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The College Dropout
"Jesus Walks" was on which of Kanye's albums?
Christian
September of 2014, Kanye called himself a what during one of his concerts?
among the most critically acclaimed
How is Kanye viewed as a 21st century artist?
David Bowie
What famous English artist was Kanye compared to by The Guardian?
Jon Caramanic
What reporter compared Kanye West to a lightning rod?
Ben Westhoff
Who said Kanye West was the greatest hip hop artist of all time?
The Guardian
What magazine compared Kanye to David Bowie?
homophobia in hip hop
What overabundance of themes did Kanye criticize early in his career?
gangsta rap
The shift away from what genre of rap is Kanye credited for?
middle-class
What kind of background did Kanye West grow up in?
50 Cent
Who did Kanye West have a sales competition with during his album release of Graduation?
Ben Detrick
Who said that Kanye West effectively led a new wave of artists that weren't only interested in rapping about gunplay or drug dealing?
influential
A number of artists have cited Kanye as being what to them?
inventor Elon Musk
Who complimented West in Time Magazine?
6
How many songs has Kanye had that have exceeded 3 million digital sales?
over 30 million
How many songs has Kanye sold digitally in his career?
6
How many of West's six albums have gone platinum?
Yeezus
What was Kanye's fifth consecutive number one album?
3,086,000
As of 2012, how many downloads have there been of "Golddigger"?
third
What rank is West in total sales for the last decade?
30 million
How many total digital songs has Kanye West sold in the US?
21
How many Grammies has Kanye won as of 2013?
Bob Dylan
With which artist does Kanye tie with for reaching the top of the annual Pazz & Jop Critic Poll?
twice
How many times has Kanye placed in the annual Time Magazine people list?
21
In 2013, West had won how many total Grammy Awards?
8
What rank did About.com give Kanye "Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers" list?
May 16, 2008
On what day did MTV name Kanye as the year's Number 1 "Hottest MC in the Game."?
MTV Man of the Year
December 17, 2010 was the day Kanye was nominated by MTV for what?
Bob Dylan
What musician did West tie with for topping the annual Pazz & Jop critic poll 4 times each?
3
How many of Kanye's albums placed on the 2012 Rolling Stone list?
3
How many of West's albums were included on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list?
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Which one of Kanye's albums won The Pitchfork's Album of the Decade (so far) award?
eighth
What place did Yeezus secure on the list of 100 albums?
The Pitchfork
What online music publication ranked Kanye's album "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" as the world's best album so far?
Yeezus
What album was ranked 8 on a list of 100 albums?
"Runaway"
What song was ranked third in a list of 200 "best tracks" since 2010?
George W. Bush
What President did Kanye West insult on air in 2005?
Taylor Swift
Whose speech did Kanye West ruin at the 2009 MTV Awards?
clothing and footwear
What fashion items does Kanye West design?
DONDA
What company did Kanye West begin?
2013
What year did Kanye West begin working with Adidas?
nontheistic
What type of religion is Buddhism?
teachings attributed to Gautama Buddha
What are the practices of Buddhism based on?
present-day Nepal
Where did the Buddha live?
through the direct understanding and perception of dependent origination and the Four Noble Truths
How do Buddhists believe their suffering can be ended?
ignorance and craving
What did the Buddha teach should be given up to end suffering?
nontheistic religion
What type of religion is Buddhism?
Gautama Buddha
Who's teaching is Buddhism based upon?
between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE
When was Buddha alive?
present-day Nepal
Where did Buddha reside when he was alive?
Gautama Buddha
Who's teachings is Buddhism based upon?
Nepal
Where was Buddha thought to live?
sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE
When approximately was Buddha alive?
Gautama Buddha
Buddhism is based on the teaching of who?
4
How many noble truths are there?
Indian
Buddha was part of what subcontinent?
Buddha
Who is "the awakened one"
Theravada ("The School of the Elders") and Mahayana ("The Great Vehicle")
What are the two major branches of Buddhism?
Vajrayana
What is sometimes viewed as the third branch of Buddhism?
Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia
Where does Theravada have the largest following?
Pure Land, Zen, Nichiren Buddhism, Shingon, and Tiantai (Tendai)
Mahayana includes which practices of Buddhism?
488 million[web 1] and 535 million
What is the estimated number of Buddhists in the world?
Mahayana
Which branch practices the teachings of Zen?
Vajrayana
What minor branch is sometimes attributed to Mahayana?
Vajrayana
What kind of teachings does Tibetan Buddhism preserve?
Indian siddhas
Vajrayana is attributed to who?
The School of the Elders
Theravada means what?
the attainment of the sublime state of Nirvana
What is the goal of Theravada Buddhism?
practicing the Noble Eightfold Path (also known as the Middle Way)
How is Nirvana achieved?
a state wherein one remains in this cycle to help other beings reach awakening
What is the bodhisattva path?
Buddhahood or rainbow body
What is the goal of Tibetan Buddhism?
by practicing the Noble Eightfold Path
How is Nirvana attained?
Theravada
In what buddhism is the goal a state of nirvana?
Tibetan
What buddhism has a goal of Buddhahood or rainbow body?
the Middle Way
The Noble Eightfold Path is also known as what?
bodhisattva
Mahayana aspires to Buddhahood through what path?
suffering and rebirth
Theravada escapes what cycle?
the Buddha, the Dharma (the teachings), and the Sangha (the community)
What are the Three Jewels of the Buddhist tradition?
cultivation of higher wisdom and discernment
What is one of the Ten Meritorious Deeds of Buddhism?
Ten Meritorious Deeds
What other practices do Buddhists adhere to?
renouncing conventional living and becoming a monastic
What is one of the Ten Meritorious Deeds?
creator
Buddhism denies what kind of deity?
greediness
Of the Ten Meritorious Deeds, giving charity reduces what?
Mahayana
Invocation of buddhas and bodhisattvas is in what tradition?
Nidānakathā of the Jataka tales of the Theravada
The Nidānakathā of the Jataka tales of the Theravada is attributed to who?
Buddhacarita, the Lokottaravādin Mahāvastu, and the Sarvāstivādin Lalitavistara Sūtra
What are some other biographies that differ from the Jataka tales?
Most accept that he lived, taught and founded a monastic order
What do scholars recognize about the life of the Buddha?
5th century CE
When was the Buddhagohosa written?
the Buddhacarita
What is one of the earlier biographies on Buddhism?
Buddha
Who founded a monastic order in his life?
Buddha
Scholars do not make claims without evidence about who's life?
monastic
Most accept that Buddha lived and taught in what type of order?
5th ce
The Jataka tales of the Theravada happened in what century?
Michael Carrithers
Who said "the outline of the life must be true: birth, maturity, renunciation, search, awakening and liberation, teaching, death."?
birth, maturity, renunciation
What are some of the outlines of life?
Karen Armstrong
Who wrote a biography of Buddha?
Siddhatta Gotama
What do some say is Buddha's real name?
disciples
What are the helpers called that helped Buddha?
Michael Carrithers
Who believes "the outline of the life must be true" in reference to Buddha?
the Buddha
Karen Armstrong wrote a biography on who?