JQEQ Tourism Quiz 2020

A quiz I conducted for JQEQ group in 2020 about places, tourism and locations.

1. On the road 23 Questions on Travel & Tourism Arun T P

2. To Destination 9 Dries Arun T P

3. Q1 Name the artwork and the location

4. A1 The Tourist ( Avinash and Kamlesh), Lodhi Arts District, Delhi

5. Q2 This monument is synonymous to the skyline of this African nation. It is said to have been inspired by a lotus plant. The Americans tried to bribe the ruler of this nation from helping out in the independence movements of nearby nations. Enraged and pissed off, the ruler took the bribe and used it to build this monument as a big middle finger to the Americans. It is therefore also referred to as “ X’s prick ”, inviting a fatwa on it because it apparently could excite women. Name the monument and give X .

6. A2 Cairo Tower Gamal Abdel Nasser

7. Q3 The Little Book of X The Little Book of Y The Art of Making Memories These are three bestsellers from a Danish author, who is behind a Research Institute dedicated to a most basic feeling. They opened the Z Museum in Copenhagen, one of whose exhibits is dedicated to studying the Da Vinci Mona Lisa from many angles. Give X , Y and Z

8. A3 Hygge, Lykke and Happiness

9. Q4 4 locations from a tour for a movie, identify the movie .

10. Q4

11. A4 Call Me By Your Name Crema, Sirmione (Lake Garda), Fontanile Quarantina ( Capralba ), Serio Falls

12. Q5 Matt Damon’s cameo happened because the producers were acquainted with him during their days at Harvard. Additionally he was in location for the shooting of The Brothers Grimm. Since they had basically very little budget and nobody wanted to fly over to take this role, they called in a favour . After the website of this other person was taken down after it’s registration lapsed, the song featured in the above cameo was put on by a prankster on loop on it as a funny troll. Give the name of the song and the movie .

13. Q5

14. A5 Scotty Doesn’t Know Euro Trip

15. Q6 Thought to be the single largest such structure in the world, this monument was rediscovered in 1814 by Cornelius, but it was made famous by a another person X , who is synonymous with the creation of Singapore. This was because X was very interested in the history of the island and even wrote a book on it. He was also responsible for a successful amphibious capture of the said island, which was then returned back to it’s older colonial master in 1816. See the picture on the next slide and name the monument and the person X

16. A6 Borobudur Temple, the largest single structure Buddhist monument Stamford Raffles captured Java from the Dutch for the British

17. Q7 The best time to go here is August during the dry season. If you go some other time or if you are unlucky, you will see fog or something similar to the picture on the upcoming slide. A unique combination of ultisol , quartzose, iron claystones , phylittes , magnesium fanglomerates and sulphurous calcareous sandstones along with other minerals are found in this space. Give me the more popular name of this place .

18. A7 Rainbow Mountain

19. Q8 The Powers of Ten became Keyhole. Slide the below slider to the colour of your choosing. What am I talking about?

20. A8 Google Earth View. You can use the slider to select pictures of the colours you desire.

21. Q9 Not a very touristy place, but of extreme significance in current geo-politics. A great Khan of the Yarkandi Khanate also called Moghulistan , a cousin and contemporary of Babur, decided to invade and pillage the lands south of his somewhere in the 1530s. These expeditions were met with great success in the Nubra . The troops further broke up, he himself went to Baltistan, while his commander left for Kashmir. During the return, his commander went further to Tibet, while he left for his home. Something happened to him on his way back, quite common with people who land fresh here, and he died at a specific spot much in news today. He was very wealthy obviously, that added to the name. What happened to him and what is the name of the place where he died?

22. A9 Sultan Said Khan Died of high altitude pulmonary edema Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO)

23. Sight-seeing 4 Daniells . Identify the place / monument Arun T P

24. Akbar’s Tomb at Sikandra

25. Madan Mohan Temple, Vrindavan

26. Sher Shah’s Mausoleum, Sasaram

27. Brihadeeshwara Temple, Thanjavur

28. Back to base 10 Dries Arun T P

29. Q14 As per the 2011 National Census and counting all states and UTs, Bengali is the most spoken language of three states, while Malayalam is that of two. Name all 5.

30. A14 Bengali : West Bengal, Tripura, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Malayalam : Kerala, Lakshwadeep

31. Q15 There are a few tourist destinations across the globe popular for this activity. The most famous is the one below in Nicaragua named Black Hill. The other famous ones are Yasur in Tanna and Bromo in Indonesia. Quite often this activity is dangerous, but it can also be a lot of fun. It requires special protective gear and a sturdy thin plywood or a metal board. What activity am I talking about?

32. A15 Volcano Boarding or Volcano Surfing. Below is the Cerro Negro.

33. Q16 A lost city in an almost inhospitable and empty place. Ranulph Fiennes, epic explorer and distant relative of the actor Ralph Fiennes had popularized this phrase, The ___(8)___ of the __(5)___, which in itself maybe have been coined by Thomas Edward Lawrence, who is credited to having popularized many a natural wonder in this entire region. This city has been mentioned in the Holy Book, as a city of pillars. Name the city and also the local name for this empty place

34. A16 Ubar / Iram Rub Al Khali (The Empty Quarter) Thomas Edward Lawrence is Lawrence of Arabia

35. Q17 Among the many etymologies prevalent for this location are the following. Two hills side by side A city in the middle of one of the hills mentioned in numbered bullet 1 The location creates a delusion in the body of the one who comes for war Name the place

36. A17 Ranthambore Two hills side by side and a valley in between – ‘ Ran ’ & ‘ Bhore ’ in between ‘ Tham ’ A city in the middle of one of the above hills – ‘ Ratanbhore ’ The location creates a delusion in the body of the one who comes for war The location creates a bhamar in the tan of the one who comes for ran

37. Q18 Because of the extreme heat of the Outback, horses were not good for transporting. This saw the import in many waves of dromedaries, who helped in opening up the central part of the country, setting up telegraph lines and finally building railways, which sort of started making the dromedaries less important. This also lead to the immigration of a large number of Sub-Continentals who later intermarried with the ethnic locals and settled down. They brought the first formal establishment of Islam in this country. Together these people were nicknamed ‘ X ’, which was a shortening of a country in the sub-continent. This has been immortalized today in the name of The X , which is a luxury service considered to be one of the world’s greatest journeys. What is X?

38. A18 The Ghan

39. Q19 Located in Death Valley, California is this scenic dry lake, with a name reminiscing motor sports. What is unique about this place are stones which displays a curious phenomenon almost breaking Newton’s First Law. It was unexplained for a long time, until scientists figured out that this was not some alien, nor miscreant nor magic, but just pure science. Give a two word name for this phenomenon and the name of the place.

40. A19 Sailing stones or walking stones in Racetrack Playa Ice shovels on a bed of melted water, causing rocks to seemingly move by themselves.

41. Q20 I wanna live like common people I wanna do whatever common people do Wanna sleep with common people I wanna sleep with common people like you." Well,​ what else could I do? I said "I'll... I'll see what I can do This is a Pulp song, which sort of describes the increase in a special kind of controversial tourism in Mumbai, post the release of an acclaimed 2008 film. What kind of tourism am I referring and name the acclaimed film.

42. A20 Slum Tourism Slumdog Millionaire

43. Q21 Work started on this monument in 1958, as a show of pre-eminence. It is built of titanium and work ended in 1964. Surrounding the monument are relics of scientists and others who worked in a special programme . For what event that happened three years post the start of work (1958) was this commemoration done?

44. A21 Monument to the Conquerors of Space Yuri Gagarin’s 1961 Space Ride

45. Q22 2 words Name the cities for brownie points

46. A22 Holocaust Memorials Budapest St. Petersburg Florida

47. Q23 He was born near Pune to a Koli family. Known for his battle prowess and ability to navigate the coasts of Western India with ease, Kanhaji Angre was a “kebab- mein - haddi ” for the Portuguese, the East Indian Company, his fellow Marathas and the Siddis . The island fort of Murud-Janjira was a stand-out, but otherwise the entire west coast was under his influence. He organized many a rading party on merchant ships and caught a few as well. He also had a very heavy tussle with Bajirao Pingale, post which Shahuji made him a Saraket , or Admiral of the Maratha fleet. Associate his name with the launch of a 2018 entity , supposed to be India’s first, expected to bring a lot of “wows” to its users.

48. A23 Angriya India’s first domestic cruise liner Goa to Mumbai by sea