Where did Elijah go when he fled from Jezebel?
How many songs did King Solomon write?
Who was the first person in the Bible to bake a cake?
Answers on the tip of your tongue? Not so sure? Want to phone a friend? Every Tuesday, Meta Washington, Midday Host of Kirk Franklin’s Praise, SiriusXM Channel 64, keeps people on their top Bible game with trivia on her radio show. The popularity of the “Tuesday Trivia,” sprinkled in-between Gospel songs throughout the day on air, also inspired her to write “Bible Trivia Made Easy,” a themed book of bible questions with illustrations, photos.
Bible Trivia Made Easy by Meta Washington
“I knew it was a big thing when one time we had a famous artist who I would say was on and interviewing and a real big to do. And his interview was somehow placed over the time when I usually start asking the questions, and somebody said, ‘Is there going to be trivia today?’ And I thought, ‘Wow…alrighty,'” said Washington, who lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Washington says it started with just a few people responding but has grown so popular that she now has “Bible Scholars,” a mix of new people to the Word, along with ministers and Bishops. They interact with each other on her social media channels, cheering each other on.
“It’s a huge, big thing that people are doing,” said Washington. “People were saying, ‘Wow, I was so blessed because I didn’t understand much of the Word before.’ I let the people have some fun, take the tension out of it. I tell them, ‘Hey, don’t beat yourself up if you didn’t get it right. Consider the blessing. If you learn something new from the Word of God.”
Here’s how it works on her radio show. She’ll throw out a question, people will email her their answers, and she’ll call out the names on the air of those who got the answers right. Although her radio show listeners inspired the idea behind creating the Trivia book, she was also motivated by her personal experience in church Bible Study. Washington, a Brooklyn native whose family is from Barbados and Jamaica, grew up Episcopalian, but she moved to the Baptist church as an adult. An eager learner, she was dismayed to see how people were interested in hearing the pastor or Bible study teacher speak but were intimidated when asked to answer questions.
“They were worried that one of their church peers might realize or think, ‘They don’t really know. They’re not as close to God as I am because they don’t know as much about the Bible.’ So the pastor would ask questions, and people would sit there in dead silence. And I’m like, ‘Well, don’t you want to ask? Don’t you want to know?’ They were just afraid,” said Washington.
With that in mind, you might think the idea of being hit with a Bible trivia book could be equally as intimidating. But Washington’s book is a fun, and as its name states, easy read. The 300 questions came from six years of trivia on air. Washington says she attached a fun theme to each question, such as “Compose Yourself,” which appears right before the question about the number of songs King Solomon wrote,” to help people learn by association. And unlike many other trivia books, her book is organized by sections and topics and not skill level, such as beginner, intermediate, or expert.
“The Bible isn’t written like that, and I don’t do it like that on the air. You learn it as you receive it. And I think to try to dumb it down for people doesn’t help them. While you’re participating, you are learning, and you’ll be surprised, you know the more complex parts of the Bible as well as the parts that are, yeah, they’re easy.”
Washington also has a book in development called “On the Third Day,” which includes pictures of nature she’s taken over the years that appear to tell scripture stories.
“Generally, we talk about ‘on the third day’ Jesus rose, but on the third day, God created trees and plants, and all of what we know is nature. And I said, ‘It has its own story to tell.’ And in this book, I am allowing nature to tell its story in its way,” said Washington. “I have an image of a type of plant that looks like flames. It looks like little fur, and I have a patch that’s all red, and it looks like flames. I had the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. They are in the fiery furnace. I had the scripture there, you have the picture, and you can see the imagery.”
Even with the newly themed picture book on the horizon, Washington’s still focused on trivia, too. She self-published Bible Trivia Made Easy in September 2020 on Amazon.com, and there is a new edition on the way. Yet even with her good intentions of just wanting to help people, there have been a few naysayers. One listener accused her of making fun of the Word of God, telling her to just stick to the music.
“I don’t want the listeners ever to think that I am making trivial of the Word of God when I say trivia. Bible trivia is meant to help people. It’s one thing to memorize Psalm 23 and be able just to regurgitate it back. But when you learn something new after you have been studying the Word for more than ten years, that’s the real knowledge and the nugget there.”
Trivia Question Answers:
Elijah traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God (1 Kings 19:3-8)
King Solomon wrote 1,005 songs (1 Kings 4:29-34)
Sarah was the first person to bake a cake in the Bible. (Genesis 18:6)
John took the little book out of the angel’s hand and ate it up. It’s found in Revelation 10:10.
San Antonio, Texas
Zechariah remind silent until his son was born.
lisa moore lithonia georgia
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King David is the annswed
Smithfield, NC
God promised us with Beauty for ashes
Elijah laid on the widow’s son three times.I Kings 17 :21
Thomas told Didymus to go to the cross but did not show up.
Trivia question for April 26th, who was the bride who received gold bracelets and a nose ring. Answer- She was “Rebekah” found in Gen. 24:47, Oklahoma City, Ok
Abner was accused of sleeping with saul concubine
I Love Meta Washington Bible Triva!!
I sent the answer to the question you asked today. Look at email. This is Lisa Dunn in Garland Texas. It was Simon the Leopard. Matthew 26:6 Mark 14:3 and Luke 7:44
David and them took 6 steps while carrying the ark of the Lord before he offered up a sacrifice
I scent the answer to the question for today. Joab was the commander of David’s army. This is Joyce Johnson from Greensboro, North Carolina.
Noah sent out two doves.
The answer to the trivia question is 2 Samuel 6:13 When those who were carrying the ark of the LORD had taken six steps, he sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf
Nauman deep him self into Jordan river seven times found in Matthew chapter 18
My answer to today Bible
trivia is Joshua. Even though a Queen would fit this question. I am relying on the fact Joshua father was named Nun.And you never distinguish the word None.
Would like to be on the live Bible trivia this weekend
the quetion is who asked the lord to wait while he collected offerings
The innkeeper said there was no rooms in the inn.
You had a question maybe this week or last week. About a king that Served his son to feed people could you give me Bible scripture an answer I missed it thank you.
December 21,2021
Trivial question
How many wise men witness the birth of Jesus?
Answer: 0
They didn’t see Jesus until he was about 2 or 3 years old
September 6,2023.
Who else killed a giant besides David?
Elhanan killed Goliath’s brother Lahm.
Good morning
I was checking to find out if my answer was right on 1/18/22
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What was the answer to yesterdays question in reference to Jacobs descendants not being destroyed?
Zechariah
Which Prophet said that Jesus would arrive riding on a donkey or colt?
The Answer to that 04/19/2022 Bible Trivia Question is Zechariah; see Zechariah Chapter 9 Verse 9!!