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What is Wine
Jesus' first miracle involved transforming water into this
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Who is Lot's Wife
She second-guessed her decision to leave home and got pretty salty about it
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Who is J.F. Rutherford
This man became president of the Bible Students following the death of C.T. Russell in 1917
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Who is Cain
He is guilty of the first murder in human history
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What are Sparrows
These small birds were very cheap, selling for "two smalls coins of little value"
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Who is Eli
This high priest accused Hannah of being drunk when she was praying intensely at the tabernacle
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Who is Boaz
He was a ruthless man before he got married
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What is a Colporteur
Starting in 1881, early full-time preachers were referred to by this title
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Who is Shecem
He met a grisly demise after violating Dinah
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What is Behemoth
This hulking creature described in Job 40 is generally thought to refer to a hippopotamus
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What is a Wineskin
Jesus compared the old system of Judaism to an old and inflexible instance of this beverage-fermenting object
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Who is Jesus
He greatly increased the net income of his friends and later convinced a tree to kill itself
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What is Herald of the Morning
For a time, C.T. Russel co-funded this periodical publication with Nelson H. Barbour before parting ways due to irreconcilable views about the Ransom
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Who is Korah
This man led a rebellion of about 250 Israelites against Moses, only to be swallowed up the earth shortly after
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What are Gazelles
Solomon artfully compared the Shulamite girl's breasts to the young of these grazing ungulates
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What is Babylon the Great
This symbolic figure was depicted in a vision as being "drunk with the blood of the holy ones and the blood of the witnesses of Jesus"
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Who is Jehoram
This wicked king followed in the corrupt footsteps of his father, Ahab, but Jehu was able to reach his heart
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What is Columbus, Ohio
The adoption of the name "Jehovah's Witnesses" was officially announced at a 1931 convention in this U.S. City (or just State)
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Who is Barabbas
While there was an apparent first-century Jewish custom of releasing a criminal on the Passover, this murderous criminal was released instead of Jesus
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What is a Worm
Herod Agrippa was stricken with an internal infestation of some type of this small, parasitic creature
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What is Beer
The prophet Isaiah decried the pitiful condition of Israel by saying that their stores of this beverage was diluted with water
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Who is Goliath
A big guy with a real head for collecting rocks
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What is 2015
The last issue of the Kingdom Ministry was published in this year
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Who is Philetus
Alongside Hymenaeus, this supposed Christian was specifically called out by Paul as a subverter of the faith
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What are Frogs
The second plague inflicted upon Egypt utilized these creatures
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