Wednesday, December 8, 2010

DharmaQuiz Session 32: 7-Dec-2010

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Session 32: Dec 7 2010
Theme: Miscellaneous
  1. In which village was Basavanna, the famous Hindu social reformer of middle ages, born? #DharmaQuiz 402 Ans: (Basavana) Bagewadi
  2. Who sang the first 2 shlokas of legendary suprabhatam, "Kausalya supraja Rama purva sandhya pravartate" in Ramayana?  #DharmaQuiz 403 Ans: Sage Vishwamitra, waking Rama up at an ashram on the day of a major yajna to fight Rakshasas
  3. Which was the capital of Pandavas in Mahabharata, very close to modern day Delhi? #DharmaQuiz 404 Ans: Indraprastha
  4. If Shalivahana (Shaka) is the most widely used Hindu calendar in south India, which calendar is popular in the north? #DharmaQuiz 405 Ans: Vikram Shaka
  5. Which sage was born a Kshatriya, but with dedicated penance, became a Brahmarshi? #DharmaQuiz 406 Ans: Vishwamitra
  6. Out of the 60 samvatsaras/calendar years per Hindu calendar, name the samvatsara covering 2010-11. #DharmaQuiz 407 Ans: Vikruti
  7. Name the classical poet, literally called the Little Vyasa, who adapted the most famous version of Mahabharata in Kannada. #DharmaQuiz 408 Ans: Kumara Vyasa or Gadugina Narayana who created Gadugina Bharata or Kumara Bharata
  8. Name the Jain sect which in Sanskrit literally means 'Sky Clad'. #DharmaQuiz 409 Ans: Digambar
List of people who got answers right and indicating how many they got right:
  • @rainaamit    : 7
  • @pavanaja    : 7
  • @nharipra     : 7
  • @vishchan    : 6
  • @jayapradeep    : 6
  • @poojarakanagar    : 5
  • @AviTweets    : 4
  • @ashokmkini    : 4
  • @zreeks        : 4
  • @RaoAvirneni    : 4
  • @clumsycoder    : 4
  • @prashanthkpp    : 3
  • @lodyaashi     : 2
  • @av_kv        : 2
  • @Sshankara    : 2
  • @subodh1945    : 2
  • @Ro1p        : 1
  • @durgeshkaushik    : 1
  • @ranganaathan    : 1
  • @FEEL4INDIA     : 1
  • @Susmit101176    : 1
  • @S_Chaitanya    : 1
  • @mayureshgaikwad : 1

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