What was the name of the garden where Jesus prayed before his arrest?
Answer
Gethsemane
89709 Intermediate Trivia Questions
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According to the Gospel of Matthew, on which mountain did Jesus deliver the Sermon on the Mount?
Answer
A mountain in Galilee
In Greek mythology, what title did Theseus hold after returning victorious from Crete?
Answer
King of Athens
In Greek mythology, which sea is traditionally named after Aegeus’s death?
Answer
The Aegean Sea
In Greek mythology, which bull did Minos fail to sacrifice before the Minotaur was born?
Answer
The Cretan Bull
According to Buddhist tradition, what were the Buddha’s first five disciples collectively called?
Answer
The Group of Five
What is the title commonly used for the opening line of the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Answer
He Who Saw the Deep
What title did Taoist tradition give Laozi as a supreme deity?
Answer
Taishang Laojun
Which Confucian school became influential in the Song dynasty through Zhu Xi?
Answer
Neo-Confucianism
Which Confucian principle is known as the “rectification of names”?
Answer
Zhengming
Which Confucian text is also called the Classic of Filial Piety?
Answer
Xiaojing
At which theater did Richard Wagner’s Parsifal receive its first performance in 1882?
Answer
Bayreuth Festspielhaus
Which 1991 film directed by Terry Gilliam uses the Fisher King as a modern Grail quest?
Answer
The Fisher King
Which 13th-century French prose romance cycle contains the story known as the Queste del Saint Graal?
Answer
The Lancelot-Grail Cycle
In Robert de Boron’s Joseph d’Arimathie, what sacred vessel becomes the Holy Grail?
Answer
The cup from the Last Supper
In Norse mythology, what is an undead corpse called?
Answer
Draugr