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The Writing on the Wall Quiz

Test how well you remember the writing on the wall, from Daniel 5. 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. How many lords did Belshazzar invite to his feast?
    • Seventy
    • A hundred
    • Twelve
    • A thousand
  2. What did Belshazzar and his guests drink from?
    • The golden and silver vessels taken from the temple in Jerusalem
    • Cups made from the golden image
    • The king's own new cups
    • Vessels from the treasury of Persia
  3. What appeared and wrote on the wall?
    • A flame of fire
    • An angel with a sword
    • The fingers of a man's hand
    • A cloud
  4. How did the king react to the hand?
    • He laughed at it
    • His knees smote one against another
    • He ignored it
    • He ordered the wall torn down
  5. What rank did the king promise to whoever read the writing?
    • Second ruler in the kingdom
    • Captain of the guard
    • Master of the magicians
    • Third ruler in the kingdom
  6. Who told the king to send for Daniel?
    • The queen
    • The chief astrologer
    • Darius the Median
    • One of the thousand lords
  7. How did Daniel answer the king's offer of gifts?
    • He asked for more
    • Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another
    • He refused to read the writing
    • He asked for the vessels instead
  8. What did Daniel say MENE meant?
    • Thy kingdom shall last for ever
    • Thou shalt be driven from men
    • God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it
    • Thy gods are of gold
  9. Which word meant Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting?
    • MENE
    • PERES
    • UPHARSIN
    • TEKEL
  10. Who took the kingdom after Belshazzar was slain?
    • Cyrus the Persian
    • Darius the Median
    • Daniel
    • Nebuchadnezzar

The Writing on the Wall 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. How many lords did Belshazzar invite to his feast?

    A thousand

    Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

    daniel 5:1 (KJV)

  2. What did Belshazzar and his guests drink from?

    The golden and silver vessels taken from the temple in Jerusalem

    Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.

    daniel 5:3 (KJV)

  3. What appeared and wrote on the wall?

    The fingers of a man's hand

    In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

    daniel 5:5 (KJV)

  4. How did the king react to the hand?

    His knees smote one against another

    Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

    daniel 5:6 (KJV)

  5. What rank did the king promise to whoever read the writing?

    Third ruler in the kingdom

    The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

    daniel 5:7 (KJV)

  6. Who told the king to send for Daniel?

    The queen

    Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.

    daniel 5:12 (KJV)

  7. How did Daniel answer the king's offer of gifts?

    Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another

    Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

    daniel 5:17 (KJV)

  8. What did Daniel say MENE meant?

    God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it

    This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.

    daniel 5:26 (KJV)

  9. Which word meant Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting?

    TEKEL

    TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

    daniel 5:27 (KJV)

  10. Who took the kingdom after Belshazzar was slain?

    Darius the Median

    And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.

    daniel 5:31 (KJV)