BEYOND JERICHO · The Bible Quiz Showdown by Xencei
How to play

1 to 4 Stewards play together on one phone or screen, against a Gatekeeper.
Free, in your browser. Scripture from the World English Bible.

CHOOSE YOUR GATEKEEPER
  The Lamplighter   Children, ages 7 to 10. Kind and clever, but her mind wanders.
  The Scribe        Intermediate. The fastest in Jericho, but shaky on harder questions.
  The Scrollkeeper  Advanced. Very accurate on the Path, but slow in Jericho.
  The Sage          Expert. Rarely wrong, but two Shouts in a row rattle him.

Against the Lamplighter, every question has three options, the Path is
shorter and the questions come from the children's bank. The clocks are much
longer too: 115 seconds for the Harvest, 45 for each Path question and the
Prodigal's Return, 3 minutes for the March and 18 seconds for the Shout.

CHOOSE YOUR PACE (adult Gatekeepers)
  Relaxed  About 50% more time: 90-second Harvest, 30 seconds per Path
           question, 3-minute March, 12-second Shout.
  Normal   The standard clocks described below.
  Quick    Shorter clocks for a faster game: 45-second Harvest, 90-second
           March and Defence.
The Gatekeeper's Defence clock is never lengthened.

1. THE HARVEST
Each Steward answers as many questions as they can in 60 seconds
(on the Normal pace).
Every correct answer earns 100 talents.

2. THE STEWARD'S CHOICE
The Gatekeeper makes three offers:
  Bury    a smaller amount; you start 4 stones ahead of the Gatekeeper
  Keep    the talents you harvested; you start 3 stones ahead
  Invest  double your harvest plus 500; you start only 2 stones ahead
Choose one.

3. THE PATH
The Path has 8 stones and ends at the Gate. You and the Gatekeeper answer the
same question. A correct answer moves you one stone toward the Gate. The
Gatekeeper moves too when they are right. Reach the Gate and your talents go
into the team pot. If the Gatekeeper catches you, you fall.

4. THE PRODIGAL'S RETURN
If any Stewards fell on the Path, they get one chance together: 5 correct
answers in 20 seconds. Succeed and one of them returns to the team, bringing
their Bury amount.

5. JERICHO (the final)
  The March    The whole team answers for 2 minutes. You start with a head start
               (1 march for 1 Steward, 2 for 2,
               3 for 3 or 4). Each correct answer
               is one more march around the walls.
  The Defence  The Gatekeeper answers for 2 minutes. Each correct answer rebuilds
               one stone of the wall.
  The Shout    When the Gatekeeper misses, the clock stops. You have 8 seconds to
               tap the right answer and knock a stone back down.
If the Gatekeeper rebuilds as many stones as you made marches before time runs
out, the walls hold. If not, the walls of Jericho fall and the team shares the pot.

AFTER THE GAME
Review the questions you missed, with the Bible reference for each, and share
your score on WhatsApp.