Travel and Living - Finals

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Travel and Living

Tarun 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Mayonnaise, from Mahon in Menorca(Spain)

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.

Bombay Duck

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.

Peking Duck(Peking the old name of Beijing)

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.

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

grown)

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.

Long Island Iced Tea

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.

Jamaican patty

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.

Champagne

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.

Bolognese sauce

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

Manhattan (cocktail)

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.

Singapore Sling

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?

Ans. 01

Cape Town and Cairo

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

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?

Ans. 03

Qn. 04

Connect the following buildings:

Contnd…

Qn. 04(Contnd…)

Ans. 04

Buildings designed by Le Corbusier

• Governor’s palace,

Chandigarh

• UN Headquarters, New

• 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.

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 fast-

food restaurant. Whereas in Europe, X designates top-quality

(and top-price) foodstuffs and stores.

What is X?

Ans. 06

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?

Ans. 08

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.

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?

Ans. 09

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?

Ans. 10

Brasilia

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?

Ans. 13

Valley of the Kings

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.

Ans. 14

Wasabi

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.

Sample

•Exchange sheets. Answers follow.

Ans. 1

White House

Ans. 2

Sydney Opera House

Ans. 3

Central Park

Ans. 4

Angkor Vat

Ans. 5

The Colloseum

Ans. 6

Golden Gate Bridge

Ans. 7

St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican City

Ans. 8

Burj al Arab

Ans. 9

Niagra Falls

Ans. 10

India Gate

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.

Ans. 15

Danube

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. 19

Meteora

Qn. 20

Id the cocktail

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?

Ans. 21

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.

Ans. 23

Azerbaijan

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?

Ans. 24

MOSE Project

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?

Ans. 26

Pound 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. 27(Contnd…)

Ans. 27

Qn. 28

Where would you hear the following songs, among others,

being played?

Ans. 28

Songs played at the Bellagio fountains.

THANK YOU!

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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