On Sunday June 14,
at the congregational picnic, the congregation of Knox Presbyterian, Leamington
did something a little different during worship.
We played a game of Bible Jeopardy.
The idea in Bible Jeopardy is that you are given a famous
quotation from the Bible – something that someone said in answer to the question
– and you have to come up with the question that led to that answer.
But when we played the game, we played it with
a little twist.
If your team came up with the correct question (or got close enough), you
got one point for your team.
But there was another option.
You could come up with your own creative question.
If there was more than one creative question, the question was put to the
vote of the entire group and the team with the most creative question won
three points.
Here are some of the best questions (and remember, they
came up with these under extreme time pressures!):
Answer: "I
tell
you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.” (correct question: Matthew
18:21) Creative questions:
“How many
times do I have to tell you to make your bed?”
“What will the national debt be?”
“How many times do you stir your risotto before it is done?”
“How many times does my wife have to tell me to do something?”
Answer:
“A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands
of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving
him half dead...” (correct question: Luke 10:29)
Creative Questions:
“Why shouldn’t you travel as a tourist in the Middle East?”
“What happened to the Red Wings fan? (This was, of course, the day after Detroit
lost the Stanley Cup)
Answer:
“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except
through me.” (Correct question: John 14:5)
Creative Questions:
“What is Michael Ignatief’s political platform?”
“Who is my wife?”
“What is my mother’s favourite comment?”
Answer:
"I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?" (Correct question: Genesis 4:9)
Creative Questions:
“What does Paul whine whenever I ask where his brother Philip is?”
“And my sister too?”
“Where’s the hockey equipment?”
Answer:
"Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah
or one of the prophets." (Correct question: Matthew 16:13)
Creative Questions:
“Who is bringing the beer tonight?”
“Who ate all of the egg salad sandwiches?”
“Who is Scott McAndless?”
“Who invented government?”
Answer:
“In Bethlehem in Judea, for this is what the prophet has written: 'But you,
Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of
Judah...” (Correct question: Matthew 2:2) Creative Questions:
“Where does Dave P. have to go to find his egg salad sandwiches?”
BIBLE
JEOPARDY WINNERS
