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QUIZ:
Bad Girls of the Bible
February 16, 2001    Episode no. 425
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1. Paradise was lost when her appetite cost her a beautiful garden and changed the course of human history. Who was the Bible's first good girl to go bad?

a. LILITH
b. EVE
c. SARAH

2. Which bad girl of the Bible gave her high-risk boyfriend a nearly fatal haircut?

a. DELILAH
b. JUDITH
c. SHELOMITH

3. Who was struck dead after she lied about swindling the disciples out of a large sum of money?

a. SAPPHIRA
b. JOANNA
c. SUSANNA

4. Which bad girl lured a ruthless military leader into a tent and hammered a peg through his head while he was asleep?

a. BATHSHEBA
b. MICHAL
c. JAEL

5. Which mother sent her daughter to a stag party to do an erotic dance for her stepfather, and then demanded the execution of a famous prophet?

a. MARY and MARTHA
b. HERODIAS and SALOME
c. RACHEL and LEAH

6. What queen-mother ordered hit men to slaughter all the heirs to the throne -- even her own grandchildren -- so that she could rule?

a. LIVIA
b. AHOLIBAMAH
c. ATHALIAH

7. Which bad girl conjured up the spirit of a dead prophet to allay the fears of a neurotic king?

a. THE WOMAN OF TEKOAH
b. THE MEDIUM OF EN DOR
c. THE WIDOW JUDITH

8. Which bad girl dressed as a prostitute and seduced the father of her late husband in order to ensure the family line?

a. TAMAR
b. RAHAB
c. JEZEBEL



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