Travel & Living Quiz conducted on 16th Apr 2015 at IIT (BHU) Varanasi. Quizmasters-Aditya S Acharya, Rajan Arora

2. RULES
• A total of 20 questions
• Starred questions
• In case we are still tied, sudden death will be
employed
• NO NEGATIVES, so feel free to take a shot at
anything

4. *1.

6. 2.
• “Be sure to lay wide streets planted with
shady trees, every other of a quick-growing
variety. Be sure that there is plenty of space
for lawns and gardens. Reserve large areas for
football, hockey and parks. Earmark areas for
Hindu temples, Mohammedan mosques and
Christian churches”.
• Which planned city does it describe?

7. *3.
• This is a mother of pearl spoon used for
serving/taking this gourmet item. The belief is
that this consumable item reacts with any
metal cutlery, hence served with gold,
wooden or mother of pearl spoons.
• Which item?

9. 4.
• X was a princely residence of Osman Ali Khan. It
was designed by Edwin Lutyens after most
important princely rulers in British India were
inducted into Chamber of Princes in 1919, and
were to attend the Chambers meetings in Delhi.
It’s spread over 8.77 acres, and built in the shape
of a butterfly, an amalgam of
the Mughal and European architecture.
• X?

10. 5.

11. 6.

12. *7.

14. 8.

16. 9.
_________ Alexandrovna of Russia married Prince Alfred, Duke of
Edinburgh, the second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and
became Duchess of Edinburgh and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha.
From 1893 until her death, she had the distinction of being a
Russian grand duchess (by birth), a British royal duchess (by
marriage), and the consort (and later widow) of a German
sovereign duke.
Something was prepared for her wedding to the Prince and named
after her, which has now become a household name.
What?

17. 10.
• Pictures from the renovation of the 163 year
old Georgian House Hotel in London.
• What is the renovation a tribute to?

23. 11.
• Durjoy Dutta is one of
those shitty writers
whose books sell for
Rs.100 at stations and bus
stands. He writes teen
romantic novels.
• This novel was
commissioned by the
tourism dept. of a certain
place X, where the main
character travels to X and,
of course, falls in love.
• X?

24. 12.
• X is a small town in the
province of Palermo in
Italy. X means
lionhearted in Italian.
• X?

25. *13.
• He is Mehran Karimi Nasseri of Iranian origin
who now lives in Paris. Why is he famous?

27. 14.

29. 15.
• Who is the temple
dedicated to?

30. 16.
• Sumerian texts refer to three important centres with which they traded:
Magan, Dilmun and X.
Magan is usually accepted to be the Egyptian civilization while Dilmun is
believed to have been the Persian Gulf civilization encompassing modern
Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar among other territories. X is a reference to the
Harappan civilization, items of which, including seals and artefacts, have
been found in excavation sites at Ur.
The word X could have originated from the Dravidian word for ‘High
country’ or the Sanskrit word for ‘Barbarian, Foreigner’, something used
also regularly in Vedic texts by Aryans to describe the lowest class of their
Varna-based society.
What name was the X known to the Sumerians back then?

31. *17.
• Where would you find this much famed 101
seater dining table?

33. *18.
• According to a book released in 2009, X was
approached to join the secret service for being a
former pupil of Elizabeth Manningham-Buller
who went on to become director general of MI5.
But X declined this offer on the advice of X’s
father. It was also revealed by
leaked Whitehall documents in 2003 that X
declined an OBE from Queen Elizabeth II in 2001.
X is now famous in a completely different field.
Who is X?

34. 19.
• What is usually available in these five
categories?
• Blanco or plata (Silver)
• Joven or oro (Gold)
• Reposado
• Añejo
• Extra Añejo

35. *20.
• Batik is a technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to the
whole cloth, or cloth made using this technique. This
method generally results in a freedom of choosing patterns
of different kinds without hampering the quality of shirts.
This tradition is maintained even today in many countries in
SE Asia and Sri Lanka as well as India.
On October 2009, UNESCO designated Indonesian Batik as
a ‘Masterpiece in Oral and Intangible heritage of humanity’.
Which person made these Batik shirts famous, the first of
which was designed by Desre Buirski in 1994?

37. *1.

39. Zero Mile (Geometric Center of India)

40. 2.
• “Be sure to lay wide streets planted with
shady trees, every other of a quick-growing
variety. Be sure that there is plenty of space
for lawns and gardens. Reserve large areas for
football, hockey and parks. Earmark areas for
Hindu temples, Mohammedan mosques and
Christian churches”.
• Which planned city does it describe?

42. *3.
• This is a mother of pearl spoon used for
serving/taking this gourmet item. The belief is
that this consumable item reacts with any
metal cutlery, hence served with gold,
wooden or mother of pearl spoons.
• Which item?

44. Caviar

45. 4.
• X was a princely residence of Osman Ali Khan. It
was designed by Edwin Lutyens after most
important princely rulers in British India were
inducted into Chamber of Princes in 1919, and
were to attend the Chambers meetings in Delhi.
It’s spread over 8.77 acres, and built in the shape
of a butterfly, an amalgam of
the Mughal and European architecture.
• X?

46. Hyderabad House

47. 5.

48. Hiroshima Peace Memorial

49. 6.

51. *7.

53. Great Wall of China

54. 8.

57. 9.
_________ Alexandrovna of Russia married Prince Alfred, Duke of
Edinburgh, the second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and
became Duchess of Edinburgh and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha.
From 1893 until her death, she had the distinction of being a
Russian grand duchess (by birth), a British royal duchess (by
marriage), and the consort (and later widow) of a German
sovereign duke.
Something was prepared for her wedding to the Prince and named
after her, which has now become a household name.
What?

58. Marie biscuit

59. 10.
• Pictures from the renovation of the 163 year
old Georgian House Hotel in London.
• What is the renovation a tribute to?

66. 11.
• Durjoy Dutta is one of
those shitty writers
whose books sell for
Rs.100 at stations and bus
stands. He writes teen
romantic novels.
• This novel was
commissioned by the
tourism dept. of a certain
place X, where the main
character travels to X and,
of course, falls in love.
• X?

67. Hong Kong

68. 12.
• X is a small town in the
province of Palermo in
Italy. X means
lionhearted in Italian.
• X?

69. Corleone

70. *13.
• He is Mehran Karimi Nasseri of Iranian origin
who now lives in Paris. Why is he famous?

73. 14.

76. 15.
• Who is the temple
dedicated to?

78. 16.
• Sumerian texts refer to three important centres with which they traded:
Magan, Dilmun and X.
Magan is usually accepted to be the Egyptian civilization while Dilmun is
believed to have been the Persian Gulf civilization encompassing modern
Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar among other territories. X is a reference to the
Harappan civilization, items of which, including seals and artefacts, have
been found in excavation sites at Ur.
The word X could have originated from the Dravidian word for ‘High
country’ or the Sanskrit word for ‘Barbarian, Foreigner’, something used
also regularly in Vedic texts by Aryans to describe the lowest class of their
Varna-based society.
What name was the X known to the Sumerians back then?

80. *17.
• Where would you find this much famed 101
seater dining table?

82. Falaknuma Palace, Hyderabad

83. *18.
• According to a book released in 2009, X was
approached to join the secret service for being a
former pupil of Elizabeth Manningham-Buller
who went on to become director general of MI5.
But X declined this offer on the advice of X’s
father. It was also revealed by
leaked Whitehall documents in 2003 that X
declined an OBE from Queen Elizabeth II in 2001.
X is now famous in a completely different field.
Who is X?

84. Nigella Lawson

85. 19.
• What is usually available in these five
categories?
• Blanco or plata (Silver)
• Joven or oro (Gold)
• Reposado
• Añejo
• Extra Añejo

87. *20.
• Batik is a technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to the
whole cloth, or cloth made using this technique. This
method generally results in a freedom of choosing patterns
of different kinds without hampering the quality of shirts.
This tradition is maintained even today in many countries in
SE Asia and Sri Lanka as well as India.
On October 2009, UNESCO designated Indonesian Batik as
a ‘Masterpiece in Oral and Intangible heritage of humanity’.
However, which person made this Batik shirts famous, the
first of which was designed by Desre Buirski in 1994?