Religion and Mythology Quiz- Collaborative

1. Religion And
Mythology
QMs:
Navya Vardhan, Vindhuja Vijayan

2. Rules:
● There are 14 questions in the set.
● Standard Bounce-Pounce rules apply.
● +10/-5 on Pounce, +10/-0 on Direct /Bounce

3. 1.
Persephone was the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Demeter. Hades abducted her when she was
picking flowers, and took her to be his queen of the Underworld.
Persephone's mother, Demeter, wandered the earth searching for her. Finally, she found Helios,
who described what happened. In her depression, Demeter's negligence stopped all growth on
earth. To restore order, Zeus sent Hermes to persuade Hades into releasing Persephone. Hades
eventually gave in, but gave Persephone a X, a food of the dead, which forever bound her to the
Underworld.
X has otherwise been represented as a symbol of fertility and abundance, so much so that pictures
of the ripe X with the seeds bursting forth were often hung in homes to bestow fertility and bless
the dwelling with numerous offspring.
In Indian mythology, one of the Sanskrit names of Shri Ganesha is Bijapuraphalasakta; the
Bijapuraphala is the X.
Identify X.

5. Pomegranate

6. 2.
Orion was a giant and very handsome hunter, who hunted by night, and while he was on his
nocturnal hunting adventures, he was noticed and admired by Artemis, the goddess of the moon
and the hunt. As the affair continued, she would join him on his hunting jaunts, ignoring her lunar
duties.
When Zeus, Artemis’s father, learned of her negligence, he sent a giant scorpion Scorpius to sting
and kill Orion, who put up a good fight, but the scorpion still stung him, and the hunter died
instantly. That night, Artemis discovered Orion’s body and was filled with tremendous grief. She
lifted her lover’s body to the sky and transformed it into the constellation. As she looked back to
Earth, she saw the giant scorpion not far from where she found Orion. She dived at the scorpion,
grabbed it and flung it in the opposite direction from where she had placed Orion.
What was the outcome of this incident, that can be seen even today (in the night skies)?

8. The constellation Orion can be
observed in the winter skies,
while the Scorpius constellation
can be seen on summer nights.
Every winter Orion hunts in the
sky, but every summer he flees
as the constellation of the
scorpion comes.

9. 3.
The book Mausala Parva describes the fulfillment of Gandhari’s curse to Krishna, that his clan
would be destroyed, 36 years after the end of the Kurukshetra war.
“Mathura is peaceful and prosperous, the young Yadavas have become frivolous and hedonistic.
Samba, Krishna’s son, dresses up as a woman and his friends meet the rishis Vishwamitra,
Durvasa, Vashista, Narada and other rishis, who were visiting Dwaraka for an audience with
Krishna. The young man playfully pretending to be a woman claims he is pregnant, and asks the
rishis to predict the gender of the baby. One Rishi sees through the prank. In a fit of rage, he
curses Samba will give birth to an iron bolt that will destroy his entire race. As per the curse,
Samba next day delivered an iron rod. The youth inform King Ugrasena what has happened, who
asks Samba to powder the iron bolt and cast it into the Prabhas sea. Later this powder grew up on
sea shore in the form of eraká grass. After some time a fight with iron clubs made of eraká grass,
broke out between the Yadavas, at a festival, who all killed each other.”
A piece to the same iron bolt dropped down in the sea and was swallowed by a fish which was
caught by a hunter who took out the iron piece and applied it on the tip of his weapon. How did
this contribute to the fulfillment of Gandhari’s curse?

11. The hunter was Jara,
who used the iron
piece as the tip of the
arrow with which he
accidentally shot
Krishna in the ankle,
leading to his demise.
MOOD

12. 4.
The Osiris myth is the most elaborate and influential story in ancient Egyptian mythology. One
version of the myth is in which Set (Osiris' brother), along with the Queen of Ethiopia, conspired
with 72 accomplices to plot the assassination of Osiris. Set fooled Osiris into getting into a box,
which Set then shut, sealed with lead, and threw into the Nile. Osiris' wife, Isis, searched for his
remains until she finally found him embedded in a tamarisk tree trunk, which was holding up the
roof of a palace in Byblos on the Phoenician coast. She managed to remove the coffin and retrieve
her husband's body.
Isis then used a spell to briefly revive Osiris so he could impregnate her. After embalming and
burying Osiris, Isis conceived and gave birth to their son, Horus. Thereafter Osiris lived on as the
god of the underworld. Because of his death and resurrection, Osiris was associated with an
yearly phenomenon in Egypt.
Identify this phenomenon.

14. The annual flooding and
receding of the Nile.

15. 5.
A.S. Roma is a professional Italian
football club based in Rome.
Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma
have participated in the top-tier of
Italian football for all of their
existence except for 1951–52. The
emblem of the team is currently the
one which was used when the club
was first founded. The gold and the
purple-red represent Roman
imperial dignity. What does the
emblem illustrate?

17. The founding myth of
Rome.
It portrays the female
wolf Lupa with the two
infant brothers
Romulus and Remus,
who founded Rome.

18. 6.
The Rape of the Sabine Women was an incident in Roman mythology in which the men of Rome
committed a mass abduction of young women from the other cities in the region. The word "rape"
is the conventional translation of the Latin word raptio used in the ancient accounts of the
incident. Modern scholars tend to interpret the word as "abduction" or "kidnapping" as opposed to
a sexual assault.
Stephen Vincent Benét wrote a short story called "The Sobbin' Women" that parodied the legend.
Later adapted into a 1954 musical film, it tells the story of a group of gauche but sincere
woodsmen, one of whom gets married, encouraging the others to seek partners. After a social
where they meet girls they are attracted to, they are denied the chance to pursue their courtship by
the latter's menfolk. Following the Roman example, they abduct the girls. As in the original tale,
the women are at first indignant but are eventually won over. The musical has further been
adapted into a popular 1982 Hindi film.
Identify the musical.

20. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

21. 7.
War Boys are the paramilitary arm of The Citadel and serve as Immortan Joe's servants and
soldiers. They appear in both Mad Max: Fury Road(2015 film) and Mad Max(2015 video game).
War Boys are indoctrinated as zealots into a death cult dedicated to the worship of a living god -
Immortan Joe, their leader. Their highest aspiration is a glorious death in battle so that they might
one day ride forever beside Joe in X. When a War Boy senses this moment in X approaching, he
will "chrome" himself, which is the act of spraying his teeth with chrome paint and ride willingly to
his death, taking as many enemies and vehicles with him as he can.
The concept of X is based on Norse mythology. In the myths, fallen warriors picked by Odin were
led by valkyries and went to X, a majestic, enormous hall located in Asgard.
Identify X.

23. Valhalla

24. 8.
New Skete is the collective term for two Orthodox Christian monastic
communities in Cambridge, New York- The Monks of New Skete, a men's
monastery founded in 1966 and the Nuns of New Skete, a women's
monastery founded in 1969.
The Monks are best known for their breeding/training of _____ ________,
and the training of all breeds in basic obedience. The Monks have written
several X-training manuals.
The monks there feel that the connection between X and humans as well as
the focus on discipline and responsibility, helps them spiritually.
ID X.

26. Dogs.
Blank- German Shepard

27. 9.
Many people in Haiti believe in the religion known as X. X came to Haiti
more than 300 years ago when large numbers of people from Africa were
taken there to work as slaves. They believe in one god and many kinds of
spirits called ‘Loa’.
As time passed, the beliefs of the African slaves, mingled with those of
Haiti’s French Plantation owners who were mostly Roman Catholics.
Important X spirits are honoured on feast days of different RC saints and the
spirits of ancestors are honoured on All Saints Day and All Souls day.
Hollywood horror did much to create misunderstandings about “X*” and
fear of its followers. It has often been shown as an evil and terrifying
religion.
ID X.

29. Vodoo/Vodun

30. 10.
The believers of X also believe that the history of the world is a vast drama,
divided into four periods of 3000 years each. At the end of the first 3000
years, the creation of the world takes place. At the end of the second,
Ahriman arrives to corrupt the creation. In the third period, he triumphs but
finds himself trapped in creation and doomed to cause his own destruction.
In the fourth period, religion comes to earth through the birth of Y.
Each 1000 years thereafter, a new prophet will appear. The last of these will
bring the final judgement and a new world. X has an India-connect that goes
beyond the similarity to the Hindu Yugs.
Y is sometimes credited with having created the practise of astrology.
ID the religion X, and Y.

32. Zoroastrianism

33. 11.
Give the Funda behind these holes in the skyscrapers of the Hong Kong
skyline/ give their names.

35. Dragon Gates/ Passages for Dragons
to descend from the mountains to
the sea

36. 12.
The X faith teaches that a person’s purpose in life is the worship God through
prayer and seeks to unite all people in one religion. They believe that the
founders of the world’s great religions are all messengers of God- Moses, the
Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad, and Y.
Near the end of World War I, in the Battle of Megiddo (1918) World Powers are
said to have drawn soldiers from many parts of the world to engage in battle at
Megiddo. In winning this battle General Allenby also prevented the Ottomans
from killing Z, then head of the X Faith, whom they had intended to crucify.
Most X temples have features that suggest both differences between and the
unity of all people.
Identify the faith X.

38. The Bahá'í Faith

39. 13.
According to legends, the idol at X was once worshiped by the Lord Mahavishnu himself in
Vaikunta. Thus X is considered to be "Bhooloka Vaikunta" - the heaven on earth.
Vishnu handed it over to Brahma. King Suthapas and his wife who worshipped Bhrama for a child
received this idol from Brahma. He advised them to start worshipping the idol. Once Lord Vishnu
appeared before them and blessed them that he himself will be born as their child in their three re-
births in three different forms and in three different situations. T The third rebirth was as Vasudeva
and Devaki. The Lord Krishna was born as their eighth son. In the long run, the Lord Krishna
himself installed this idol in Dwaraka and worshipped it.
Finally at the time of Krishna's ascension to Vaikunta, he instructed Udhava to entrust Brahaspathi
(the Guru of Devas) with the task of taking the idol to a suitable place where people could worship
it.. A deluge had closed in on Dwaraka, but Guru salvaged the idol with the help of his prime
disciple, Vayu. They went around the world in search of an ideal place.
They met Parasurama who lead them to a lush green spot with a beautiful lotus tank where they
felt the presence of Lord Siva. The installation was sanctioned.
ID the temple X, where Janamejaya, the great-grandson of Arjuna is said to have been cured of
leprosy.

41. Guruvayoor Temple, Kerala.

42. 14.
The Message (originally known as Mohammad, Messenger of God) is a 1976 epic
historical drama film directed by Moustapha Akkad, chronicling the life and
times of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Released in Arabic (1976) and English
(1977), The Message serves as an introduction to early Islamic history.
The film was nominated for Best Original Score in the 50th Academy Awards,
composed by Maurice Jarre, but lost the award to Star Wars (composed by John
Williams).
Which actor played the titular role of Muhammed in this movie?

44. No one.
In accordance with the beliefs of some
Muslims regarding depictions of
Muhammad, his face is not depicted on-
screen nor is his voice heard. Islamic
tradition generally forbids any direct
representation of religious figures.

45. Reserve Questions

46. A.
There are many similarities between the Hindus and X. In fact, it has been suggested that in very
ancient times they may have even been one people.
Historically, the X timeline states that following a huge flood in Mesopotamia that occurred in
approximately 4000 BCE, many X migrated east, west and south to India, Afghanistan, Morocco
and the other northern African countries. They remained with their adopted countries for two
thousand years, or until around 2000 BCE, and then many X returned to their native land and
helped found the historical civilizations of Babylonia and Assyria.
X temples have pyramid shaped gopura just like Hindu temples.
The peacock astride the Aarti and Sanjak oil lamps is related to a deity that can be found in both
the Hindu and X pantheon.
In the Hindu tradition this deity is the peacock-riding Karthikey, and among the X it is Tawsi Melek,
the Peacock Angel or Peacock King. The most important point to note is that peacock, the national
bird of India, is a native of south and south east Asia or Africa. Not found in the area inhabited by
the X.
However one cannot find any mention of this on the Wikipedia page dedicated to the X or confirm
this theory, but this India-connect has been invoked to support certain foreign policy decisions, ID
X

48. The Yazidis