Qriosity2014 World Quiz

Rules of the Game
• 25 questions
• Questions 1, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 are starred and would be
used to break a tie
• Top 8 teams would make it to the finals

1*
Memorial to whom and in which city?

2
The Loxodonta africana, Diceros bicornis, Syncerus caffer,
Panthera leo and Panthera pardus are collectively known as
what?

3
• It is a baked cream-rich custard, topped with a sugar crust
caramelised under a very high heat. It has been associated,
since at least the late 19th Century, with Trinity College,
Cambridge, where the college arms are customarily
impressed on top of the cream with a branding iron.
• Which famous dish is being talked about?

4
• The name derives from the Tupi Indian word meaning
Guacamaya, Brazil`s colorfully-plumed macaw. Which river
gets its name thus?

5*
The song was originally commissioned
by Lieutenant Governor Théodore
Robitaille for the 1880 Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Day ceremony; Calixa Lavallée wrote the music
as a setting of a patriotic poem composed by
poet and judge Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier.
Which song?

6
• What is also known by its aboriginal name ‘Uluru’ and is a
sacred part of Aboriginal creation mythology?

7
Identify this great explorer

8
What is located at 6° 45' 20" N and 93° 49' 43" E?

9
As per the online etymology dictionary, the word is derived
from words in various languages meaning "of the north”. The
greek word for bear is also believed to be an origin for it.
What are we talking about?

10*
Where is this and what is being depicted?

1111. This Google Doodle came out on 6th October, 2014 celebrating
the 100th birthday of a renowned ethnographer and adventurer.
• Who am I talking about?

12. This illustration depicts the
evolution of what?

13.This is an island located in the Tyrrhenian Sea, on the south side of the Gulf
of Naples. It is a popular tourist destination for both Italians and foreigners.
The island gave it’s name to something that got introduced in 1948, rose to
popularity in 50s & 60s and is still pretty much in vogue. Most of us know this
island because of that entity. So give me either the name of this island or the
entity.

14. According to popular theory, which capital city is said to have got
it’s name from the presiding deity of this ‘national’ temple?

15. Famous for other reasons, the author of this memoir was also an
excellent writer. Name her.

16. Piet Mondrain moved to __________ in 1940 after the outbreak
of World War II. Inspired by the iconic grid layout of this city’s streets
and it’s improvisational music style, he made this painting (in 1943).
Either name the painting or the city.

17. You will find this sculpture near the Allied Museum, in Clayallee.
What does it depict?

18. Takht-e Jamshid, aka Chehel Minar was
the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid
Empire (ca. 550–330 BC). Situated in the
Fars Province in Iran, by what name do we
better know this World Heritage Site?

19. Vasco da Gama landed on the coast of Africa in 1497 on his way
to India on his first voyage. What did he name the area to
commemorate both a famous birth and the date of his landing there?

20. Built in 1092 by King Mahipala of the Kachchhapaghata dynasty,
this Gwalior temple was named after a depiction of Lord Vishnu with
his thousand hands. Later with the addition of another temple
alongside, the temple(s) acquired an interesting name that jokingly
pertains to a particular TV soap category.
What name?

21.‘Bayanihan’ is a term used by the people of a particular country to refer
to a spirit of communal unity or effort to achieve a particular objective.
The origin of the term bayanihan can be traced from a common tradition
where community members volunteer to help a family move to a new
place by volunteering to transport the house to a specific location.
• Which country am I talking about?

22. Here you see an international checkpoint and a geographical
landmark rising behind it . In which country was this photo taken?

23. This is the University of al-Qarawiyyin. It has been recognized by
UNESCO and Guinness World Records as the oldest existing and
continually operating educational institution in the world. In which
city would you find it?

24. The portion marked in red is
the westernmost province of the
Netherlands. It’s etymology is
traced to the fact that it consists of
a number of islands.
• A few cities and forts owe their
names to this province.
• Which country, initially called
‘Staten Landt’, was also named
(around 1645) after this
province?

25. This is a market in Cuenca where the women are selling toquilla
reeds. These reeds or straws are primarily used to make what? And
which country is this photo taken in?

Answer
• Mother Teresa
Memorial in
Skopje,
Macedonia
• The flag shown
was of
Macedonia

Answer
Indira Point, the southernmost tip of India

Answer
• Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Bangkok
• Samudra Manthan

Answer
• International Date Line

15*. Famous for other reasons, the author of this memoir was also an
excellent writer. Name her.

Answer
• Florence Nightingale

Answer
• Broadway boogie woogie, new York city

Answer
• Sculpture by Veryl Goodnight remembers the joyous event
when the Berlin wall came down. Five wild horses are shown
jumping over the remains of the wall.

20*. Built in 1092 by King Mahipala of the Kachchhapaghata dynasty,
this Gwalior temple was named after a depiction of Lord Vishnu with
his thousand hands. Later with the addition of another temple
alongside, the temple(s) acquired an interesting name that jokingly
pertains to a particular TV soap category.
What name?

Answer
• Spain. What is shown is the Rock of Gibraltar

Rules of the Game• This is a written crossword round
• Clues will appear onscreen and the teams will have to write
the answers on the sheet given
• Total- 8 questions
• Questions are common to all teams
• +5 for every correct answer- a 10 point bonus if a team gets
all answers correct

1 Across
The name means
Dust or Dusty Place in
the Masai language.
The national park in
this place is best
known for its
flamingoes and is also
a habitat for the rhino.
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Flag of which country?
It is home to several
volcanoes like the
Concepcion and the
Maderas.
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7

2 Down
Whats his surname?
(Known to many as the
founding father of his
nation)
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His efforts inspired an
Academy award
nominated movie,
which has this country
in its name
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Identify this animal
native to Africa (Quite
a popular quiz
question)

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This city’s airport
serves as the main
hub of the airlines
shown in the visual

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7 This science fiction
movie is said to be
based on incidents in
this district in South
Africa

7 Across
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7 Which country’s
national bird?

1 Across
The name means
Dust or Dusty Place in
the Masai language.
The national park in
this place is best
known for its
flamingoes and is also
a habitat for the rhino.
N A K U R U
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volcanoes like the
Concepcion and the
Maderas.
N A K U R U
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volcanoes like the
Concepcion and the
Maderas.
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Whats his surname?
nation)
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a popular quiz
question)
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This science fiction
movie is said to be
Africa
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This science fiction
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Which country’s
national bird?
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Rules of the Game
• 8 questions
• 10 points for each correct answer
• Questions pass clockwise

1. As opposed to what it may seem, this archipelago was not named after a
small song bird of the ‘Serinus’ genus. In fact it is the other way round.
According to the historian Pliny the Elder, the archipelago got it’s name from
the Latin word for ‘dog’ because one of the islands contained "vast multitudes
of dogs of very large size“. The same is also reflected in their flag and coat of
arms.
Name this archipelago.

2. Here you see the main trading routes of a commercial and defensive
confederation of merchant guilds and their market towns that dominated trade
along the coast of Northern Europe. It stretched from the Baltic to the North
Sea and inland during the Late Middle Ages and early modern period (c. 13th to
17th centuries).
The legacy of this confederation is remembered today in several names, the
most famous of which is a German company.
Name the confederation and the company.

3. This music video was launched a few months back on the occasion
of the 20th anniversary of the original release of an album. In which
town has it been shot? And name this instrumental track.

4. This book is a personal account of
whose experiences and observations in
the Spanish Civil War?
• In a passage in the book the author
talks about the cathedral of Barcelona,
saying, “I went to have a look at the
cathedral—a modern cathedral, and
one of the most hideous buildings in
the world. It has four crenellated
spires exactly the shape of hock
bottles ... I think the Anarchists
showed bad taste in not blowing it up
... though they did hang a red and
black banner between its spires.“
• Which building was this?

• Audience : With its combined art installation and steampunk
amusement park, ‘Les Machines de L'Île’, Nantes has brought the
bizarre world of X to life, complete with a 12m-tall mechanical
elephant.
• Who is X?

5. Which country and what type of tourism does it depict?

6. Jelling is a Danish village, famous for housing a WHS that includes two 10th
century runestones, two burial mounds and a church. One stone was raised by
King Gorm and the other was raised by his son. The son is known for winning
the whole of Denmark and Norway and turning the Danes to Christianity. Name
this son, who is known for another oft-repeated reason.

7. X was an ancient city and port in Cilicia (present day Turkey). It was
founded by Greek colonists from Rhodes. The dialect of Greek spoken
by the inhabitants of X was considered to be a corrupted form of the
pure Attic dialect spoken by their Athenian colonizers. Therefore,
when referring to similar mistakes heard in the speech of Athenians,
they described them as Y.
• Y has now been generalized into much broader usage.
• Give me the term Y.

8. Marked in red in the map is a
UK county. Tell me how can you
exclusively connect a town in
this county with an Indian city
in terms of a delicacy.
Also name the county.
Clue - An alternative name of
the town is Salopia. Charles
Darwin, Charles Babbage,
Robert Clive are some of the
most notable Salopians.

1. This ‘heavenly’ landmark
was first described by Sir
Walter Raleigh in 1596. It
serves as the triple border
point of Venezuela, Brazil
and Guyana. It’s stunning
imagery and unique flora
and fauna inspired a
seminal literary work
(1912) and served as
inspiration for a location in
a much liked 2009 film.
Name this place, the book
and the film.

2. Owing to its otherworldly appearance, X has been used as a
location for filming Mars scenes, most notably in the television
series Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets. Voted the ‘most Mars-
like place on earth’, X has often been used as a site by several
international space agencies to test their Mars rovers and landers.
The driest parts of X are disappointingly lifeless and depleted in
organic materials, the chemical precursors necessary for life. Because
of its high altitude, nearly non-existent cloud cover, dry air, and lack
of light pollution and radio interference from the very widely spaced
cities, X is one of the best places in the world to conduct
astronomical observations.
• What is X?

3. This map depict the route of which expedition? And what 1803
event primarily triggered this expedition?

4. Located at the edge of the “world’s biggest mirror”, ‘Palacio de
_____’ is a very special hotel.
• So what is the “world’s biggest mirror” and what is so
special/unique about this hotel?

5. Often said to be constructed by a pre-Hispanic civilization, the Puquios are an
old system of underground aqueducts near the city of _______, Peru. Out of 36
Puquios, most are still functioning and relied upon to bring fresh water into the
arid desert. Some controversial theories asserts that the Xs actually
depict maps and pointers to the subterranean aquifers that feed these Puquios
system.
• Which city or what are the Xs?

7. A self governing British dependency came up with a series of such
commemorative coins in the 90s. The coins are now prized items among
collectors and feature images of ships sailing in the Atlantic.
• Name the dependency and say what exactly is the coin depicting?

8. Skycity is a popular restaurant in Seattle that provides a 360 degree
view of the city. Where exactly is it located? And how can you connect
this restaurant with the band you will hear.

Rules of the Game
• 8 questions
• 4 Questions pass clockwise and 4 questions pass
anticlockwise

Rules of the Game
• 8 questions
• Questions pass anticlockwise

Answer
• Waltzing Matilda
– The song was inspired by a swagman in Australia
– It was written by Banjo Paterson
– Christina Macpherson played and arranged the original version of
the song
– Banjo Paterson was inspired to write the song while on a visit to
Dagworth, Australia

2
• Identify this gentleman and his most famous
creation

Answer
• John Utzon
• Sydney Opera House (he was the architect behind its
construction initially)

3
• The mountain range was so named in 1857 by
a surveyor Alexander Garvie after seeing the
dramatic razorback mountain range in all its
glory at sunset. The highest point in the range
is the ‘Double Cone’. Name the mountain
range which bore witness to a feat worthy of
its name, this year.

4
• To all our beloved guests and friends from overseas.
On behalf of the Government and the people of X, let
me congratulate you for a mission most perfectly
accomplished. On the same behalf, I wish to thank the
Director and the staff of APTN, the BBC and the other
International media groups. I am conscious of the
many difficulties that you have to go through to make
possible the live transmission from this remote island.
Speech made by the President of X on what occasion.
Also name X

5
---- ----- is the indigenous name of the Island.
It's a volcanic island, with still two large
craters: Rano Kau and Rano Raraku.
The most characteristic cultural feature of it
are the huge moai, found all over the island.
The island was given its present name by Jacob
Roggeveen who reportedly encountered it on
5th April, 1722 (the day being significant). A
national park located on the island has been
designated a UNESCO world heritage site.
Name the national park and the island

6
• It is located between Thala Fjord & Quilty bay, east of Stornes
Peninsula approximately at 35 m above sea level. It was
commissioned on 18th March 2012. It consists of one main
building, fuel farm, fuel station, sea water pump house, a
summer camp and a number of smaller containerized
modules. What is being talked about?

7
Will I die, Will I die
Will I live, Will I live
This is the hairy man
Who brought the sun and caused it to shine
A step upward, another step upward!
A step upward, another... the Sun shines!
What is the significance of these words?

Answer
• Islands in Oceania
– Solomon Islands (King Solomon)
– Cook Islands (James Cook)
– Marshall Islands (James Marshall)
– Christmas Island

Audience : Which place is this the flag of?
• The flag is symbolic of the islanders' belief that a great debt is still
owed by the United States to the people of X. The strategic
positions of the black stars represents the effects of what 1954
event caused by the United States government?

Rules of the Game
• A total of 8 topics would appear on screen
• Each team starting with the team on the lowest score
would have the opportunity to challenge a team of their
choice to answer a question on a particular topic
• If the team who is challenged answers correctly they get
10 points and the challenger gets -5
• If the team who is challenged cannot answer then they
get a -5 and the question goes to the team who threw
the challenge. If they answer correctly they get +10.
• If none of them can answer, teams can show the
quizmaster the answer in writing for +10/ -5
• Each topic can be chosen once and each team can be
challenged only once

TAKE THE CHALLENGE
The rich and the
famous
The origin of the cities
Lateral Thinking Food Fiesta
On an island Traditions
Natural features
Coat of Arms
The joy of travel
Demolition Men

The Rich and the Famous
“From the days of -------- , scarce known on record
To the triumphs of ------ ’s redoubtable Lord
The Company traffick’d unheeded:
She sent her ships forth, the wide ocean to roam
With rich cargoes well freighted, and brought richer home
And in all she adventur’d succeeded.
By oppression provok’d, she to arms had recourse,
And soon made her oppressors submit to her force;
From defensive proceeded offender:
And her courage attemper’d with wisdom conspir’d
To aggrandise her pow’r, till at length she acqiur’d
Of an empire entire the surrender. “
This is a poem written by a person who has a city in New Zealand
and a suburb in Melbourne named after him. Name the poet and
fill in the blanks

• Warren Hastings
• Job Charnock
• Plassey

The Origin of the Cities
One day, heavy rains flooded the area. X went down
to the dock and saw a koki tree floating towards the
river bank. Immediately, X called for her neighbors to
help get the tree out of the river. While X was wiping
the mud off of the tree, she saw four Buddha bronze
statues and a stone statue in the hole of the tree
trunk. The statue was standing and held a bat in one
hand and a conch shell in the other. In 1372 A.D X and
her neighbors all agreed to build a temple with a
thatch roof on the hill. After the temple was built, X
invited monks to stay at the base of that hill. Since
then, it was been called Wat ---- ---- ----- . The first and
the last blank give the name of the city. Which city?

• Xanadu (home of Mandrake the Magician, poem by Samuel
Taylor Coleridge, Foster Kane’s estate in Citizen Kane, a song
in Rush’s farewell to Kings is Xanadu

Food Fiesta
Fill in the blanks

• Caviar
• Roast Camel
• Dromedary

On an Island
The first actual kingdom there was said to
have been established by the son of the king
of Kalinga in India. The king was greatly
displeased with his son, so he was sent away
to what was then known as Dheeva Maari.
This prince, named Sri Soorudasaruna
Adeettiya, was responsible for the
establishment of the Adeetta Dynasty. This
country is known to have 98% literacy. Which
country am I talking about?

Traditions
Hanami is an important Japanese custom and
is held all over Japan in spring. Hanami
literally means viewing flowers, but it
generally indicates ----- ------ viewing. Each
year in Washington DC, the National ----- ------
Festival commemorates the 1912 gift of 3,000
----- trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo to
the city of Washington, DC. Which festival is
being talked about?

Natural Features
• Biblically, it was a place of refuge for King David. It was also
one of the world’s first health resorts (for Herod the Great),
and it has been the supplier of a wide variety of products,
from balms for Egyptian mummification to potash for
fertilizers. What are we talking about?

The Joy of Travel
• •Complete the name of the
book
•Also tell me which
historical location is
prominently featured in it

• In 1979 Marguerite van Geldermalsen from New Zealand
married Mohammed Abdullah, a Bedouin in Petra.They lived
in a cave in Petra until the death of her husband. She
authored the book Married to a Bedouin. Geldermalsen is the
only western woman who has ever lived in Petra

• This is the coat of arms of Armenia. I need you to tell me what does
the small shield in the centre depict.

In which country would you find these cultural heritage sites? And why are they
currently facing a risk of being demolished?

• The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) goal to create a
homogeneous state of Sunni Muslims has led to horrific ethnic
cleansing in one of the most culturally and historically rich parts of
the world—ancient Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilization. ISIS
is mainly targeting Christian churches and Shiite mosques because
these structures oppose their Sunni beliefs.

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