Elijah on Mount Carmel: 10 Bible Quiz Questions and Answers

On Mount Carmel, Elijah called Israel to choose between Baal and the LORD. The prophets of Baal cried all day in vain, but the God who answers by fire answered Elijah.

Here are 10 Bible quiz questions on Elijah on Mount Carmel, with the answers and Bible references at the end. Use them for Sabbath School, youth meetings, family worship or personal study.

Questions

1. Whom did Elijah say had troubled Israel?
   A) The Philistines
   B) Ahab and his father's house
   C) The prophets of God
   D) Obadiah
2. How many prophets of the groves ate at Jezebel's table?
   A) 450
   B) 100
   C) 400
   D) 50
3. What did Elijah ask the people?
   A) Who will fight Baal?
   B) Where is your king?
   C) Why are you hungry?
   D) How long halt ye between two opinions?
4. What did the prophets of Baal do to get an answer?
   A) They cried aloud and cut themselves
   B) They fasted quietly
   C) They burned incense in the temple
   D) They went to sleep
5. How did Elijah mock the prophets of Baal?
   A) He threw stones at them
   B) He said Baal might be talking, travelling or asleep
   C) He laughed and left
   D) He broke their altar
6. How many stones did Elijah use to repair the altar of the LORD?
   A) 7
   B) 10
   C) 12
   D) 3
7. What did Elijah have poured on the sacrifice?
   A) Oil
   B) Wine
   C) Blood
   D) Water, three times
8. What did the fire of the LORD consume?
   A) The sacrifice, the wood, the stones, the dust and the water
   B) Only the bullock
   C) Only the wood
   D) The prophets of Baal
9. What did the people cry when they saw the fire?
   A) Baal is God
   B) The LORD, he is the God
   C) Long live Ahab
   D) We are afraid
10. What did Elijah's servant see from the sea the seventh time?
    A) A great ship
    B) Fire
    C) A little cloud like a man's hand
    D) A rainbow

Answers

1. B) Ahab and his father's house (1 Kings 18:18)
2. C) 400 (1 Kings 18:19)
3. D) How long halt ye between two opinions? (1 Kings 18:21)
4. A) They cried aloud and cut themselves (1 Kings 18:28)
5. B) He said Baal might be talking, travelling or asleep (1 Kings 18:27)
6. C) 12 (1 Kings 18:31)
7. D) Water, three times (1 Kings 18:33-34)
8. A) The sacrifice, the wood, the stones, the dust and the water (1 Kings 18:38)
9. B) The LORD, he is the God (1 Kings 18:39)
10. C) A little cloud like a man's hand (1 Kings 18:44)