By Kingsley Baehr

	Most of us have heard about some famous people in the Bible such as: Adam and Eve, Noah and his ark, Moses and the Ten Commandments, Samson and Delilah, David and Goliath, Jonah and the big fish, Jesus and His disciples, etc.
  
  But there are many lesser-known people in the Bible who have much to say to us today.

	Take the following quiz about the people whose stories will be appearing in this cedarcroft.org devotional for the next months and see how well you do. Don’t worry. You will not be graded. 

 As we work our way through the lives of these men and women, there will be important, practical lessons for us as exemplified by them. 

  Directions: Match the description in Column B with the name in Column A by placing the letter of the column B descrip-tion in blank after the name it describes. [No peeking at the answers below the quiz!]

  Column A
  Column B
 
  1. Bartimaeus
  a. A gate-keeper whose gorgeous adopted daughter saved her people from death
 
  2. Micaiah
   b. A business woman whose lovely home became th became the head quarters for missionaries in her town
 
  3. Epaphras
  c. A man who was not afraid of a whole nest of giants
 
  4. Caleb
  d. A man who kept who kept bringing people to Jesus
 
  5. Jaaziniah
   e. A run-away slave whose life was changed by God
 
  6. Ebed-melech
  f. An evangelist who left a huge gospel campaign at God's command, to witness to one man 
 
  7. Obadiah
  g. A blind man who used his last opportunity to be healed by Jesus
 
  8. Andrew
  h. A man who hid 100 prophets of God and fed them during a drought
 
  9. Mordecai
  i. A man who contributed a large amount of money to the church with no strings added 
 
  10. Josiah
  j. A skilled artisan you name it, he could do it
 
  11. Barzillai
  k. A man who kept his vow to God at the cost of his only daughter
 
  12. Onesimus
  l. A man who put his duty to his country before his own natural desires
 
  13. Othniel
  m. A man who saved a prophet's life using old rags and old rope
 
  14. Philip
  n. A king who cleaned up his kingdom from the evils of idol worship
 
  15. Jochebed
  o. An extremely resourceful mother who was paid for nursing her own son
 
  16. Bezalel
  p. A prophet with a keen sense of humor
 
  17. Jephthah
  q. A man who proved himself capable as a young man, and went on to bigger and better things
 
  18. Uriah
   r. A wealthy senior citizen who refused to cash in on his “social security” 
 
  19. Barnabas
  s. A man who refused to take advantage of a loophole that provided freedom from restrictions in his life
 
  20. Lydia
  t. A man who really worked at praying
 
ANSWERS FOR MINOR MEN/WOMEN WHO MATTER QUIZ
 1. Bartimaeus - g 
2. Micaiah - p
3. Epaphras - t
4. Caleb - c	
5. Jaaziniah - s	
6. Ebed-melech - m 
7. Obadiah - h
8. Andrew - d	
9. Mordecai - a
10. Josiah - n
11. Barzillai - r
12. Onesimus - e 
13. Othniel - q
14. Philip - f
15. Jochebed - o
16. Bezalel - j
17. Jephthah - k
18. Uriah - l
19. Barnabas - i 
20. Lydia – b