GREAT LAKES BIBLE BOWL 2010

SENIOR DIVISION – FEBUARY

 

Esther 8-10 and Daniel 1&2

 

 

 

  1. Three times in the ninth chapter of Esther this phrase is used to describe what the Jews did not do on the 13th day of Adar.  What is the phrase? (Esther 9:10, 15, 16)
    1. They did not enjoy the killing
    2. They did not lay their hands on the plunder
    3. They did not hate the Persians

 

  1. What two things did King Xerxes do to verify his second decree about the Jews? (Esther 8:8)
    1. It was sealed with the king’s ring and posted at the king’s gate
    2. It was sealed with the king’s ring and attached to a portrait of the king
    3. It was written in the king’s name and sealed with the king’s ring

 

  1. Why did King Nebuchadnezzar think that the astrologers kept asking him to tell them the dream? (Daniel 2:8-9)
    1. Because they were lazy and did not want to do their work
    2. Because they wanted more money
    3. Because they were trying to gain time to tell him misleading things

 

  1. How many of their enemies did the Jews in Susa kill on the 14th day of Adar? (Esther 9;15)
    1. 500
    2. 300
    3. 200

 

  1. Why did Daniel say the 4th kingdom was represented by iron? (Daniel 2:40)
    1. Because iron is smelted in a furnace
    2. Because iron is strong and can smash everything
    3. Because iron requires skilled craftsmen to make it

 

  1. What did King Nebuchadnezzar say would happen to the astrologers if they did not tell him his dream and its interpretation? (Daniel 2:5)
    1. They would be cut in pieces and their houses turned to rubble
    2. They would be hanged along with their wives and children
    3. They would become the king’s slaves

 

 

  1. How did King Xerxes show Esther he was willing to listen to her plea for her people? (Esther 8:4)
    1. He invited her to sit next to him on his throne
    2. He invited her to his banquet
    3. He extended his gold scepter to Esther

 

  1. How did Arioch describe Daniel to King Nebuchadnezzar? (Daniel 2:25)
    1. As a man among the exiles from Judah
    2. As a great wizard who can interpret dreams
    3. As the young man who refused to eat the food from the king’s table

 

  1. On what day was King Xerxes’ second decree written? (Esther 8:9)
    1. 23rd day of the 3rd month
    2. 23rd day of the 2nd month
    3. 1st day of the Nisan

 

  1. From whom did Daniel request vegetables and water? (Daniel 1:11-12)

a.       From the chief of the court officials

b.      From the guard appointed by the chief official

c.       From Ashpenaz

 

  1. What did the chief official worry would happen to him, if he let Daniel and his friends eat different food? (Daniel 1:10)
    1. Daniel and his friends would not adjust to their new life quickly
    2. He was worried the other young men would want the same food
    3. He was afraid the king would kill him

 

  1. Why was Mordecai invited into the king’s presence on the day that Haman died? (Esther 8:1)
    1. So that Mordecai could tell the king about how Haman had treated him
    2. Because Esther told the king how Mordecai was related to her
    3. Because the king wanted to honor Mordecai again for exposing the assassination plot against the king

 

  1. Why did Daniel say that the mystery of the king’s dream had been revealed to Daniel? (Daniel 2:30)
    1. So that Daniel would be elevated to the position of highest wise man
    2. So that the king could understand what went through his mind
    3. So that the tricks of the astrologers would be revealed

 

  1. To what did Daniel say he would agree after the 10 day test of only vegetables and water? (Daniel 1:13)
    1. That Daniel and his friends would eat food from the king’s table again
    2. That the official could treat the young man according to what he saw
    3. That the official could add meat to their diet of vegetables and water
  2. What did Daniel say was the meaning of the rock that broke the statue to pieces? (Daniel 2:44-45)
    1. The rock would destroy the whole earth
    2. The rock fell from heaven just as Jesus would come from heaven
    3. The rock represented a kingdom that will never be destroyed

 

  1. How did the Jews come to name their holiday ‘Purim’? (Esther 9:24-26)
    1. Because Esther and Mordecai were pure in their leadership
    2. Because it was Queen Esther’s Persian name
    3. Because Haman cast the ‘pur’ or lot on those days to destroy the Jews

 

  1. Why did Esther fall weeping at the king’s feet? (Esther 8:3)
    1. She was in shock from the stress of the day
    2. She was begging him to cancel the edict to annihilate the Jews
    3. She was afraid the king would be angry with her

 

  1. What did the astrologers say to King Nebuchadnezzar, trying to show why telling the king his dream was too difficult? (Daniel 2:10-11)
    1. This was dark magic and they could not do that
    2. No one can do such a thing except gods
    3. They had not been taught to do this in astrology school

 

  1. What was the day appointed, 1st for the annihilation of the Jews, then for the Jews to protect themselves? (Esther 8:12 & 9:1)
    1. 13th day of Sivan
    2. 13th day of Nisan
    3. 13th day of Adar

 

  1. What happened to Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego after Daniel told the king the meaning of his dream? (Daniel 2:49)
    1. They were appointed administrators over the province of Babylon
    2. They were each appointed wise man for a province
    3. They died at the royal court