Mistakes in the questions

As Andy bid me, I am posting here. This is for posting quiz errors. :-)

Question 7 today said that God gave the Israelites 7 cities of refuge. However, a few weeks back a similar question said that God gave 6 cities of refuge. I just read that passage a week ago, and it listed 6. :-/ Is there another passage or is just incorrect?

Also, a few weeks ago, there was a question asking what Jesus ate after he was resurrected. The correct answer was "fish and honey." However, KJV is the only translation that mentions honeycomb, so I, as a NIV user, got it wrong. I don't know if that counts as a mistake, but it isn't accommodating to all the translations.
Just thought I'd mention that.

I love these quizzes! The harder they are, the more fun they are. :-) Keep up the good work!

As Andy bid me, I am posting here. This is for posting quiz errors. :-) Question 7 today said that God gave the Israelites 7 cities of refuge. However, a few weeks back a similar question said that God gave 6 cities of refuge. I just read that passage a week ago, and it listed 6. :-/ Is there another passage or is just incorrect?

For me it said it God gave the Israelities 3 cities of refuge.

Check out Numbers 35:6-15. Three were west of the Jordan and three were east. But they were all in Israel.

If we get down on a technical level, I think the "Promised Land" (which words are specifically used in the question) did not include those lands allotted to Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. Cf. also Deut 19:1-7.

The exact question today was:

"When the people of Israel first inherited the promised land, how many cities of refuge were they to have?"

I do agree that the question is ambiguous because it could be construed as: "At the time they inherited the promised land, how many cities of refuge did they have." i.e. the mention of the Promised Land is a qualifier on the time, rather than on the location.

I'll remove it since we already have the other question.

Good catch. It appears that only some manuscripts reference the honey. I'll delete that question as well.

Oh, there was another question about it already? Sorry.

Kind of off topic, but I couldn't think were else to post it:
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I don't remember when it was, but there was one question that asked something like which of the apostles was a doctor, and the answer was Luke; but Luke wasn't an apostle.

One question this week said that Solomon was found under an apple tree. I don't remember this…could I have the reference?

I apologize for my mistake in q #17. I said that Judas crucified Christ, I meant he betrayed him. Sorry about that.

One of the questions in today's quiz had "Zion" as A and "Jerusalem" as D. Technically though they are one and the same.

Regarding last question in the Bible Bee Quiz #8 (which was on August 19, about 8:30 am EDT; not sure the exact time because I only got there for the last 12 seconds, and because my timezone is WAY different):

The question was "Where did Jonah go after God told him to go to Ninevah–the first time?" The options were (A) Ninevah, (B) Tarshish, (C) To the east side of the city, and (D) None of the above.

The "correct answer" was "None of the above." I suppose it's possible the author of the question meant "the very first place Jonah headed," which would have been Joppa, but "the first time" makes it sound like it's as opposed to the second time, when he got spit up and went Ninevah. At the very least, the meaning is open to interpretation.

Thanks so much for the quizzes! Too bad I missed the only two I could have made… Oh well. When Daylight Savings Time ends I should be able to make a few.

What do you mean? The answer is clear in Jonah 1:2-3:

“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.” 3 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.

God told Jonah to go to Nineveh. This was the first time he was told to go in the book of Jonah…

The question was, "Where did Jonah go," not "Where did God tell Jonah to go." Maybe I'm misunderstanding your post… So what would you say the right answer was? I chose Tarshish, but the system said it was "None of the above."

Jonah didn't go to Tarshish though. He tried, but he never made it. He did make it to Joppa, but that isn't in the options, so the correct answer is D.

I can can certainly see that reasoning (and I was thinking that was the original intent), but my dictionary defines go as "to leave or depart." Strictly speaking he did go to Tarshish, but went to Joppa first. I just think it's possible to interpret it in more than one way. Maybe that's just me?

Are you looking at the Hebrew word used for "go" in Jonah 1:3c?

Ha ha! No, this time the text is clearer than the question. It's the English dictionary.

Ohhh… Okay, now that we've gotten into an etymological discussion, I don't know if I should continue. :P

I submitted the question below with the answer as C. And then on the re-run it was changed to D. Where in the Bible is "Woe" said to Tyre and Sidon?

Along with Nineveh, which of the following cities had someone say "Woe" to it?

(A. Tyre
(B. Sidon
(C. Bethsaida
(D. All of the above

After looking it up, I did see that nowhere in the Bible is "woe" pronounced specifically on Tyre and Sidon. However, there are several places in the prophets where they are denounced, and their doom is prophesied (basically "woe", though I suppose it's not necessarily). Also, see Zephaniah 2:5. Very likely this refers at least in part to Tyre and Sidon, since they were cities by the sea.

Okay, thanks for the reply. Basically what I did was search like "woe tyre" and "woe sidon" on Bible Gateway and saw nothing come up, so I though I might be good. But, yeah, I can see how the answer could have been All of the above. It probably would have been better if I added the word specifically to the question. Thanks! : )

I couldn't find anything direct either. I think having "woe" in quotes should make clear it's supposed to be specifically "woe," but I suppose it could be a bit ambiguous (as it seems it turned out to be).

Question 20 in today's quiz (the one about the woman who washed Jesus' feet with her hair) is highly debatable and not a good question, IMHO (and also in the opinion of several others who were at the quiz today).

Question 10 in today's quiz seemed somewhat debatable:

What was the disciples response when they were told that Jesus had risen?
A: There was much joy and rejoicing.
B: They didn't believe it.
C:They ran to the tomb to see for themselves.
D: The Bible doesn't say.

I got it right, but it seems like (C) could have been a correct answer, too.

Also question 4 was a bit interesting. It seems "betray" would be a better word than "crucify".

What did Jesus say at the Last Supper when the disciples asked who would crucify him?

(A) You need not know
(B) Judas
(C) Whoever I pass this morsel of bread to, it is he
(D) It is not yet time for you to know

Also question 4 was a bit interesting. It seems "betray" would be a better word than "crucify". What did Jesus say at the Last Supper when the disciples asked who would crucify him? (A) You need not know (B) Judas (C) Whoever I pass this morsel of bread to, it is he (D) It is not yet time for you to know

Ohhh sorry. I'll fix that.

Also question 4 was a bit interesting. It seems "betray" would be a better word than "crucify". What did Jesus say at the Last Supper when the disciples asked who would crucify him? (A) You need not know (B) Judas (C) Whoever I pass this morsel of bread to, it is he (D) It is not yet time for you to know

Ohhh sorry. I'll fix that.

Oops, once it's been approved, I can't change it. Sorry.

Yeahhh, there were a couple questions I would have like to have been able to edit, but I guess it makes sense that you can't after it's approved.

Yeahhh, there were a couple questions I would have like to have been able to edit, but I guess it makes sense that you can't after it's approved.

Guess so.

I hate to be too picky, but…
Q 23 in today's quiz should be both A. and B.

Q4 in today's quiz about Samson drinking from a spring is incorrect. The answer could be both B or D.

(Is anyone checking these and making them correct??)

(Is anyone checking these and making them correct??)

I was wondering that, too.

There was a question today about Rehoboam, and it referred to him as a king of Israel… Rehoboam was a king of Judah though. Please fix this. :)

I'm guessing the author was thinking of him being a king of Israel in the general sense, including both the north and southern kingdoms (i.e. Judah is part of Israel (in one sense), but often "Israel" refers to just the northern kingdom). Ambiguous, though, so I agree, it should get edited (not that I've seen the question though :) ).

I still believe that Rehoboam was technically a king of Israel, the last king over the united tribes. And it didn't really affect the question anyway. :P

Really? I think Solomon was the last king over the united tribes. See 1 Kings 12. All Israel came to Shechem to make him king, but they backed out when he tried to "get tough."

The passage seems to indicate that they had already made him king before they brought their petition to him. It even calls him King Rehoboam before the kingdom splits.

He never actually ruled over Israel though… The events of 1 Kings 12 seem like they could have even been during the coronation celebrations, similar to Samson's riddle. =P

In today's quiz # 20

What did God ('Elohim') create in Genesis 1:1-3?

(A) light, plants, and heaven
(B) man, animals, and earth
(C) earth, heaven, and light *
(D) light, darkness, and water

Isn't the correct answer supposed to be D because heaven wasn't created until the second day?

Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." ;)

About the question in today's quiz that was wrong, I finally figured out how to fix it. (So I did.)

Good! That question took the win from me! ;P JKJK

(You do mean the one about who "crucified" Jesus, right? Or was there another incorrect question?)

Yes, that's the one I mean. :) Although there was one very trivial question about the number of the cities the sons of Aaron got. =P

Today's question 2 mixed up the names Shadrach and Hananiah. Hananiah was his original name, but Nebuchadnezzar changed it to Shadrach, not the other way around.

Fixed it.

Q4 in today's quiz about Samson drinking from a spring is incorrect. The answer could be both B or D. (Is anyone checking these and making them correct??)

This question was in today's quiz too, still wrong… Also someone brought up that the answer A in the question about which is not a teaching of Jesus is a little inaccurate (missing a couple of words)