Biblical Figures by Haiku Quiz

Haiku	Biblical Person
Swords into plowshares/ the wolf shall dwell with the lamb/ he prophesied these.
Righteous in his time/ dad of Ham, Shem and Japhet/ did he invent wine.
Takes over as queen/ Haman to kill her people/ she lives, he doesn't.
Go to Nineveh/ instead he runs from his God/ then swallowed by fish.
Soothed Saul with music/ Absalom my son, my son/ ever known for songs.
He was raised a prince/ he did not marry a Jew/ let my people go.
He denounced Herod/ a cousin of the God Man/ now off with his head.
Was one of the spies/ he parted the waters too/ brought down Jericho.
The second on Earth/ mother of Cain and Abel/ created from side.
He built First Temple/ and gave Sheba all she asked/ he died a pagan.
Road to Damascus/ he was blinded by the Light/ he wrote thirteen books.
From Ur to Canaan/ he did bind his second son/ father of three faiths.
Dad was one-hundred/ saw Rebecca at the well/ he blessed the wrong son.
The Divine Logos/ the Wonderful Counselor/ nailed to a tree.
From slave to viceroy/ he had a colorful coat/ his father embalmed.
Was she the first wife/ who refused to be under/ mated with angel.

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Biblical Figures by Haiku Quiz

by folio1701

Created Apr 22, 2010 in Religion
Featured Jan 19, 2011
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	Madame_Blueberry:	Jan 19th, 2011 at 16:43 GMT	12 points
	Awesome quiz! You did a good job making it well-balanced--not too obvious and not too obscure. And I didn't know that Noah invented wine... just one more reason to like that guy.

	RainmanDX:	Jan 19th, 2011 at 16:52 GMT	4 points
	Madame_Blueberry: I think it's a typo. Maybe it should read, "did he invent wine?" since there is a passage linking him to drunkenness on wine but never mentions that he invented wine. I think the clue was written to make you conjure the passage but not imply it was fact. Helpful?

	folio1701:	Jan 19th, 2011 at 16:54 GMT	4 points
	Amazing, I hadn't even thought of this quiz in months, let alone that it was going to get on the front page! Also, thanks for your help but please don't ask if I can edit any answers. Now that the quiz has hit the front page, I can't edit it anymore.

	folio1701:	Jan 19th, 2011 at 17:07 GMT	4 points
	Ya, I should have put a question mark in the Noah making wine line when I made the quiz 9 months ago. Ancient Jews may have believed that Noah invented wine.

	corndog:	Jan 19th, 2011 at 17:14 GMT	30 points
	You should accept "Saul" for "Paul of Tarsus".

	folio1701:	Jan 19th, 2011 at 17:19 GMT	0 points
	Please read my previous comment. I can no longer edit this quiz now that it's on the front page.

	kirk:	Jan 19th, 2011 at 17:20 GMT	11 points
	Isaac didn't see Rebecca at the well- his father's servant saw her and brought her home for him. Good job and very creative!

	folio1701:	Jan 19th, 2011 at 17:45 GMT	3 points
	You're absolutely right, but it's too late to change it. You should have played this quiz months ago while I could still edit it!

	TJohn:	Jan 19th, 2011 at 20:14 GMT	7 points
	HMM-HMM fit the battle of Jericho....HMM-HMM fit the battle of Jericho....AHHHHHHH, FORGET IT!

	catcherj:	Jan 19th, 2011 at 20:46 GMT	11 points
	I know you can't edit it, folio1701, but it would be nice if Esther's other name, Hadassah, was acceptable.

	EmYanks2001:	Jan 19th, 2011 at 22:34 GMT	-3 points
	I managed 2!!! yes, 2... and i got to church every week.. I do need to study the bible... aye aye aye, lol... great quiz though :D

Endasil:

Jan 19th, 2011 at 23:57 GMT

14 points

Good quiz, someone with a general knowledge of the Bible could get more than half of these. I'd like to see Abram and Saul accepted, not just to be pedantic but because the first line in the haiku in both of those cases refer to an event that happened BEFORE they changed their name...so my mind goes right to Abram or Saul.

	Shortney87:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 02:04 GMT	3 points
	I agree with Endasil and would go one further. I think it should only accept John the Baptist and not just John because there are more than one that are important in the Bible.

	30sarah:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 03:21 GMT	-1 points
	Some of these are textual incorrect...for example, Joshua didn't part the sea and Isaac wasn't the one who saw Rebecca at the well.

	Badgerhawk:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 04:08 GMT	8 points
	30sarah, it doesn't say parted the sea, it says parted the waters, which he did at the Jordan River.

	RockMontage:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 09:39 GMT	0 points
	I got all 15 and I'm an atheist.

	BrilloStabbins:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 11:44 GMT	16 points
	Thank you, Veggie Tales.

	folio1701:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 13:16 GMT	2 points
	30sarah: I freely admit I had a brain fart when I wrote the Issac question. The Joshua question is not incorrect. As Badgerhawk said, Joshua parted the waters of the Jordan River. You can see for yourself in Joshua, Chapter 3. And for the last time - I can't edit it anymore!!!!

	RodeoJoe:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 13:22 GMT	16 points
	So can you edit the quiz? :D

	mca130680:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 17:19 GMT	6 points
	yes! Going to a Catholic Grade School finally paid off, well that and Veggie Tales

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	PK9:	Jan 21st, 2011 at 00:16 GMT	8 points
	@folio1701: I do believe there's a way to petition Sporcle for edits. Many published quizzes have been updated. So if you do choose to request some edits, may I suggest accepting "Abram" for "Abraham".

	mikeeo620:	Jan 24th, 2011 at 21:02 GMT	1 point
	Jesus, nailed to a tree? clever.

	catcherj:	Feb 7th, 2011 at 22:04 GMT	5 points
	I'm Jewish and therefore familiar with the old testament but not the new, so when I saw nailed to a tree the first thing I though of was Martin Luther (and didn't get Jesus, him being the only one I missed, which is kind of sad).

	applesauce91:	Feb 9th, 2011 at 21:42 GMT	7 points
	oy, what a Jew I am. I got Isaiah, Esther, Joshua, and the more obscure ones, but missed Jesus.

	Valley2city:	Apr 4th, 2011 at 14:14 GMT	4 points
	Joshua DID part the Jordan, albeit in a different way than Moses, but indeed Isaac never went to Rebecca at the well (it was the servant of Abraham). Jacob, however, saw Rachel at the well.

	Stran:	May 8th, 2011 at 15:48 GMT	2 points
	Good old Sunday School :-)

	Firefoot:	May 8th, 2011 at 20:04 GMT	3 points
	Cool quiz. A little on the easy side though - maybe do another one with some more obscure characters?

	trusting365:	May 21st, 2012 at 04:13 GMT	1 point
	Jesus continues to be a stumbling block for the Jews.