Travel and Living Quiz conducted at College of Engineering Guindy, by Quizzers Anonymous!

1. T H E WA N D E R L U S T Q U I Z
Q U I Z Z E R S A N O N Y M O U S P R E S E N T S

2. Q 1 .
Songkran ,Thailand New Year comes from
the Sanskrit word X literally "astrological passage",
meaning transformation or change. On this day ,
traditionally people gently sprinkled water on one
another as a sign of respect, but as it falls during the
hottest month Y ( a practice ) is now the highlight the
festival .. The act Yis also a show of blessings and
good wishes.
Which festival are we talking about and what is the
practice ?

3. A N S W E R
• Sankranti and Water Festival

4. Q 2 .
If you at Nuremberg Germany , this is something one
musnt miss. Put funda on what is the world’s first one
can find here ?
Pic in next slide…..

6. A N S W E R
• World’s First Automated Restaurant

7. Q 3 . *
Lacemaking is a tradition on the island of Hvar. Benedictine nuns
have been making lace for more than 150 years.
Hvar Lace is unique in that the thread is collected from the
X plants that grow on the island. The leaves are picked at a certain
time of the year and are then specially processed to produce a thin,
white thread.
Though X is mainly Mexican, they are also native to the southern
and western United States and central and tropical South America.
A different variety of this plant is also a source of a distilled bevarage.
Pic in Next Slide….

9. A N S W E R
• Agave Plant

10. Q 4 .
The historic production of Jamdani was patronized by of
the Mughal emperors. Under British colonialism, the Jamdani
industries rapidly declined due to colonial import policies
favouring industrially manufactured textiles. In more recent years,
the production of Jamdani has witnessed a revival. Jamdanis are
known as X named after a city Y, one of many ancient textile
weaving centres in Bengal region.

11. A N S W E R
• Dhakai from Dhaka

12. Q 5 .
• The following slide has the steps of a very
specific Art Form. Name it.

13. Select an appropriate teacup.
Select the appropriate tea leaves
Prepare the area
Make the tea
Serve the tea as usual
Ask the cup holder to prepare the tea leaves : Ask them
to turn the cup upside down on the saucer, gently. This
will allow the liquid to drain out
Turn the cup over so that the handle faces the person
Understand the time line and placement of the tea leaves
within the cup

14. A N S W E R
Tasseography (also known as tasseomancy or tassology) is
a divination or fortune-telling method that
interprets patterns in tea leaves,coffee grounds, or wine
sediments.

15. Q 6 .
As continuation to an existing trend, Black
Day is an unofficial holiday observed on April
14 each year. It is mostly observed in South
Korea. A specific group of people eat Black
noodles on this day to symbolize sorrow.
Which group of people?

16. A N S W E R
Black Day focuses on the people, especially singles, who did not
receive any gifts on either of the holidays. In South
Korea, Valentine's Day and White Day are both celebrated as
occasions to give gifts to the opposite gender. Valentine's Day is
celebrated on February 14, when women buy men gifts
(usually chocolate). White Day is celebrated on March 14, when
men reciprocate the gifts with their own, also present in the form
of chocolate.[2] As both occasions fall on the 14th, other holidays
were created by the government of South Korea for all other
months to continue this trend

17. Q 7 .
Ko Khao Phing Kan is an island in Thailand,
in Phang Nga Bay northeast of Phuket. Before
1974, the island was a rarely visited indigenous
area. However, it was chosen as one of the
locations for the hideout for antagonist, Francisco
Scaramanga. After the movie release it turned into
a popular tourist destination. How is the island
popularly called as ?

19. A N S W E R
• James Bond Island

20. Q 8 .
Lego figurines have a hole on the top of
their heads. Why did Lego introduce this
change in their product design ?
Pic In Next Slide….

22. A N S W E R
They added this hole on the top of the head just
in case any kids got one of the heads stuck on
their throat. That way they would be able to
keep breathing.

23. Q 9 .
This phenomenon happens very frequently over Table Mountain in Cape
Town, South Africa. What is this phenomenon called?

24. A N S W E R
• This phenomenon is called the Table Cloth
Phenomenon.

25. Q 1 0 .
X non-alcoholic mixed drink traditionally made
with ginger ale, a splash of grenadine and
garnished with amaraschino cherry. The cocktail
may have been invented by a bartender
at Chasen's, a restaurant in Beverly Hills, California,
to serve then child actress X. However, other claims
to its origin have been made. These are often
served to children dining with adults in lieu of
real cocktails.

26. A N S W E R
• Shirley temple

27. Q 1 1 .
In December 2000, toy manufacturer Mattel
sued MCA Records, Aqua's record label.
Mattel claimed that X violated their
trademark and that its lyrics had tarnished
the reputation of their trademark and
impinged on their marketing plan.What was
the controversy all about ?

28. A N S W E R
• Barbie Girl Song

29. Q 1 2 . *
FITB

30. A N S W E R
• Vagabonding

31. Q 1 3 .
Hotel Megapode is a five star resort in Port Blair,offering dining
facilities with conference meetings.Besides this, it offers excellent
views to the light house and Mount Harriet park, a national
park located in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory of
India. The park has evergreen primary forests, and deciduous, a
combination of primary and secondary forests. The park is drained by
many streams which rise in the hills and flow into the sea on the east.
The park's well-known faunal species are Andaman wild
pigs (an endangered species), saltwater crocodiles, turtles and robber
crabs.] The park is also a butterfly hotspot.
Owing to the beautiful view of the park ,the Indian government
decided to give it a unique recognition, in 2001. What is it ?

32. A N S W E R
• The Backside of a 20 Rupee Note

33. Q 1 4 .
This structure X was built for the 1958 World fair in
the European city Y. Designed by architects , a
André and Jean Polak, it has spheres connected
so that the whole forms the shape of a unit cell of
an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times. Tubes of
3 m (9.8 ft) diameter connect the spheres along the
12 edges of the cube and all eight vertices to the
centre.It was also named as one of the most bizarre
structures in Europe.
Pic in Next Slide

35. A N S W E R
• X- Atomium
• Y-Brussels

36. Q 1 5 .
What is the speciality of this monument? In Which city is it present?

37. A N S W E R
• It is the Geographical Centre of India. Also
called the Zero Mile Tone. It is in Nagpur.

38. Q 1 6 .
Pactolus is the river situated near the Aegean
coast of Turkey. Around 630 BC , the Lydians
started to produce the gold coins from the
electrum deposits , an alloy of Gold and Silver
found in the river which formed the basis of
Lydian economy. What reason is attributed to
the presence of electrum deposits in that river ?

39. A N S W E R
• Midas Lost his Golden Touch By Washing His
Hands In The River

40. Q 1 7 .
Bauta
Columbina
Medico Della
Pantalone
Arlecchino
Moretta
Volto
Zanni
These are different types of X worn in a famous annual European
festival Y.
Id X and Y.

41. A N S W E R
• X - Masks
• Y - Venice Festival

42. Q 1 8 .
The Gilroy X Festival is one of the largest food festivals in
the United States, held annually in Gilroy, California on the last
full weekend in July .It has been a fundraiser for local charities,
raising a total of about nine million dollars for assorted causes.
Individual groups and charities also run booths at the festival,
raising additional funds for their causes. The Gilroy X Festival
Association is a non-profit organization that is intended to
support non-profit groups and projects in Gilroy.The festival
has food stuffs like ice creams,French fries etc. made of X. Id X

43. A N S W E R
• Garlic

44. Q 1 9 . *
In 1908 the Governor of Madras Arthur Lawley, thought
that X was too dangerous and would cause harm to
people and houses nearby. So, he ordered that X be
removed from that spot. Seven elephants were used to
push X But it didn't even move an inch! The Governor
finally gave up on this impossible task!
A pushing power of 42 tons was applied using 7
elephants and X literally perched on its 4 feet base did
not move! It has come to a popular belief that X is
attached at the base to the rock. Id X.

45. A N S W E R
Krishna’s Butter Ball

46. Q 2 0 .
In 1976,on New year’s Day ,in Los Angeles,USA,Danny
Finegood did this as a college as a college prank with
3 of his friends.He was passionate about sculpturing
and turned this prank into a school project too,which
earned him a good grade. This prank incident ran into
great controversy in the media, after which strict laws
were passed and fences were erected to protect this
sign post.What was this prank ?

47. A N S W E R
• He changed Hollywood to Hollyweed

48. Q 2 1 .
Mana is a village in the district of Chamoli in
the Indian state of Uttarakhand, located at an
altitude of 3,200 meters. Mana is the last village
before the Mana Pass and is 24 kilometres from the
border of India and Tibet/China. This village is
considered holy and sacred as something is
believed to have been written and composed here.
What ?

49. A N S W E R
• Mahabaratha

50. Q 2 2 .
In which country would find these strange trees ?
It has been speculated that the trees may have
been deformed to create naturally curved timber
for use in furniture or boat building .Others argue
that a snowstorm could have knocked the trees
like this, but to date nobody knows what really
happened to these pine trees.
Pic in next slide

52. A N S W E R
• Poland

53. Q 2 3 .
Sources say that X was first baked in 1683 to celebrate
the defeat of the Ottomans by Christian forces in
the siege of the city, as a reference to the crescents on
the Ottoman flags, when bakers stayed up all night ,heard
the tunneling operation and gave the alarm. The bakers
baked this crescent shaped pastry in the shape of the
Turk’s Islamic emblem,with the hope that when the
natives bite into the dish,they would be symbolically
devouring the Turks. Id X

54. A N S W E R
• X- Croissant.

55. Q 2 4 .
What speciality does this pilgrimage centre in Myanmar have?

56. A N S W E R
• Rock is perched on top of Buddha’s Hair.

57. Q 2 5 .
Twelve households in Oostduinkerke are actively
engaged in X : each has its own speciality, such as
weaving nets or an extensive knowledge of
Brabant draft horses. A good knowledge of the
sea and the sand strip, coupled with a high level of
trust and respect for one’s horse are the needed
attributes to excel in this profession.
What profession are we talking about?

58. A N S W E R
• Shrimp fishing on Horsebacks

59. Q 2 6 . *
One for sorrow,
Two for joy,
Three for a girl,
Four for a boy,
Five for silver,
Six for gold,
Seven for a secret never to be told.
This rhyme reflects one of the common practices in UK.To ward
off bad luck , when they spot X They tip their hat and say,
"Good morning Mr. X. How is your lady wife today?"

60. A N S W E R
• X- Magpie

61. Q 2 7 .
X egg is made by first blowing the egg to remove its contents.
A rectangle of X paper, large enough to cover the egg is folded
in half, and cut nearly to the midline every quarter inch (6 mm) to
form a fringe of narrow strips. Each strip is trimmed to a point.
The paper is unfolded, rolled around the egg, and glued on, a
strip at a time: the strips overlap at the ends of the egg. The egg
may then be varnished.
X is a style of paper that was first made in Japan and is
commonly made using fibers from the bark of the gampi tree, the
mitsumata shrub.

63. A N S W E R
• Washi Eggs

64. Q 2 8 .
Pang Lhabsol is a festival that is celebrated on the 15th day of
the 7th month according to Tibetan Calendar, which is around
August-September annually.
It is the Lepchas who first started the tradition of worshipping
their native place X along with Y for their safety and prosperity.
Y is considered by Lepchas as their creator and accorded it the
status of a God.
It was only in the 8th century that this tradition began after the
Tantric Guru Padmasambhava visited X and blessed them.
The main attraction of this festival is the mask dance
performed by lamas in Chuklakhang Gumpa and other religious
dances and songs.
Identify X and Y.

66. A N S W E R
• X - Sikkim
• Y - Kanchenjunga

67. Q 2 9
• Twenty years ago when small time X merchant Manoj Mehta left
Indian shores for Antwerp in Belgium, little did he know that his
Gujarati community would come to dominate the trade.
• Europeans had no value for X for there was no way they could
be cut or polished. A group of Palanpuri Jain X merchants went
on a tour to Antwerp to explore the possibility of trade when
the Indian X trade sector suffered a slump after the India-China
war in 1962. Palanpuri Jains realised the need for cutting and
polishing dust X which could be fulfilled by X cutters in Surat.
• Which Gujrati Community are we talking about?

68. A N S W E R
• X-Diamonds

69. Q 3 0
What name connects these five locations? What is the missing
location?
New York: 1951-
Venice: 1980-
Bilbao: 1997 -
Berlin: (1997-2013)
Abu Dhabi: (estimated 2017)

70. A N S W E R
• Guggenheim Museums

71. Q 3 1
This quintessential summer cocktail from the Caribbean comes in
three chief styles—Guyanese, Barbadian, and Trinidadian. The
name of the cocktail may be familiar to most people because of
an equipment that was originally used in its preparation. The
original X were created in the 18th century at a rum plantation in
the West Indies. They were used to stir up Bermudian cocktails
called Rum Xs and were made from the branch of a plant. In the
late 19th and early 20th centuries, stir sticks made of glass were
created to shake out the bubbles from champagne, whose
carbonation caused indigestion for some drinkers.
X Please
Pic in Next Slide….

73. A N S W E R
• Swizzle Sticks

74. Q 3 2
The following is the list of places, which weren’t
selected in an elite list of 50(may increase in the future):
Superior
Delmarva
Absaroka
Scott
Transylvania
Westsylvania
Deseret
Nickajack.

75. A N S W E R
• These were the states of United States, which
were proposed but didn’t make the cut.

76. Q 3 3 *
• The ___________ Route (German: Deutsche Märchen Straße) is a
tourist attraction in Germany originally established in 1975. With a
length of 600 kilometres (370 mi), the route runs from Hanau in
central Germany to Bremen in the north. Tourist attractions along
the route are focussed around the brothers Wilhelm and Jacob,
including locations where they lived and worked at various stages
in their life, as well as regions which are linked to the fairy tales
found in the X collection, such as The Town Musicians of Bremen.
The Verein Deutsche Märchenstraße society, headquartered in the
city of Kassel, is responsible for the route, which travellers can
recognize with the help of road signs depicting the heart-shaped
head of a pretty, fairylike creature.
Pic in Next Slide….

78. A N S W E R
• Grimm Brothers or The German Fairy Tale Route

79. Q 3 4
• The Son of a Migrant from Syria is a 2015 mural by graffiti
artist X. The mural is located in the Calais jungle, a nickname
for the encampment near Calais, France, where migrants live
as they attempt to enter the United Kingdom. The artwork
depicts Y, the son of a Syrian migrant to the United States,
as a traveling migrant. In a rare public statement Banksy
said: "We're often led to believe migration is a drain on the
country's resources, but Y was the son of a Syrian migrant.
____ is the world's most profitable company, it pays over
$7bn a year in taxes – and it only exists because they
allowed in a young man from Homs."

80. A N S W E R

81. Q 3 5
• X Street: famous for Designer Sarees and Salwars, Steel products (near
Ekamparameshvarar temple), Chaat shops and eateries, Jewellery shops, and
Jain temples
• Y Street: famous for plastic products—chairs, tables, trays, tumblers, cups,
gift articles; decorative lights, household articles, disposable cups, plates,
spoons, decorative items, pens, etc.
• Z Street: famous for artistic bangles, plastic bangles, glass bangles, all types
of bangle varieties
• W Street: famous for imported items including candies and chocolates,
electronic items like calculator, music systems, batteries, kids bicycles, shirts,
trousers, shoes, etc.
• W,X,Y,Z are the 4 most prominent streets of an area, S. The word S when
translated to Hindi vaguely means, “moneylender”

82. A N S W E R
• W->Kasi Chetty
• X->Mint
• Y->Narayana Mudali Street
• Z->Perumal Mudali Street
• S->Sowcarpet.

83. Q 3 6
• The X is an expanse of seawater which forms a westward
continuation of the Beagle Channel and links it to the
Pacific Ocean at Londonderry Island and Stewart Island, not
far from the southern tip of South America. It thus forms a
navigable link across Tierra del Fuego between the Pacific
and Atlantic Oceans as an alternative to going round the
hazardous rocky headland of Cape Horn. It was given the
name X during the Voyage of the Beagle by HMS Beagle's
captain Robert FitzRoy after Charles Darwin's prompt
action, with others, saved them from being marooned.

85. A N S W E R
• Darwin Sound

86. Q 3 7 *
Why were the following changes introduced for a
completely Non-Scientific reason?
In the 17th century, The Bishop of Quebec declared
the beaver a fish while the Capybara was declared a
fish in Venezuela.
Lizards and Iguanas are conveniently considered
fish by Nicaraguans.
As recently as 2010, the Archbishop of New Orleans
declared the Alligator a fish.

87. A N S W E R
Meat other than fish is not allowed for consumption by
the Catholic Church during the Lenten feast.
These reclassifications allow those following the church
to consume these meats without guilt.

88. Q 3 8
What connection do these have?
Spanish Steps : Bulgari
Trevi : Fendi
Colosseum : Tods
Rialto Bridge : Diesel
Solomeo, Umbria : Brunello Cucinelli

89. A N S W E R
As the Italian government cannot afford
to maintain these structures, their
maintenance costs are being taken care
of by these respective companies.

90. Q 3 9
Where can you find these door handles?

91. A N S W E R
The UN office – Palais de Nations was originally
built for the League of Nations, and all the door
handles retain the League’s insignia.

92. Q 4 0
The following images are from a photo essay by
Ignacio Evangelista titled “After ________”. FITB.

98. A N S W E R
Schengen – these are all abandoned border
stations.

99. Q 4 1
Where would you find these flowers?
“The right one grew up, split into 2 stems to have
2 flowers connected each other, having 4 stems of
flower tied belt-like. The left one has 4 stems grew
up to be tied to each other and it had the ring-
shaped flower. The atmospheric dose is 0.5 μSv/h
at 1m above the ground.”

101. A N S W E R
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bomb Drop

102. Q 4 2

103. A N S W E R
• Frankenstein