Travel and Living - Finals

Travel and Living
Quiz
-ByTarun Ruchandani
Ayushman Ojaswi

Finals

•Written Round – 1
•Infinite Pounce ( 14 questions)

•Written Round – 2
•Infinite Pounce ( 14 questions)

Food/Drink named after places

•Written round.

•Description of food/drink will be given. Id it.
•10 items.
•+5 for identifying each item correctly.
•+10 for getting all correct.

Sample

Batons of deep-fried long thinly cut slices of potatoes
that are generally served hot and eaten as an
accompaniment with lunch or dinner or eaten as a
snack and are a common fixture of fast food.

1.

It is a thick creamy sauce often used as a condiment.
It is a stable emulsion of oil, egg yolk and either
vinegar or lemon juice with many options for
embellishment with other herbs or spices.

2.

Despite its name, it is not a duck but a lizardfish and
is commonly found in the Arabian Sea. The fish is
often dried and salted before consumption as the
meat does not have a distinctive taste of its own.

3.

A famous duck dish since the imperial era and now
considered to be the national dish of its home country,
the dish is prized for the thin crisp skin with authentic
versions of the dish serving mostly the skin and little
meat, sliced in front of the diners by the cook.

4.

A variation of a caffe latte, with added chocolate, based
on espresso and hot milk. They can also be referred to
as hot chocolates with a shot of espresso added.

5.

A type of mixed drink that tastes similar to a form of
cold tea and is made with, among other ingredients,
vodka, gin, tequila and rum. Most variants use equal arts
of the main liquors but include a smaller amount of
triple sec. Some restaurants substitute brandy for the
tequila.

6.

A pastry that contains various fillings and spices baked
inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg
yolk or turmeric. The patty is eaten as a full meal, especially
when paired with coco bread.

7.

A sparkly wine that is produced from grapes grown in
the a region of France it is named after following rules
that demand secondary fermentation of the wine in the
bottle to create carbonation.

8.

A meat based sauce for pasta originating in Italy, it is
customarily used to dress tagliatelle. Outside Italy, this
sauce often refers to a tomato sauce with meat(beef
or pork) added.

9.

A cocktail made with whiskey, sweet vermouth and bitters,
it is often stirred with ice and strained into a cocktail glass,
where it is garnished with a stem. The whiskey-based
cocktail is named after one of the five boroughs of New
York.

10.

A South-East Asian cocktail, whose original recipe used
gin, Cherry Heering, Benedictine and fresh pineapple
juice, primarily from Sarawak pineapple which enhance
the flavour and creat a foamy top.

Exchange sheets. Answers follow.

1.

Mayonnaise, from Mahon in Menorca(Spain)

3.

Peking Duck(Peking the old name of Beijing)

4.

Cafe mocha(Mocha, Yemen, place where the coffee is
grown)

Audience Qn.

In the remote interior hilly regions of Meghalaya, how do
the Khasi measure distances?

Audience Ans.

The number of betel nuts or supari chewed during the
journey

Infinite Pounce - 1

• 15 questions
•+10/-10 on pounce.

•Want the exact answer on pounce – else negative.
•Part points are quiz master's prerogative.

Qn. 01

The Pride of Africa is a luxury train which is run by family
owned rail company called Rovos Rail. It is billed as the
World's Most Luxurious Train and it travels through a large
part of Africa, taking 34 days, and giving its travellers more
than just magnificent scenery and extraordinary wildlife
that Africa is known for.
Between which two cities does this train travel?

Qn. 02

This place is one of the most popular attractions in its
country - so much so that more than 80% of the tourists
who come to this country visit this place. But unlike what
most people think, this place isn't a natural wonder.
The water here is fed by the water output of the nearby
power plant, which after using it to run turbines and provide
heat for a municipal hot water heating system, disposes it off
here. This place also operates a Research and Development
facility to help find cures for skin ailments.
Which not-so natural wonder am I talking about?

Ans. 02

Blue Lagoon in Iceland

Qn. 03

In which test are you likely to find the following questions:

• What does NATO stand for?
• What is quango?
• Which kinds of skilled workers did not come to this
country in large numbers from Europe in the Middle
Ages?

<More on next slide>

Qn. 03(Contd...)

• What proportion of the population of the __ were killed
by the Black Death?
• Which king defeated the Vikings at the end of the 9th
Century?
• Under the feudal system, what were people who worked
the land called?

Qn. 04

Connect the following buildings:

Contnd…

Ans. 04
Buildings designed by Le Corbusier
• Governor’s palace,
Chandigarh
• UN Headquarters, New
York
• Saddam Hussein
Gymnasium, Baghdad
• Philips Pavilion, Brussels
• Palace of the Soviets,
Moscow(didn’t complete)

Qn. 05

The city of Y has been gifting a Christmas tree - one of the
most famous Christmas trees in the world - to the people of
London each year since 1947. The tree is cut sometime in
November during a ceremony attended by the British
Ambassador to _______, Mayor of Y, and Lord Mayor of
Westminster. It is prominently displayed at X during the
Christmas season 12 days before Christmas.

This annual gift is given as a token of gratitude for British
support of ______ (country in which Y is located) during the
second World War.
X&Y?

Ans. 05
X - Oslo
Y – Trafalgar Square

Qn. 06

Xcatessen is often abbreviated to X and its etymology is as
follows:
It is originally a French loanword, Xcatesse, meaning "delicious
things (to eat)". The root word is the Latin adjective Xcatus,
meaning "giving pleasure, delightful, pleasing".
Different places in the world use this word with different
meaning. For example, in the US, a X, is a type of business that
could be described as a synthesis of a grocery store and a fastfood restaurant. Whereas in Europe, X designates top-quality
(and top-price) foodstuffs and stores.

What is X?

Qn. 07

The significance of four main pillars that support this structure,
which is located in the centre of the town and is of spiritual
significance for practitioners of integral yoga , is as follows:
Maheshwari (South pillar): "her personality of calm wideness
and comprehending wisdom and tranquil benignity and
inexhaustible compassion and sovereign and surpassing majesty
and all-ruling greatness".
Mahakali (North pillar): "her power of splendid strength and
irresistible passion, her warrior mood, her overwhelming will,
her impetuous swiftness and world-shaking force".
<Contd….>

Qn. 07(Contd..)

Mahalakshmi (east pillar): "vivid and sweet and wonderful with
her deep secret of beauty and harmony and fine rhythm, her
intricate and subtle opulence, her compelling attraction and
captivating grace".
Mahasaraswati (west pillar): "equipped with her close and
profound capacity of intimate knowledge and careful flawless
work and quiet and exact perfection in all things".

Which structure is being described?

Ans. 07

Matrimandir at Auroville

Qn. 08

This city has been rebuilt twice – once after Japanese bombing
in World War II and once in 1974 due to Cyclone Tracy.
It was named in 1839 by Charles Clements Wickham who was
on board the HMS Beagle which was surveying the area.
Wickham named the city after one of his former shipmates.
Which city?

Audience Qn.

This is traffic signal in Tipperary Hill, Syracuse, New York.
Unlike other traffic signals, this one has red signal on
bottom instead of the top.
Why?

Audience Ans.

The local administration put green on top of signal in
compliance with the large Irish population in that area.

Qn. 09

This island nation has two currencies in circulation which causes
a lot of confusion and frustration its residents. It now uses the
dominant X - introduced 8 years ago to replace the U.S. dollar,
which had been circulating for more than a decade - and Y,
which had already been in circulation.
Those with jobs in hotels, airlines and shops and on the thriving
black market earn Xs, referred to as "the dollar" and worth
about 25 times Y. This has lead to a dire situation wherein
qualified individuals such as doctors give up their white collar
job and take up jobs such as taxi drivers.
Which country?

Qn. 10

Oscar Niemeyer is considered to be one of the key figures in
the development of modern architecture. He has collaborated
on the UN head quarters and designed the Museum of modern
art of caracas.
However, his most famous and work was designing a national
capital, which has been acclaimed for its use of modernist
architecture on a grand scale and for its somewhat utopian city
plan. It has also been criticized for the same reasons. The main
parts of which when viewed from above resembles an airplane
or butterfly.

Which capital city?

Qn. 11

Brokpas is a community found in Dha- Hanu valley in Ladakh.
While the Brokpa folklore says that the community arrived here
from Gilgit in Pakistan just across the LoC, there is a view that
they are actually descendants of Alexander the Great’s army and
that they have lived isolated lives for centuries in such an
inaccessibly harsh terrain that they seem to have kept their DNA
untainted by outsiders; thus intensifying a rumour that Brokpas
have certain racial attribute.
Because of this, many German women travel to this valley in
order to get impregnated by men of this community and have a
child, who they wish, would grow up grateful for the gift of
racially superior intelligence.
What rumour/racial attribute?

Ans. 11

That they are last of the Pure Blood Aryan Men.

Qn. 12

Since its opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world’s leading
artists from several performance genres have appeared on its
stage, and it has become one of the UK’s most treasured and
distinctive buildings.

It has also hosted the very first Sumo tournament to be held
outside Japan in the sport's 1500-year history, in 1991.
One of Bob Dylan's famous albums is called 'Bob Dylan Live
1966 The 'X' concert' which did not actually take place at X at
all, but at the Manchester Free Trade Hall.
Which place?

Ans. 12

The Royal Albert Hall
(Bonus fact: The graduation ceremony of Imperial College also
happens here)

Qn. 13

This place is home to the tombs of the Pharaohs and other
major royal figures of the Egyptian New Kingdom. Almost all
of the tombs here seem to have been opened and robbed in
antiquity and in modern times this has become famous for the
tomb of Tutankhamun and the rumours of curse of the
Pharoahs.
In 1979, it became a World Heritage Site, and exploration,
excavation and conservation continues here.
What is this place called?

Qn. 14

X is used as a condiment and has an extremely strong flavor. Its
hotness is more akin to that of a hot mustard. It is generally
sold either as a root which is very finely grated before use, or as
a ready-to-use paste in tubes similar to travel toothpaste tubes.

X is also name of a famous Indian restaurant regularly featuring
in the lists of Top 10 Indian Restaurants.
Name X.

Google Maps images round

•Written round.

•Google Earth/Google Maps image of places.
•10 images.
•+5 for identifying each place correctly.
•+10 for getting all correct.

•Exchange sheets. Answers follow.

Ans. 7
St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican City

Qn. 15

The Pan-European transport corridors were identified in 1994
as 10 vital routes in Central and Eastern Europe that required
major investments. The corridors variously encompass road, rail
and waterway routes.
All, except one, are named after the cities they connect (e.g.
Helsinki-Warsaw, Brussels-Kiev etc.) The exception is a
waterway and goes through or borders 10 European countries.
Name it.

Qn. 16

Coltan is a dull black metallic ore widely used to manufacture
tantalum capacitors, used in electronic products.
For over ten years, the international demand for Coltan has
sharply increased which has in turn fuelled the long running war
in which an African country that is believed to have 80% of its
global deposits. The smuggling of this ore provides income for
the military occupation this country, as well as prolonged the
civil conflict.
Which African country?

Ans. 16

Democratic Republic of Congo

Qn. 17

In 1848, the British East India Company sent Robert Fortune
on a trip to China’s interior, an area forbidden to foreigners.
Fortune’s mission was to steal the secrets of ____. The
Scotsman disguised himself as a Chinese merchant and headed
into the Wu Si Shan hills in a bold act of corporate espionage.
His efforts resulted in the shipment of well over 20,000 samples
to the Himalayas.

What did he steal – something that was later introduced in
India?

Ans. 17

Tea Horticulture and Manufacturing

Qn. 18

Sought by explorers for centuries as a possible trade route, this
sea route was first navigated by Roald Amundsen in 1903–1906.
Until 2009, the Arctic pack ice prevented regular marine
shipping throughout most of the year, but climate change has
reduced the pack ice, and this Arctic shrinkage made the
waterways more navigable.However, the contested sovereignty
claims over the waters may complicate future shipping through
this route: The Canadian government considers it as part of
Canadian Internal Waters, but the United States and various
European countries maintain they are an international strait or
transit passage, allowing free and unencumbered passage.
Name the sea route being described.

Ans. 18

The Northwest Passage

Qn. 19

This is one of the largest and most important complexes of
Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece, second only to Mount
Athos. The six monasteries are built on natural sandstone rock
pillars. It was first occupied by ascetic hermit monks in 9th
century. By the 14th century the monks had built about 20
monasteries.
<Contd…>

Qn. 19(Contnd…)

Access to the monasteries was originally difficult, requiring
either long ladders lashed together or large nets used to
haul up both goods and people to a height of 550 m. This
required quite a leap of faith - the ropes were replaced, so the
story goes, only "when the Lord let them break". Later on a
flight of steep steps were carved out of the rock. The site is an
UNESCO heritage site.
The name of this group of monasteries is derived from Greek
for “suspended from the sky”.
What is its name?

Ans. 20

Cosmopolitan Cocktail

Qn. 21

It's impossible to have been born in Samoa(a country in the
South Pacific Ocean) on December 30th, 2011 because of
reason concerning improving ties with its economic partner.
What reason?

Qn. 22

Khasi are an ethnic group who inhabit the Khasi and Jaintia hills
of Meghalaya. According to Khasi legend, once a Bengali and
Khasi were caught in a great flood and had to swim to save
themselves.

The Bengali tied his bundle of books on his head and started
swimming. The Khasi, on the other hand, held his books in his
mouth. Suddenly a huge wave swept over them and the Khasi
accidentally swallowed his books.
This ancient folklore is attributed as a reason to what present
day linguistic characteristic of the Khasi?

Ans. 22

Khasi language has no script, unlike Bengali

Qn. 23

In addition to Turkmenistan, which other former Soviet
Republic has a currency called the Manat?
Its bank notes are similar in design to the Euro and depict the
outline of a country with a landlocked exclave.

Qn. 24

The X Project(wherein X is an acronym) is intended to protect
the city of Venice from floods, consists of rows of mobile gates
which are intended to isolate the Venetian Lagoon from the
Adriatic sea when the tide rises above 110cm. The project is
being executed by engineers at FIAT.
X is also a play on the Italian name for a religious leader,
lawgiver and prophet who divided the waters of the Red Sea.
What is X?

Qn. 25

Ashoka Hall is one of the most opulent rooms in the
Rashtrapati Bhavan. With its hues of gold and rich red remarkable particularly for its ceiling portrait of Fateh Ali
Shah - it always inspired stunned silence.
Originally designed as a ball room for the Viceroys, it is now
used for ceremonial presentations.
Which significant ceremony concerning a decision making
body of the government takes place in this hall every few
years?

Ans. 25

Swearing-in ceremony of the cabinet

Qn. 26

A _____ cake refers to a type of cake traditionally made with a
_____ of each of four ingredients: flour, butter, eggs, and sugar.
As long as the ratio is preserved, the resulting cake will be
identical to that using the traditional recipe. Hence, any cake
made with a 1:1:1:1 ratio of flour, butter, eggs, and sugar is also
called a _____ cake.
It is more commonly known in Britain as 'Sponge cake' or
'Madeira cake'.

Which cake?

Qn. 27

The survivors staircase was the last visible original structure
above ground level at X. The staircase has been listed as one
of America's most endangered places. The staircase and other
oversized artifacts will be a major feature of a museum
dedicated to X, when it opens to the public later this year.

<Bigger picture on
next slide>

Qn. 28

Where would you hear the following songs, among others,
being played?

Ans. 28

Songs played at the Bellagio fountains.

Spare Qn.

Name the 1 mile New York city linear park built on a
section of former elevated New York Central railroad
which runs along the lower west side of Manhattan. The
recycling of the railway into an urban park has spurred
real estate development in the neighborhoods which lie
along the it.

A similar project in Paris, the Promenade plantee,
completed in 1993, provided inspiration for this project.

Spare Ans.

New York High Line

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