16/01/2024
ACTS FACTS QuiZ
Here’s a quiz for you.
1. In what city does the book of Acts begin, and in what city does it end?
Begins in Jerusalem and ends in Rome
2. Arrange the following cities from east to west... Philippi, Antioch, Thyatira, Corinth.
East to west, Antioch, Thyatira, Philippi, Corinth
3. True or false? In each of the following pairs, the first city is roughly north of the second: Sidon—Joppa; Thyatira—Ephesus; Puteoli—Syracuse.
True in all three cases.
4. Which place is farther from Jerusalem? Alexandria, Athens, or Antioch?
Athens.
5. True or false? It appears that Jerusalem was also known as Jebus, Judea as Judah, and Azotus as Ashdod.
True in each case.
6. Which of these is the odd one out? Cyprus, Crete, Melita, Adria.
Adria. Cyprus, Crete, and Melita, are islands. Adria is a sea also called the Adriatic Sea.
7. True or false? In each of the following pairs, the places are in the same province: Salamis—Paphos; Philadelphia—Laodicea; Rhegium—Rome.
True in all three cases. Salamis and Paphos are in Cyprus, Philadelphia and Laodicea in Asia, Rhegium and Rome in Italy.
8. What is the most mentioned city in Acts? Alexandria, Corinth, Jerusalem, or Troas?
Jerusalem, 60 times. The others are mentioned only three or four times.
9. What town did Paul come from, and what island did Barnabas come from?.
Paul was from Tarsus. Barnabas was from Cyprus.
10. Put these areas in descending order, north to south: Galilee, Judea, Samaria, Syria.
North to South, Syria, Galilee, Samaria, Judea.
11. True or false? Cyprus is the name of a tree that Paul climbed to escape being stoned.
False. Cyprus is an island opposite Syria.
12. True or False? You could go by boat from Selucia to Salamis.
True. Salamis is a seaport on the island of Cyprus, opposite Selucia, the seaport of Syrian Antioch on the mainland.
13. True or false? Simon the Tanner lived in Joppa.
True. See Acts 9:43.
14. Is Myra the name of a pretty girl, a morass, a coastal town, or an area along the shores of the Black Sea?
A coastal town, in Lycia south of Colossae.
15. True or false? On the approach to Rome from the south, Paul went through Puteoli, Three Taverns, Apii Forum in that order.
False. He went through those places, but not in that order. Apii Forum was before Three Taverns.
16. What connects the Dead Sea with the Sea of Galilee?
The River Jordan, although neither this river nor the two inland seas are mentioned in Acts.
17. Is Perga the name of a disease, a king, a mountain, a ship, or a city?
A city, in Pamphylia.
18. Two of the following men wrote letters to Galatia. Which Two? Andrew, Philip, James, Matthew, Paul, Luke, Fred, Peter, Jesus, John, Isaiah, Barnabas.
Paul and Peter both wrote letters to churches in Galatia.
19. Which island is smallest: Clauda, Crete, or Cyprus?
Clauda, the small island under Crete.
20. Unjumble these four Macedonian placenames... Reeab, Ssehtaacinol, Iiippphl, Silopnae.
Berea, Thessalonica, Philippi, Neapolis.
21. Was Athens in Macedonia, Achaia, Phonecia, Asia, or somewhere else?
Achaia.
22. Is Adramyttium a city well inland, a mainland seaport, or on an island? Say which.
A mainland seaport. It is in Asia.
23. Pick the odd one out. Alexandria, Athens, Achaia, Antioch.
Achaia is a province, the others are cities.
24. In which city were the disciples first called Christians? See Acts 11:26
Syrian Antioch.
25. Is there a place mentioned in Acts starting with Q, X or Z?
No.
26. In what city was Paul when he had a vision of a man saying, "Come over into Macedonia and help us"? See Acts 16:8-11.
Troas.
27. Where did Paul exhort and farewell the elders from the church at Ephesus? See Acts 20:17.
Miletus.
28. Where did Paul and his companions tarry seven days and meet with the disciples on the first day of the week to break bread? See Acts 20:6-7.
Troas.
29. A eu**ch was on his way home from Jerusalem when Philip taught and baptized him. Where did the eu**ch live? See Acts 8:26-27.
Ethiopia.
30. Where did Paul and Silas convert their jailor? See Acts 16:12-34.
Philippi.