DharmaQuiz Session 199: 1-Mar-2013

Theme: Birth and Death places of famous Gurus of India.

1. Name this 19th/20th century Indian Guru, whose birth and death places were different, but both started with 'Tiru'.  #DharmaQuiz 1356. Ans: Ramana Maharshi. Death - Tiruvannamalai and Birth - Tiruchuli.
2. Name this famous Guru from 500 yrs ago, whose birth & death places are in Pakistan now. Death place 3KM from Indian border. #DharmaQuiz 1357. Ans: Guru Nanak.
3. Name this Guru from 500 years ago, who was born in Bengal and died in Odisha. His teachings inspired ISKCON's creation.  #DharmaQuiz 1358. Ans: Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
4. Name this Guru Maa who was born in today's Bangladesh area & died in today's Uttarakhand 31 yrs ago.(See the embedded picture) #DharmaQuiz 1359. Ans: Anandamayi Maa.
5. {Final, Open till 10 PM} Name this Guru/ Swami from 400 years back, whose language was Kannada, born in TN & samadhi in AP. #DharmaQuiz 1360. Ans: Raghavendra Swamy. Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raghavendra_Swami

For Question 4

 
Top Scorers of session 199:

1. @shawjipk : 5
2. @hchaturv : 5   
3. @rahulghildiyal : 5
4. @Tasmayi : 5
5. @biswajeetdash : 5
6. @TheArvindDhar : 5
7. @sharathinindia : 5
8. @anandt_05 : 5
9. @S_Mandalia : 5
10. @indianomad : 5

Congrats to all these scorers:

1. @vschanna : 4
2. @Mamdhata : 4
3. @DrSatyaSaraswat : 4
4. @geophyraj : 4
5. @Rasraj : 4

1. @Manjunaath : 3
2. @Kar7x : 3

1. @AdwaitanWay : 2
2. @Susri1210 : 2
3. @AAP_ka_BAAP : 2
4. @vishal1818 : 2

1. @gboxam : 1
2. @DrSaisree : 1
3. @rathivar : 1
4. @robinrajsingh : 1
5. @lalitadvani : 1
6. @shreeramm : 1
7. @gautamsinha1 : 1
8. @sa_kiran : 1
9. @Bgiridharr : 1
10. @stormylook : 1
11. @Bipul2047 : 1
12. @emsreenu : 1
13. @deborshihazra : 1
14. @jdroy1 : 1
15. @SudhirSubhartam : 1
16. @Saffronista : 1
17. @aackthu : 1
18. @jugal_godara : 1
19. @WarHawk313 : 1
20. @sanjayleo : 1
21. @Sreevathsaa : 1

The next one is the grand 200th one! Don't miss on Tuesday, the 5th. There will be a special prize too.

DharmaQuiz Session 177: 23-Nov-2012

Theme: Key heritage sources of North and East India, from the South.

1. Name this very famous Hindu Sanyasi, born in South India, who established the Jyotirmath in
2. Uttarakhand 1200 years ago. #DharmaQuiz 1241. Ans: Adi Shankara.
3. Name this South Indian barber, whose parents were from Bidar, Karnataka, who was 1 of the first 5
4. Sikhs to form the Khalsa. #DharmaQuiz 1242. Ans: Bhai Sahib Singh.
5. For 350 years, all chief priests of Nepal's most famous Pashupatinath temple, have been from South
6. India. From which state? #DharmaQuiz 1243. Ans: Karnataka.
7. Name this Acharya who founded the Shuddha Advaita Pushti sect 500 years back, born in Bihar, in a
8. Telugu Brahmin family. #DharmaQuiz 1244. Ans: Vallabha Acharya.
9. {Final,Open till 11PM} A powerful dynasty ruled Bengal 1000 yrs ago (1070-1230), whose origin was from Karnataka. Name it.  #DharmaQuiz 1245. Ans: The Sena Dynasty. More: http://www.indianetzone.com/22/sena_dynasty_origin_early_history.htm

Top scorers of session 177:

1. @pirateadmiral : 5
2. @surenc1974 : 5
3. @bbkhilari : 5
4. @rahulghildiyal : 5
5. @Dhanushm : 5
6. @philAmit : 5
7. @geophyraj : 5
8. @abhipar7 : 5
9. @intodust_in : 5
10. @being_delhite : 5
11. @sharathinindia : 5
12. @dolby_mehul : 5
13. @Shree03 : 5

Many Congrats to these:

@ChandanYogendra : 4
@Tasmayi : 4
@bhaviknz : 4
@sweetandu : 4
@pradeepkhs : 4
@anandt_05 : 4

@ThejasMysore : 3
@Manjunaath : 3

@manohar_sram : 2
@vyasraj : 2
@iRohitBhat : 2
@rinku3009 : 2

@pandurangpai40 : 1
@alok_bhatt : 1
@911ashish : 1
@shra1kulkarni : 1
@CAPMohan : 1
@BalachandarS : 1
@Dilipmys : 1
@skumbar : 1
@HeathensWeb : 1
@dankchikidang : 1
@bkprajwal : 1
@vyas_rs : 1
@1800guru : 1
@sreedharag : 1
@matarishwan : 1
@divyankp : 1
@Rasraj : 1
@gantinm : 1
@shriram78 : 1
@imukuvacha : 1
@Marut_ : 1
@CJ_Shekhar : 1
@siva420 : 1

This particular session combined (Hindu) history too to Dharma part. But will give you quite a bit of insight into how Sikhs in Punjab, Dynasties of Bengal and Temples of Nepal have historical link to South India. Very few would ever know that one of the first five Sikhs ever (Khalsa's Punj Pyares) was a Kannadiga!

More interesting topic next time. Watch out for Tuesday and Friday around 6 PM India time on Twitter for this quiz, with a tag #DharmaQuiz .