Mezcal producing region of Oaxaca, Mexico.

1. TRAVEL QUIZ – OASIS
2011
A quiz by Utsab Saha and Srisha Haridas ( And
Mayank Kowshik…maybe…who knows?)

2. MAN ALONE WITH HIS
THOUGHTS – WRITTEN
ROUND

3. Rules
 6 Covers of Lonely Planet Guide Books.
Simply identify the country.
 Every correct answer fetches +5 and a plus
+10 bonus for getting all correct.
 Answers to be written down.

11. And Now… The Answers

18. The Answers
 Ireland
 Mongolia
 Kenya
 Antarctica
 Germany
 Nepal

19. Twelve questions - Clockwise

20. 1. Bite Sized Piety
 Perform a tawaf which consists of circling the
Kaaba seven times in an anticlockwise direction.
 Perform a sa'I which means rapidly walking
seven times back and forth between the hills of
Safa and Marwah. This is a re-enactment of
Hajar's frantic search for water.
 Perform a halq or taqsir, meaning a cutting of the
hair. A taqsir is a partial shortening of the hair,
whereas a halq is a complete shave of the head,
except for women, as they cut a little amount of
hair instead.
 ID this subset of the Haj, often referred to as the
mini-Haj as it can be done at anytime of the year.

21. Answer
 Umrah

22. 2.
 The “X” was an open raft made of lightweight,
traditional South American materials and
named after the Inca sun god used by
Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl to
demonstrate the possibility of travel between
South American natives and Polynesia in Pre-
Columbian times. Travelling nearly 4000 miles
in 101 days in 1947 the voyage was also
chronicled in an Academy Award Winning
Documentary by the same name.

23. Answer

24. 3.
 Darwin, Minnesota is the home of a X by
Francis A. Johnson. It is 4 meters (12 ft) in
diameter and weighs 4,900 kg (10,400 lbs). He
started his obsession in March 1950 and
worked four hours every day for 23 weeks. It is
currently housed in a specially made gazebo
across from the town park on Main Street, and
the town celebrates "_____ ____ Day" the
second Saturday in August every year. Identify
this quintessential landmark for any cross
country American family road-trip.

25. Answer
 Worlds Biggest Ball of Twine!

26. 4.
 This website maintains a Top 25 list,
the top ten of which are mentioned
here. Either name website/what the
list is about.
1. Iain Jackson ( Scotland UK) - 663
2. Paul Tanner (UK) - 541
3. Judith Tanner (UK) - 436
4. Els Slots (The Netherlands) - 432
5. Mikko (Finland) - 422
6. Lorenzo Mejino (Spain) - 414
7. Thomas Buechler (Switzerland) - 414
8. Werner Huber (Austria) - 384
9. Szucs Tamas (Hungary) - 367
10. Jorge Sanchez (Spain) - 345

27. Answer
 Most number of UNESCO World Heritage
Sites visited.

28. 5.
 In which country would you find this
monastery, also called The Tiger’s Nest.

29. Answer
 Bhutan. The image is of the Taktsang Palphug
Monastery.

30. 6.
 A loan word from the French, X in the Arabic language
generally refers to a headland formed at land's end, which
describes a most remote geographical border of a mainland
by a water line.
 In Lebanon and Egypt, the word typically describes a
waterfront promenade usually paralleled by a main road,
such as the renowned X Beirut.
 In Cairo, the X runs alongside the River Nile. Luxor, Aswan,
Maadi, and Cairo all have such Xs.
 In the Gulf States, the X often runs along the coast.

31. Answer
 Corniche

32. 7.
 In which city would you find this structure; part
of a colonial citadel, which is a UNESCO
World Heritage Site, though it might be known
to you in a completely different context. (Image
on next slide)

33. Question (contd.)

34. Answer
 Hanoi. (the image is of the Flag Tower of
Hanoi)

35. 8.
 This is Andrew Stewarts assessment of
Pausanius:
 “A careful, pedestrian writer, he is interested
not only in the grandiose or the exquisite but in
unusual sights and obscure ritual. He is
occasionally careless, or makes unwarranted
inferences, and his guides or even his own
notes sometimes mislead him; yet his honesty
is unquestionable, and his value without par.”
 What is Pausanius generally credited with
doing?

36. Answer
 Pausanius‟ Description of Greece is
recongised as the worlds oldest surviving
Guidebook.

37. 9.
 The napkins given on this airline have the
following image, as its initial business plan
was written thus on the back of a whiskey-
stained cocktail napkin. Identify airline

38. Answer
 Southwest Airlines

39. 10.
 Ravana, after he had performed a penance,
received the atmalinga from Shiva, who instructed
him that the atmalinga should not be placed on
the ground as it would establish itself where
placed on earth. On his way back to Lanka, when
Ravana stopped for his evening prayers at X,
Ganesha appeared in the disguise of a Brahmin
boy and told Ravana that he will hold the
atmalinga until Ravana finished his prayers. As
soon as he received the atmalinga, Ganesha
promptly put it down to prevent Ravana from
getting a weapon as powerful as the atmalinga.
Identify the place X which has a famous temple of
Ganesha.
 (image on next slide)

40. Question(contd.)

41. Answer
 Gokarna

42. 11.
 Identify railway and country. 5 extra points for
giving the origin of its name.

43. Answer
 The Ghan, Australia. It was originally the
Afghan and the name honours Afghan camel
drivers who arrived in Australia in the late 19th
century to help find a way to reach the
country's unexplored interior.

44. 12.
 This plan, by French architect Charles Ribart,
consisted of three levels, to be built in the
shape of an elephant(image on next slide),
with entry via a spiral staircase in the
underbelly. The building was to have a form of
air conditioning, and furniture that folded into
the walls. A drainage system was to be
incorporated into the elephant's trunk. This
was to be constructed at the site of which
present day famous monument?

45. Question(contd)

46. Answer
 Arc de Triomphe

47. WHAT GOES AROUND/
COMES AROUND
12 Questions on Infinite Bounce. +10 For a
correct.

48. Question 1
 This dish was invented in the British restaurant The
Hungry Monk. Below is the original recipe as it first
appeared in „The Deeper Secrets of the Hungry Monk‟ in
1974:
Recipe (to serve 8-10 people)
 12 ounces uncooked shortcrust pastry
 1.5 tins condensed milk (13.5 ounces each)
 1.5 pounds firm bananas
 375ml of double cream
 Half a teaspoon powdered instant coffee
 1 dessertspoon caster sugar
 A little freshly ground coffee

49. Answer
 Bannofie pie

50. Question 2
 The Blue Lagoon is a geothermal spa, located
in a lava field, and is one of the most visited
attractions in this country. The warm waters
are rich in minerals like silica and sulphur and
bathing in this spa is reputed to help some
people suffering from skin diseases such as
psoriasis. Just name country.

51. Answer
 Iceland

52. Question 3
 If you were visiting the following
places, among others, what form of tourism
would you be involved in?

53. Question(contd.)

54. Answer
 Dark tourism. Clockwise from top left: Bran
Castle, Poienari, Vlad Tepes‟ castle,
Chernobyl, Aushwitz, Hiroshima

55. Question 4
 This name for a body of water is Goidelic in
origin and is applied to most lakes in Scotland
and to many sea inlets in the west and north of
Scotland. It could also be called a firth, fjord,
estuary, strait or bay. The most famous one of
these is associated with a criptid. 'nuff said.

56. Answer
 Loch

57. Question 5
 Magnetic hills are places alleged to
have magnetic properties strong enough to pull
cars uphill and force passing aircraft to increase
their altitude in order to escape magnetic
interference. However this is completely false.
These places have no magnetic interference
whatsoever and it is merely an optical illusion. For
example, a slight downhill slope can appear to be
an uphill slope due to the layout of the
surrounding land, creating the optical illusion that
water flows uphill or a car left out of gear will roll
uphill. Where would you find India‟s most famous
magnetic hill?

58. Answer
 Leh, Ladakh

59. Question 6
 This 1143.61-metre-long tunnel, which passes
through fissured sandstone, has a tragic story
associated with its construction. Barog, who was
in charge of this tunnel, committed the mistake of
digging the tunnel from both ends of the hill. Both
ends of the tunnel could not meet due to wrong
alignment. It is said that the British authorities
fined Barog Re 1 for wasting government money
in the tunnel. The British engineer could not digest
this humiliation and during a walk along with his
pet dog, shot himself in sheer desperation. On
which line would you find this tunnel?

60. Answer
 Shimla Kalka line

61. Question 7
 Back during the Gold Rush of1849, the
American pioneers who travelled overland
west towards California, in search of wealth,
were met with this unforgiving desert. They
gave its shimmering landmarks telling names:
Starvation canyon, Hell‟s gate, Funeral
Mountains, Coffin‟s peak. What name is this
place given, despite the fact that only one 49er
died here?

62. Answer
 Death Valley

63. Question 8
 A 34,658 ha site, between the foothills of the
_______ Volcano and the deep valley of the
Rio Grande River was recently added to the
UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The listed
property includes fields of a certain plant,
distilleries and factories (both active and not),
tabernas (distilleries that were illegal under
Spanish rule), towns and Teuchitlan
archaeological sites. Name this site and the
plant in question.

64. Answer
 Tequila, blue ajave

65. Question 9
 A hoodoo is a tall, thin spire of rock that
protrudes from the bottom of an arid drainage
basin or badland. What name, inspired by
European mythology is given to this hoodoo in
the Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah?

66. Question contd…

67. Answer
 Thor‟s Hammer

68. Question 10
 On an inspection tour to Semarang in 1814, he
was informed about a big monument deep in a
jungle near the village of Bumisegoro. He was
not able to make the discovery himself and
sent H.C. Cornelius, a Dutch engineer, to
investigate. What resulted was the discovery
of the Borobudur temple, which was buried
and lost under vegetation. Which British
statesman thus sparked worlwide knowledge
of the existence of this temple?

69. Answer
 Sir Stamford Raffles

70. Question 11
 This house, on the west bank of the
Mississippi river in Missouri, was the childhood
home of a famous personality. Today it is an
active museum. Identify its famous resident.

71. Question(contd.)

72. Answer
 Mark Twain

73. Question 12
 Péter Guzli took the photo on November 28,
1997, and was also responsible for the initial
edit. He edited the image for a few friends, not
realizing it would spread so quickly across the
Internet. He first provided the original
undoctored photo and several other photos
from the same series as proof to a Hungarian
newspaper. Who is Péter Guzli?

74. Answer
 Tourist Guy