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Noah's Ark Quiz

God asked Noah to build a giant ark to keep his family and the animals safe from a great flood — a story of faith, patience, and a promise anyone can appreciate. Complete the quiz to unlock a free 7-day prayer guide!

  1. Why did God ask Noah to build the ark?
    • To go fishing
    • A great flood was coming
    • To live on a mountain
  2. How many of each animal did Noah bring?
    • Five
    • Ten
    • Two
  3. How long did it rain?
    • 40 days and nights
    • One day
    • A whole year
  4. What bird did Noah send out?
    • An eagle
    • A chicken
    • A dove
  5. What did God put in the sky as a promise?
    • The moon
    • A rainbow
    • A star
  6. What was the ark made of?
    • Gopher wood
    • Stone
    • Iron
  7. How many people were saved on the ark?
    • Two
    • Eight
    • Forty
  8. Who went into the ark with Noah?
    • His family
    • The whole city
    • Only the animals
  9. Where did the ark finally come to rest?
    • On a beach
    • The mountains of Ararat
    • In a river
  10. What did Noah do first after leaving the ark?
    • Built an altar to thank God
    • Built another boat
    • Went back to sleep

Noah's Ark 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. Why did God ask Noah to build the ark?

    A great flood was coming

    And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

    Genesis 6:17 (KJV)
  2. How many of each animal did Noah bring?

    Two

    And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

    Genesis 6:19 (KJV)
  3. How long did it rain?

    40 days and nights

    And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

    Genesis 7:12 (KJV)
  4. What bird did Noah send out?

    A dove

    Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

    Genesis 8:8 (KJV)
  5. What did God put in the sky as a promise?

    A rainbow

    I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

    Genesis 9:13 (KJV)
  6. What was the ark made of?

    Gopher wood

    Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

    Genesis 6:14 (KJV)
  7. How many people were saved on the ark?

    Eight

    Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

    1 Peter 3:20 (KJV)
  8. Who went into the ark with Noah?

    His family

    And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

    Genesis 7:7 (KJV)
  9. Where did the ark finally come to rest?

    The mountains of Ararat

    And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

    Genesis 8:4 (KJV)
  10. What did Noah do first after leaving the ark?

    Built an altar to thank God

    And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

    Genesis 8:20 (KJV)