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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-200

• ANSWER: The soul; a spark of Brahman

• QUESTION: What is atman?

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A-300

• ANSWER: Enlightenment; The goal of Hindu life

• QUESTION: What is moksha?

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A-400

• ANSWER: The material world; impermanent & illusory

• QUESTION: What is maya?

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A-500

• ANSWER: The cycle of birth & rebirth; reincarnation

• QUESTION: What is samsara?

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• ANSWER: Mohenjo-Daro

• QUESTION: Where was the Great Bath located?

B-100

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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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B-500

• ANSWER: Sanskrit

• QUESTION: In what language are the Vedas written?

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C-100

• ANSWER: Vishnu’s avatar and charioteer to Arjuna

• QUESTION: Who is Krishna?

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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-300

• ANSWER: The human form of a god or goddess.

• QUESTION: What is an avatar?

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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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C-500

• ANSWER: I am considered the creator god.

• QUESTION: Who is Brahma?

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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?

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FINAL JEOPARDY

• ANSWER: By explaining the unexplainable (Brahman, atman, maya, samsara, moksha) and by providing a code of ethics (Laws of Manu).

• QUESTION: How does Hinduism as a belief system provide order in Hindu society?


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