Heritage Quiz

Grades 2 – 8

A fun quiz on India and its timeless traditional treasures. Preparation material is provided.

Date

Sat, Feb 8, 2025

Venue

Fremont, CA

Heritage Quiz

Heritage Quiz is a friendly competition that aims to give kids the platform to learn about our rich Indian culture right from the ancient times to our modern present day. The Quiz competition that will not just cllenge your knowledge of India but kindle the joy of research, pride in knowledge and the thrill of winning. We hope this competition is just a start in the lives of your young'uns and of their quest to know more about the great land and its traditions, culture and the great men that lived and live to this day.

We provide the study material for the quiz (Refer to the topics/prep material section below.) The kids have to just bring their curiosity and eagerness to learn!

Age Categories

  • JUNIORS - Grades: 2-5

    • Festivals, deities and more (See below for complete topic list and prep material)

  • SENIORS - Grades: 6-8

    • Cultural and heritage sites, saints and devotees, Indian art and more. (See below for complete topic list and prep material)

Topics / Preparation Material

Simple Traditions & Articles of worship

This will be a simple show/describe round where the picture of the article or the actual item will be shown and you will be asked to identify or describe what it is used for.

Learn about some simple traditions like Rangoli/kola,s, garlands, lighting lamps, wearing bindi, doing namaskaar in a temple, etc., why these traditions exist and about articles/items that are used for worship at home or in temples. Arati plate, diya, bell, neivedyam (food offering) garlands, etc. Learn how these articles are used in worship. Simple explanations for some of these can be found in the following playlist.

Festivals

Deepavali - https://godivinity.org/kids-quiz-diwali-trivia/

Navratri - https://godivinity.org/kids-quiz-navaratri-trivia/

Deities

Krishna - https://godivinity.org/trivia-krishna-quiz/

Lord Hanuman - https://godivinity.org/quiz-time-anjaneya-trivia/

Lord Shiva - https://godivinity.org/kids-quiz-shivaratri-trivia/

Lakshmi Devi - https://godivinity.org/navaratri-quiz-lakshmi-trivia/

Ramayana

https://godivinity.org/quiz-time-ramayana-part-1/

https://godivinity.org/rama-in-valmiki-ramayanam/

India

https://godivinity.org/kids-quiz-august-2010/

Basics- symbols (flag, national tree, flower, etc), Independence day, current prime minister, president

Grade 2-5

Simple Traditions and Articles of worship

This will be a simple show/describe round where the picture of the article or the actual item will be shown and you will be asked to identify or describe what it is used for.

Learn about some simple traditions like Rangoli/kola,s, garlands, lighting lamps, wearing bindi, doing namaskaar in a temple, etc., why these traditions exist and about articles/items that are used for worship at home or in temples. Arati plate, diya, bell, neivedyam (food offering) garlands, etc. Learn how these articles are used in worship. Simple explanations for some of these can be found in the following playlist.

Cultural and Heritage sites

Overview - https://godivinity.org/kids-quiz-cultural-and-heritage-sites-in-india/

Somnath - https://godivinity.org/kids-quiz-somnath/

Konark - https://godivinity.org/kids-quiz-konark-temple/

Nalanda - https://godivinity.org/kids-quiz-nalanda-university/

Vivekananda Rock Memorial - https://godivinity.org/kids-quiz-vivekananda-rock-memorial/

Saints and Devotees

Bhakta Meera Bai - https://godivinity.org/quiz-time-indias-women-saints-13/

Sant Namdev (Pandharpur Bhaktas) - https://godivinity.org/pandharpur-bhaktas-quiz-series-4-namadev/

Sant Eknath(Pandharpur Bhaktas) - https://godivinity.org/pandharpur-bhaktas-quiz-series-6-sant-eknath/

Sant Tukkaram (Pandharpur Bhaktas) - https://godivinity.org/pandharpur-bhaktas-quiz-series-8-sant-tukkaram/

Sri Vallabhacharya - https://godivinity.org/quiz-time-sri-vallabhacharya/

Sri Thyagaraja and Sri Purandaradasa

https://godivinity.org/kids-quiz-thyagaraja-purandaradasa/

https://godivinity.org/kids-quiz-music-composers/

Indian Art

Madhubani - https://godivinity.org/quiz-madhubani-art/

Pattachitra - https://godivinity.org/quiz-time-indian-art-pattachitra-art/

Tanjore painting - https://godivinity.org/quiz-time-tanjore-painting/

Ramayana

https://godivinity.org/quiz-time-ramayana-part-1/

https://godivinity.org/rama-in-valmiki-ramayanam/

India

https://godivinity.org/kids-quiz-august-2010/

Basics- symbols (flag, national tree, flower, etc), Independence day, current prime minister, president

Grades 6-8

  1. There will be 1 round only for each age-group.

  2. Questions will be in verbal format - with visual cues and actual items and materials for clues. Participants are expected to give short answers (1 word or 1 sentence).

  3. The questions will be from the preparation material except for the final round. The questions may be worded differently but the content will be from the preparation material except for last round (see point 5) and tie-breaker (see last point).

  4. Participants will be divided into teams of 2 each. (There should be at least 6 participants to form teams. If not, participants will play individually.)

  5. For the final round, questions from the quiz topics but outside the question bank will be asked. For example, if the topic is Deepavali, a question related to Deepavali that is common knowledge but may not be in the question bank may be asked.

  6. If there is a tie, then

    1. Each team will be asked a question in round robin fashion

    2. If a team passes, the next team will get a chance to answer

    3. Whichever team gets two consecutive questions right will be declared the winning team.

    4. If there is a tie, questions within the boundary of the Quiz topics (but outside of the question bank) will be used to break the tie.

For questions, contact puranavaca@gmail.com

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