Noah's Ark - Quiz
Noah s Ark
  • 1. How long did it rain during the Great Flood?
A) 30 days and 30 nights
B) 40 days and 40 nights
C) 60 days and 60 nights
D) 50 days and 50 nights
  • 2. What was the first bird that Noah sent out from the Ark to search for dry land?
A) raven
B) eagle
C) dove
D) sparrow
  • 3. How many people were saved on the Ark?
A) five
B) ten
C) twelve
D) eight
  • 4. What was the sign of God's covenant with Noah after the Flood?
A) Moon
B) Rainbow
C) Sun
D) Thunderstorm
  • 5. Who was Noah's wife?
A) Rebecca
B) Naamah
C) Leah
D) Sarah
  • 6. How old was Noah when the Flood came?
A) 800 years
B) 600 years
C) 500 years
D) 700 years
  • 7. Who instructed Noah to build the Ark?
A) David
B) Moses
C) God
D) Abraham
  • 8. What is the biblical mountain where the Ark landed?
A) Mount Ararat
B) Mount Everest
C) Mount Sinai
D) Mount Olympus
  • 9. How many years did it take Noah to build the Ark?
A) 120 years
B) 100 years
C) 50 years
D) 75 years
  • 10. What is the Hebrew name for Noah's Ark?
A) Tevat Noaḥ
B) Qinnim
C) Safinat Nūḥ
D) Al-fulk
  • 11. Which ancient text is the biblical story of Noah most closely related to?
A) The Iliad
B) The Aeneid
C) The Epic of Gilgamesh
D) The Odyssey
  • 12. What material was Noah's Ark supposed to be made from, according to Genesis?
A) Oak wood
B) Gopher wood
C) Pine wood
D) Cedar wood
  • 13. How many cubits long was Noah's Ark supposed to be?
A) 200 cubits
B) 300 cubits
C) 400 cubits
D) 500 cubits
  • 14. What does the Hebrew word 'tevah' refer to in Genesis?
A) A measurement unit
B) A flood narrative
C) A type of wood
D) The shape of Noah's Ark
  • 15. Which scholar imagined the Ark as a square pyramid floating on a raft?
A) Hugh of Saint Victor
B) Eusebius
C) Origen
D) Flavius Josephus
  • 16. What is the Arabic name for Noah's Ark in the Quran?
A) Safinat Nūḥ
B) Al-fulk
C) Qinnim
D) Tevat Noaḥ
  • 17. What does 'koper' refer to in the context of Noah's Ark?
A) A flood narrative
B) Pitch or bitumen
C) A type of wood
D) A measurement unit
  • 18. Which ancient civilization's flood myths influenced the Genesis story?
A) Greek
B) Mesopotamian
C) Egyptian
D) Roman
  • 19. What does 'qinnim' usually refer to in the Bible?
A) Human dwellings
B) Birds' nests
C) Animal habitats
D) Fish species
  • 20. Who dedicated a treatise describing Noah's Ark as a ship's hull with a sloped roof?
A) Hugh of Saint Victor
B) Origen
C) Eusebius
D) Flavius Josephus
  • 21. What is the Hebrew term for Noah's Ark that also describes Moses' basket?
A) Safinat Nūḥ
B) Al-fulk
C) Tevah
D) Qinnim
  • 22. What is the relationship between the Ark and the Jewish Temple?
A) The Ark was built from temple stones.
B) Both are seen as serving for the preservation of human life.
C) They have no connection.
D) The Temple was modeled after the Ark.
  • 23. What is 'tsohar' in the context of Noah's Ark?
A) A roof or a skylight
B) A type of wood
C) A measurement unit
D) A door
  • 24. What was unique about the deck areas of Atrahasis, Utnapishtim, and Noah's arks?
A) Only Noah's Ark had a specific area mentioned
B) They were nearly identical with only 4% difference
C) The areas increased progressively from one to the next
D) Each had a completely different area
  • 25. Who attempted to warn Noah's neighbors about the coming deluge?
A) Noah
B) The animals
C) The angels
D) God
  • 26. According to the text, which translation renders 'Cardyaei' as 'the country of the Kurds'?
A) Ancient Greek texts
B) Other translations
C) Josephus's writings
D) Epiphanius of Salamis
  • 27. Which first-century historian reported that Armenians believed the remains of Noah's Ark were located at the mountain of the Cordyaeans?
A) Josephus
B) Berossus
C) Nicolaus of Damascus
D) Mnaseas
  • 28. How did clean animals make themselves known before entering the Ark?
A) By making loud noises
B) By following a guide
C) By kneeling before Noah
D) By jumping over a fence
  • 29. Which Mesopotamian period is associated with the restoration of order by the First Dynasty of Isin?
A) 20th century BCE
B) 12th century BCE
C) 16th century BCE
D) Around 2004 BCE
  • 30. When was Johan's Ark completed?
A) 2012
B) 2008
C) 2016
D) 2015
  • 31. According to early Christian interpretation, what did the Ark symbolize?
A) The Christ who was expected
B) A model of ancient architecture
C) A vessel for human exploration
D) A metaphor for earthly wealth
  • 32. Where was a scale replica of the boat described by Finkel's cuneiform tablet floated?
A) Kerala, India
B) Europe
C) Middle East
D) Armenia
  • 33. What period marks the emergence of the typical Mesopotamian flood myth?
A) Old Babylonian period (20th–16th centuries BCE)
B) Neo-Assyrian period
C) Akkadian Empire
D) Middle Assyrian period
  • 34. Which Babylonian king's name was used for the hero of the flood story in later versions?
A) Atrahasis
B) Ur-Nammu
C) Gilgamesh
D) Sargon
  • 35. In Mandaean texts, what term is used to describe Noah's Ark?
A) teak wood
B) safina
C) kawila
D) fulk
  • 36. What is the shape of Atrahasis's Ark as described in Mesopotamian myths?
A) Oval with two decks
B) Cube with six decks of seven compartments
C) Rectangular with three decks
D) Circular, resembling an enormous quffa
  • 37. Which book of the Right Ginza discusses Noah and his family being saved from the Great Flood?
A) Book 54
B) Book 24
C) Book 18
D) Book 7
  • 38. In the Quran, which term is used to describe Noah's Ark as an ordinary ship?
A) fulk
B) safina
C) kawila
D) boards and nails
  • 39. What was the proposed solution in the 1860 edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica for housing all animal types on the Ark?
A) A local flood
B) A supernatural explanation
C) More space than originally thought
D) Fewer species than imagined
  • 40. Which Mesopotamian city has the oldest known version of the flood story featuring King Ziusudra?
A) Ur
B) Babylon
C) Nippur
D) Isin
  • 41. How did Origen respond to criticism about the Ark's capacity?
A) He proposed the Ark was magically expanded
B) He claimed animals were smaller in biblical times
C) He suggested only select species were saved
D) He argued Moses used a larger Egyptian cubit
  • 42. Which edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica described the Ark as factual and attempted to explain its capacity for housing animals?
A) 1860 edition
B) 1945 edition
C) 1771 edition
D) 1910 edition
  • 43. Who calculated the Ark's internal dimensions in the 16th century?
A) Epiphanius of Salamis
B) Johannes Buteo
C) Alfonso Tostada
D) John Chrysostom
  • 44. In Islamic tradition, what was the shape of Noah's Ark revealed to be?
A) Circular
B) Square
C) A box or chest
D) Like a bird's belly
  • 45. In Gnostic text, who attempted to board the Ark with Noah?
A) Abraham
B) Norea
C) Eve
D) Moses
  • 46. Which scholar gave a detailed account of the logistics of the Ark in the 15th century?
A) Nicolaus of Damascus
B) Johannes Buteo
C) Alfonso Tostada
D) Irving Finkel
  • 47. Which faith regards both Abrahamic and Indian traditions as divine messengers?
A) Mandaeism
B) Judaism
C) Baháʼí Faith
D) Islam
  • 48. Which scholar identified Mount Judi with a hill near Jazirat ibn Umar?
A) Masudi
B) Abd Allah ibn Abbas
C) Noah
D) Muhammad
  • 49. Who wrote that Allah revealed the shape of Noah's Ark to be like a bird's belly?
A) Muhammad
B) Masudi
C) Noah
D) Abd Allah ibn Abbas
  • 50. What was the cause of the flood in the Hebrew myth?
A) As a result of divine caprice
B) To reduce human overpopulation
C) Due to natural disasters
D) God's judgment on wicked humanity
  • 51. What is the relationship between 'koper' and bitumen?
A) 'Koper' refers to cedar wood.
B) 'Koper' is unrelated to bitumen.
C) 'Koper' means pitch in Hebrew.
D) 'Koper' is a loanword from Akkadian 'kupru', meaning bitumen.
  • 52. What does 'gopher wood' likely derive from?
A) An Egyptian term for cedar
B) A Roman phrase for pine
C) A Greek word for oak
D) A loan word from Akkadian gupru
  • 53. How many versions of the Mesopotamian flood story are known?
A) Seven
B) Five
C) Eleven
D) Nine
  • 54. Who wrote the last known version of the Mesopotamian flood story in Greek?
A) Berossus
B) Sappho
C) Herodotus
D) Homer
  • 55. According to Masudi, where did Noah's Ark begin its voyage?
A) Mecca
B) Jazirat ibn Umar
C) Mount Judi
D) Kufa in central Iraq
  • 56. In the Peshitta New Testament, what term is attested for Noah's Ark?
A) kēʾwilā
B) safina
C) fulk
D) boards and nails
  • 57. In which century BCE was a complete text of Utnapishtim's story found on a clay tablet?
A) Fifth century BCE
B) Eleventh century BCE
C) Ninth century BCE
D) Seventh century BCE
  • 58. Who were the scholars indicating that the Torah was completed after the Babylonian exile?
A) Kings
B) Scholars
C) Prophets
D) Priests
  • 59. Which Quranic surah describes the Ark as 'a thing of boards and nails'?
A) Surah 11:44
B) Surah 54:13
C) Surah 7:64
D) Surah 29:15
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