Jonah and the Great Fish: 10 Bible Quiz Questions and Answers

Jonah ran from God's call, but God brought him back by a storm and a great fish. When Nineveh repented, Jonah learned how great God's mercy is.

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

Questions

1. Who was Jonah's father?
   A) Hilkiah
   B) Beeri
   C) Amittai
   D) Buzi
2. To which great city did God send Jonah?
   A) Babylon
   B) Tarshish
   C) Damascus
   D) Nineveh
3. To where did Jonah try to flee?
   A) Tarshish
   B) Egypt
   C) Nineveh
   D) Sidon
4. How did the sailors find out who caused the storm?
   A) They prayed to Jonah
   B) They cast lots
   C) They read the stars
   D) They asked the captain
5. What did Jonah tell the sailors to do?
   A) Row harder
   B) Go back to Joppa
   C) Throw him into the sea
   D) Pray to their gods
6. How long was Jonah in the belly of the fish?
   A) One day
   B) Seven days
   C) Forty days
   D) Three days and three nights
7. What did Jonah cry in Nineveh?
   A) Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown
   B) Repent tonight or perish
   C) Leave the city at once
   D) God has forgotten you
8. What did the king of Nineveh do?
   A) He arrested Jonah
   B) He covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes
   C) He ignored the message
   D) He went to war
9. Why was Jonah angry?
   A) He was hungry
   B) The fish had hurt him
   C) God spared Nineveh
   D) He lost his money
10. What did God prepare to shade Jonah, and then take away?
    A) A tent, blown down by the wind
    B) A tree, cut down by men
    C) A rock, broken by fire
    D) A gourd, eaten by a worm

Answers

1. C) Amittai (Jonah 1:1)
2. D) Nineveh (Jonah 1:2)
3. A) Tarshish (Jonah 1:3)
4. B) They cast lots (Jonah 1:7)
5. C) Throw him into the sea (Jonah 1:12)
6. D) Three days and three nights (Jonah 1:17)
7. A) Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown (Jonah 3:4)
8. B) He covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes (Jonah 3:6)
9. C) God spared Nineveh (Jonah 4:1-2)
10. D) A gourd, eaten by a worm (Jonah 4:6-7)