The Michael Knowles Show - Test Your Score: Bible Trivia | Michael Knowles Vs. Matt Fradd

Episode Date: December 29, 2025

Michael Knowles goes head-to-head with Catholic philosopher and author Matt Fradd in a fast-paced Bible trivia showdown. From Old Testament curveballs to New Testament deep cuts, test your own score as you play along and see whether Knowles or Fradd truly knows Scripture best. Think you can beat them both? Grab a pen and keep track — this one gets competitive. - - - Today's Sponsor: PreBorn! - Help save babies from abortion at https://preborn.com/KNOWLES - - - 🎄✨ DAILY WIRE CHRISTMAS SALE IS HERE! ✨🎄 🎁 https://www.dailywire.com/subscribe ⭐️ 40% Off DailyWire+ New Annual Memberships ⭐️ 50% Off DailyWire+ Annual Upgrade Memberships ⭐️ 50% Off DailyWire+ Annual Gift Memberships - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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And of course, neither of us ever read the Bible. I don't even know what it is. Right, the blind leading the blind. Mr. Frad, thank you for coming on the show. Honor. Okay, so the way it works, Professor Jacob, Jew, has given us all of the way he is. He's given us all of these prompts. He leans a little Old Testament.

And then we have to come up with the answer. when I have a lady on, then I say the ladies first. But since you are a man, then I will go first. Okay. Which king in the Bible? Look at this. They lowercase the Bible. What kind of nonsense is this?

Which king in the Bible was approached by two women who both claimed they were the mother of the same baby? The king threatened to cut the baby in half, to which the real mother begged him to give it to the lying woman. I think it's Solomon. And then do I respond? Yes. Yes, I also think it's Solomon. It is Solomon. Yes.

All right. Well, that's a good start. It was kind of an easy one, though. And now I read it, do I? Now you read it. All right. Number two, the prophet Ezekiel was instructed by God to cook food over a fire fueled by something odd for symbolic reasons. What was the fire fueled by? Oh, my goodness. I'm so happy you have to go first on that. It's so great. Not that it'll matter. Neither of us is going to get it.

I'm going to, I guess, I guess. I don't know, some. Oil, some kind of weird oil. Is it tallow? It was tallow. It was tallow. It was canola. I think it was canola. No, that's actually fuel from hell.

I'm going to say, some kind of fat, but not necessarily tallow, but some kind of fat. The answer? Human excrement. Gross. That's like what they do in India. Is there fat an excrement? You may have been right. I don't know.

Yeah, is that? I'm sure excrement is somewhat fatty, but I don't, yeah, it was Ezekiel, like, Punjabi or something? That's very interesting. This was just his way to shame Catholics for not knowing the scriptures, I think. Okay, now this one's going to test how honest I am. Which apostle raised Eudicus from the dead after he fell from a window? Professor Jacob did not, he didn't tape a cover on this, so I actually can see the answer. I can't.

So should you go first? I don't know. It's your game. It's kind of cheap. It's my turn. You know, it's a real problem, though. Just take it. I'll take it.

And then you, all right. What if I trick you? What if I say it's one? And then we both get it wrong. I guess that wouldn't benefit me at all. It's Paul. Yeah. It's Paul. Okay. What food did Esau trade Jacob for his birthright? Me? Yeah. So it's sometimes translated porridge, sometimes translated stew, isn't it? I always think of it as porridge. But yeah, right, it's a little longer. I say porridge. Lentel stew. Hey. Well, there you do. Is that a lentil porridge? Do we get half credit? I think that counts. We both get half a point. What body of water dried up so Israel could. cross into the promised land. This is your one, isn't it? That's right. I think it is a porridge-colored sea. I believe it's the Red Sea. Is that right?

Yep. That's the Red Sea. Okay. I agree. It says the Jordan River. Really? No. This is the Red Sea, isn't it?

Moses starts the Red Sea. That's what I thought. Is it the Jordan? Can we get Mr. Davies? Can we get a Protestant? fact check in here? Hold on. I'm bringing the expert. Although you got a Jew. This is one of his main books. How could he be wrong? Yeah. Now I'm doubting everything. Hold on. Moses parted the Red Sea. That's correct. So the Hebrews could escape the Egyptians. But Joshua, him when they

carried the ark through the Jordan River, it dried up so they can cross into the promise. Wow. So hold on. But you would say, I mean, the whole story of the Exodus is from Egypt to the promised land. So a body of water that dried up so that they could cross was the Red Sea. But you're saying, well, but the later body of water more immediately before the promised land. I think we both lose it. All right. All right. That's fine. Go to preborne.com slash knolls. This Christmas season, you could change a life. Actually, two lives. Picture a young woman who just found out she's pregnant, wasn't expecting it. She's scared. Maybe she doesn't have much support. She isn't sure what her options are. That is exactly who our sponsor. Preborn Ministries is there for it. They offer free ultrasounds

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What animals drowned after Jesus cast demons into them? Pigs. Yay. It's pigs. I say it's pigs. Do you think Ben Shapiro has ever had. bacon? No, but he did have KFC because he wasn't, they weren't always particularly observant Jews. And so I remember, like, I think he got into it when he was like 12 or something.

So he is kind of the worst of all world. I don't think they ever ate bacon, but he does remember like good fast food and all. And then they gave it up for religion, which is admirable. You know, we got to make him Catholic, but that's very admirable, I think. Okay, what sign appeared at Pentecost when the spirit came upon the Disciples. Was it T tongues of Fire? I think it was. All right, these have been pretty decent so far. I feel like we I feel like less of an idiot than I usually do in this. All right, you're up. Yeah, I saw who did you have that one with recently that biblical Protestant scholar? Oh, was that with, uh, oh Jeremiah. Oh, Jeremiah. Oh, Jeremiah.

That wasn't fair. Wrecked me. He wrecked me with facts and be like doing this with Dr. Hahn. It's like, uh, it's like me going up against a UFC fighter in a fight. Like what do you want from me? It's bad. It's like me going up against a UFC fighter in Bible trivia. It's not good. What was my turn? Okay, what was the first plague that befell Egypt in Exodus?

I believe it was the turning of the Nile into blood. Yes. You know why I always remember that? No. Because, you know, Moses is a figure of Christ and the Old Testament prefigures the New Testament. And what was the first public miracle of our Lord? Ah, water into wine. Water into wine.

Yeah. Okay. That'll actually help me in the future, thanks. Yes. I kind of forget, they all kind of map onto it, but I kind of forget the rest still. Okay. What did Samson find inside the lion's carcass

that he previously killed? Probably a bunch of guts and bones, right? No, I don't know. That's too easy an answer. What did he find inside the lion's carcass that he killed? I mean, whatever he found, he probably also found guts and carcass, so I feel like he could get a point.

So I'm sticking with my answer. Guts and bones. He definitely found guts and bones in there. Do I go first? I don't even, yeah, I do go. What's yours? I think honey. Honey.

Honey. Is it honeycomb or a beehive or honey? That sounds like a more of a correct answer than. Excrement. No. He probably found that too. Honey and bees. Does that put Mr. Frat, oh, shoot, man.

So I have to get this next one right and you have to get it wrong. All right, you go. What object tore into at the moment of Jesus' death? I think my winning streak on this game just tore into because... You're not serious. You know that one. I do, but you have to get it wrong. The problem is you know it too.

Well, what if I throw... You go on, you say it. Okay, the Temple Vale. Ah, I was going to say a cigar. You won? Were you? You won. Yes, that, hey, all right, it's a tie.

Oh, man. What a lucky break. for me, huh? Yeah, I swore it was a cigar. Wow, that's good. Honey and Bees. Do I get just a quick point of fact? Do I get partial credit for guts

and bones? No, no, no, then you win. Come on I threw the last one for you. You still want to win. Be ruthless on this. Do I get... Absolutely not. No, I don't. Okay. All right, well, hey, man, I feel I feel a little better. It's good to have Catholics doing Bible trivia with Catholics. We can both feel

equally smart or dumb, however you're looking at it. That was a, what you just did was a corporal work of mercy, by the way, throwing that last question. That was really, very nice of you. Mr. Frad, thank you. Professor Jacob, thank you for, it was some of some New Testament. And that was nice. Thank you to all of you. See you next time. Ryan Reynolds here for Mint Mobile, the message for everyone paying big wireless way too much.

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