Question/Answer Game

 

AIM to answer the most questions correctly in fifteen minutes

 

PLAYERS 2 or more

 

NEEDED card, pen, ruler, scissors, timer, paper/pencil for scoring, rubber bands, bag or box

 

WHAT TO DO

1. Type out the story from the Revised Good News Bible and print it out.

 

2. Cut 50 cards size 8 x 7 cm and write the following questions and answers, one to a card -

• Did Jesus say to give the girl something to eat ? Yes

• What is the name of the Gospel where this story is found ? Mark

• Did the sick girl have a mother ? Yes

• Who came to Jairus from his house to tell him his

• daughter had died ? Some messengers

• Who went to Jairus’ house with him and Jesus ? Peter, James, John

• Did Jairus believe in Jesus ? Yes

• Name 3 men in the story whose names begin with J.

• Choose from Jesus, Jairus, James and John

• Did Jesus and Jairus go by themselves to Jairus’ house ? No

• Did Jairus think his daughter was going to die ? Yes

• Name two men in the story whose names begin with J.

• Choose from Jesus, Jairus, James and John

• Were Peter, James and John members of Jairus’ family ? No

• Were Peter, James and John disciples of Jesus ? Yes

• Did Jairus ask Jesus to put His hands on the sick girl

• to make her better ? Yes

• Did Jairus ask Jesus to stay where He was and heal his

• daughter ? No

• How many men did Jesus and Jairus take to Jairus’ house ? 3

• Can Jesus make sick people better ? Yes

• Did Jairus have a sick son or daughter ? Daughter

• Who told Jairus not to be afraid but to only believe ? Jesus

• When Jairus saw Jesus, did he throw himself down

• at His feet ? Yes

• Who was Jairus ? Choose from The sick girl’s father or

• A synagogue official

• Did Jairus have a sick son ? No

• Who was the synagogue official ? Jairus

• Was Jesus by Himself or in a crowd ? A crowd

• Did Peter, James and John follow Jesus ? Yes

• Were Peter, James and John brothers of Jesus ? No

• Did Jesus tell Jairus not to be afraid but to only believe ? Yes

• What name did the messengers call Jesus ? Teacher

• Who said to give the girl something to eat ? Jesus

• Did Jesus say not to tell anyone the girl was better ? Yes

• When the girl was healed, was everyone amazed ? Yes

• Who took the girl by the hand and spoke to her ? Jesus

• There are four men in the story whose names begin

• with J. Name one.

• Choose from Jesus, Jairus, James and John

• What was Jairus worried about when he saw Jesus ?

• His sick daughter

• Did Jairus have a sick daughter ? Yes

• Was Jesus by a river or a lake ? A lake

• Did Jesus tell the girl to get up ? Yes

• Did the girl get up and walk ? Yes

• Who told the girl to get up ? Jesus

• Was Jesus by a lake or the sea ? A lake

• Who said the girl was not dead but asleep ? Jesus

• How old was the girl ? 12

• Were James and John brothers ? Yes

• Who were the brothers in the three disciples of Jesus ? James, John

• Spell Jairus J-a-i-r-u-s

• Spell Mark M-a-r-k

• Spell Jesus J-e-s-u-s

• Spell Peter P-e-t-e-r

• Spell James J-a-m-e-s

• Spell John J-o-h-n

• Spell teacher t-e-a-c-h-e-r

Form cards into a Pack and secure with rubber bands

 

HOW TO PLAY

1. Decide how long the Game will last - see how fifteen minutes suits you.

2. Shuffle the Question/Answer cards and place Pack face down on playing area.

3. Write players’ names along the top of the Scoring Paper, then place it with a pencil where players can reach it.

4. Players read the Bible story together then place it out of sight.

5. Decide who will start, set timer, and (playing in a clockwise direction) have turns to lift top card from Question/Answer Pack and ask the player opposite the question. If it is answered correctly, player records a point. Card is placed at bottom of Pack and turn is over.

6. If the card lifted is blank, the player misses that turn. Place it at bottom of the Pack.

7. When the timer rings, the game is over. Players count their points, and the player scoring the most wins the Game. If some players score the same number of points, decide how long to play the Game further to decide a winner - say 5 minutes.

 

Jesus Heals A Sick Girl - Mark 5 : 21 - 24, 35 - 43 - Revised Good News

Jesus went back across to the other side of the lake. There at the lakeside a large crowd gathered around him. Jairus, an official of the local synagogue, arrived and when he saw Jesus, he threw himself down at His feet and begged him earnestly, "My little daughter is very sick. Please come and place your hands on her, so that she will get well and live !" Then Jesus started off with Him. So many people were going along with Jesus that they were crowding him from every side. Some messengers came to Jairus from his house and told him, "Your daughter has died. Why bother the Teacher any longer ?" Jesus paid no attention to what they said, but told him, "Don’t be afraid, only believe." Then He did not let anyone else go on with him except Peter and James and his brother John. They arrived at Jairus’ house, where Jesus saw the confusion and heard all the

loud crying and wailing. He went in and said to them, "Why all this confusion ? Why are you crying ? The child is not dead - she is only sleeping !" They started making fun of Him, so He put them all out, took the child’s father and mother and his three disciples, and went into the room where the child was lying. He took her by the hand and said to her, "Talitha, koum" which means, "Little girl, I tell you to get up !" She got up at once and started walking around. She was twelve years old. When this happened, they were completely amazed. But Jesus gave them strict orders not to tell anyone, and He said, "Give her something to eat."