Christmas Quiz Questions | Sunday Software

from Neil MacQueen, www.sundaysoftware.com

These Christmas story questions come right out of my own Sunday School. They can be used for a Christmas Gameshow, or typed into the Fall of Jericho Quiz Making Game’s question editor and turned into a Jericho quiz game for up to four teams. Below the questions is an answer key with teachable comments. Update: You can now print the updated Teaching Guide for Fall of Jericho here.

See my other Advent~Christmas software lesson ideas.

This set of questions has four different gameshow rounds. Adjust the rules and gameshow style for your needs, age group and time. Assign a scorekeeper. It took about 25 minutes for 3 groups of older elementary age students to complete the gameshow (including teaching moments).

Right and wrong answers are an opportunity for the teacher to do some teaching. Some questions/answers are purposely designed to open up the discussion about what we THINK is in the story, versus, what’s really written, and the answer key at the end of the quiz may help your volunteers avoid common misunderstandings.

A Multi-Round Christmas Story Gameshow

ALL ANSWER BUZZ-IN ROUND 1

First team to buzz in can answer. If wrong, as soon as the MC says “wrong” other teams can buzz in. (use sound buzzers or objects that make sound) Only the team captain can answer. If you blurt out the answer before being recognized by the MC, your team is disqualified. 1 pt per correct answer. Negative point if you buzz in and are incorrect (this keeps teams from buzzing in when they don’t know the answer).

1. What was the name of Jesus’ mother?
2. What town was Jesus born in?
3. What did Joseph do for a living?
4. What is myrrh?
5. What is frankincense?
6. How many wisemen brought Jesus presents?
7. What was the profession of the wisemen?
8. Where did Mary and Joseph take the baby Jesus after he was born?
9. What town was Jesus raised in as a boy?
10. According to the Bible, what did the shepherds do after visiting the baby Jesus?

MULTIPLE CHOICE ROUND 2

Ask one team for the correct answer. 2 points if they are correct. If wrong, next team can steal for 1 point. Only the team captain can answer.

1. According to the Bible, how did Joseph and Mary get to Bethlehem?

Colt
Mary rode a donkey and Joseph walked
wagon
Who knows?

2. Why didn’t Joseph and Mary stay at the inn?

It was too expensive
Because they had to get to Bethlehem
There was no room
None of the above

3. After being born, Jesus was placed in or on a:

Basket
Manger
Pile of hay
The back of a donkey

4. What is a manger? Is it a:

Stable
feeding trough
wooden table
barn

5. Which animals does the Bible say were in the stable when Jesus was born?

donkeys, sheep
camel and lambs
lambs and sheep
The Bible doesn’t say.

6. From what region (direction) were the wisemen from?

the west
the east
the orient
none of the above

7. What sign were the shepherds told to look for by the angel?

a lion and a sheep together in peace
a tree with a star on top
a star over Bethlehem
you will find a baby lying in a manger

8. With what words did the heavenly host of angels praise God?

“Joy to the World, the Lord is Come”
“Glory, Glory, Hallelujah”
“King of Kings and Lord of Lords”
“Glory to God in the highest,”

9. According to the Matthew, when the wise men found the baby Jesus, he was in a:

Manger
castle
stable
house

10. According to the Bible, when did the little drummer boy meet Jesus?

when Jesus was in the manger
at a house
When Jesus was about two years old
none of the above

FINAL ROUND WRITE OUT YOUR ANSWER on a CARD:

5 points for each correct.

1. Only two of the four Gospels have the story of Jesus’ birth in them. Which two?

2. Matthew and Luke do not tell the same Christmas story. Which one tells about the birth and Visit of the Wisemen, and which one tells the story about the visit of the angels to the Shepherds and the shepherds’ visit to baby Jesus.

FINAL ANSWER:

You may risk up to half your points. Write the answer on one card and the number of points you are risking on the other.

Which Old Testament prophet foretold the coming of the Messiah, saying he would be a Wonderful Counselor and Prince of Peace?

(Is 9)

(Teacher: you may want to offer multiple choices: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Micah, Zechariah)

OPTIONAL “PICTIONARY” ROUND:

This is a nice way to end the quiz without keeping score. A person comes forward to draw the clue. If no one guesses it within 45 seconds, the marker is passed to another draw-er:

“no room at the inn”
A wiseman
“joy to the world”
Jesus
“silent night”
Caesar Augustus
Bethlehem

ANSWER KEY & COMMENTS

1. What was the name of Jesus’ mother? Mary (the shortened form of “Miriam,” another famous woman in the Bible!)
2. What town was Jesus born in? Bethlehem (King David’s hometown, place where the prophet Micah said the Messiah would come from)
3. What did Joseph do for a living? carpenter (maybe he built houses or furniture, we don’t know)
4. What is myrrh? An aromatic oil used to anoint, honor, and to embalm.
5. What is frankincense? An aromatic tree sap used in the Temple and as incense.
6. How many wisemen brought Jesus presents? Bible doesn’t say. There were 3 gifts.
7. What was the profession of the wisemen? Astrologers, studied the stars, looked for clues to the future.
8. Where did Mary and Joseph take the baby Jesus after they left Bethlehem? Egypt
9. What town was Jesus raised in as a boy? Nazareth in Galilee.
10. According to the Bible, what did the shepherds do after visiting the baby Jesus?
They went out and told others

1. How did Joseph and Mary get to Bethlehem? Who knows? The Bible doesn’t say. Yet most imagine she rode a donkey because that’s how we’re used to seeing it in movies and books.

2. Why didn’t Joseph and Mary stay at the inn? There was no room. “Inn” can be translated “guest room” …and may have been an extra room in an relative’s house.)

3. After being born, Jesus was placed in or on a: Manger

4. What is a manger? Is it a feeding trough. The Greek word for “manger” means “to eat.”

5. Which animals does the Bible say were in the stable when Jesus was born?
The Bible doesn’t say, but we imagine some where there because he was put in a manger.

6. From what region (direction) were the wisemen from? the east. Perhaps Persia (modern day Iraq or Iran) or modern day Jordan.

8. With what words did the heavenly host of angels praise God?
“Glory to God in the highest”

9. According to the Matthew, the wise men found the baby Jesus in a house. Matt 2: 10 When they saw the star, they were filled with joy.11 The Wise Men went to the house. There they saw the child with his mother Mary. –This answer surprises most people because we tend to smoosh the stories of the Wisemen and Shepherds/Manger into one story.

FINAL ROUND

1. Only two of the four Gospels have the story of Jesus’ birth in them: Matthew and Luke

2. Matthew and Luke do not tell the same Christmas story….
Matthew = Wisemen. Luke = Shepherds

Which Old Testament prophet foretold the coming of the Messiah, saying he would be a Wonderful Counselor and Prince of Peace?

(Isaiah 9) This is worth looking up.

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