Character Match: name the Bible figure

The Bible is full of people: kings and shepherds, prophets and fishermen, women of great courage and men who ran from God. Character Match tests how well you know them. You read a description and pick the right name from four. It’s quick, and it often sends you back to a story you’d half forgotten.

Start a round

Open the Games page at /games and tap Character Match. The start screen asks “Can you name them?” and explains: “Five fresh figures every round, easy start, tough finish.” Tap ▶ Start round.

How a round works

1. Read the description. It might mention what the person did, where they lived, who their family were, or a moment from their story.
2. Pick a name. There are four choices and exactly one is right.
3. Read the answer. You’ll see whether you were right, the Bible reference and a short note.
4. Tap Next for the following figure.

Easy start, tough finish

Each round is built to ramp up:

• Question 1 is easy. A well-known figure.
• Questions 2 and 3 are medium.
• Questions 4 and 5 are hard. Lesser-known figures, or subtle details about famous ones.

So if you get the first two quickly, don’t relax. The last two are where rounds are won. Every round has five new figures, so no two rounds are the same.

Scoring

Each right answer is a point, making a round out of five. Your score goes to your weekly total on the leaderboard. Keep a streak going and you’ll see the 🔥 counter climb. At the end you can share your result to your feed, copy a share line or play again.

Getting better at Character Match

Watch the small details. Hard questions often hinge on one fact: a hometown, a parent, a king who reigned at the time. Read the whole description before you look at the names.

Rule out the wrong ones. If two names belong to a different book or century, you’re down to two choices.

Read the story afterwards. When you miss someone, open the reference in the Bible on Brethreign and read the chapter. People you’ve read about properly are hard to forget.

Notice the minor characters. Rahab, Barnabas, Lydia, Hur, Epaphroditus. The Bible’s quieter people turn up in the hard questions, and their stories are often the most encouraging.

Every person in the story matters

Some figures get whole books; others get one verse. Character Match is a reminder that God works through all kinds of people, and that the ordinary ones are written down too.

“For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.” (Romans 15:4)

Keep going

• Church History: the quiz and the Arena
• 4 Pics 1 Word: Bible puzzles in emoji
• How to play the Bible Quiz