Daniel in Babylon & Fiery Furnace Quiz

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Daniel in Babylon & Fiery Furnace Quiz: Scripture Study & Explanations

Set in the splendor and hostility of imperial Babylon, the Book of Daniel demonstrates that the Most High rules in the kingdoms of men. Through the fiery furnace, handwriting on the wall, and the lions' den, Daniel reveals the triumph of unbending faith.

Quiz Study Sheet: Questions, Answers & Scripture Explanations

Q1.What did Daniel and his three friends request to eat to avoid defilement by the king's rich table?

A) Vegetables (Pulse) and water ✓
B) Barley loaves and goat milk
C) Broiled fish and wild honey
D) Unleavened bread and figs
Scriptural Explanation: Daniel 1:12 - 'Prove your servants, I beseech you, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.'

Q2.Who was seen walking unbound with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the blazing fiery furnace?

A) King Nebuchadnezzar
B) One like the Son of God ✓
C) The prophet Daniel
D) A Babylonian captain
Scriptural Explanation: Daniel 3:25 - 'He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.'

Q3.What words were supernaturally written on the plaster of the wall during Belshazzar's banquet?

A) Holy, Holy, Holy
B) Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin ✓
C) Maranatha
D) Ichabod
Scriptural Explanation: Daniel 5:25 - 'And this is the writing that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.'

Q4.How many times a day did Daniel kneel down and pray toward Jerusalem in his upper room?

A) Once a day
B) Three times a day ✓
C) Seven times a day
D) Twice a day
Scriptural Explanation: Daniel 6:10 - 'His windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.'

Q5.Why were the lions unable to harm Daniel when he was cast into their den?

A) The lions were sleeping soundly
B) God sent His angel to shut the lions' mouths ✓
C) Daniel carried a torch of fire
D) The keepers had fed them meat beforehand
Scriptural Explanation: Daniel 6:22 - 'My God has sent His angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before Him innocency was found in me.'

Q6.What Babylonian name was given to Daniel by the chief of the eunuchs?

A) Belteshazzar ✓
B) Shadrach
C) Meshach
D) Abednego
Scriptural Explanation: Daniel 1:7 - 'To them the chief of the eunuchs gave names: he gave Daniel the name Belteshazzar...'

Q7.In Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the great statue in Daniel 2, what struck the feet of iron and clay and broke them to pieces?

A) A stone cut out without hands that became a great mountain ✓
B) A bolt of lightning from heaven
C) A great flood of water
D) An army of archangels with swords
Scriptural Explanation: Daniel 2:34-35 - 'You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces... And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.'

Q8.How many times hotter than usual did Nebuchadnezzar command the fiery furnace to be heated?

A) Seven times hotter ✓
B) Ten times hotter
C) Three times hotter
D) Twelve times hotter
Scriptural Explanation: Daniel 3:19 - 'He gave orders that the furnace should be heated seven times more than it was usually heated.'

Q9.What words were written on the wall by the mysterious fingers of a human hand at Belshazzar's banquet?

A) MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN ✓
B) HOLY, HOLY, IS THE LORD
C) BABYLON HAS FALLEN
D) REPENT AND BE SAVED
Scriptural Explanation: Daniel 5:25 - 'And this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.'

Q10.How many times a day did Daniel kneel in prayer facing Jerusalem, despite the royal decree against it?

A) Three times a day ✓
B) Seven times a day
C) Once a day at sunset
D) Twice a day: morning and evening
Scriptural Explanation: Daniel 6:10 - 'His windows being open in his room toward Jerusalem, he knelt on his knees three times a day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days.'
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