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Daniel Refuses the King's Food Quiz

Test how well you remember Daniel refusing the king's food, from Daniel 1. Each question is answered directly from the passage, and the King James verse is shown with every answer. Complete the quiz to unlock a free 7-day prayer guide!

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  1. Which king besieged Jerusalem at the start of Daniel 1?
    • Cyrus king of Persia
    • Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
    • Darius the Median
    • Pharaoh king of Egypt
  2. Who was the master of the king's eunuchs?
    • Melzar
    • Arioch
    • Ashpenaz
    • Belshazzar
  3. What language were the young men to be taught?
    • The tongue of the Chaldeans
    • The tongue of the Egyptians
    • Greek
    • The tongue of the Medes
  4. How long were the young men to be trained before standing before the king?
    • Ten days
    • Seven years
    • One year
    • Three years
  5. What new name was Daniel given?
    • Shadrach
    • Belteshazzar
    • Abed-nego
    • Meshach
  6. Why was the prince of the eunuchs afraid to grant Daniel's request?
    • He feared the king and his own head
    • He feared the Chaldeans
    • He feared Daniel's God
    • He feared the food would run out
  7. What did Daniel ask to be given for the test?
    • Bread and wine
    • Fish and honey
    • Pulse to eat, and water to drink
    • Milk and figs
  8. How did the four look at the end of the test?
    • Thinner and weaker
    • The same as the others
    • Pale and tired
    • Fairer and fatter in flesh
  9. What special understanding did God give Daniel?
    • Understanding in all visions and dreams
    • Understanding of the stars
    • Skill in building
    • Skill in war
  10. How did the king compare the four to his magicians and astrologers?
    • Twice as wise
    • Equal to them
    • Ten times better
    • A little better

Daniel Refuses the King's Food Quiz Answers & Bible References

Every answer below, with the King James Bible verse it comes from — so you can look up each one for yourself.

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  1. Which king besieged Jerusalem at the start of Daniel 1?

    Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon

    In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

    daniel 1:1 (KJV)

  2. Who was the master of the king's eunuchs?

    Ashpenaz

    And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the princes;

    daniel 1:3 (KJV)

  3. What language were the young men to be taught?

    The tongue of the Chaldeans

    Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

    daniel 1:4 (KJV)

  4. How long were the young men to be trained before standing before the king?

    Three years

    And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.

    daniel 1:5 (KJV)

  5. What new name was Daniel given?

    Belteshazzar

    Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed-nego.

    daniel 1:7 (KJV)

  6. Why was the prince of the eunuchs afraid to grant Daniel's request?

    He feared the king and his own head

    And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.

    daniel 1:10 (KJV)

  7. What did Daniel ask to be given for the test?

    Pulse to eat, and water to drink

    Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

    daniel 1:12 (KJV)

  8. How did the four look at the end of the test?

    Fairer and fatter in flesh

    And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.

    daniel 1:15 (KJV)

  9. What special understanding did God give Daniel?

    Understanding in all visions and dreams

    As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

    daniel 1:17 (KJV)

  10. How did the king compare the four to his magicians and astrologers?

    Ten times better

    And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.

    daniel 1:20 (KJV)