The final dry rounds of the Travel and Living Quiz 2015

1. LitSoc Travel and Living Quiz
Dries

2. Bounce Pounce Rules

3. Bounce Pounce 1

4. 1.
These people invented the bireme, a type of ship. They were
famed across Rome as the ‘traders in purple’, referring to
their monopoly over the trade of a rare purple dye from the
murex snail.
They are also famous for their alphabet, which is considered
to be the precursor of all modern alphabets. Which
civilization are we talking about, of which Ekonomikrisis was
a part?

5. Safety Slide

6. 1.
The Phoenicians

7. 2.
This is a Japanese-American comedy film, called “The X girl”,
featuring Brittany Murphy. This comedy film is about a
breakup, and the consolation is the food item X. The girl
urges the Japanese who first serves the dish to teach her the
art of making X.
X has many variants all over Japan.
X was traditionally made with a certain kind of water with
dissolved salts, which imparts yellow colour. Egg may also be
used for the same.
What Japanese item X?

8. Safety Slide

10. 3.
This large game reserve in Africa is named after the local
people as well as a local word that means ‘spotted’. It has a
two word name. The reason for it to be named after the local
people is that they ensure peaceful coexistence with the
wildlife. It is contiguous with the Serengeti National Park in
Tanzania.
It is famous globally for the Great Migration of wildebeest
from July to October each year.

12. Safety Slide

13. 3.
Masai Mara

14. 4.
There was a classic story about how the engraving “Post
Office” on one of the rarest stamps in the world was
erroneously printed. The actual print was supposed to be
“Post Paid”, but the messenger who had been sent to get the
engraving done on the stamps forgot the words. On passing
by a post office with a signpost outside, he remembered
wrong.
Question is, which country issued these stamps?

16. Safety Slide

17. 4.
Mauritius

18. 5.
The Window of the World is quite an outrageous Chinese
theme park, with it housing some 130 replicas of famous
buildings and monuments from across the world.
On the next slide you will see a certain pyramid, allegedly not
based on the design of the Great Pyramids of Egypt. It was
designed by internationally acclaimed architect IM Pei.
Where would you find this pyramid? Or rather, which
monument did the Chinese copy here?

20. Safety Slide

21. 5.
The Louvre Pyramid

22. 6.
It is a middle eastern headdress, with a distinct checkered
pattern. It is most famous in Palestine, and was used extensively
by leader Yasser Arafat. By what name do we know this
headgear?

23. Safety Slide

24. Keffiyeh

25. 7.
It is known as Caucacus Indicus in Ancient Greek and stretches
from Afghanistan to Pakistan. It separates Central Asia from
South Asia.
It was considered to be the dividing line between British and
Russian lines in Afghanistan during their war there.
One possible etymology is that the name means ‘kill the
Hindus’, which may be relevant even now, as Wikipedia
claims that Afghan plainsmen still have a smoldering hatred
towards Indians.
What am I talking about?

26. Safety Slide

27. The Hindu Kush mountains

28. 8.
A certain famous painting X was painted by an artist
Y. Salvador Dali was a great admirer of Y and his
works. Dali made 4 different paintings inspired by
X. One of these 4 paintings is shown below. Give
us either X or Y.
As an additional clue, X is said to be a self-portrait
of Y.

30. Safety Slide

31. The
Art
of
Painting
Johan
Vermeer

32. 9.
Said to have been named after the paradise for dead heroes in
Greek mythology, locals proudly call this la plus belle avenue
du monde, saying that it’s the world’s most beautiful of its
kind.
It ends in the Arc de Triomphe, built to honor the victories of
Napoleon Bonaparte. The President’s palace is also named in
a similar manner, and is next to this.
Which iconic avenue is being spoken of here?

34. Safety Slide

35. The Champs Elysees, in Paris

36. 10.
Operation Uranus resulted in demolition of the opposition
flanks and encircling the enemy. The enemy could no
longer hold out without arms and ammunition and this
proved decisive.
The statue on the next slide, which is the tallest non-
religious statue in the world, commemorates this.
What landmark event are we talking about? Funda will get
you points.

38. Safety Slide

39. Battle of Stalingrad
The name of the statue in Volgograd is “The Motherland Calls”

40. 11.
The following slide has the cover of a book called Travels with
Charley, chronicling a famous author’s final trip across
America. The story goes that having written many (famous)
books about and set in America, he felt he didn’t have a
connect with the country. At the age of 58, in 1960, he
embarked on a road trip across the country in a van he
named Rocinante.
1 Who is the author of the book?
2 What is Rocinante named after?

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43. John Steinbeck
Rocinante is the name of Don Quixote’s horse
Hehe, sorry, this is definitely not TL :P

44. 12.
The Aegean Sea was traditionally known as X, which
in Greek means ‘chief sea’. In English, this word now
refers to something else in the field of geography.
The next slide shows an image of the Aegean Sea,
and a feature of the sea is conspicuous. This feature
of the sea is the reason X is now the name for such a
group.
X?

46. Safety Slide

47. Archipelago

48. 13.
This Indian town is called a ghost town, on account of the
violent cyclone that hit it in 1964. A tragic incident where
over a hundred people died during the sinking of an entire
train led to this moniker.
Its name is said to originate from the manner that Rama broke
the bridge constructed from Tamil Nadu to Sri Lanka.
It is also home to an interesting geographical feature, called
Land’s End, from which the Ram Setu is said to originate.
Which town?

50. Safety Slide

51. Dhanushkodi

52. 14.
This is a map of
what?

53. Safety Slide

54. Scripts of national languages of countries in Europe
Countries of the former USSR- Cyrillic
Greece-Greek
Most other countries- Latin

55. 15.
In Greece, getting married in a leap year is considered
inauspicious. However, to combat shy suitors, St. Brigid made a
proposal to the patron saint of Ireland, St. Patrick.
St. Patrick acquiesced, saying that this could be done once every
seven years. However, he later declared that it could be done
every leap day at Brigid’s insistence. Legend has it that Brigid
performed the act immediately, but was refused by St. Patrick,
who kissed her on the cheek and offered a silk gown to soften
the (not physical) blow.
The 2010 movie Leap Year has a related subject.
What did Brigid request to do?

56. Safety Slide

57. Women proposing to men

58. Scores
We’ll now go anti-clockwise

59. 16.
A man named Edward Hargreaves who returned from
California to this country in 1849, was working in a gravelly
path near a creek, when he bent down and exclaimed “There
it is!I shall be a baronet, you will be knighted and my old
horse will be stuffed and put into a glass case and sent to the
British Museum”.
The irony was that Hargreaves couldn’t find luck in California
but found it here.
Why the excitement? Rather, what did it lead to?

60. Safety Slide

62. 17.
A/An X is a whole herring that has been split in butterfly
fashion from tail to head along the dorsal ridge, gutted,
salted or pickled, and cold-smoked over smoldering
woodchips.
They are enjoyed for breakfast in many regions around the
world and enjoyed a prominent role in British high tea or
supper treats before World War Two.
They are sometimes referred to as red herrings, and they
were, during wartime, dyed using a dye called Brown FK
(with FK = for X)

64. Safety Slide

65. Kipper

66. 18.
Connect with a single word:
i) A cocktail composed of the cream de menthe and
Amarula, which is made from fruits of the marula
tree, called Elephant tree in Africa as elephants love
the fruits
ii) An African antelope that can jump extremely fast
iii) A rugby team known for its green and gold colours

67. Safety Slide

68. Springbok

69. 19.
Also called the Overland, what is this route that is being
described in the next slide? It is named after the people who
primarily used it.
It was most popular in the 1960s and 70s. The route was lined
with hotels, cafes and restaurants that catered exclusively to
Westerners.
Another picture follows, which may help.

72. Safety Slide

73. Hippie Trail

74. 20.
X is a border town that was an important destination in the
Haj pilgrimage from Damascus to Mecca. It is now a major
archeological site and is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Y is a town in a neighboring country which lies at the mouth of
the main waterway. We know it as children from a traveller’s
tales.
X and Y are very similar in spelling. Give either.

75. Safety Slide

76. X- Bosra, Y-Basra

77. 21.
Known as the city of Prime Ministers, it’s original name comes
from Sanskrit, meaning ‘place of offerings’ owing to its
location.
Seven PMs of India out of fifteen have origins to this city,
which precisely include : born here, were alumni of X
university, or were elected from X constituency.

78. Safety Slide

79. Allahabad

80. 22.
The Battle of Las Salinas was a battle between two
conquistadors- X and Diego Almagro. Diego Almagro ruled
from Cuzco, a city in southern Peru, a UNESCO Heritage site.
Cuzco was the capital of the Inca Empire.
X also conquered a major part of the Inca empire with the aid
of his brother Gonzalo.
X inflicted a crushing defeat on Almagro in Las Salinas and
executed him. However, Almagro’s son assassinated X, and
the brave X was laid to rest in the nearby city he founded.
Give X and the city.

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82. X- Francisco Pizarro
He founded the Peruvian capital city, Lima

83. 23.
The next slide has an image of a dish from a restaurant called
Spice Klub in Mumbai.
You take the misty liquid and pour it over the _____ paste in
the cups to create _____.

86. Safety Slide

87. The misty liquid is liquid nitrogen, which is poured over kulfi
paste to create kulfi at your own table. Neat!

88. 24.
1348-1352 was a terrible period for the world, particularly
Europe. This film is set in this period in England, and as people
fall one by one, there are rumours of a savior in a village in the
marshland, which is untouched. The head of the village can
bring the dead back to life, and the protagonist is ordered to
set out for this village.
Many communities such as the Jews were exterminated in
European cities. People with skin diseases like leprosy and
acne were murdered, under the false notion that they were
responsible.
Short question: Name the movie.

89. Safety Slide

91. 25.
Shown is the Villa Peet, a house in Netherlands. It
was designed to give anybody entering and
walking through the house “a series of
contrasting spatial experiences”.
The house gives continuous anticipation, even the
height of the roof keeps changing, sometimes
very low too.
What inspired this house?

93. Safety Slide

95. 26.
The central region in present day France was
called X in Roman times before Julius Caeser
renamed it Gallia (Gaul).
The coloured areas in present day form the X
league, since all these regions are united by
the X language.
X?

97. Safety Slide

98. The region in France was called Celtica.

99. 27.
Named after the phenomenon of strange light flickering over
peat bogs, Xs come into popularity in some regions of the
world once a year. Xs are made with turnips, mangel wurzels,
and _______s, with the latter being the most recognisable
and iconic.
The purpose of X originally was to ward off evil spirits or
represent the supernatural.
The next slide has one such slightly unrecognisable X.
What is X?

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102. Jack o’
Lantern

103. 28. X?
X is a traditional Chinese tea (woot) produced through a unique
process including withering the plant under the strong sun and
oxidation before curling and twisting.
In Chinese, it was originally called Black Dragon Tea. The degree of
oxidation varies from 8 to 85%. It is most popular with Chinese
connoisseurs and expatriates living in Southeast Asia.
According to a certain Anxi theory, X tea had its origin in the Anxi
oolong tea plant, which was discovered by a man named Wuliang.
Another tale speaks of Wu Long discovering the tea, when the tea
speedily oxidised upon exposure to air.

104. Safety Slide

105. Oolong tea

106. 29.
Who used this route from
his residence in the Marpo Ri
mountains?

107. Safety Slide

108. This was the escape route
of his holiness, the 14th
Dalai Lama

109. 30.
The next slide shows a superhero styled in the form of an Indian
food item. What food item? Plenty of clues in the picture.

111. Safety Slide

113. Fin

114. Rejects/Tiebreaks

115. 1.
X uses mainly vermillion, which in turn is derived from
cinnabar, an ore of mercury. The intrinsic properties of
mercury make X control blood pressure and increase sexual
drive.
X is a central part of Indian culture, and has found its way as
parts of dialogues in many Bollywood movies.

116. 27.
It is a single-takeout tiffin box in Japan. What is it called?

118. 3.
The problem with Russian names is that first names have endless
diminutive forms. For example, Elena becomes Lena, Lenulia,
Lenusia etc.
Surnames also follow certain patterns, with common surnames
ending with -ov, -in, -oi, -ii or -enko.
There is yet another element, a patronymic, which a person
derives from _ _ _ _. They can be considered as a portmanteau
of two elements - a name and a typical form. The typical form is
slightly different for males and females.
What do the patronymics derive from, and what is the difference
between them, something that is clearly visible in Russian
middle names?