Travel Quest Select QuestionsCity Finals- Coimbatore Season 2

PRELIMS OF THE CITY FINALS

• Tai Lung is a character that appears in Kung Fu Panda. It is also the state animal of Himachal Pradesh and national animal of Afghanistan and Pakistan. What animal is this?

SNOW LEOPARD

• Which flag is described as a “red flag with a golden star” and has QUYET THANG meaning determined to win on the upper left corner written.

VIETNAM’S FLAG

• Which North American country has dances such as Cha- Cha- Cha, Mambo and Danzon- Mexico or Cuba?

CUBA

Which country in South America gets it’s name from a imaginary geographical line?

ECUADOR

• This is an image of a famous train route that has come in many Agatha Christie novels and is The _____ Express. The 6 letter dash (____) is another name we use for China.

ORIENT EXPRESS

• This is a statue of a famous personality at Vevey, Switzerland where he has said to have lived after he was denied entry into the United States of America. Identify this person.

CHARLIE CHAPLIN

• Which country is home to the European Central Bank and boasts of dishes such as Bartakrofflen, Bratwurst, Rouledan and Sauerkrat.

• Clue: Thomas Muller is from this country.

GERMANY

For the construction of which temporary structure is this design used?

TREE HOUSE

Which country’s national attire is this?

NEPAL

This is a ramen museum found in which country?

Japan

Finals of the City Finals:

• Ken Allen, an orangutan at the ______ Zoo in USA was one of the most popular animals for it’s escape from enclosures and was nick named Hairy Houdini. Which zoo is this?

San Diego

• This monument in New Jersey, USA called the Teardrop was given by a country to the USA on the occasion of the 9/11 attacks “to fight world terrorism”. Which country in question is this.

Russia

• The _______ is a building in Brussels originally constructed for Expo 58, the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. It gets it’s name from the smallest particle in the universe. What is it’s name? (Picture on next page)

• (Hint: If from herb, you get herbarium then from the smallest particle you get <smallest particle>mium)

Atomium

This restaurant is “Le Jules Vernes” located in a famous place giving a panaromic view of the city it is in. What place is it located in? (I need a specific place answer not just city)

(Picture in next slide)

Eiffel Tower, Paris

• This is the T Express and is a roller coaster in a South Korean Theme Park- Everland. What is so special about this?

• It’s a wooden rollercoaster

Identify this logo of a famous tourist spot

• Ferrari World, Abu Dhabi

Identify what this ironic travel related place is from this cropped picture

Hollywood Sign

Identify what this ironic travel related place is from this cropped picture

• Leaning Tower of PISA• (PS. I gave it easier than the quiz)

Identify this place in India

• It literally means “the land where the Kemhi flower grows”

• It is host to the Tawang Festival.

Kohima