What is Quizzing?
Bible Quizzing is a ministry that encourages 6th through 12th grade students to study and memorize Scripture through competition. Each year a specific portion of scripture is chosen (1 & 2 Corinthians, John, Romans & James) and quizzers will study that text in weekly increments throughout the school year. The competition comes when quizzers are matched with other quizzers to see who can answer the most questions in a series of 15-question quiz rounds. This is done on a weekly basis during Quiz practice, monthly at local tournaments, and annually at Conference/Regional quizzes and Quiz Finals.
Free Methodist Bible Quizzing uses the NIV-2011 translation of the Holy Bible. Our current season (2025-2026) is over Acts 1-14, Galatians, Colossians and Philemon.
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Teams
In FM Bible Quizzing, two teams of three persons compete against each other, and up to four persons may attempt to give a correct answer to the question.
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Quizmaster
Quizzes are facilitated by a quizmaster, who reads the questions and then determines whether the answers are correct or incorrect. Answers other than Quote questions do not have to be word-perfect to earn full points (20 points).
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Questions
Monthly quiz meets occur on Saturdays and include 6-8 rounds of quizzing. Each team round is made up of 15 questions worth 20 points each. Unless there is a tie, then a three-question overtime is used to break the tie.
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The first quizzer has twenty seconds to correctly respond to the question. If correct, their team is awarded twenty points. If incorrect, the question passes to the next quizzer.
Why quiz?
Bible Quizzing is a valuable ministry of the modern church — helping it fulfill the Church’s mission to its youth. The ministry can aid youth in a variety of ways!
Getting to know Jesus:
- Intellectually
- Study what Jesus said about himself
- Study what the Apostles (his friends and co-workers) had learned from him
- Personally
- Study, practice, and quizmeets all give quizzers opportunities to really wrestle with the Bible and understand the one who authored it
- Coaches, quizmasters, and spectators are all available to discuss what Jesus has done in their lives
- Even when people turn away from the church, they will still have these words hidden away — words that the Holy Spirit can and does use to prompt them
Learn to serve:
- Over the years, we’ve hosted a number of foreign missions trips for quizzers. This gives quizzers an opportunity to serve and to meet those outside their culture
- Some quizmeets includes a service opportunity as part of the day
Gain academic benefit:
- Quizzing encourages a regular disciple of study
- Encourages getting to know your own learning style
- Helps improve language skills
- Quizzing has involved people who have English as a second language and gives them an opportunity to really perfect those skills
- Quizzing encourages the valuable skill of memorization. This is an invaluable skill to have in school, college, and future jobs!
Get the advantages of a sport:
- Encourages learning good sportsmanship in competition
- Make friends with the other quizzers
- Past quizzers can tell you of the life-long friends they have made, not just with members of their own church, but with other quizzers from around the country
Partially based on a talk by Missionary Church’s Caren Miglin
But, like really, what is quizzing like?
Right now we don’t have very up-to-date resources demonstrating quizzing, but these two videos from the early 2000s do still give a reasonable sense of the program.