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Hinduism Jeopardy
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Final Jeopardy
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A-100
• ANSWER: The Universal Spirit; the unifying oneness of the universe• QUESTION: What is Brahman?
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A-500
• ANSWER: The cycle of birth & rebirth; reincarnation
• QUESTION: What is samsara?
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B-200
• ANSWER: A place ideally located for the development of a new civilization.
• QUESTION: What is a Cradle of Civilization?
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B-300
• ANSWER: The Aryans
• QUESTION: Who were the successors to the Indus Valley Civilization?
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B-400
• ANSWER: The Vedas
• QUESTION: What are the most sacred scriptures of Hinduism?
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C-200
• ANSWER: He learns a very important lesson about dharma from his charioteer.
• QUESTION: Who is Arjuna?
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C-400
• ANSWER: I illustrate the concept of dualism because I am the creator and destroyer and the god of life and death.
• QUESTION: Who is Shiva?
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D-100
• ANSWER: Laws that describe duties based on age, gender, and “color”.
• QUESTION: What are the Laws of Manu?
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D-200
• ANSWER: I am the primordial man and the varnas emerged from my body parts.
• QUESTION: Who is Purusha?
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D-300
• ANSWER: We are of the highest caste and our role in society is to perform rituals and to teach.
• QUESTION: Who are Brahmins?
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D-400
• ANSWER: We are the fighting and ruling caste.
• QUESTION: Who are the Kshatriyas?
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D-500
• ANSWER: We emerged from Purusha’s stomach and are merchants, businessmen, or landowners.
• QUESTION: Who are the Vaishyas?
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E-100
• ANSWER: We support the entire caste system by providing manual labor.
• QUESTION: Who are the shudras?
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E-200
• ANSWER: We perform such impure tasks that we are outside the caste system and cannot come in contact members of other castes lest they become contaminated.
• QUESTION: Who are the untouchables?
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E-300
• ANSWER: We are more spiritually evolved than the shudras and, therefore, can study the Vedas.
• QUESTION: What are the twice-born castes?
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E-400
• ANSWER: The real name of Hinduism, meaning the eternal truth.
• QUESTION: What is Sanatana Dharma?
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E-500
• ANSWER: Student, Householder, Forest Dweller, Sannyasin.
• QUESTION: What are the Four Stages of Life?