2. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved World Religions and Philosophies

3. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Round 1 Round 2 Final Jeopardy

4. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Hinduism JudaismBuddhism Daoism & Shintoism Confucianism $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Round 2 Final Jeopardy

5. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 When the soul is reborn into a new body in an attempt to get closer to the “universal spirit.”

6. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 What is reincarnation? Scores

7. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 The main goal of Hindus, which is to achieve union with the Brahman.

8. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is moksha? Scores

9. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 The Hindu god seen here:

10. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Who is Shiva? Scores

11. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 The institution represented in the diagram below.

12. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is the caste system? Scores

13. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 The deeds & actions (both good & bad) of a person’s life that affects his/her existence in the next life.

14. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 What is karma? Scores

15. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 He is the founding father of Judaism.

16. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Scores Who is Abraham?

17. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 An agreement or contract with God.

18. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is a covenant? Scores

19. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 The most sacred writings in Judaism seen below. Also known as the Pentateuch.

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22. $400 Generally credited by scholars to be the first type of this religion. Yet, some might argue that Zoroastrianism was actually the first.

23. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is monotheistic? Scores

24. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 The Babylonian exile and expulsion by the Romans from Palestine in 135 C.E. caused this scattering of people.

25. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 What is a Diaspora? Scores

26. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Before he was the Buddha, he was a Hindu prince named this.

27. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Who is Siddhartha Gautama? Scores

28. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Unlike its cousin Hinduism, Buddhists do not have this social hierarchy.

29. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is a caste system? Scores

30. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 We aren’t referring to the overrated grunge rock band of the 90s, but instead the Buddhist state of enlightenment.

31. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 What is nirvana? Scores

32. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Known as the “lesser” and “greater” vehicles, these are the two main branches of Buddhism.

33. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What are Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism? Scores

34. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 The mound like structure seen here that contains Buddhist relics.

35. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Scores What is a stupa?

36. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 The symbol seen here:

37. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 What is the yin yang? Scores

38. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Daoism gained followers as an alternative to this restrictive Chinese philosophy.

39. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is Confucianism? Scores

40. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Shintoism is unique to this Asian country.

41. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 What is Japan? Scores

42. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Shinto is often compared to be similar to this type of religion due to its belief that everything in nature has a spirit.

43. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is an animistic religion? Scores

44. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 This is the term for Shinto gods.

45. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 What are kami? Scores

46. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 The respect a son has for his parents and elders.

47. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 What is filial piety? Scores

48. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Written by Confucius’ students, these are the words, acts, and thoughts of the philosopher.

49. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What are the Analects? Scores

50. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Confucian philosophy became the basis of these Chinese exams.

51. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 What are civil service exams? Scores

52. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 The missing relationship from the chart: Master – Subject Husband – Wife Father – Son Older Brother – Younger Brother The missing relationship from the chart: Master – Subject Husband – Wife Father – Son Older Brother – Younger Brother

53. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is friend-friend? Scores

54. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Developed during the Song Dynasty, Neo-Confucianism incorporated elements of this religion from India into its philosophy.

55. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 What is Buddhism? Scores

56. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Christian ity Islam Comparative Religion Match the Symbol to the Religion Buddhism, Daoism or Confucianism $200 $400 $600 $800 $1000 Round 1 Final Jeopardy Scores

57. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 He is the spiritual leader of the Catholic Church who resides in the Vatican.

58. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Who is the pope? Scores

59. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 He was the disciple most responsible for spreading Jesus’ message after his death through letters and traveling throughout the Roman Empire.

60. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Who was Paul? Scores

61. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 Written by Mark, Matthew, Luke and John, these are four official books that account the life and teachings of Jesus?

62. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 What are the Gospels? Scores

63. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 Christians believe that Jesus is this, which is derived from the Hebrew term that means “savior sent by God.”

64. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 What is Messiah? Scores

65. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 Contrary to popular belief, it was not Constantine who made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire, but instead it was this emperor.

66. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 Who is Theodosius? Scores

67. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 It is the term for Muhammad’s journey to Medina after Meccan merchants sought to kill him.

68. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is the hijra (hegira)? Scores

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70. $400 Muslims should do this five times a day while facing Mecca.

71. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is pray? Scores

72. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 According the Shar’iah, Muslims should refrain from consuming this type of beverage and meat.

73. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 What is alcohol and pork? Scores

74. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 This is the holy month commemorating the revelation of the Qur’an to Muhammad, in which Muslims are expected to fast from sunrise to sunset.

75. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 What is Ramadan? Scores

76. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 Surprisingly, it is not a country in the Middle East, but instead this country which is home to the most Muslims in the world (over 200,000,000).

77. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 What is Indonesia? Scores

78. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are all this type of religion.

79. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is monotheistic? Scores

80. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Both Hinduism and Buddhism originated in this modern day country.

81. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is India? Scores

82. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 While Sunni Muslims were guided by the caliph, Shiites were guided by these infallible leaders.

83. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 What are the imams? Scores

84. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 While Eastern Orthodox Christians permit divorce under certain circumstances, Roman Catholics do not. Instead a marriage can only be dissolved if the pope grants this.

85. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 What is an annulment? Scores

86. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 This “greater” sect of Buddhism has many rituals and is a mass religion, while Theravada Buddhism mostly avoids rituals and is geared towards worship by monks.

87. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 What is Mahayana Buddhism? Scores

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89. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Scores What is Hinduism?

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91. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is Judaism? Scores

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94. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 What is Islam? Scores

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96. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 What is Eastern Orthodox Christianity? Scores

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98. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 What is Buddhism? Scores

99. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 “Like a spider caught in its own web is a person driven by fierce cravings. Break out of the web, and turn away from the world of sensory pleasure and sorrow.”

100. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is Buddhism? Scores

101. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 “If a ruler himself is upright, all will go well without orders. But if he himself is not upright, even though he gives orders they will not be obeyed.”

102. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is Confucianism? Scores

103. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 “The mind is flight, and hard to grasp; the mind pursues all its desires. To tame the mind is great goodness. Subdue the mind and know calmness.”

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105. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 “Highest good is like water. Because water excels in benefitting the myriad creatures without having conflict with them and settles where non would like to be, it comes close to the Way.”

106. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 What is Daoism? Scores

107. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 “The more laws and edicts are imposed, the more thieves and bandits there will be.”

108. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 What is Daoism?

109. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Official State Religions Final Jeopardy Question

110. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Many people in China were upset when Empress Wu pushed this philosophy aside and made this belief system the official state religion of China in the 690’s C.E.

111. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What is Buddhism?