In the king's dream, what did the head of gold stand for?
   A) Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom, Babylon
   B) Persia
   C) Greece
   D) Rome
5. What broke the great image in the king's dream?
   A) A sword
   B) A stone cut out without hands
   C) A flood
   D) A great tree
6. Who were thrown into the burning fiery furnace?
   A) Daniel and Ezekiel
   B) Ezra and Nehemiah
   C) Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
   D) Darius and Cyrus
7. What words were written on Belshazzar's wall?
   A) HOLINESS TO THE LORD
   B) KING OF KINGS
   C) I AM THAT I AM
   D) MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN
8. How many times a day did Daniel pray toward Jerusalem?
   A) Three
   B) Seven
   C) Once
   D) Twelve
9. Who shut the lions' mouths?
   A) King Darius
   B) God's angel
   C) Daniel's friends
   D) The guards
10. According to Daniel 8:14, how long until the sanctuary would be cleansed?
    A) 1,260 days
    B) 70 weeks
    C) 2,300 days
    D) 1,000 years

Answers

1. B) Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 1:1-6)
2. C) Belteshazzar (Daniel 1:7)
3. D) Pulse (vegetables) and water (Daniel 1:12)
4. A) Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom, Babylon (Daniel 2:37-38)
5. B) A stone cut out without hands (Daniel 2:34)
6. C) Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego (Daniel 3:20)
7. D) MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN (Daniel 5:25)
8. A) Three (Daniel 6:10)
9. B) God's angel (Daniel 6:22)
10. C) 2,300 days (Daniel 8:14)