Two by Two: An Upper Elementary Attention-Grabber

We all experience classroom moments when student energy and attention are at a low. Use this game as a break in the curriculum. Print out and distribute the following as a fun survey of “twosomes.”

You can also print out the answer sheet to help you.

Two By Two

Identify the following twosomes! Okay, you can use your Bible to help you with some of these.

1. ____________ and __________ were the two disciples of Jesus who traveled to Armenia to share the Good News.

2. Lazarus had two sisters: Mary and __________.

3. Two Bible books, Genesis in the Old Testament and _________ in the New Testament, begin with the words “In the beginning…”

4. St. __________ led a small yet heroic army against the Persians in 451 A.D. at Avarayr, accompanied on the battlefield by the priest, St._________. (Hint: their feast days are in February)

5. The two Bible books named after women are Ruth and _______.

6. Luke wrote two books of the Bible, the Gospel bearing his name and the fifth book of the New Testament:_________.

7. It took two to start the spark that spread Christianity into the first century royal court: the princess______________(first Armenian martyr of our Church) and the disciple _____________.

8. Zebedee had two sons - __________ and John. (Matthew 4:21)

9. David and __________were close friends. (I Samuel 18:1)

10. The invention of the Armenian alphabet (2005 marks the 1600th anniversary of that achievement!) is attributed to a priest, __________, with the support his Catholicos, St. ________.

11. Zechariah and __________are the last two books of the Old Testament.

12. God destroyed the two wicked – and very famous – cities of __________ and Gomorrah.

13. The passionate St. __________ made Armenia the first Christian nation in approximately 301 A.D. by first converting King ______ and the royal court.

14. Saul, the persecutor of Christians, got a second name when he became a Christian and was known as St. _________, author of most of the New Testament letters.

15. If the books of the entire Bible were listed in alphabetical order, the first two would be Acts and ______.

16. ____________, the 37th book of the Bible, has only two chapters.

17. Job lived in the land of _____ which consists of two letters! (Job 1:1)

18. Two qualities of real love as listed in 1 Corinthians 13 are _______ and _________.

19. Jesus shared two things with a crowd of thousands: ___________ and ___________.

20. ________ was one of the two who walked with Jesus on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-19)

21. Extra credit! King Drtad’s wife Queen ________ was very important to the Christian movement in Armenia; his sister Princess ____________, is said to have kept St. Gregory alive in his pit.

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