Buddhism
Siddhartha Gautama became known as the Buddha. This topic is part of Religion within Arts & Culture. This page currently draws on 9 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Buddhism trivia questions
Buddhism originated with the teachings of whom?
Answer: Siddhartha Gautama
Bonus fact: Siddhartha Gautama became known as the Buddha.
Buddhism originated in which region?
Answer: South Asia
Bonus fact: It arose in the Indian subcontinent.
What term describes the Buddhist cycle of birth, death, and rebirth?
Answer: Samsara
Bonus fact: Liberation from samsara is a central Buddhist goal.
Which branch of Buddhism became dominant at Bagan under Anawrahta?
Answer: Theravada Buddhism
Bonus fact: Bagan became a major center of Buddhist architecture and learning.
Which region’s conquest in 260 B.C. prompted Ashoka’s conversion to Buddhism?
Answer: Kalinga
Bonus fact: Kalinga corresponds largely to present-day Odisha.
The Dalai Lama is a spiritual leader associated with what tradition?
Answer: Tibetan Buddhism
Bonus fact: The Dalai Lama belongs to the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.
Which Buddhist monk is strongly associated with the pilgrimage?
Answer: Kūkai
Bonus fact: Kūkai, also called Kōbō Daishi, founded Shingon Buddhism.
Sanctuaries of which three religions are found together at the Ellora Caves?
Answer: Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism
Bonus fact: Ellora contains 34 monasteries and temples cut into a basalt cliff over a stretch of more than two kilometers.
From the 5th century BCE to the 2nd century CE, Taxila was especially important as a center of learning for which religion?
Answer: Buddhism
Bonus fact: Taxila also reflects successive Persian, Greek, and Central Asian influences.