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A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
16,103

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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2666

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Question 1 of 10

1. The Mabinogion are medieval tales of what culture? Hint

Welsh

Norse

Scottish

Danish

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is a parfleche, to a Plains Indian? Hint

rawhide sack

tent flap

weapon for killing buffalo

device for carrying water

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is a hammam, to the people of Islamic countries? Hint

barn for livestock

place of prayer

public baths

holy man

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Question 4 of 10

4. The Nahdah was a literary renaissance for which cultural group? Hint

Javanese

Indians

Arabs

Finnish

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Question 5 of 10

5. The Ramakien is an epic poem of what people? Hint

Thai

Malay

Vietnamese

Burmese

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Question 6 of 10

6. What politico-religious movement was named for Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Other than the New Year festival, what is the other major Japanese cultural and religious festival called? Hint

bon matsuri

okuribi

mukaebi

sekigai

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Question 8 of 10

8. What Hindu works are also called the Vedanta, or 'end of the Vedas'?

Answer: (One Word)

9. What's the name of the religious sect that flourished in the Balkans between the 10th and 15th centuries who believed that the material world was created by the devil, Christ's older brother? Hint

Magyars

Bogomils

Ismailis

Sephardi

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Question 10 of 10

10. What essentially are the South American Indian weapons called 'boleadoras' or bola? Hint

hammers

sticks

balls

bows and arrows

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The Mabinogion are medieval tales of what culture?

Answer: Welsh

They include the earliest vernacular Arthurian narrative.

2. What is a parfleche, to a Plains Indian?

Answer: rawhide sack

3. What is a hammam, to the people of Islamic countries?

Answer: public baths

4. The Nahdah was a literary renaissance for which cultural group?

Answer: Arabs

5. The Ramakien is an epic poem of what people?

Answer: Thai

6. What politico-religious movement was named for Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie?

Answer: Rastafarianism

7. Other than the New Year festival, what is the other major Japanese cultural and religious festival called?

Answer: bon matsuri

8. What Hindu works are also called the Vedanta, or 'end of the Vedas'?

Answer: upanishads

They are speculative and mystical scriptures of Hinduism and constitute the final sections of the Vedas.

9. What's the name of the religious sect that flourished in the Balkans between the 10th and 15th centuries who believed that the material world was created by the devil, Christ's older brother?

Answer: Bogomils

They rejected everything that brought man into contact with matter, including marriage, procreation, meat eating, etc. They rejected the organizational structure of the Orthodox Church and the rituals along with it.

10. What essentially are the South American Indian weapons called 'boleadoras' or bola?

Answer: balls

They are stones wrapped up in leather and attached to long ropes used by the native Indians of South America and also by the Gauchos.

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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