40+ Christmas Bible Trivia Questions and Answers (Free Printable!)
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Looking for a fun way to test your family’s knowledge of the Christmas story? These Christmas Bible trivia questions and answers are a great way to get everyone involved while learning more about the birth of Jesus.
I’ve included over 40 questions, from easy ones for younger kids to some that might even stump the adults! You can use them during a family Christmas gathering, Sunday school, youth group, or a Christmas game night.
There’s also a free printable Christmas Bible trivia game you can grab below, so you don’t have to come up with all the questions yourself.
How To Play Christmas Bible Trivia Game
Playing is super simple! Here is how to run the game with your group:
- Form Teams: If you are playing with a large group of people, separate everyone into equal groups. For a regular family game night, every family member represents a player.
- Assign a Trivia Host: Only one person will have the questions and answer key. That person will read one question at a time out loud to the rest of the group.
- Score Points: Whatever team or player gives the correct answer first gets a point.
- Win Prizes: The team or person with the most points wins the game! To make it more exciting, have a small prize ready for the winner—especially if you’re playing with kids.
Free Printable Christmas Bible Trivia
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Easy Christmas Bible Trivia Questions (For Kids)
1. Where in the Bible can we read about the birth of Jesus?
Answer: In the New Testament in the books of Matthew and Luke.
2. What city was Jesus born in?
Answer: Bethlehem (Luke 2:4).
3. Who was the mother of Jesus?
Answer: Mary (Matthew 1:18).
4. What gifts did the Wise Men give baby Jesus?
Answer: Gold, frankincense, and myrrh (Matthew 2:11).
5. How did the Wise Men find Jesus?
Answer: They followed a star in the east (Matthew 2:2).
6. Where did Mary place baby Jesus after He was born?
Answer: In a manger because there was no room for them in the inn (Luke 2:7)
7. What did Mary wrap baby Jesus in after giving birth?
Answer: Swaddling clothes (Luke 2:7).
8. Who were the first people to be told about the birth of Jesus by angels?
Answer: Shepherds keeping watch over their flock by night (Luke 2:8-10).
9. What does the name Immanuel mean?
Answer: God with us (Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23).
10. What town did Jesus grow up in after returning from Egypt?
Answer: Nazareth (Matthew 2:23).
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11. What does the name Jesus mean?
Answer: The Lord saves (Matthew 1:21).
12. What was the name of the angel who appeared to Mary to tell her she would conceive baby Jesus?
Answer: The angel Gabriel (Luke 1:26-31).
13. Who appeared to Joseph in a dream and told him to not be afraid to take Mary as his wife?
Answer: An angel of the Lord (Matthew 1:20).
14. Who was the emperor at the time of Jesus’ birth?
Answer: Caesar Augustus (Luke 2:1).
15. Why did Joseph and Mary go to Bethlehem in the first place?
Answer: To be counted for the census ordered by Caesar Augustus (Luke 2:1-4).
16. Who tried to kill baby Jesus?
Answer: King Herod (Matthew 2:16).
17. What did the wise men call baby Jesus?
Answer: The king of the Jews (Matthew 2:2).
18. Why were the wise men looking for Jesus?
Answer: To worship him (Matthew 2:2).
19. Where did Mary and Joseph go after an angel warned them in a dream about King Herod?
Answer: Egypt (Matthew 2:13-14).
20. What song-like message did the host of angels proclaim to the shepherds?
Answer: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” (Luke 2:14).
21. Which direction did the wise men travel to get to Jerusalem?
Answer: From the East (Matthew 2:1).
Hard Christmas Bible Trivia Questions and Answers
22. What Old Testament prophet prophesied about Jesus’ birth?
Answer: The prophet Isaiah.
“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, andwill call him Immanuel”– (Isaiah 7:14)
23. What Old Testament prophet prophesied Jesus would be born in Bethlehem?
Answer: The prophet Micah.
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
though you are small among the clans of Judah,
out of you will come for me
one who will be ruler over Israel,
whose origins are from of old,
from ancient times.”– (Micah 5:2)
24. How many days after his birth was Jesus circumcised and officially named?
Answer: Eight days (Luke 2:21).
25. Who was the righteous man in Jerusalem promised by God that he wouldn’t die until he saw the Lord’s Messiah?
Answer: Simeon (Luke 2:25-26).
26. What elderly prophetess at the Temple gave thanks to God when she saw baby Jesus?
Answer: Anna (Luke 2:36-38).
27. How many wise men does the Bible explicitly say visited baby Jesus?
Answer: The Bible doesn’t mention a specific number, only that three gifts were given (Matthew 2:1-11).
28. What relation was Elizabeth to Mary?
Answer: Mary’s relative (Luke 1:36).
29. Who was Elizabeth’s famous baby who leaped in her womb when Mary greeted her?
Answer: John the Baptist (Luke 1:41).
30. What happened to John the Baptist’s father, Zechariah, when he doubted the angel Gabriel?
Answer: He was unable to speak until John was born (Luke 1:18-20).
31. What led Joseph to take his family and return to Nazareth from Egypt?
Answer: An angel appeared to him in a dream after Herod died (Matthew 2:19-23).
32. What creature did Mary ride on her journey to Bethlehem according to scripture?
Answer: The Bible actually doesn’t mention an animal! Tradition assumes a donkey, but scripture doesn’t specify (Luke 2:4-5).
33. What sacrifice did Mary and Joseph offer at the Temple when presenting baby Jesus?
Answer: A pair of doves or two young pigeons (Luke 2:24).
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Bonus: Christmas Bible True or False Questions and Answers
34. True or False: The Bible says the Wise Men arrived at the stable on the night Jesus was born.
Answer: False. The Bible says they visited Jesus in a house, but doesn’t give their exact arrival date.(Matthew 2:11).
35. True or False: Angels sang to the shepherds in the fields.
Answer: False. The Bible says the heavenly host was praising God and saying (spoken, though traditionally depicted as singing) (Luke 2:13-14).
36. True or False: Joseph was from Bethlehem.
Answer: True. Joseph lived in Nazareth, but his family line originated in Bethlehem, the city of David (Luke 2:4).
37. True or False: An angel appeared to Joseph in a dream three separate times.
Answer: True. First to tell him to marry Mary (Matthew 1:20), second to flee to Egypt (Matthew 2:13), and third to return to Israel (Matthew 2:19-20).
38. True or False: The innkeeper explicitly told Joseph and Mary there was “no room at the inn.”
Answer: False. The Bible mentions there was no room in the inn, but an actual innkeeper is never mentioned in scripture! (Luke 2:7).
39. True or False: Jesus was born during the reign of Herod the Great.
Answer: True (Matthew 2:1).
40. True or False: The word “Christmas” appears in the Bible.
Answer: False. The word “Christmas” comes from “Christ’s Mass” and developed centuries later.
41. True or False the bible tells us Christmas is on December 25th?
Answer: False. The bible never gives a specific date.
42. True or False the hymn Silent Night was sang on the night Jesus was born.
Answer: False
Favorite Christmas Bible Verses
Here are some of my favorite Christmas Bible verses prophesying and telling the real story of the birth of Jesus:
- Isaiah 7:14 — “Behold, the virgin shall be with child and give birth to a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel.”
- Micah 5:2 — “And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are not in any way least among the leaders of Judah; for from you shall come a Ruler who will shepherd My people Israel.”
- Matthew 1:21 — “And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins.”
- Matthew 1:23 — “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel, which is translated, ‘God with us.'”
- Luke 1:31 — “And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS.”
- Luke 2:4 — “Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David.”
- Luke 2:7 — “And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.”
- Luke 2:10-11 — “Then the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.'”
- Luke 2:14 — “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”
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