Bhagavad Gita Jeopardy

Dharma (duty)

100

Question: "What does 'Maya' mean in the Gita?"

Options: A) Complete illusion | B) Magic tricks | C) Temporary appearance of reality | D) Everything is fake

Correct Answer: C) Temporary appearance of reality

Discussion Prompt:

• How can understanding Maya help with stress about grades or social situations?

200

Question: "What does 'equanimity' mean in the Gita?"

Options: A) Not feeling anything | B) Staying balanced in success and failure | C) Avoiding challenges | D) Being passive

Correct Answer: B) Staying balanced in success and failure

Discussion Prompts: How does equanimity of success failures help with school or our relationships?

300

Question: "What is the 'Vishvarupa' shown to Arjuna?"

Options:  A) Arjuna's future | B) The battlefield | C) Krishna's cosmic form | D) Divine weapons

Correct Answer: C) Krishna's cosmic form

Discussion Prompt:

• How can remembering the bigger picture (cosmic perspective) beyond immediate problems  reduce anxiety?

400

Question: "What is the supreme goal of life according to the Gita?"

Options: A) Liberation (Moksha) | B) Wealth and pleasure | C) Social status | D) Worldly achievements

Correct Answer: A) Liberation (Moksha)

Discussion Prompt:

• What does "liberation" mean to you personally?

500

Question: "What is 'Samadhi' according to the Gita?"

Options: A) Deep sleep |  B) Trance | C) Hypnosis D) Superconscious state of union |

Correct Answer: D) Superconscious state of union

Discussion Prompt:
• When have you experienced deep peace?

Bhakthi (devotion)

100

Question: "What is 'Bhakti Yoga' according to the Gita?"

Options: A) Path of love and devotion | B) Religious rituals | C) Chanting mantras | D) Temple worship

Correct Answer: A) Path of love and devotion

Discussion Prompt:

• What's one way you'll practice devotion in your daily life this week?

200

Question: "What is 'Jnana Yoga' according to the Gita?"

Options: A) Academic study | B) Memorizing scriptures | C) Intellectual debates D) Path of spiritual wisdom and discrimination |

Correct Answer: D) Path of spiritual wisdom and discrimination

Discussion Prompts: When used wisdom vs emotion?

300

Question: "Who is 'Paramatma' in the Gita?"

Options: A) The individual soul | B) The Supreme Soul in all | C) Religious deity | D) Historical figure

Correct Answer: B) The Supreme Soul in all

Discussion Prompts:

• How does seeing divinity in others change relationships?

400

Question: "What is the importance of a spiritual teacher in the Gita?"

Options: A) To give orders |  B) To solve problems | C) To remove ignorance and show the path | D) To provide material help

Correct Answer: C) To remove ignorance and show the path

Discussion Prompt:

• Who has helped you see things more clearly in your life?

500

Question: "What is 'Yoga' according to the Gita?"

Options: A) Physical exercise | B) Skill in action | C) Union with the Divine | D) Religious ritual

Correct Answer: C) Union with the Divine

Discussion Prompt:
• How do you experience connection in daily life?

Karma (action)

100

Question: "What are the three Gunas mentioned in the Gita?"

Options: A) Good, Bad, Neutral | B) Sattva, Rajas, Tamas | C) Earth, Water, Fire | D) Body, Mind, Soul

Correct Answer: B) Sattva, Rajas, Tamas

Discussion Prompt:

• When have you experienced clarity (Sattva), activity (Rajas), or inertia (Tamas)?

200

Question: "What is 'Nishkama Karma' in the Gita?"

Options: A) Action with desire for results | B) Avoiding all action | C) Desireless action | D) Action for personal gain

Correct Answer: C) Desireless action

Discussion Prompt:

• When have you done something just because it felt right, not for reward?

300

Question: "What does 'Abhyasa' mean in the Gita?"

Options: A) Spontaneous awakening | B) Occasional effort | C) Natural talent  D) Constant practice |

Correct Answer: D) Constant practice

Discussion Prompts:

• What consistent practice has improved your life?

400

Question: "What is the result of complete surrender to the Divine?"

Options: A) Loss of individuality |  B) Material prosperity | C) Social isolation D) Liberation from all bondage |

Correct Answer: D) Liberation from all bondage

Discussion Prompt:

• When has letting go of control brought unexpected freedom?

500

Question: "What is 'Krodha' according to the Gita?"

Options: A) Anger | B) Destructive emotion | C) Energy distortion | D) All of the above

Correct Answer: D) All of the above

Discussion Prompts:
• How does anger cloud discrimination?

Jnana (knowledge)

100

Question: "What is 'Karma Yoga' according to the Gita?"

Options: A) Physical yoga poses | B) Action without attachment to results | C) Working hard for success | D) Avoiding all action

Correct Answer: B) Action without attachment to results

Discussion Prompt: How is doing your best different from working just for the outcomes?

200

Question: "What does the Gita say about our eternal nature?"

Options: A) Soul is eternal, body temporary | B) We are born and die | C) Nothing is eternal | D) Only God is eternal

Correct Answer: A) Soul is eternal, body temporary

Discussion Prompt:

• How would your life change if you knew you were eternal?

300

Question: "What happens when one surrenders completely?"

Options: A) Loss of freedom | B) Liberation from all sins | C) Material gain | D) Social isolation

Correct Answer: B) Liberation from all sins

Discussion Prompts:

• When has letting go brought unexpected freedom

400

Question: "What does 'Vairagya' mean in the Gita?"

Options: A) Complete renunciation | B) Detachment from fruits of action | C) Avoiding all pleasure | D) Emotional numbness

Correct Answer: B) Detachment from fruits of action

Discussion Prompts:

• When has detachment helped you perform better?

500

Question: "What is 'Moha' according to the Gita?"

Options: A) Delusion | B) Confusion | C) Spiritual ignorance | D) All of the above

Correct Answer: D) All of the above

Discussion Prompts:
• What delusions operate in your life?
• How to dispel confusion with clarity?

Moksha (liberation)

100

Question: "What is the 'Atman' according to the Gita?"

Options: A) The physical body | B) The mind and thoughts | C) Emotions and feelings D) The eternal soul or true Self | 

Correct Answer: D) The eternal soul or true Self

Discussion Prompt: What fears disappear knowing your Self can't be harmed?

200

Question: " "What is true 'Tyaga' according to the Gita?"

Options: A) Giving up everything | B) Becoming a monk | C) Renouncing attachment to results | D) Avoiding pleasure

Correct Answer: C) Renouncing attachment to results

Discussion Prompt:

• How is renouncing attachment different from giving up?

300

Question: "What is the ultimate teaching of the Gita?"

Options: A) Realize your divine nature | B) Perform your duty | C) Worship God | D) Follow rituals

Correct Answer: A) Realize your divine nature

Discussion Prompt:

• What does "you are divine" mean to you?

400

Question: "How does the Gita describe the mind?"

Options: A) Easy to control |  B) Naturally peaceful | C) Restless and difficult to control | D) Unimportant

Correct Answer: C) Restless and difficult to control

Discussion Prompt:

• What techniques help you calm your mind?

500

Question: "What is 'Mada' according to the Gita?"

Options: A) Pride | B) Arrogance | C) Ego inflation | D) All of the above

Correct Answer: D) All of the above

Discussion Prompt:
• How does pride separate you from others?