An inter house Geography quiz was conducted by QuriousU on the 8th of December, 2016. For hosting quiz shows, contact 095656 58766

1. AN INTER HOUSE CONTEST
GLOBE PROBE-
THE GEOGRAPHY QUIZ
Researched and
Conducted by-
Saqib Javed

2. ROUND 1

3. • 4 questions based on origin of geographical
terms.
• +10 on a direct.
• +10 on pass.
• No negatives.
ETYMOLOGY ROUND

4. AUDIENCE QUESTION

5. WHAT TERM IS BEING TALKED ABOUT?
The word X is derived from the name of
_________, a X island in the Aeolian Islands of Italy
whose name in turn comes from the god of fire
in Roman mythology.

7. VOLCANO

8. Q1. WHAT TERM IS BEING TALKED ABOUT?
This term comes from the
figure in classical antiquity, the
elder of the Titans in
classical Greek mythology,
believed by the ancient
Greeks and Romans to be the
divine personification of
the sea, an enormous river
encircling the world.

10. OCEAN

11. • This term has derived from
the Ancient Greek meaning
neck.
• Metro Manila in
the Philippines is situated
on X.
Q2. WHAT TERM IS BEING TALKED ABOUT?

13. ISTHMUS

14. • XY was named because when the Sun reaches the zenith at this
latitude at the June solstice , it is entering the astrological sign of
_______. Around 2000 years ago, when it was named, the Sun was
also in the direction of the constellation ______ which is derived
from a Latin term for crab.
• XZ when it was named about 2,000 years ago, the sun was in the
direction of the constellation ________ which is derived from
Latin for goat horn. This was during the December solstice.
• The word “X" itself comes from a Greek word , meaning turn,
change in direction or circumstances, referring to the fact that
the sun appears to "turn back" at the solstices.
Q3. WHICH TWO TERMS ARE BEING TALKED
ABOUT?

16. • According to International Astronomical
Union boundaries, the Sun now is in Taurus at this
time.(June solstice)
• In modern times, the sun appears in the
constellation Sagittarius during this time. (December
solstice)
• The change is due to precession of the equinoxes.
TROPIC OF CANCER
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN

18. Q4. WHAT THAT WE USE SOMETIMES IS BEING TALKED
ABOUT?
• Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is considered to be the first true
X. Written by Abraham Ortelius, and it was originally printed
on May 20, 1570, in Antwerp.
• The use of the word X in a geographical context dates from
1595 when the geographer Gerardus Mercator published X or
cosmographical meditations upon the creation of the universe,
and the universe as created.
• This title provides Mercator's definition of the word as a
description of the creation and form of the whole universe,
not simply something we know it is used for.

21. ATLAS

22. ROUND 2

23. • 10 questions based on the geography of India .
• +15/-10 on infinite pounce.
• Infinite bounce
• +10 on a direct.
• +10 on pass.
• No negatives on direct/pass.
KNOW YOUR COUNTRY

24. AUDIENCE QUESTION

25. Q. IDENTIFY THIS STATE WHICH WAS ONCE
A KINGDOM?
• The Kingdom of X was a hereditary monarchy from 1642 to 16
May 1975 in the Eastern Himalayas.
• It was ruled by Chogyal Kings.

27. SIKKIM

29. Q1. WHAT IS BEING TALKED ABOUT?
• The Sharavati, flowing over a very rocky bed about 250 yards
(230 m) wide, here reaches a tremendous chasm, 290 m (960 ft)
deep, and the water comes down in four distinct _____.
• The Raja pours in one unbroken column sheer to the depth of
830ft.
• Halfway down it is encountered by the Roarer, which
precipitates itself into a vast cup.
• The Rocket, shoots downwards in a series of jets.
• While the fourth, the Rani, moves quietly over the mountain
side in a sheet of foam.

31. JOG FALLS

32. Q2. CONNECT. IDENITFY THE MISSING PART.
• Indira Col
• Kibithu
• Guhar Moti, Sir Creek.

34. EXTREME POINTS OF INDIA.
INDIRA POINT.

35. Q3. WHICH CITY IS BEING TALKED ABOUT?(PIC)
This city is also known as "Blue City" because of the blue colours
that decorate many of the houses in the old city area.
The city also houses a fort at which shooting for Dark Knight Rises
took place.

38. JODHPUR

39. Q4. IDENTIFY THIS TOWN?
• It is often called
‘The Gateway
to Ladakh’.
• The town shot into
prominence in the
summer of 1999
following Pakistani
army incursions
into Jammu and
Kashmir.

41. DRASS

42. Q5. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS
CORRIDOR/WHAT IS POPULARLY KNOWN
AS?
• This is a narrow stretch of land, located in the Indian state
of West Bengal, that connects India's northeastern states to
the rest of India, with the countries
of Nepal and Bangladesh lying on either side of the
corridor.
• The kingdom of Bhutan lies on the northern side of the
corridor.

45. SILIGURI CORRIDOR/
CHICKEN’S NECK

46. Q6. WHERE DOES IT FINALLY END IN DELHI?
• The Aravali Range which literally means a 'line of peaks' is a
range of mountains in western India running approximately
692 km (430 mi) in a northeastern direction across the Indian
states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Haryana, ending in Delhi.
• The Aravalli range are the oldest fold mountains in India.
• The famous Delhi Ridge is the last leg of the Aravalli
Range, which traverses through South Delhi and terminates
into Central Delhi where X is its last extension.

48. RAISINA HILL

49. Q7. WHERE IS THIS SITUATED?
• The shown picture is of India’s first floating Post office.
• It was inaugurated by Minister of State for Communications
and IT Mr. Sachin Pilot and Chief Minister of Jammu and
Kashmir Mr. Omar Abdullah on August 22th 2011.
• This innovation by India Post is the star attraction for the
tourists visiting the lake. Besides offering normal services,
the place has philately museum and a shop that sells postage
stamps and other products.

52. DAL LAKE

53. Q8. IDENITFY THE MOUNTAIN PEAK?
Also named after him.
The name Chogori, derived from
two Balti words, chhogo("big")
and ri ("mountain") been suggested as
a local name.

55. K2/
MOUNT GODWIN AUSTIN

56. Q9. ON WHICH TWO INDIAN CITIES ARE THESE
BOOKS BASED ON?

58. DELHI AND MUMBAI

59. Q10. WHICH TWO VERY IMPORTANT FEATURES HAVE
BEEN NAMED AFTER THESE GENTLEMEN?
CYRIL HENRY

61. THE INDIA PAKISTAN BORDER IS CALLED
THE RADCLIFFE LINE.
THE INDIA CHINA BORDER IS CALLED THE
MCMAHON LINE.

62. ROUND 3

63. • 4 questions
• +10 on a direct.
• +10 on pass.
• No negatives.
AUDIO VISUAL

64. AUDIENCE QUESTION

65. Q. EASY ONE. IDENTIFY THE MOUNTAIN
SHOWN IN THE VIDEO.

67. MOUNT RUSHMORE

68. Q1. IDENITFY THE LAKE SHOWN IN THE
BACKGROUND IN THE LAST SCENE OF A VERY
POPULAR FILM?

70. Pangong Lake might not necessarily ring a bell!
PANGONG LAKE

71. Q2. IDENTFY THIS?
• It’s not only Manali that Indian filmmakers have picked a
fancy for.
• In fact, there are a lot of geographical marvels in the
periphery of Manali which have been finding a lot of
screen space these days and one such place is X.
• X means a pile of corpses.

73. Rohtang Paas, Himachal Pradesh

74. Q3. WHAT’S BEING SHOWN IN THE
VIDEO?

76. THE GRAND CANYON

77. Q4. WHAT WAS THE LAKE RENAMED TO AFTER THE
SHOOTING OF THIS MOVIE?
• The Shungetser Lake in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang
district was unofficially renamed by tour guides as X lake.
• The song “Tanhai Tanhai” in from 1996 film ‘Koyla’
was shot here.

79. Renamed Madhuri Lake after Madhuri Dixit.

80. ROUND 4

81. • 8 questions based on World Geography.
• +10 on a direct.
• +10 on pass.
• No negatives.
AROUND THE
WORLD

82. AUDIENCE QUESTION
Which is the largest of the five Great
Lakes of North America?

83. Q1. IDENTIFY THE TWO COUNTRIES THAT
SHARE THIS INTERNATIONAL BORDER?

85. NETHERLANDS AND
BELGIUM

86. Q2. IDENTIFY X?
• The X is the deepest known point in
the Earth's seabed hydrosphere, with a depth of 10,898 to
10,916m by direct measurement from submersibles, and slightly more
by sonar bathymetry.
• It is in the Pacific Ocean, at the southern end of the Mariana
Trench near the Mariana Islands group.
• The depression is named after the British Royal Navy survey
ship HMS _________, whose expedition of 1872–1876 made the
first recordings of its depth.

88. CHALLENGER DEEP

89. Q3. WHICH CONSTELLATION IS SHOWN IN THE FLAGS?
The flags contain a
representation of
a constellation, made
up of five white stars –
one small five-pointed
star and four, larger,
seven-pointed stars.

91. SOUTHERN CROSS

92. Q4. IDENTIFY X AND Y?
• The name X originates from Spanish, meaning "the little girl",
analogous to Y meaning "the little boy”.
• During a period of X, the sea surface temperature across the
equatorial Eastern Central Pacific Ocean will be lower than
normal by 3 to 5 °C
• Y is associated with a band of warm ocean water that develops
in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific (between
approximately the International Date Line and 120°W),
including off the Pacific coast of South America.

94. X- LA NINA
Y- EL NINO

95. Q5. WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THE LOCATION OF THESE
MONUMENTS/WHAT IS COMMON TO THEIR NAMES?
Indonesia

97. EQUATOR MONUMENTS/
THEY LIE ON THE EQUATOR

98. Q6. WHAT IS BEING TALKED
ABOUT?
• It is derived from the Tswana word Kgala, meaning "the great
thirst", or from a word , meaning "a waterless place", the X has
vast areas covered by red sand without any permanent surface
water.
• The only permanent river, the Okavango, flows into a delta in
the northwest, forming marshes that are rich in wildlife.

100. KALAHARI DESERT

101. Q7. IDENTIFY THE FIVE GRASSLANDS?
Grasslands are called different names in different
parts of the world.

103. STEPPES’ IN ASIA; ‘PRAIRIES’ IN NORTH AMERICA;
‘PAMPAS’, ‘LLANOS’ AND ‘CERRADOS’ IN SOUTH AMERICA;
‘SAVANNAS’ AND ‘VELDS’ IN AFRICA; AND ‘RANGELANDS’
IN AUSTRALIA.

104. Q8. WHAT’S BEING SHOWN IN
THE IMAGE?(BASS VERSION)

106. SEVEN SUMMITS/
THE HIGHEST PEAK IN THE
SEVEN CONTINENTS

107. AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Explorers Grand Slam is an adventurers challenge in
which explorers have to reach climb the Seven Summits i.e.
the highest peak on every continent and reach two other
places. Which two places would complete this grand slam?

108. ROUND 5

109. • 5 questions based on Australia.
• Infinite pounce and bounce
• +15/-10 on pounce
AUSTRALIAN SAFARI

110. • This term is a colloquialism which is variously construed to
refer to Australia, New Zealand, and other countries
in Australasia.
• The term comes from the fact that nearly all of these
countries are in the Southern Hemisphere, 'below' many
other countries on the globe.
• This term is often used when India plays cricket in Australia.
Q1. WHAT TERM IS THIS HEARD WHENEVER INDIA PLAYS
CRICKET IN AUSTRALIA?

112. DOWN UNDER

113. • This lake was named by the explorer Frank Hann in 1897.
• Hann was in the area exploring the east Pilbara, around Rudall
River. He noticed creeks in the area flowed inland, and
followed them, expecting to find a large fresh water lake.
To his __________, the lake turned out to be salted, and
subsequently it was named ______________.
• The 33,000-hectare lake typically is dry except during very wet
periods such as the 1900 floods and in many recent tropical
wet seasons since 1967. It lies on the Tropic of Capricorn.
Q2. WHAT WAS THE NAME GIVEN TO THIS LAKE?

116. LAKE DISAPPOINTMENT

117. • Yoga Australia is a voluntary,
not-for-profit association,
incorporated in 1999.
• Originally founded by a group
of independent yoga teachers
who recognised the need to
bring yoga teachers together
from all different traditions,
styles and backgrounds, to
provide mutual support and
professional recognition of yoga
in Australia.
Q3. WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT THE LOGO OF THIS
ASSOCIATION?

119. THE MAP OF AUSTRALIA IS HIDDEN IN
THE LOGO.

120. Q4. WHERE IS THIS POST OFFICE LOCATED?

122. GREAT BARRIER REEF

123. Q5. THIS IS THE AUSTRALIAN COAT OF ARMS.
IDENTIFY THE BIRD SHOWN?

125. EMU

126. Which is the only capital city in the
world to be located on two continents?
AUDIENCE QUESTION

127. ROUND 6

128. • 4 topics to choose from
• One question per team
• The team with the lowest score gets to choose first.
• You decide how much you want to play for.
• You get double of the number of points you play for.
• You will the same negative for
• Max gamble +30
• Min gamble +5
• You cannot gamble formore than your score.
TAKE A CHANCE

129. CAPITAL CITIES
TAKE YOUR PICK
INDIAN NATIONAL PARKS
SOMETHING WITH A
GEOGRAPHICAL RECORD
TRY YOUR LUCK

130. Q. WHAT CONNECTS ALL THESE?
THINK OF AN IMPORTANT GEOGRAPHICAL
RECORD.
• A member of a legendary race of female warriors
believed by the ancient Greeks to exist in Scythia or
elsewhere on the edge of the known world.
• A parrot, typically green, found in Central and South
America.

132. AMAZON

134. Q. IDENTIFY THE CAPITAL CITY?
• X is a word meaning "a village situated on a stream” and a part of
Y meaning "island", a reference to the area's landscape which was
carved by rivers and canals.
• The name translates as:
• City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of the nine
gems, seat of the king, city of royal palaces, home of gods incarnate,
erected by Vishvakarman at Indra's behest.
• The name is listed in Guinness World Records as the world's longest
place name.
• Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya
Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom
Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit
Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit

136. BANGKOK

138. Q. IDENTIFY THE NATIONAL PARK?
• According to one legend, a girl named Y, from a nearby village,
and a youth named X, from Karbi Anglong, fell in love. This
match was not acceptable to their families, and the couple
disappeared into the forest, never to be seen again, and the forest
was named after them.
• According to another legend, Srimanta Sankardeva, the sixteenth
century Vaisnava saint-scholar, once blessed a childless couple, A
and B, and asked them to dig a big pond in the region so that
their name would live on.
• It could mean the "Land of red goats (Deer)", as the word A
in the Karbi language means "goat", and B means "red“.

140. KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK

142. Lonar Lake is a saline soda lake located at Lonar in Buldhana
district, Maharashtra, India.
Q. WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT
THIS LAKE?

144. IT IS A CRATER LAKE.
FORMED WHEN A METEORITE HIT THE
EARTH.

145. THANK YOU!!