The document provides information about a quiz game that asks questions about locations around the world. It begins with rules for the game, stating there are 41 questions starting in India and traveling around the world. It notes that some questions involve identifying locations from photographs taken by an environmental artist. The questions then begin, asking the participant to identify places, countries, landmarks, and other details about locations globally.

1. Around the World in
80 Mins
BY PARTHIBEN

2. Rules

We have 41 questions which starts from India and travel
around the world.

Question Nos. 3, 7, 9, 24, 27, 29 are photographs from
‗Earth From Above‘ . (Explained Next Slide)

All questions are open on ponce/bounce.
2

3. Earth From Above

Earth From Above is a breathtaking collection of
large-scale aerial photography by worldrenowned, French environmental artist, Yann
Arthus-Bertrand.
3

4. 1. Identify the place

Its one of the most exciting tourist spots in Western Ghats and its
also part of ―Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary (IGWS) ‖ and ―Indira
Gandhi National Park (IGNP)‖. Its located at an altitude of 800
meters in the border of Kerala and Tamil Nadu states.

The name of the place comes from the practice carried out in 19th
century, of sliding logs of teak timber down the hills that took place
in this area. Its a little hamlet in the Annamalai hills (Elephant Hills)
where teak was introduced during the British Raj. In the colonial
days, the harvested timber used to be slipped to the plains from the
hills through a narrow canal – hence the reason for its name.

The famous Tamil movie ‗Suriyan' was shot here.
4

5. Topslip
5

6. 2. Name the countries other than India
which has Tamil Language in their
currencies ?
6

7. Singapore, Mauritius, Srilanka
7

8. 3.
8
'Tsingy' translates as 'where one cannot walk', due to the hazardous formations of razor-sharp pinnacles
made from limestone which have been eroded by tropical rain.

9. Clue
9

10. Madagascar
World's largest stone forest

The Grand Tsingy may look uninhabitable, but there are thought to
be 11 species of lemur, 100 types of bird and 45 kinds of reptile living
there
10

12. 4. What cocktail made with lemon
juice, cointreau, gin and a dash of
certain color is also the name of a
luxury transport of South Africa ?
12

13. Blue Train
13

14. 5. Identify the Snake/Country
14

X Viper, found in Africa is the largest of all true vipers and also possesses the
longest fangs of any snake (up to 4 cm).

The stout body is boldly patterned with rectangles and triangles of
buff, purple, and brown, which gives the snake its velvet like appearance.
This pattern provides excellent camouflage and allows this sluggish viper to
become nearly invisible among leaves and roots of the forest floor. It‘s a
ambush (sit and wait) predator, coiled in hiding until prey comes within
range.

X is also believed to be derived from the name of an African country where
we can find these snakes.
Pic…

15. 15

16. Gabon/Gaboon viper
16

17. 6. Identify the country and the record ?

The Great Mosque in Djenné is a
World Heritage Site and one of the
most famous landmarks in Africa.
The first mosque on the site was built
around the 13th century, but the
current structure dates from 1907.

It's a model of eco-friendly and
sustainable architecture and the
entire community of Djenné takes
an active role in the mosque's
maintenance via a unique annual
festival.
17

18. World‘s largest mud brick / adobe
building in Mali

The people use mud from the river
for the re-plastering of the giant
Mosque and the rodier palm sticks
protruding out of the walls serve as
scaffolding.
18

19. 7. Funda
19

20. Green Dam/Wall - Algeria
A human-made ecological barrier designed to stop rapidly encroaching deserts

Great Green Wall of Africa
– Sahara

The Great Green Wall of China
– Gobi
20

22. 8. Identify the country
22

23. Cyprus
23

24. 9. Identify the place and the movie
24

25. Rooftops of the Grand
Bazaar, Istanbul, Turkey

Skyfall

Taken 2
25

26. 10. Campaign by and why ?
26

27. 27

28. 11. Identify the Country and Place
28

29. Tunnel Of Love, Ukraine

A goods train chugs through the
lush, verdant landscape of
Western Ukraine's Rivne district,
near the small town of Klevan.
Normally used to transport
wood to sawmill close by, this
idyllic 3km stretch transforms
each spring into the 'Tunnel of
Love', a walking track for
romantic couples. Local folklore
has it that whatever a young
couple wishes for here will come
true for them.
29

30. 12. Identify the upcoming event
The National Stadium in Warsaw is the largest and most
modern multifunctional arena in Poland built for the UEFA
EURO 2012. Which international event is scheduled to
happen here later this year ? (Which is also happening 2nd
time in Poland)
30

31. COP19
31

32. 13.
32

33. Neuschwanstein Castle
One of the inspiration for Disney‘s Cinderella castle

2012 - German: Freistaat Bayern (The Free State of Bavaria)
viewed from the east
33

34. 14. Identify the place & Funda
34

In midst the mystical Salzkammergut Lake Region lies X, Austria‘s
oldest village, who‘s culture dates back to the 8th century B.C.

Quite possibly the most photographed Austrian village, it‘s
visually framed by the Hallstaettersee (lake) and the massive
Dachstein mountain range. The world's oldest
known salt mine, which has been producing salt for 7,000
years, is situated in the mountain high above the village.

Fewer than 50 Chinese tourists visited X in 2005, but in 2012
thousands fly to the Austrian town. What happened in 2012
which attracted Chinese tourists ?
Pic…

35. 35

36. Hallstatt
36
Worlds first cloned village

A replica of an Austrian UNESCO heritage site, Hallstatt village, was
opened in Huizhou, South China's Guangdong province, on June 1, 2012.

The metals and mining company China Minmetals Corp spent $940 million to
build the site in the hope of attracting tourists and property investors.

37. 15. Identify the Famous Bar (X) & City (Y)
37

X in Y, opened by Giuseppe Cipriani in 1931 right on the St Mark's bay waterfront.

It‘s the birthplace of Bellinis (cocktail) and Carpaccio (dish) which are named after the
famous painters from the same city.

Some of its famous customers include

Ernest Hemingway, Charlie Chaplin

Truman Capote, Maria Callas, Woody Allen

Orson Welles, Aristotle Onassis

Peggy Guggenheim, Henry Fonda
Ernest Hemingway had his own table during his
time as a regular from 1949 and set several scenes
from his novel Across the River and into the Trees
in the bar.


38. Harry's Bar in Venice

Bellini – named after Giovanni Bellini

Carpaccio - named after Vittore Carpaccio
38

39. 16. Country ?
Torta Tre Monti
(Three Mountain Cake)
39

40. The Three Towers of San Marino

Torta Tre Monti – Cake of Three
Mountain
1. The Guaita
2. The Cesta
3. The Montale

It is similar to other layered desserts
common to San Marino, this one
being representative of The Three
Towers of San Marino
40

41. 17. Identify X,Y,Z
1)
Bilbao Rioja
-X
2)
Cape Town
- South Africa
3)
Y
- France
4)
Christchurch South island
- New Zealand
5)
Firenze
- Italy
6)
Mainz Rheinhessen
- Germany
7)
Mendoza
- Argentina
8)
Porto
-Z
9)
San Francisco Napa Valley
- US
10)
Valparaiso Casablanca Valley - Chile
41

42. The Great Wine Capitals

Enotourism refers to tourism whose purpose is or includes the tasting,
consumption or purchase of wine, often at or near the source.
Bilbao Rioja - Spain
Bordeaux - France
Porto
- Portugal
42

44. 18. Identify the phrase
44

Yorkshire is a historic county in UK and it has beaten Berlin,
London and Madrid to win the title of Europe's Leading
Destination in 2013.The prize was awarded at the World Travel
Awards in Antalya, Turkey, which are described by organisers as
the "Oscars of the travel industry".

Yorkshire is the first location other than a major city or country to
have won the Leading Destination title in the 17-year history of
the awards.

Yorkshire has sometimes been nicknamed ―_____ _____ _______ ―.

Although this phrase has been used for more than 100 years
by New Zealanders to describe their homeland, it has a proper
Indian connect.

45. God's Own County
45

46. 19. AY666 is a daily flight from
Denmark to Finland. Why was this in
news recently ?
46

47. Would you board flight 666 to HEL
on Friday the 13th?
47

48. 20. Funda
48
Hotel Kakslauttanen is Nestled in the wilderness near
Finland‘s Urho Kekkonen National Park.
 Each glass igloo is fitted with thermal glass walls and
ceilings, that insulate the interior to keep it warm and cosy at
night. The glass also contains a frost
preventative, maintaining crystal clear panoramic views
even when temperatures outside drop to -22 degrees
Fahrenheit. Fitted for two people, the igloos are small
enough to be efficiently heated without consuming too
much energy.
 What's the main reason behind using the glass in such
extreme weather ?
Pic


49. HOTEL KAKSLAUTTANEN – IGLOO VILLAGE
49

50. To view Aurora Borealis
Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) are visible from late August to late April
Although the hotel
does not
guarantee a view
of the Northern
Lights, they keep
constant watch
over the weather
conditions and ring
a signalling bell for
visitors to look to
the sky when the
phenomenon is
visible.
50

51. 21. Identify the sea route

Identify the sea route connecting Atlantic and Pacific through Artic sea,
which is made navigable by climate change.

The possibility of using the route for shipping touched off a dispute
between the United States and Canada—the United States claiming it
to be an international waterway, Canada claiming sovereignty over
much of the route.

By 2012, 135 different vessels had travelled through the route since
Norwegian Roald Amundsen‘s first successful voyage(1903-1906).

51
A trip from Tokyo to London would be,
i)
Panama Canal
- 23,000 KM
ii)
Suez Cana
- 21,000 KM
iii)
X
- 7,000 KM
Pic

52. 52

53. Northwest Passage

Roald Amundsen and his crew aboard the Gjöa.
53

55. 22. Which term ?

__________ is, in a most basic definition, sightseeing from the air.
Because there are many regions and locations in the world that are
incredible difficult, if not impossible, to reach by foot, some tourism
helicopter services offer flights to such destinations.

Mostly it involves a trip over certain area so that the passengers may
see it from above. It is especially popular in Alaska.

Air taxis are to Alaska what yellow cabs are to New York and water
taxis are to Venice. So much of Alaska is remote, that taking a flight
tour or ___________, provides a view of the state that is impossible to
get while still on the ground.
55

56. Flightseeing
56

57. 23. Where and how ?
Skycity, originally known as the "Eye of the X,‖
is a famous restaurant in Seattle which offers a
360° view of Seattle. Where is this Skycity
located and how do they provide 360° view ?
57

58. Space Needle,
Revolving Restaurant

They are originally known as ―Eye of the Needle‖ entire
restaurant moves 360 degrees at rate a 47 minutes per
revolution.

The floor revolves on a track and wheel system, which
weighs roughly 125 tons, at the rate of one revolution
each 47 minutes.
58

59. 24.
59

60. Grand Prismatic Spring
Yellowstone National Park

The largest hot spring in the United States, and the third largest in the
world.

Its colors include blue, green, yellow, orange, gold, red and brown,
and recall the rainbow dispersion of white light by an optical prism.

The vivid colors in the spring are the result of pigmented bacteria in
the microbial mats that grow around the edges of the mineral-rich
water.
60

61. 25.

_______Las Vegas is a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in
Paradise, Nevada. The 30-story hotel, owned and operated by
MGM Resorts International

The hotel is named after the city of ______(ancient Thebes) in
Egypt known as ‗World's greatest open air museum‘

The tip of the pyramid contains a fixed-position spotlight that
points directly upward and is claimed to be the brightest beam
in the world at over 42.3 billion candle power.

Engineers say that a person could read a newspaper using the
Sky Beam ten miles up.
61

62. Luxor
62

63. 26.
63

64. Cave Of Crystals, Mexico
64

65. 27. Country & Movie
65

66. Puerto Rico
Golden Eye [1995] , Contact [1997]

Arecibo Observatory - World's largest single-aperture (full dish)
telescope
66

67. 28.
67

68. 68

69. 29.
69

70. Iguazu waterfalls, Argentina and
Brazil.
70

71. 30. Identify X
X is a Spanish and Italian name derived
from Jacob, via the name of Saint
James the Greater. It give rises to two
city names in different continents.
Identify X and two city names ?
71

72. Diego

Santiago (Capital of Chile)

San Diego (California)
72

73. 31. Identify the City, Country & Islands

X, a capital city of Y, has undergone a $250m makeover in
a bid to attract more tourists who usually just stay a night on
their way to the Z Islands.

Named a UNESCO World Heritage city in 1978 for its Spanish
colonial architecture, X's churches and monuments are
being lovingly restored. It was the first city to be named
a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978. (along with Kraków,
Poland)

Y‘s species diversity makes it one of the 17 megadiverse
countries in the world. The new constitution of 2008 is the first
in the world to recognize legally enforceable Rights of
Nature, or ecosystem rights.
73

74. 74
X – Quito
Y – Ecuador
Z – Galapagos Islands

76. 32. Connect
76

77. Hawaii
Nene / Hawaiian
Goose
77
Mauna Kea Observatories
Born in Honolulu

78. 33. What word was brought to
Europe by the British explorer James
Cook, when he returned in 1771 from
his first voyage to Tahiti ?
78

79. Tattoo

The word "tattoo" was brought to Europe by the explorer James
Cook. In his narrative of the voyage, he refers to an operation called
"tattaw". Before this it had been described as scarring, painting, or
staining.
79

80. 34. What is the geographic
connection between the province
Nova Scotia in Canada and French
New Caledonia in the Pacific
Ocean?
80

81. Both means New Scotland

The Romans labeled Scotland as Caledonia

Nova Scotia means New Scotland in Latin
81

82. 35. FITB
82
The main marketing tool of Tourism New Zealand is the award-winning
"100% Pure New Zealand" campaign, which had its ten-year anniversary in 2009.


In 2012, to coincide with the release of X, Tourism New Zealand launched a modified
version of the campaign, known as "100% __________, 100% Pure New Zealand."

This iteration of the campaign was recognized in the 2012 World Travel Awards and
won the ‗World's Leading Destination Marketing Campaign 2012‘

83. 83

The campaign encourages Tolkien tourism

Like the Lord of the Rings film series, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey(2012)
was filmed in New Zealand.

84. 36. Identify the controversial tourism
campaign by Australia?
An advertisement was
produced to promote the
Nine Network's television
coverage of the 2006-07
Ashes series, in the style of
controversial tourism ad
but on a cricketing theme
Ashes Version
84

85. So where the bloody hell are you?
85

86. 37. What's the reason behind the
‗Kobe Luminarie‘ festival ?

Kobe Luminarie is a famous
light festival held in Kobe, Japan,
every December since 1995. Though
it was only supposed to take place
once, strong popularity and demand
from citizens encouraged the
continuation of luminaire to become
an annual event.

Why was this festival started ?
86

87. Kobe earthquake
87

The Great Hanshin earthquake, or Kobe earthquake hit Japan on
17th Jan, 1995.

To pay tribute to the thousands who perished and to give hope to
the surviving citizens, Kobe Luminarie, a light festival was put on that
year, in December. After the earthquake, Kobe was without lights
and was plunged into darkness, so the first Luminarie was meant to
light up the city and to give the people of Kobe hope that their city
could, one day, be restored.

88. 38.
88

89. 'Rare Page' campaign
by WWF + Odnoklassniki (Russian social network)

This conservation campaign replaces the
standard '404 page not found' error pages
with an endangered species selected from
the International Union for Conservation of
Nature (IUCN) ‗Red List‘ such as the snow
leopard, polar bear and gray whale.

The campaign is planned to illustrate the
possible extinction of the species, much like
the extinct web link the web user was trying
to find, and a link will be included to direct
the user to a donation page for the cause.
89

90. 39. Qinghai Tibet Rail
90

The trip from Beijing to Lhasa takes roughly two days via Qinghai Tibet Rail, which
is better way than travelling by airways.

While travelling you would come across something in the train which is shown in
the pic.

What's its purpose ?

91. Oxygen outlets, Altitude Sickness

The Qinghai-Tibet railway train cars are equipped with two ways to deliver
oxygen.
1.
Oxygen is pumped in when the train reaches the higher altitudes, raising the
concentration of oxygen in the air from the normal 21% to about 25%.
2.
There are oxygen outlets that individuals can plug into with a tube fitted with a
nosepiece.
91

92. 40. Identify the place
92

93. Taj Mahal
93

94. 41. Identify the city
94

95. Pondicherry
95

97. Thank You !!!
97

98. Teasers
98

99. 1. Where can we find the use of
Nordic gold ?

Nordic gold is the gold-coloured copper alloy.

Its composition is 89% copper, 5% aluminium, 5% zinc, and 1% tin.

It contains no gold and its colour and weight are quite unlike pure
gold.

It is non-allergenic; its other advantages include antimicrobial
action, and resistance to tarnishing.
99

100. Euro Coins

The middle three denominations of Euro coins, 50 cent, 20 cent, and
10 cent coins are made.
100

101. 2. Named after the Netherlands
province by a Dutch explorer Abel
Tasman, it‘s a country free from
nuclear power plant although it‘s
home to the father of nuclear
physics. Identify the country.
101

102. New Zealand

New Zealander and Nobel Prize Winner, Ernest Rutherford is known
as the father of nuclear physics for his orbital theory of the atom.
102

103. 3. Give X and Y

The origin of ___X___ company‘s name was a mistake. The founders Tony
and Maureen Wheeler were listening to Joe Cocker's song Space
Captain, which starts out with these lyrics:
Once while travelling across the sky
This ___Y___ caught my eye
And being curious I flew close by
And now I'm caught here
Until I die...

They misheard the ‗Y' line as ‗X', and when time came to name their
guidebook company, it stuck.
103

104. X – Lonely Planet
Y – Lovely Planet

They misheard the 'lovely planet' line as 'lonely planet'

Once while travelling across the sky
This lovely planet caught my eye
And being curious I flew close by
And now I'm caught here
Until I die...
104

105. 4. Identify the act
105

The _______ Islands Act is federal legislation passed by the U.S. Congress that enables
citizens of the U.S.to take possession of islands containing _______ deposits.

“ Whenever any citizen of the United States discovers a deposit of ________ on any
island, rock, key, not within the lawful jurisdiction of any other government, and not
occupied by the citizens of any other government, and takes peaceable possession
thereof, and occupies the same, such island, rock, or key may, at the discretion of the
President, be considered as appertaining to the United States.”
- ________ Island Act of 1856

In 1964, Leicester Hemingway, brother of author Ernest Hemingway, attempted to
establish a country dubbed the Republic of New Atlantis, on an 8 x 30 foot bamboo raft
anchored with an engine block outside the territorial waters of Jamaica, using this act
as part of a claim to sovereignty. His apparent intention was to use the new country as
the headquarters for his own International Marine Research Society, with which he
planned to further marine research, as well as to protect Jamaican fishing. His claim
was never recognized by either the USA or Jamaica, and the raft was destroyed in a
storm in 1966.

106. Guano Island Act

Guano is the excrement of birds, cave-dwelling bats.

Even though more than 100 islands have been claimed for the U.S.
under the Guano Islands Act, most are no longer considered United
States territory.
106

107. 5. ‗THE ROBERT WAN PEARL MUSEUM‘
is world‘s first and only museum
devoted to pearls. Its located in
which island ?

107

108. Tahiti, French Polynesia
108

109. 6. List Of ?
United Kingdom
Bulgaria
Czech Rep.
Denmark
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Romania
Sweden
109

110. European countries who don't use Euro
110

111. 7. Below is the exhaustive list of
countries which lack which facility ?

Monaco

Liechtenstein

Andorra

San Marino

Vatican City
111

112. Countries without Airport
112

113. 8.
113

114. Pierre de Coubertin, France

2013 - 150th anniversary of the birth of Pierre de Coubertin
114

115. 9. With respect to Hotel terminology
what does AP, EP, CP & MAP means?
115

116. 116

American Plan (AP)
= Meals are included (3 Meals)

Modified American Plan (MAP)
= Breakfast and either Lunch or Dinner included. (2 Meals)

Continental Plan (CP)
= Continental Breakfast (1 Meal)

European Plan (EP)
= No meal.