Tuesday, March 27, 2012

DharmaQuiz Session 127: 27-Mar-2012

Theme: Indian Heritage
  1. Name the founder one of today's big religions, in which a separate male and female monk order was first formed.  #DharmaQuiz 991. Ans: Gautama Buddha. (Key word is Founder)
  2. Name a God worshiped even in 21st century, whose name is associated with a mesmerizing musical instrument. #DharmaQuiz 992. Ans: Lord Krishna. But Saraswati & Shiva also considered.
  3. A 1662 KM super fast train runs along East Coast of India, named after the dynasty that built Brihadeshwara temple. Name it. #DharmaQuiz 993. Ans: Coromandel Express - More at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coromandel_Express and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brihadeeswarar_Temple
  4. A famous Sanskrit drama, set in holy city of Ujjain 1800 yrs back, was written by King Indrani Gupta. What was his pen name? #DharmaQuiz 994. Ans: Shudraka 
  5. Name a sacred Hindu book that has 18 Parvas, which also contains 18 Chapters of master philosophy. #DharmaQuiz 995. Ans: Mahabharata
Top Scorers:
  • @pinkelephanta : 5
  • @iSaakshi : 5
  • @pvaidyaraj : 5
Congrats to: 
  • @narayananbadri8 : 4
  • @sharathinindia : 4
  • @DevNakshi : 4
  • @AjitVGupta : 3
  • @akhilm176 : 3
  • @iSumitRk : 3
  • @udgeetha : 2
  • @vinodvyas220 : 2
  • @Amaresh80 : 2
  • @shaileshsoni : 2
  • @Rasraj : 2
  • @vinodvyas220 : 2
  • @kavirajnair : 1
  • @dominodeck : 1
  • @stormylook : 1
  • @FatAngryBird : 1
  • @man0jsharma : 1
  • @hindu_tweeter : 1
  • @mayureshgaikwad : 1
  • @ChefEmBee : 1
  • @GirishLN : 1
  • @vamshitweet : 1
  • @vipulgupta1976 : 1
  • @shivaranjan : 1
  • @virendersj : 1
  • @ashutoshkulkar1 : 1
  • @hchaturv : 1
  • @mallipoorasigai : 1
  • @girikesavan : 1
  • @aravozhukkam : 1
  • @anjemchoudhary : 1
  • @sankararaman : 1
  • @Manjunaath : 1
  • @vinaybsub : 1
  • @gootypp : 1
  • @rajiv2131 : 1
Many Congrats to all. The next DharmaQuiz will see the grand 100th question commemorating Rama Navami hopefully.. Do come and join to support this Quiz on Friday :)
 

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