Quizbowl Misc. Religious Figures I

“perfectly formed man”

Gabriel

Summons horse Buraq

Gabriel

Commands “Read!”

Gabriel

Split open boy’s chest to wash heart

Gabriel

Hadith contains 5 pillars

Gabriel

Pulls new souls out of the Guf

Gabriel

Zabaniyah are 19

Angels

Maalik

Angels

Traveling from earlobe to shoulder takes 700 years

Angels

Gabriel

Angels

Namesake “bad” verses

Iblis

Tempted Muhammad to praise 3 Meccan goddesses

Iblis

Prayer rug folded at corner to prevent

Iblis

Symbolically stoned

Iblis

Melek Taus resembled

Iblis

Inspired phrase “exalted cranes”

Iblis

Hindu Destroyer god

Shiva

Husband of Sati/Parvati

Shiva

Wields trident

Shiva

Son Ganesha

Shiva

Hair is Ganges River

Shiva

Blue neck

Shiva

Lives on Mount Kailash

Shiva

Ravana worshipped 1,000 years

Shiva

Granted Arjuna the Pashupatastra weapon

Shiva

7th avatar of Vishnu

Rama

Exiled for 14 years

Rama

__ Navami

Rama

Shakyamuni

Siddhartha Gautama

seer Asita predicted greatness

Siddhartha Gautama

Conceived by white elephant in mom’s dream

Siddhartha Gautama

Tripitaka

Siddhartha Gautama

Silence on “14 unanswerable questions”

Siddhartha Gautama

King Suddhondana locked in palace for 29 years

Siddhartha Gautama

Metal khakkhara staff

Buddhist monks

upasampadā ceremony

Buddhist monks

Vinayas

Buddhist monks

Gobind Singh

Gurus

Nanak

Gurus

Har Rai

Gurus

Amar Das

Gurus

One executed with hot sand

Gurus

Fully initiated Sikhs

Khalsa

Men “lions,” women “princesses”

Khalsa

Rahit guidelines

Khalsa

Turning point from book by Ludolph of Saxony

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Wounded at Siege of Pamplona

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Warned against strong and hot drinks

Joseph Smith

Appointed the Three Witnesses

Joseph Smith

Revelation received in Sacred Grove

Joseph Smith

Rejected worship of 3 goddesses

Muhammad

Uncle Abu Talib

Muhammad

Married Khadija

Muhammad

Slave Zaid became son

Muhammad

Won Battle of Jamel

Ali

Shias believe rightful heir

Ali

Wife Fatima

Ali

Sword Zulfiqar

Ali

“Peak of Eloquence”

Ali

First woman a “maharat”

Rabbis

Tannaim

Rabbis

Devekut state

Rabbis

Midrash commentaries

Rabbis

Devadatta tried to kill w/ elephant

Siddhartha Gautama

Served poisoned meal by Kunda

Siddhartha Gautama

Created white people

Dr. Yakub

Died at 152

Dr. Yakub

600 years after death followers created “devil race”

Dr. Yakub

Attempted to isolate “brown germ from black germ”

Dr. Yakub

Given nickname “big head”

Dr. Yakub

Tyrannical regime w/ 59,999 on island Pelan

Dr. Yakub