Quiz finals

the Mahabharat quiz |
finals 5 rounds
1 – 6 | 6 - 1

Round I
Heroes
&
Villains
Arjuna
Bheeshma
Duryodhana
Karna
Krishna
Drona Shikhandi
Yudhishtira
Nakula
&
Sahadeva
Bheema
Shalya
Dhritarashtra

Round II
M
A
H
B
H
A
R
A
T
OVIES
THE TRE
RT
LITE ATURE
GRAP IC ART
C RTOONS
GEOGRAP Y
OOKS
POLI ICS

Movies II
Movies I
History
(Audience )
Sports
Games
Culture
Flora
&
Fauna
Round II

Round III
LEGENDS
&
MYTHS Ancestors
GodsRishis
Curses
Boons

Round IV
THE
GREAT
WAR
Kaurava
Army I
Kaurava
Army II
Kaurava
Army III
Pandava
Army I
Pandava
Army II
Special
Events
Abhimanyu’s
Death
Karna’s
Death
Rules I
Rules II

Round V
THE
WORLD
AFTER
Duryodhana’s
Death
Krishna’s
Death
Hastinapur
After The War
End of Kurus
Dharma
Successors of
Kurus

Round I | Yudhishtira
• Throughout the epic, Yudhishtira – though later revered and transformed into an
ideal figure worthy of respect and worship – is shown as an elder brother who
drinks, has multiple wives, lusts, gambles and even breaks the code of
Dharma more than once
• Even after the war and his death, Yudhishitira was tested in heaven before
being given final admission
• One of the tests was to see his reaction on being questioned about his
dog’s admission, the presence of Kauravas and even of Shakuni, in heaven
• And later his discretion between hell and heaven was tested by showing
him that his brothers and Draupadi are there in hell – which he passed
successfully
• However, Yudhishtira – or Dharm-raj grieves the absence of X,Y and Z in heaven and later
explains according to Dharma, their absence.
• X,Y,Z?
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Round I | Arjuna
• Arjuna is said to have tasted defeat only twice during the epic –
although he is matched by Karna on numerous occasions
• One of the times was when he lost to X, the other being the game
dice
• Duel with Arjuna was one of the few instances when X is shown
fighting in the Hindu mythology.
• He is otherwise a lethal warrior God who remains calm and neutral
who fights in disguise with Arjuna to teach him a lesson in humility
• X?

Round I | Shalya
• When Shalya heard of the impending Kurukshetra War, he marched forth
with his army to join the Pandavas.
On the way, Shalya was tricked by Duryodhana, who arranged a huge
feast for Shalya and his men. When Shalya was impressed by the hospitality
of his host who he mistakenly thought to be Yudhisthira, he offered to be at
his host's service.
Unable to turn down Duryodhana's request to join the Kauravas, Shalya met
Yudhisthira and apologized for his mistake.
Nakula and Sahadeva became enraged, saying that Shalya had truly
proven that the Nakula and Sahadeva weren't real brothers to the
Pandavas, but only step-brothers
• Shalya was related to the Pandavas via X. Back to Round I Dashboard

Round I | Drona
• Drona’s birth is a separate section in a part called Adi
Parva in the Mahabharata
• Infact, he was named Drona because of the way he was
born – his name meaning X in Sanskrit
• This also gives evidence to higher forms of medicine and
surgery practiced in India during the period by recorded
surgeon called Sushruta
• What is X?

Round I | Bheeshma
• Originally named A, he became known as Bhishma after
he took the bhishana pratigya ('terrible oath') — the vow
of lifelong celibacy and of service to whoever sat on the
throne of his father
• Bhishma had also abducted B,C,D for marriage to his
father
• B had however later been re-born to kill Bhishma as a
revenge for her humiliation
• A,B,C,D?

Round I | Bheema
• Kunti gave birth to Bhima by invoking A
• Bheema was married to B who was once lusted by Keechaka,
whom Bheema killed, disuised as B
• Bheema was also married to C – who bore him a son called
Ghatotkacha who died in the battle of Kurukshetra
• During the battle, Bheema is specially chosen for a task to kill
something in particular. A modified report of this task’s
completion later becomes the cause of D’s death
• A,B,C, D? Back to Round I Dashboard

Round I | Duryodhana
• He was born X
• He later changed his name to Duryodhana – almost
opposite to X – which in one form mean ‘undefeated’
but otherwise is attached a negative connotion
• Duryodhana’s plan to kill the Pandavas in the Lac-House
is foiled by Y who reports the plan to the Pandavas
• X,Y?

Round I | Karna
• Karna’s story has been a popular choice in media and
filmmakers
• Karna’s role was portrayed by Pankaj Dheer in B.R.Chopra’s
adaptation
• Dheer is also popular for playing A in another fantasy television
series B
• Karna has also been portrayed by ‘C’-Kapoor in a Shyam
Benegal movie-adaptation called Kalyug
• He was last portrayed in a Bollywood movies by D in 2010
• A,B,C,D?

Round I | Shikhandi
• During the exile of the Pandavas, Shikhandi, a young lad
whose gender has always been a reason of doubt and
debate, had once defended his father’s kingdom against
A in his absence
• A had attacked the kingdom in a bid to kill B who was
suspected of hiding there
• However, such a feat was accomplished with the help of
his chariot-driver, C, then a dancer in his father’s court
• Shikhandi later killed D in the battle of Kurukshetra
• A,B,C,D?

Round I | Krishna
• The A class of some north Indian states are historically the
descendents of Krishna
• Krishna grew up with his cousin Balarama who is
worshipped in many parts as the God of B
• Vasudeva is a name he derived from the religious
believers of C
• While in Buddhism, he appears in the famous D-Tales as a
conqueror

Round I | Dhritarashtra
• After Vichitravirya's death, his mother Satyavati sent for
her first born A
• According to his mother's wishes, A visited both the wives
of his father B and C to grant them a son with his yogic
powers
• When A visited B, she saw his dreadful and forbidding
appearance with burning eyes
In her frightened state, she closed her eyes and dared not
open them
• Hence her son, Dhritarashtra, was born blind while D was
born with vision but with a pale skin of C

Round I | Nakula and Sahadeva
• They were sons of A and B, both of whom they lost as
infants
• They were borne by B using C’s boon – after invoking the
Aswini Princes or Kumaras, warriors experts in a form of
organic healing
• Being a son of the physicians, Ashwini Kumaras, Nakula
was also believed to be an expert in C while Sahadeva, a
skilled horse keeper was an expert of D, a widely
practiced profession today
• A,B,C,D? Back to Round I Dashboard

Round II | History
• The origins of the epic lie
around 8th and 9th BCE
• The texts were however
discovered around 400 BCE
• Which was the ruling
dynasty at the time of the
compliation of the epic?
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Round II | Movies I
• A had originally planned to make the film when he was alive but
the film never happened
• As a tribute to A, B had decided to direct a film on Mahabharata
titled Draupadi, starring many Bengali and Bollywood actors
• A and B are both respected directors of mainly regional cinema,
with a few Hindi movies as well
• B, a world renowned filmmaker, died a few months ago
• A,B?

Round II | Movies II
• What role is Naseeruddin Shah
forced to play in the play in the
movie Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron?

Round II | Flora and Fauna
• The Pandavas, on their
way to the exile, hid A
on Neem and Shami
trees disguised as B
• This was done as a
move to avoid the
Kauravas hunting them
down during the exile

Round II | Culture
• There are only three Indian states that
have temples dedicated to the Pandavas
• Uttrakhand, A and B – which shows the
extent of the epic’s legacy across
geographies
• A,B?

Round II | Games
• Chausar, the game of dice played between the
Pandavas and the Kauravas is still played in many parts
of the country in many variations
• Shakuni had used special dice to fool the Pandavas in a
bid to defeat them and plot the end of the Kuru clan
• This was done in a bid to avenge his family killed by Kuru
ancestors
• What was so special about his dice?

Round II |AUDIENCE | Sports
• Two very specific events record
the death of two traditional
villains of Mahabharata
• Both these events involve the use
of a sport that led to the death of
the villains
• The sport is a celebrated one in
the country today with India
winning medals in international
competitions
• Name the sport Back to Round II Dashboard

Round III | Boons
• In some versions of the story, this was the first time A meets B
In any case, Khandavaprastha was where A and B's friendship is truly forged
Once when roaming in the Khandava Vana, A and B met the god of fire, Agni.
Agni was in great hunger and needed to burn down the entire Khandava Vana to
quench his hunger
But Takshaka, the serpent-king lived in the same forest and was a friend of Indra's
So the latter brought down heavy rains to thwart Agni's plans to burn the woods
Agni requested A and B to help him realize his goal
• A uses C – the boon by Brahma
A was also gifted by Agni, an incandescent chariot with four horses yoked, and bearing a
flag that would one-day be occupied by Hanuman
A also obtained his famous conch, Devdatta from Indra after this battle
• With B using the D granted to him by Vyasa (or in some versions, Agni)
Indra's anger was metered by his pride in his son, A
A, B, C, D?
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Round III | Curses
• Pandu (Father of Pandavas) wished his sons must eat his flesh post
death so that all the knowledge may transfer to them which
he had collected after so many years
• Only A ate a piece; the moment he ate he was able to see
future but stopped by God.
• He was a blessed astrologer but cursed later that he would
forget a prophecy after making it
• A?

Round III | Ancestors
• Which character in the epic, elder to the
Pandavas and Kauravas was also a son of Vyasa?
• He never staked a claim to the throne and even
lived away from the castle
• However he served as a political advisor to the
court and to the family

Round III | Gods
• Shiva – as also later de-mythified in recent literature, ex. Immortals of
Meluha – is largely considered to be a glorified form of an aggressive
tribesman of Northern India
• However, he is largely a symbolic of a state of ‘detachment’ from the usual
routine of life – which is also a connection of Shiva with marijuana etc.
• X was considered to be a reincarnation of Shiva in the Mahabharata period
– as a relative to a close ally of the Pandavas
• However, X remained neutral and did not participate n the war, instead
going to a piligrimage – also reinstating the theory of Shiva being neutral to
most wars and also not killing many major demons or monsters
• Identify X

Round III | Rishis
• Rishi Shamika had cursed the last remaining Kuru
ruler to die of a snake bite
• This curse was realized later and the great
grandson of Pandavas was bitten by the King of
Snakes – called in the many cultures by a specific
name
• This name is also shared by a movie starring Ajay
Devgan

Round IV | Pandava Army I
Who was the leader of the Pandava
armies in the great war?
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Round IV | Pandava Army II
• The Pandavas
worshipped A
before entering
the war, even
though women
were not
allowed in the
battlefield

Round IV | Kaurava Army I
• Who were
the
commanders
of the
Kaurava
army?
• A,B,C?

Round IV | Kaurava Army II
• Which warrior from the Pandava army is
credited with the single-handed slaying of all
98 Kauravas apart from Duryodhana and
Dusshasana?

Round IV | Kaurava Army III
Who was the last person to die in the war?

Round IV | Rules Of Battle I
• Women were not allowed to enter camps and
battlefield
• Who was the only woman to have entered the
Kaurava camp during the battle?

Round IV | Rules Of Battle II
• Who (B) in the Pandava army did Drona go to
validate the killing of a warrior of the Kaurava
side?
• Drona was falsely reported the news of the death
of A by B and later died because of this violation
of the Kshatriya code

Round IV | Special Events
• Something strange has been reported to happen
during the war that led to the end of the battle
early on one day
• Many versions of many stories surround this event
• However, what is notable is that using the
occurrence of this event around the estimated
time, archaeologists have been able to
substantiate the validity of the epic

Round IV | Karna’s Death
• Karna had been
cursed by A – of
forgetting his skills as
a warrior when he
would most need it
• This later lead to his
death in the war
• Who was A?

Round IV | Abhimanyu’s death
Which member of the Kaurava army blocked Yudhistira’s
way in his attempt to save Abhimanyu in the Chakravyuha?

• Karna had once broken the code of Dharma by holding
the hand of another man’s woman while playing dice
• She was supposedly cheating in the game and Karna had
reacted in a hurry
• However, A did not punish Karna for publicly touching his
wife – something that surprised all the elders and
reinforced his blind bias for Karna
• A?
Round V| Dharma

Round V | End of Kurus
• The end of Kurus
archaeologically
marked the end of
this period
otherwise known as
The X Age in Indian
history
• A?
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Round V | Duryodhana’s Death
• After the war, who blessed
Duryodhana with a divine
sheath that would protect him
from Bheema’s vow of killing
him
• Ironically though, this is what
led to his death with Bheema
striking Duryodhana on his
thighs that had remained
untouched by the divine
sheath

Round V | Krishna’s Death
Krishna’s death by getting mistakenly
shot by a unter while playing the flute
in the forest is compared to the death
of which hero of from another
mythology – because of the manner
of death?

Round V | Hastinapur After The War
What was the name of the
ceremony performed by
Yudhishtira post the war to mark
his victory as the ruler of
Hastinapur and whole of India?

Round V | Successors
• A married many wives in many worlds
• Children of A include Stutakirti, B and Iravan
• C, B’s son, was A’s recorded grandson to whose
son, Janmeijaya, the Mahabharata was recited
by Rishi Vaisampayan
• Janmeijaya, stung by a snake ended up being the
sole heir to Hastinapur and the last recorded ruler
of the clan
• A,B,C?

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