{"generatedAt":"2026-10-17T19:14:45.027Z","quizzes":[{"id":"bible-basics","title":"Bible Basics","description":"Ten questions every reader of the Bible should be able to answer. A gentle start.","difficulty":"easy","questions":[{"q":"How many books are in the Protestant Bible?","options":["27","39","66","73"],"answer":2,"ref":"39 in the Old Testament, 27 in the New","note":"Catholic Bibles include seven more books, the Deuterocanon, making 73."},{"q":"Who built the ark?","options":["Noah","Moses","Abraham","Jonah"],"answer":0,"ref":"Genesis 6:13–22"},{"q":"Which is the first book of the Bible?","options":["Exodus","Genesis","Psalms","Matthew"],"answer":1,"ref":"Genesis 1:1"},{"q":"Who was swallowed by a great fish?","options":["Elijah","Daniel","Jonah","Peter"],"answer":2,"ref":"Jonah 1:17"},{"q":"On which day did God rest from creating?","options":["The fifth","The sixth","The seventh","The tenth"],"answer":2,"ref":"Genesis 2:2"},{"q":"Who led the Israelites out of Egypt?","options":["Joshua","Moses","Aaron","Joseph"],"answer":1,"ref":"Exodus 3:10; 12:51"},{"q":"What is the shortest verse in the English Bible?","options":["\"Jesus wept.\"","\"Pray continually.\"","\"Rejoice always.\"","\"God is love.\""],"answer":0,"ref":"John 11:35","note":"Two words in English; in Greek, 1 Thessalonians 5:16 (\"Rejoice always\") is shorter."},{"q":"Which disciple denied Jesus three times?","options":["Judas","Thomas","John","Peter"],"answer":3,"ref":"Luke 22:54–62"},{"q":"Where was Jesus born?","options":["Nazareth","Jerusalem","Bethlehem","Capernaum"],"answer":2,"ref":"Matthew 2:1; Luke 2:4–7"},{"q":"Who was the first king of Israel?","options":["David","Saul","Solomon","Samuel"],"answer":1,"ref":"1 Samuel 10:1, 24"}]},{"id":"gospels","title":"The Gospels","description":"Matthew, Mark, Luke and John: how well do you know the life of Jesus?","difficulty":"medium","questions":[{"q":"How many Gospels are in the New Testament?","options":["Three","Four","Five","Twelve"],"answer":1,"ref":"Matthew, Mark, Luke and John"},{"q":"Which Gospel opens with \"In the beginning was the Word\"?","options":["Matthew","Mark","Luke","John"],"answer":3,"ref":"John 1:1"},{"q":"Who baptised Jesus?","options":["Peter","John the Baptist","Andrew","Nicodemus"],"answer":1,"ref":"Matthew 3:13–17"},{"q":"How many days was Jesus tempted in the wilderness?","options":["Seven","Twelve","Forty","Seventy"],"answer":2,"ref":"Matthew 4:1–2"},{"q":"At a wedding in which town did Jesus turn water into wine?","options":["Cana","Bethany","Jericho","Nain"],"answer":0,"ref":"John 2:1–11"},{"q":"About how many men did Jesus feed with five loaves and two fish?","options":["Five hundred","One thousand","Four thousand","Five thousand"],"answer":3,"ref":"Matthew 14:17–21","note":"A separate feeding of four thousand is recorded in Matthew 15."},{"q":"Who asked Jesus, \"What is truth?\"","options":["Caiaphas","Herod","Pilate","Nicodemus"],"answer":2,"ref":"John 18:38"},{"q":"Which disciple had been a tax collector?","options":["Matthew","Philip","Bartholomew","James"],"answer":0,"ref":"Matthew 9:9","note":"Mark and Luke call him Levi."},{"q":"In John's Gospel, who first saw the risen Jesus?","options":["Peter","Mary Magdalene","Thomas","Mary the mother of Jesus"],"answer":1,"ref":"John 20:11–18"},{"q":"The parable of the Good Samaritan is found in which Gospel?","options":["Matthew","Mark","Luke","John"],"answer":2,"ref":"Luke 10:25–37"}]},{"id":"old-testament-heroes","title":"Old Testament Heroes","description":"Judges, kings, prophets and a queen. 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