Mythology Quiz-16th April 2023, Quiz Club NITW

MYTHOLOGY
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In Vedas, X is associated with the wind and the
storm. This wind is no ordinary wind but the cosmic
wind. These winds are very powerful and make their
howling sound in the universe, unperceived by the
human ear. X as a deity in our puranas is associated
with this howling sound when he goes about his
destruction spree. Y is an entity which is closely
attached with X which means to attract the cosmic
particles to channelize them throughout our body
leading to health and harmony, while removing
negativity. It is revered as a manifestation of the tears
that the lord once shed.
ID X and Y.
01

Connect the following the non-exhaustive list and
find out the only entity that is missing :
___
Agni _
Nandi _
Vanara _
Jal _
Prabha _
Pawan _
Gaja _
Nag Dhanush _
02

There is a very popular saying in Hindi- “Ram se
bada Ram ka naam”.
As per a lesser-known story there was an instance
when Ram decided to give a death punishment to
Hanuman because of his lack of respect for the
mighty sage Vishwamitra. Ram decided to execute
this sentence by shooting Brahmastra on Hanuman.
Surprisingly, the death blow shot by Ram had no
effect on Hanuman.
What was the reason behind this immunity?
03

When severely beaten and being chased by X and
other devas, asuras ran to the hermitage of Shukra.
But Shukra and his father were at work. Kavyamata,
who was the only person present, sent all devas into
a state of deep sleep and petrified Indra. X, in return,
killed Kavyamata by slicing her head off. When
Shukra's father, Bhrigu returned, he found
Kavyamata dead.
Angered by woman slaughter, he cursed X such that
he suffers through same fate multiple times.
Id X and the curse.
04

When one is asked about the meaning of the word ‘X’ it
is understood to ring a scientific bell in the mind. But it
is even interesting to note that the origin of ‘X’ lies in the
Greek folklore. As per the popular folk story Zeus’s love
for nymphs (a spirit of nature imagined as a beautiful
maiden) often propelled him to visit the mountains to
meet ‘X’. Displeased and jealous, his wife Hera followed
him one day to catch him red-handed. But then ‘X’
would buy Zeus some time to escape by engaging Hera
in long conversations. Being annoyed after learning this
truth, an irate Hera cursed ‘X’ to be only able to repeat
the last words that another person just said.
Identify ‘X’.
05

An Italian luxury vehicle manufacturer was first
established in a city where X was positioned since
1565. The company's logo was inspired from X as it is
about someone who symbolises dominion over a
certain entity. Though that entity is not there in
Paradise valley area, the company's vehicles definitely
own the local roads. When the logo is on navy blue, it
represents the original meaning. When it is on a white
or silver field, it indicates land. The logo in red
indicates the fiery power of the vehicles.
ID the inspiration behind the logo.
06

The popularity of the deities of Norse pantheon is
evident in the names of X in English, influenced by
Germanic and Scandinavian languages brought to
Britain before and during the Viking age. X was
adopted by the Roman emperor replacing the one
that already existed which the Romans had inherited
from Etruscans. X was given names honouring the
Norse deities Sunna, Mani, Tyr, Odin, Thor, Frigg
and Saturn.
ID X / what is being talked about.
07

After a fierceful war, a group of sages, including the
Vishwamitra, comes over to ___. A bunch of arrogant
youth dressed Samba up as a pregnant woman and
asked the sages to predict the gender of the unborn.
When the sages saw through the prank, Vishwamitra
threw a fit. He cursed that Samba will give birth to an
iron rod, which will lead to the obliteration of the
community there.
08

When Samba begot the iron rod, they had it pulverized
and disposed into the sea. A certain fish swallowed the
iron lump and the iron lump in the fish’s stomach was
later taken by X who later used it as arrowhead at the
end of his shaft.
This iron lump ultimately lead to the demise of Y and
also the downfall of that dynasty/community.
ID X and Y.
08

Vishnu lay asleep on the Ananta Naga, a sleep that
encompasses the entire universe and that none can
disturb.
A tortoise looked for one chance to get near him, seek
his blessings or at least touch his feet. But the Naga
guarded his lord fiercely and shooed away the tortoise
every time it came close. He tried this for years but
could not manage to get near Vishnu but God is all
knowing. He has seen the deep desire and efforts made
by the tortoise, so he called out to him and told him that
he will get his chance, only he had to be patient. Finally,
tortoise got his chance when Vishnu seeked his help in
one of his avatars.
ID the incident when tortoise had his desire fulfilled.
09

Shown in the figure is a portrait of Medusa who was
one of the three monstrous gorgons in Greek
mythology. It is said that the founder of the luxury
company X, Gianni ________, was a native of
Calabria which used to be a part of Greater Greece and
this is the reason why he chose Medusa to be X's logo.
ID X.
10

Survivor is an American television series which had become
immensely popular since its debut back in 2000 and runs till
date with more than 44 seasons. The central idea on which
the show is based is for the participants, who are stranded on
a remote island, to survive and face challenging tasks to win
the grand prize money. The 37th season of the show saw the
makers introduce a unique theme wherein the 20
contestants were divided into two tribes of 10 each. Group-1
consisted of ten underdogs who constantly had to overcome
obstacles for survival. Group-2 had ten overachievers who
had a higher ground on paper when compared to Group-1.
The two groups were fittingly named ‘X’ and ‘Y’ which relate
to one of the more popular stories about an underdog and
the eventual success against the oppressor.
ID ‘X’ and ‘Y’.
11

An old sage, had once cursed king Sharyatri’s army. The
curse could only be lifted if the king offered his
daughter, Sukanya’s hand in return. The wedding took
place, the curse was lifted and Sukanya served her
husband sincerely for years to come. But one day, the
Ashwini Kumaras, passing by the ashram were stunned
to see a beautiful Sukanya married to an old sage and
instantly asked her to marry one of them instead. But
Sukanya stayed loyal to her husband and denied at first.
12

They offered Sukanya a choice that they would bless her
husband with the gift of youth and after that she would
have to honestly choose between him or one of the
Kumaras to marry. The Kumaras gave the sage a
combination of three treatments – first a dip in herbal
lake, then a herbal paste called kayakalp was applied to
his body and finally he was asked to eat a herbal mix.
When the twins and old sage came out they looked not
just youthful but identical to each other as well.
The term ‘X’ is said to originate from this incident which
is till date found in common households.
ID X.
12

Shown in the figure is a creature from Greek
mythology called X. It is believed that they were a
hybrid fusion of a bird and a woman with alluring
voices. In the epic poem Odyssey, they appear in a
scene where Odysseus can be seen being bound to
the mast of his ship in order to resist their song. Later
on they became the epitome of voluptuous mermaids
who, with their magical voice and beauty, would lure
seafarers to crash into rocks.
ID X which are also depicted in a famous American
television series from last year.
13

Urmila's sacrifice is the symbol of selflessness.
Laxmana asks her to stay back and take care of
elders during the exile. Laxmana didn’t sleep for 14
years and she slept for whole time instead of him.
Meghanad has a boon about his death and this
sacrifice of Urmila became crucial in this respect.
How did the sacrifice impact Meghanad?
14

Once the king of __(6) was out on a hunt and his
arrow killed a deer. The doe and his wife, ran
weeping to her mother. Unable to bear the sorrow of
her daughter, the Yakshini asked the king to give the
dead deer to her. “I am a Yakshini; I can restore him
to life”, she said.
But the young king would not heard her request and
struck her with his sword. The dying words of the
Yakshini were a dreadful curse. “Just as you have
caused the death of my innocent son-in-law, so too, I
will be responsible for the death of your son-in-law!”
How the yakshini achieved her goal?
15

Answer
X - Rudra
Y - Rudraksha

Answer
Hanuman kept chanting
“Ram, Ram” all the time
which made him immune to
the blow shot by Ram.

Answer
X- Vishnu
Vishnu was cursed that he has to
reincarnate several times and go
through the pain of death.

Answer
Poseidon’s Trident being the
inspiration behind the logo
of Maserati.

Answer
X - Hunter Jara
Y - Lord Krishna

Answer
Tortoise born as Kewat to wash Lord
Rama’s feet in exchange for sailing
him through River Ganga.

Answer
X - Chyavanaprasha
Old sage- Chyavana

Answer
It helped Laxman kill Meghnad
as he could be killed only by the
one who has not slept for that
period of time.

Answer
First blank is Kaikei
Yakshini was Manthara and due to
her Ram was sent to an exile and
Dashrath died in guilt of sending
Ram to exile.

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RULES
● This round has 8 pounce/bounce questions.
● Pounce has a scoring scheme of +10/-5 while Bounce has a
scoring scheme of +10/0.
● Directs will be to the teams corresponding to the question
number.
● There will be part points for only bounce and not pounce.
● Avoid shouting answers out loud.
● QMs discretion is final.

Though there are many reasons to show your affections to
Xs, there are also some religious causes to show both love
and respect to them. One of them goes like this -
In the epic Mahabharata, the Pandavas on their way to
heaven are accompanied by an X. The five brothers along
with their wife Draupadi climb the Himalayas when all of
them except Yudhishthira and his _____ perish along the
way. Then Yudhishthira meets Indra, King of the gods, who
welcomes him to heaven but asks him to leave his _____
behind. Yudhishthira refuses to enter heaven without his
_____ and says he will go back to earth. Indra is impressed
by his faithfulness and then his righteousness opens the
gates of heaven for Yudhishthira.
01

The said legend serves background for the ______ Tihar,
an annual Hindu festival originating from Nepal. On this
day, people worship Xs to please Yama, the god of death,
as they are considered to be his messengers and guard to
the door of hell. They are adored with tilak, garlands
around their neck and are offered food including meat,
milk, eggs, and _____ food.
ID X and the festival.
Xs are also depicted as the vahana of Y who is believed to
have cut the fifth head of lord Brahma.
ID Y.
01

Answer
X - Dog
Festival - Kukur Tihar
Y - Kaal Bhairav

A mythical entity X has so many legends about it. One of
them says that when the cosmic oceans were being
churned, the ____ produced by it was also consumed by
some group along with Y . Impressed by this, Y took a
decision regarding X. This decision helps in keeping the
___ in Y without letting it slide down.
ID what is being talked about and what aspect of it
represents the present, past and the future.
02

Answer
X - Vasuki, king of snakes
The three coils of snake around
Shiva represent past, present, future

X was a type of paint very popular during the 19th century,
which was made out of white pinch, murr and grounded
remains of ___. The last ingredient is very odd as no one
could think of using it in a colour, though it may give a
perfect skin shade. The colour was also perfectly
transparent, good for shading and as mentioned, gave good
skin tones. The disadvantage to use it was- it had ammonia
and __ in it, which caused it to react with other colours and
crack over time.
People discontinued buying this as they found out what
was used to make it, although the name clearly mentions
the ingredient.
ID colour name/X.
03

Demigods Nalakuvara and Manigriva, sons of treasurer
Kuvera, became addicted to wine and sex. Once, they
entered the garden of Lord Shiva and got engaged with
beautiful women who accompanied them in the garden.
In an intoxicated condition, they both entered the water
with the women and began to enjoy their company. All of
a sudden, Sage Narada happened to pass that way. The
young girls began to cover themselves in shame in front
of the great sage but the demigods were so intoxicated
that they could not appreciate the presence of Narada.
04

To teach them a lesson, he bound them with a curse such
that they could be fortunate enough to see the supreme
personality of Godhead and might realise their guilt.
They were able to see Lord face to face growing up in the
same place until they were freed when Lord himself was
trying to break free.
Mention the incident and the curse.
04

Answer
Narada turned them into trees whom
Krishna broke when tied by Yashoda.

Apasmara is a demon dwarf in Hindu mythology with
demon head and infant body who represents ignorance and
epilepsy.
The myth of Apasmara states that in order to ensure the
knowledge in the world is preserved, he can't be killed. To
kill him mean attaining knowledge without any dedication or
effort, which would devalue all knowledge and unbalance
knowledge and ignorance in the world. Thus he is destined
for immortality.
As he couldn't be killed lord Shiva took form of ___ and did
cosmic __(5) with his right foot on Apasmara. Lord Shiva
remains in his __ form forever to suppress this demon for
eternity.
Where have we seen him?
05

Answer
At Shiva’s feet in the idol of Nataraja.

X and Y are the two entities that have the mythological
origin. These are always found to be in the opposite
direction.
X is linked to the legend of Theseus and Minotaur. Dionysus
gives a crown to Ariadne, which she passes to Theseus, when
he arrives to kill Minotaur. He uses Crown's light to escape
the Labyrinth and later, Dionysus sets the crown in the
heavens.
Y is related to the myth of Bacchus and Stimula. When
Jupiter impregnated Stimula, Juno became jealous and
convinced Stimula to ask Jupiter to appear in its full
splendor. This caused her to burn. After her unborn child,
Bacchus became an adult, he honoured his deceased mother
by placing a wreath in the sky.
What is X and Y?
06

Answer
X- Corona Borealis
Y- Corona Australis

According to Bhagvata and _______ Purana, the story behind
the marriage of king Kakudmi's daughter Revati goes like this -
Revati was so beautiful and accomplished that when she reached
her marriageable age, she could find no man worthy of her.
Disappointed, Kakudmi along with her, went to Satyaloka to
seek advice from Lord Brahma about a suitable husband for his
daughter. When they arrived, Brahma was listening to a musical
performance by the gandharvas that they waited to finish and
thereafter presented a list of probable grooms to him.
However, Brahma stated that all of his candidates for husband
were now long gone and so were their descendants, as he
explained that many successions of ages had passed on earth
while they had been listening to the singers at his realm.
07

But soon Brahma relieved the disheartened hearts saying that
_______’s _______ was currently incarnate on earth in human
form X, whose virtues are powerful enough to make him worthy
husband of Revati.
When they returned to earth, which they thought to have left a
short while ago, they found everything changed and their city of
Kushasthali was now called Y. Revati was married to X which
Brahma had suggested.
ID X and Y. Also what real world concept does the story portray?
07

Answer
X - Balaram
Y - Dwarka
Concept - Time Travel

The X, most commonly depicted with the graceful,
cat-like body of a lion, the head of a horse and tusks of an
elephant, a composite leonine creature is said to be a
guardian creature. It is the personification of natural
forces, strength and vigilance, stylistically rendered in art,
architecture and textile.
And one such place where it is intricately carved is the
Kanjivaram sari. The motif goes beyond aesthetic
ornamentation and is woven onto the sari's drape with a
certain intention.
ID X and what could be the intention of using X on the
Kanjivaram sari.
08

Answer
X- Yali
The intention is to guard the
person wearing the saree
against the evil eye

HELP
History, Etymology, Literature and Politics.

RULES
● This is a written round with 4 questions.
● Each question carries 10 marks without any negatives. So
feel free to guess.
● All the answers are based on the theme of the round HELP.
● QM’s discretion is final.

There are many instances in Indian freedom
movement where dramas were performed inspired
from mythology. One such play was performed in Pune
by Maharashtra Nataka Mandali. While at the literal
level, the play portrayed the last year exile of the
Pandavas at a deeper level, it sent out a strong
allegorical message, favouring the approach of the
Extremists and mocking at the pacifist approach of the
moderates.
01

The play goes like this:
The viceroy, Lord Curzon, is the demon and his
atrocities are increasing rapidly on a woman called
Bharat Mata. She is being dishonoured under foreign
oppressors. Gokhale plays the role of moderate
nationalist and his restraint to peace symbolised the
policy of the moderates. The extremists were willing to
take extreme measures to save the dignity of their
mother India. They called for violence, revolted,
successfully won the battle and got Bharat Mata back to
them.
What mythological story was this based on?
01

X was the ruler of ancient city of Sipylus. X was a very
close friend of gods and was even invited to dine and
party with them. According to a myth, he decided to
bring back nectar from divine feast to his own people to
make them immortal. When this didn't work, he
sacrificed his own son to Olympians. He was brutally
punished for his crime.
02

He was doomed to stand up to his neck in water but
could never reach it to take a sip and could never take a
bite from luscious fruits that surrounded him in the
underworld. He was eternally thirsty and hungry but just
few inches away from food and water. This has led to the
usage of a word Y which is suitable for this type of
situations.
ID Y.
02

The original name of a warrior is X. The prefix of X
was changed and resulted in new name Y which is
more popular. Few people think prefix of Y is
justifiable because it means something bad and this
warrior is known for his bad deeds. Others disagree
with this saying that the prefix means difficult and
this person is difficult to be defeated. They even cite
a sloka from Geeta to justify their reasoning.
ID X, Y and what caused this misunderstanding of
the meaning?
03

During 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Tej Pratap, son of Lalu
Yadav, told that he is the second Lalu. Later Misa Bharti,
the daughter, had said, 'both the brothers are equal for
me. As far as Lalu Yadav's successor is concerned, only
Tejashwi Yadav is suitable for it."
For this, Sanjay singh from JDU said Misa is playing the
role of X here due to her words above.
ID X and why did he do this comparison?
04

Answer
Kichaka Vadha from Virata Parvam

X was the ruler of ancient city of Sipylus. X was a very
close friend of gods and was even invited to dine and party
with them. According to a myth, he decided to bring back
nectar from divine feast to his own people to make them
immortal. When this didn't work, he sacrificed his own son
to Olympians. He was brutally punished for his crime.
02

He was doomed to stand up to his neck in water but could
never reach it to take a sip and could never take a bite from
luscious fruits that surrounded him in the underworld. He
was eternally thirsty and hungry but just few inches away
from food and water. This has led to the usage of a word Y
which is suitable for this type of situations.
ID Y.
02

Answer
X - Tantalus
Y - Tantalize

Answer
X -Suyodhan
Y - Duryodhan
Many people thought "dur" meaning
something bad drawing analogy with
words like "dur" maarg....meaning wrong
path.
Actually "Dur" stands for difficult. “Dur"
bhedya meaning difficult to destruct.

Answer
X - Surpanakha
She tried to create a rift between her
brothers Ravana and Vibhishana.

RULES
● This round contains 8 questions, with a few prompts which will
decide if you will get more/less points.
● This round is Pounce only, which will be open for one minute,
then we can move to bounce, but no points for that.
● All teams are given 50 points to begin and -10 for every question
they don’t answer.
● If your team guesses and then gets it incorrect, you will get -15
points.
● “Fail to answer” means- If you did not answer the question or
answer it incompletely/incorrectly.
● No part points will be given, as it is ONLY Pounce.
● QM’s discretion is final.

When the tyranny of demons increased greatly, all the
gods went to Vishnu for solution. Vishnu started
worshipping Shiva for help and pleased him with 1
thousand names. Lord Vishnu used to offer a lotus to
Lord Shiva with every name he recites. Shiva hid one
lotus flower brought by Vishnu to test him. Vishnu
started searching for it but didn't find. Then he offered
his eye to Shiva. Pleased with this, Shiva offered a boon
for which Vishnu asked __ in order to get rid of demons.
Vishnu got what he wanted and gods got rid of demons.
What boon did Shiva give to Vishnu?
01

Answer
Shiva gave Vishnu Sudarshan Chakra
which helped him in getting rid of
demons.

X and Y, often referred to as XY is a duo of sage brothers
described to be sons of Dharma and Ahimsa. These are
often believed to have incarnated as Arjuna and Krishna
during the Mahabharata. When depicted, X is portrayed
with two hands and wears deer skin whereas Y is shown
in the usual form of Vishnu. X is supposed to be depicted
as fair-complexioned while Y as dark-complexioned and
are referred to as what role they represent throughout
their journey.
They travelled between different worlds for the purpose
of destruction of asuras and assisted Indra for the same.
Who are X and Y?
02

In the Hindu epic Ramayana, in his quest to establish
sovereignty over the three worlds, Ravana entrusted
Prahasta, a rakshasa warrior, with the role of
commander-in-chief of his army. He was the key architect of
all the wars that Ravana waged against the Yama, Kubera and
Devas. He also killed several warriors of Sugriva's army and
was actually proving to be a real threat to Rama's army, and
so was eventually killed by the brothers.
His nature of being part of evil conspiracies followed him to
his next birth where he fell into the hands of his own heinous
plans and his last breathe blazed into his eyes.
How do we better know him in his new birth?
03

Answer
Purochan who built Lakshagraha to burn
down the Pandavas to death.

Additional -5 if
you fail to answer
next question.

Once, Lord Indra mounted on Airavata paid a visit to Sage
Durvasa to seek blessings. Sage offered Indra a garland as
an offering which he hung on Airavata's tusk out of
ignorance. The garland had a very powerful fragrance
which attracted various bees to buzz and whirl around it.
Airavata couldn't bear the buzzing so threw the garland
and crushed it.
When sage saw the garland crushed, he became infuriated
and cursed Lord Indra that all gods would be losing their
strength, energy, fortune, prosperity and will suffer the
symptoms of old age.
However, when Indra requested to take back curse, sage
told him of a way that can reverse the effect of the curse.
What solution did he gave to Indra?
04

Answer
Sage told Indra that nectar from Ocean
churning (Samudra Manthan) will help
them get back their strength.

'Simply by once chanting the holy name of __, this
brahmin has become free from the reactions of sinful life.
Indeed, he has been freed not only from the sins of this
life, but from the sins of many, many thousands of other
lives.'
X was a Brahmin who turned to a life of greed and sin.
Near the end of his life, he was confronted by servants of
Yamraj, who had come to punish him for his sin. In a
moment of fear, he cried out for ___. This brought him
the protection he wanted, but not how he had intended.
How was X saved?
05

Answer
X was Ajamila and his son’s name was
Narayana. He called for his son for help
but instead God himself came to help
him.

Additional +5 if
you answer the
next question.

A king sent Rahu as a messenger to eclipse the moon and
challenge Shiva to give up on his bride- Parvati. Shiva
was enraged with this audacity and created a horrendous
emaciated lion and ordered him to feed on Rahu. Rahu
was terrified of this creature and sought for Shiva’s
mercy, which Shiva agreed to. But now the creature had
to feed on something, Shiva suggested something which
sounded peculiar, but the creature obeyed him without
questioning. Shiva, who was pleased with the result gave
it the name Face of Glory and declared that it should
always be at the door of his temples. Thus Kirtimukha is
a symbol of Shiva himself.
ID what Shiva suggested him to do?
06

Answer
Shiva suggested him to eat his own limbs.
Kirtimukha ate himself until only his face,
and in some versions, also hands
remained.

Nabakalebara (Navakalevara) is a ceremony that takes
place every 8th, 12th or 19th year in a temple in an eastern
state in India and it involves a symbolic transfer of energy
and vitality from the main deity to a new idol, through a
series of complex rituals such as a bath, change of clothes,
and offerings of sweets and delicacies. It is said that the
priests have to be blindfolded and have to wear gloves in
order to handle X. Priests have said that while handling X
they feel as though they are holding an active rabbit.
Many believe that X are ___ of the deity. It is said that
when the deity died, his __ was not burned even after
several tries, hence it flown into western coast after which
it reaches this eastern state.
ID X and the deity.
07

Answer
X- Krishna’s Heart
Deity- Jagannath Temple

Buzzer: -10 for all
teams who won’t
answer

Give the context behind the image relating with the
positions marked with triangles and shape of the drawing
which resembles with one of the most popular maths
series. ID the series as well.
Image in the next slide
08

Answer
Series- Fibonacci Series
Context- 12 Jyotirlinga

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