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A written Travel and Living Quiz for college and school students conducted as part of Atlantis 2016, the quizfest of Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai. The winning score was 24/35.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQR0bXO_yI8
Q:25: Id the character
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBzJGckMYO4
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The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
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The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
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2. Rules
• 30 questions in the prelims
• Please write all your names and Saarang IDs on your answer
sheet
• No negatives, feel free to guess
• Teams of 3 or less
• Anyone found using any illegitimate means will be immediately
disqualified
• Questions 11 to 17 are starred, they will be used to break ties
• In case of persistent ties, sudden death will be used
3. 1.
• The San Bernardino alle Ossa in Milan, Italy is a
church. It is famous for a side chapel that has a unique
feature.
• Given that the church is partially named after this feature
of the side chapel, what is the claim to fame of this
church? Or rather, what is the claim to fame of the side
chapel?
4. 1. Answer
• It’s an ossuary, meaning a
chapel/chamber made
entirely with human bones.
5. 2.
• On the next slide you will see the flag of Grenada. It looks
symmetric, except for a flame-shaped object on the left
side.
• What does this object refer to, an important export of
Grenada?
8. 3.
• Chinese Food Syndrome, or Chinese Restaurant
Syndrome is a set of symptoms that some people show
upon eating Chinese food. A certain additive to Chinese
food X is blamed for this, although this fact is yet to be
proved.
• One possible reason that X is responsible is that it is
similar to one of the brain’s most crucial chemicals,
glutamate.
• What is this additive in Chinese Food X?
10. 4.
• “One evening I was walking along a path, the city was on
one side and the fjord below. I felt tired and ill. I stopped
and looked out over the fjord—the sun was setting, and
the clouds turning blood red. I sensed a ________
passing through nature”.
• What are we talking about, or FITB.
12. 5.
• It initially started off as a ‘circular note’, and later became
known with the name it has now due to the trademark
obtained by a certain company.
• In banking, a circular note is a document requested by a
bank to its foreign correspondents to pay a specified sum
of money to a named person.
• What is this ‘circular note’ known as today, and which
company obtained the trademark for this name?
14. 6.
• Called the Desertron by locals, this structure in
Waxahachie, Texas is said to be a scar on American
_______.
• Jim Slattery, a senator in the US, gave this project the
moniker ‘luxury science’ and made it his pet project to
defund (not defend) it.
• He succeeded, with the US preferring to pour its defence
funds during the Cold War to the International Space
Station.
• What is this structure?
16. 7.
• X is a thoroughfare leading from Haymarket to the
Parisian boulevard.
• XY is a road junction and public space of the city’s West
End. The second part of the name, Y refers to the Latin
for circle.
• X got its name from a certain type of collars that were
tailored there. One might also know X by its rent of 22
pounds with no houses.
• Identify the iconic location, XY.
18. 8.
• This painter used to heavily load his paintings with
varnish, hence long after he painted this iconic picture, it
had gathered layers of dirt. It was christened by the name
we know it by currently, but a controversy regarding the
object that provided the illumination in the centre of the
picture caused a prompt change in the first name.
• What iconic painting? Name the painter.
20. 9.
• The image on the next slide shows the picture of a friar of
the ________ order, which got its name from the fact that
they were all hooded.
• A certain beverage is named after these friars along with
a diminutive which put together, means ‘little hood’.
Which beverage is being spoken about?
21.
22. 9. Answer
• The monks are called Capuchin monks, and therefore the
drink is Cappuccino.
23. 10.
• This headgear made of felt is worn in the Pyrenees region
in South West France and Basque country in Spain.
• It is used extensively by elite units of the military, and rose
to prominence when it was worn by a member of the
“Four Musketeers”, Jean Borotra.
26. 11.
• A certain Bruce Campbell, a retired electrical engineer lives in a/an X, inside a 10
acre forest plot. Equipped with water, electricity, and sewage plus 1,066 square-
feet of interior space, Campbell's X home is pretty plush for all its eccentricity.
• About the home, he says, ‘They're incredibly strong, durable, and long lived. And
they easily withstand any earthquake or storm. Their interior is easy to keep
immaculately clean …’
• ‘When properly executed, the remarkable appeal of a retired X as a home
springs from the magnificent technology and beauty of the sculptured structure
itself.’
• ‘It's a constant exploratory adventure, ever entertaining,..’
‘It's a great toy. Trick doors, trick floors. Hatches here, latches there. … Having
lots of little toys enclosed in a very big toy is nirvana’
• What is Bruce Campbell’s X? What does he live in?
28. 12.
• Known as the sport of kings, this sport X is very popular and
also very important in the Middle East. It was traditionally a
way of procuring food, but has now evolved into a sport, one
that needs constant care and attention, every day of the year.
• The UAE has also pioneered a new ______ passport system,
allowing easy travel of the subjects of this sport across
countries.
• Hoods are used in this sport to maintain calm when not in
action, and cultures generally follow a simple design made of
stiff leather. Some Chinese and Japanese hoods are carved
with beautiful monograms too.
• Which sport?
32. 14.
• Free Zone is a search engine for open Xs, as well as a
social network where you can share and discover Xs
around the world.
• Currently, it lists over 300,000 entities from across the
world. In addition, it allows you to open your own X to
other users of Free Zone, when they are traveling.
• What does Free Zone cater to, i.e. what is it a search
engine for? It’s a boon to travellers in these times;
however, it’s coveted by non-travellers too.
34. 15.
• X’s were first kept outside homes as they were believed
to drive away witches, illness and evil spirits.
• The winter solstice is the longest night of the year, and
this was believed to happen because the sun god was ill.
• After the winter solstice, the sun god’s recovery would
begin, and X reminded the people of the summer, as a
symbol of life
• The modern X’s are believed to be the creation of a
person who noticed the twinkling stars.
36. 16.
• This food item is said to have originated from the Indian
community in Durban, when they used a hollowed loaf of
bread to carry their vegetarian curry to work.
• One story for the etymology of this food item is that it was first
served at a restaurant Kapitan’s run by members of a certain
Indian community, after whom it has been named (in a way).
• As an aside, Minal Hajratwala has called this as a metaphor
for the first generation diaspora Indian, local from the outside
but Indian at heart.
• (clue, if no one objects)
38. 17.
• This place initially had the name Longacre _____.
• Fireworks were used to celebrate this particular occasion
here, but were stopped in a few years being cited as too
unsafe.
• What is used now to commemorate this occasion is
something that is manufactured by Waterford Crystal. It is an
icosahedral geodesic sphere, containing 2,688 crystals and
illuminated by 32,256 LED lamps. The initial design was made
with wood and iron, illuminated with only a hundred
incandescent light bulbs.
• What celebration is being described here?
40. 18.
• Given the moniker ‘the richest expression of life on Earth’, X
is a national park which is also believed to be a setting for
much of the Mahabharata. Legend has it that the Pandavas,
when driven into exile, wandered southward until they came
across a beautiful, pristine valley in which they settled.
• The river in which they bathed is aptly now called the
Kuntipuzha, and in the 1970s, a proposed dam on it
threatened to submerge X entirely. The plan was scrapped,
and two animals belonging here are listed in the IUCN red
list - the lion-tailed macaque and the Nilgiri langur.
• Which national park is being talked about?
44. 20.
• This festival is celebrated annually in England, near Pilton,
Somerset, in a 900 acre spread in the Vale of Avalon. It is
the largest greenfield festival in the world, and attracts
audiences in excess of 175,000. It is sometimes not held
in a year intended as a ‘fallow’ of sorts, to allow a period
of rest for the volunteering organisers.
• Various bands have written songs referencing this festival,
including U2. The 2015 edition had artists including Kanye
West, Lionel Ritchie, Alt-J, Patti Smith and Motorhead.
• What festival is this?
46. 21.
• X is the Irish and Scottish Gaelic word for a lake and a
sea inlet. It is cognate with the Welsh word for lake
llwch.
• The most famous is the one we have heard of, but there
are others, namely Long, Fyne, Linnhe and Eriboll.
• The word X is also used as a shibboleth to identify
natives of England, because the fricative [x] sound is
used in Scotland. X?
48. 22.
• A city in Morocco, it has a population of 1.1 million. It is
called the Mecca of the West and the Athens of Africa.
• The name of the city derives from the word ‘pickaxe’ in
Arabic, which was used to create the outer lines (border)
of the city.
• It was a major trading post in the 19th century, and was
the major source of tarboosh, due to which this item was
named after the city.
• Which city is this?
53. 24.
• The image on the next slide shows areas of desert in
Lancelin, Australia. The desert is known for its pure soft
white silica and absolutely no vegetation. It is known to
be a great spot for Australian adventure seekers.
• One particular sport is quite famous on these dunes. It,
however, is less popular than its snow-based variant
because it is difficult to create a mechanised lift on a
sand dune. On the other hand, dunes are available
around the year.
• What sport makes the dunes in Lancelin popular?
56. 25.
• Located at to the Goa-Karnataka border in the heights of
the Western Ghats, this natural wonder gets its name
from the similarity of its appearance to something,
described here.
• Legend has it that a young princess bathing here was
espied upon by a prince. To cover her lack of attire, the
princess poured the contents of a jug of sugared milk in
front of her. This milk is supposed to flow even now, as a
tribute to the everlasting virtue and modesty of the
princess of the Ghats.
• Which tourist attraction?
58. 26.
• Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom lead the list
with 173. Other notable high-scoring countries include
Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, USA, Belgium, Italy
and the Netherlands.
• On the low-scoring end, Afghanistan is at 28, Iraq at 31,
Pakistan and Somalia at 32, and Eritrea at 36.
• What list is being described?
59. 26. Answer
• How powerful your passport is, i.e. how many countries
you can enter without a visa or with a visa-on-arrival.
60. 27.
• The next slide has an image; just name the manufacturer
of these food items.
66. 29.
• The Glacier Express is an extremely scenic train route in
Switzerland, connecting St. Moritz and Zermatt in the
Alps. Given the moniker ‘the slowest fast train’, it winds
through beautiful landscape for over seven hours, with
the route including 291 bridges and 91 tunnels.
• To honour the 75th anniversary of the Glacier Express in
2005, certain features were added to the train itself. This
consisted of a major overhaul, and added to the tourist
appeal of the train.
• What feature was added?
69. 30.
• Primal Wellness is a spa in Colorado that is one of the
first to catch on to modern ‘legislation’. Their new
massage costs $95 for 60 minutes.
• They now newly use X in their massages, which is used
to relax the muscles. The author of a certain article says,
the massage ‘would have been blissful even without the
added feel-good elements’.
• What is X, the new ingredient in the massage?