The Tower of Babel: 10 Bible Quiz Questions and Answers

After the flood, people gathered in the land of Shinar to build a city and a tower to make a name for themselves. God confused their language and scattered them over the earth.

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

Questions

1. How many languages did the whole earth have before Babel?
   A) One
   B) Two
   C) Seventy
   D) Twelve
2. In which land did the people settle?
   A) The plain of Jordan
   B) The land of Shinar
   C) The valley of Elah
   D) The land of Goshen
3. What did they use instead of stone?
   A) Wood
   B) Gold
   C) Brick
   D) Clay pots
4. What did they use for mortar?
   A) Lime
   B) Mud and straw
   C) Iron
   D) Slime (bitumen)
5. Why did they want to build the city and tower?
   A) To make a name and not be scattered
   B) To worship God
   C) To store grain
   D) To watch for enemies
6. What did God do to stop the building?
   A) He sent a flood
   B) He confounded their language
   C) He sent fire
   D) He sent an army
7. Why was the place called Babel?
   A) It was named after a king
   B) It means "great tower"
   C) Because there the LORD confounded the language
   D) It was named after a river
8. What happened to the people after their language was confused?
   A) They stayed in Shinar
   B) They went back to Eden
   C) They died in a flood
   D) They were scattered over the face of the earth
9. Whose family line follows the tower of Babel, leading to Abram?
   A) Shem's
   B) Ham's
   C) Japheth's
   D) Cain's
10. Whose kingdom began at Babel?
    A) Esau's
    B) Nimrod's
    C) Ishmael's
    D) Goliath's

Answers

1. A) One (Genesis 11:1)
2. B) The land of Shinar (Genesis 11:2)
3. C) Brick (Genesis 11:3)
4. D) Slime (bitumen) (Genesis 11:3)
5. A) To make a name and not be scattered (Genesis 11:4)
6. B) He confounded their language (Genesis 11:7)
7. C) Because there the LORD confounded the language (Genesis 11:9)
8. D) They were scattered over the face of the earth (Genesis 11:8)
9. A) Shem's (Genesis 11:10-26)
10. B) Nimrod's (Genesis 10:8-10)