Christmas Bible Trivia Printable: 4 Nativity Games with KJV Quotes

Seventy questions in four games turn a Christmas dinner or a church party into a friendly Bible quiz. Family Nativity asks multiple choice questions anyone can try, Prophecy & Promise wants written answers, Who Said It? matches KJV quotations to their speakers, and Bible or Tradition? sorts what the Gospels say from details added over the centuries. The four PDFs also hold answer keys that cite the Bible, a shared scoreboard and 32 cards for playing at the table.

Four games at different levels

Family Nativity has 20 multiple choice questions on two sheets, each with three large answer tiles and a letter to circle, so children and grandparents can play side by side. It asks things like who was told she would give birth to Jesus and where the baby was laid. Prophecy & Promise has 20 questions answered in writing and goes deeper, into the prophets and the people waiting in the Temple, for example which prophet wrote of a virgin bearing a son and who waited for the consolation of Israel. Who Said It? gives 15 quotations to match with a speaker, and Bible or Tradition? gives 15 statements to judge, such as claims about the number of wise men. All four games fit on two sheets each, and together they add up to 70 points.

What Scripture says and what tradition added

Christmas cards and nativity sets have filled the story with details the Gospels never mention, and two of the games play with that. In Bible or Tradition? teams decide whether each statement comes from the text or from custom, and the answer key explains the difference in a short note, with the Bible reference where there is one. Who Said It? keeps strictly to the King James Version: its 15 quotations are given word for word, such as "Behold the handmaid of the Lord" and "My soul doth magnify the Lord," and teams match each one to the person who said it. Every one of the four host answer keys lists Bible references, so the quiz leader can open the passage if a team disputes an answer.

Answer sheets or table cards

If passing cards around suits your table better than answer sheets, 32 question cards fill four pages, and one more page prints matching backs if you want them. They carry the first sixteen questions from Family Nativity and the first sixteen from Prophecy & Promise, so the quiz can travel around a dinner table as a card game between courses. On US Letter paper the cards come out at 3.5 by 2 inches and on A4 at 85 by 55 mm, and crop marks show where to cut. Every card tells the reader which key page and which number hold its answer, so checking takes a moment. To give the cards printed backs, run the card pages through the printer again with page 19 on the reverse, flipping on the long edge. In any one round, play from the sheets or from the cards, since the questions overlap.

Printing, scoring and the license

Inside each 19 page file, the eight game sheets start on page 2, the scoreboard follows on page 10, the four keys take pages 11 through 14, the cards fill pages 15 through 18, and page 19 holds the card backs. In color, the sheets carry cheerful Nativity drawings with green and red details inside a thin gold frame, while the Ink Saver version swaps them for gray line art on white. Print at full size, 100 percent, and only the games you plan to play, with one sheet for every team. Set a time limit together, award a point for each right answer and enter every game's result on the shared scoreboard, where the best total wins. The illustrations and the table scene in the photos were created with AI assistance. You may print copies for your household, classroom or church group, without sharing or reselling the files.

What is included

Frequently asked questions

Who is the trivia suited to?

It fits Christmas dinners at home, church parties, youth and Bible study groups and community game nights. Family Nativity works for mixed ages, including children who can read the answer tiles. Prophecy & Promise and Bible or Tradition? are harder and suit teens and adults who know their Bibles, or who would like to.

Are the quotations really from the King James Version?

Yes. The quotations in Who Said It? are given word for word from the KJV, with forms such as doth and thou kept as they are, and the answer keys name the reference for each. That is part of the fun, since the older wording gives clues about who is speaking, such as Mary's song in Luke 1.

Can we use the table cards instead of the sheets?

Yes. The 32 cards repeat the first sixteen questions of Family Nativity and of Prophecy & Promise, so you can pass them around the table and read them aloud. Each card points to its answer key page and number. Play a round with either the cards or the sheets, because both use the same questions.

How does scoring work?

Agree on a time limit before each game, then give one point for every correct answer. Each team writes its game totals on the shared scoreboard on page 10, which covers all four games and 70 points in total. The team with the highest total wins, and you can play one game or all four in one evening.

What is the Ink Saver edition?

It is the same quiz with gray line drawings on white paper in place of the color illustrations. Use it when printing many sheets on a home printer or when color ink is running low. Both editions come in US Letter and A4, which makes four PDFs in total, each with 19 pages and the same questions.