Asking Hard Questions

Trivia on the book of Habakkuk

How to Play

• Each slide has one question

• Each slide has 4 possible answers in 4 different colors

• Once you have read the question and answers, raise the colored piece of paper that matches with the correct answer

Practice Question

What is the name of Mrs. Evans’ baby?

a. Mallori

b. Melody

c. Melanie

d. Melarky

Practice Answer

b. Melody

Questions from the Crossword

Question 1

According to Habakkuk, the righteous will live by:

a. Mercy

b. Faith

c. Love

d. Justice

Answer 1

b. Faith

Question 2

Which people were incredibly cruel and ruthless to the Judeans?

a. Assyrians

b. Romans

c. Georgians

d. Babylonians

Answer 2

d. Babylonians

Question 3

What type of metal did Habakkuk use to describe how the people of Judah were being torn from their country?

a. Fishing hook

b. Sword

c. Sewing needle

d. Fork

Answer 3

a. Fishing hook

Question 4

Fill in the Blank:

According to Habakkuk,

God cannot evil.

a. Help

b. Tolerate

c. Withstand

d. Abuse

Answer 4

b. Tolerate

Question 5

In Habakkuk, God explains that a city cannot be established by which of the following means:

a. A president

b. A wealthy man

c. A war and bloodshed

d. A small army of little green men

Answer 5

c. A war and bloodshed

Question 6

Fill in the Blank:

Idols are only stones.

a. Metamorphic

b. Igneous

c. Sedimentary

d. Lifeless

Answer 6

d. Lifeless

Question 7

Based on Habakkuk’s experience, faith in God brings:

a. Joy

b. Weakness

c. Anxiety

d. Surprises

Answer 7

a. Joy

Questions from the Short Answers

Question 1

What was Habakkuk’s first complaint to God?

a. That God was allowing violence to be done to Judah

b. That God was allowing injustice to reign in Judah

c. That God was allowing the Babylonians to destroy the righteous

d. That God ignored his pleads for help

Answer 1

a. That God was allowing violence to be done to Judah

b. That God was allowing injustice to reign in Judah

c. That God was allowing the Babylonians to destroy the righteous

d. That God ignored his pleads for help

Question 2

How did God respond to Habakkuk’s first complaint?a. God told him that Judah was just running into

some bad luckb. God told him not to worry, that the worst violence

toward Judah was almost over c. God told him that in His plan, Judah’s suffering

was for a purpose and that it would eventually end

d. God said that all suffering was out of His control.

Answer 2

c. God told him that in His plan, Judah’s suffering was for a purpose and that it would eventually end

Question 3

What was Habakkuk’s second complaint to God?

a. That God had sent more evil men to deal with evil men

b. That God had sent just men to deal with evil men

c. That God had sent just men to deal with just men

d. That God had wrongly judged Judah

Answer 3

a. That God had sent more evil men to deal with evil men

Question 4

How did God respond to Habakkuk’s second complaint?

a. God pointed out Babylon’s specific sinb. God told Judah that it was their own fault

and to “take it like a man!”c. God told Judah that due to Babylon’s

brutality, Babylon would be punishedd. God pointed out that evil is best fought with

evil

Answer 4

a. God pointed out Babylon’s specific sin

b. God told Judah that due to Babylon’s brutality, Babylon would be punished

Question 5

How does God encourage Habakkuk to live?

a. By sight

b. By faith

c. By Girl Scout thin mint cookies

d. By luck

Answer 5

b. By faith