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.
2. THE QUIZ
34 questions, 35 points
part points wherever applicable
no negatives anywhere, feel free to guess
questions 11 to 18 are starred, and will be used to
break ties
2
3. 1.
X is a meal replacement beverage that’s advertised as
a ‘staple meal’. Founder Rob Rhinehart started the
company after blending together the main constituents
of his meal to avoid the complications of cooking.The
name is a portmanteau of two words describing the
main ingredients of X, and is a homage to the food
consumed by people in the 1966 novel Make Room!
Make Room!. Increasing in popularity in the US, what is
X that is drunk in units of 400 calorie bottles?
3
4. 2.
Describing the travels of X and Alberto Granado on a
motorcycle named La Poderosa (the mighty one) for a
rather symbolic nine months, this memoir has been a
NewYorkTimes bestseller multiple times. It was
originally marketed as “Das Kapital meets Easy Rider”
and describes a coming-of-age story that is both
personal and political.The memoir ends with a
declaration by the author displaying his willingness to
fight and die for the cause of the poor, and his dream of
uniting his homeland (*).Who is X, and what is the
name of the memoir?
4
5. 3.
Built by X in the 1930s, the Kauffman Residence is an icon
of modern architecture. It was designed as a summer home
for the Kauffmans. It was claimed by Time magazine to be
X’s ‘most beautiful job’. It was also named, in 1991 as the
‘best all-time work of American architecture’.
The building was constructed in rural Pennsylvania in a
property which had waterfalls and cabins.This building was
commissioned after the aforementioned cabins had
deteriorated.What building is this, and who was the
architect?
5
6. 4.
The building in the previous question is part of the
Smithsonian’s 28 Places to See BeforeYou Die list, figuring in
the Triumphs of Vision category.Another of the four entries
in this group is the X.The palazzo that houses X was
designed and built in the 16th century.
Ever since it was opened to the public in 1769, it has been
come to be known for its collection of Renaissance art, it
being one of the world’s finest, housing both Botticelli’s
Birth of Venus as well as daVinci’s Annunciation. X?
6
9. 5.
Forming a part of the city’s flag, theTable Mountain is a
veritable tourist attraction in CapeTown.TheTable
Mountain is an example of an X, which is a geographic
entity that is used as an intermediary between a plateau
and a butte.The word X is used throughout the US to
describe a flat-topped mountain or hill.Additionally, the
word X is both Spanish and Portuguese for ‘table’. X?
9
10. 6.
US law prevents the sale of these animals as pets when they are under
4 inches long as they are known carriers of salmonella, like all reptiles.
Sulcata ________s are one of these that have become very popular as
pets, although this boom has been founded on misinformation.
Apparently they eat “anything vegetarian” (which is false) and will stay
little if put in a small tank for their whole lives (again false).
Experts say that to protect house foundations, sheds or doghouses
should be built in the house’s yard for these pets, heated to 80F year-
round.
Sulcata ________s kept in captivity sometimes develop a condition
known as ‘pyramiding’, where these ________s develop spikes. FITB.
10
11. 7.
Castle Garden is a circular sandstone fort located in
Battery Park. It’s best remembered for being the
precursor to X, another place very close to Castle
Garden which is more famous for the same reason.
What is X?
11
13. 8.
The Museum of broken _____________ is a one-of-a-
kind museum that has won various awards, including
the Kenneth Hudson Award for the most innovative
museum in Europe. On their website, they say that it
grew from a traveling exhibition revolving around the
concept of failed _____________ and their ruins.
Unlike ‘destructive’ self-help instructions for recovery
from failed _____________, the Museum offers a
chance to overcome […] through creation: by
contributing to the Museum's collection. FITB.
13
17. 10.
This phrase originally represented a commitment to building an
economy that would serve culture based on Buddhist values, rather
than gauging development based on the ideals of western material
development. It was coined in 1972. It was studied by scholars,
politicians and economists and in 2011, the UN passed resolution
65/309 placing X on the global development agenda. Its four tenets are:
1. Sustainable development
2. Preservation and promotion of cultural values
3. Conservation of the natural environment, and
4. Establishment of good governance
ID this phrase, which is now considered a socioeconomic model.
17
18. 11.
The next slide shows something that was closed in
2005 and is currently owned by the city of New
Orleans after the original owners terminated their
75-year lease with the city after assessing the
damage caused in 2005.
Identify what was shut down, and also what caused
its closure?
18
20. 12.
This chain describes themselves as “Fast, convenient.
X. Thank Heaven.” Very ubiquitous in the countries
that it operates in, what is this chain?
20
21. 13.
Another city that translates to ‘City of the Dead’, X is a port
city in Western India. One of the world’s first known docks,
X is one of the best preserved cities of the IndusValley
civilization, which thrived for years after the demise of
Mohenjodaro and Harappa.
The dock connected the city to an ancient course of
the Sabarmati river on the trade route
between Harappan cities in Sindh and the peninsula
of Saurashtra when the surrounding Kutch desert of today
was a part of the Arabian Sea. X?
21
24. 14.
Shown next are some pictures that won a particular
competition that was conducted in collaboration
with National Geographic.What was the USP of the
competition?
24
27. 15.
The X museum is located in Prague in the Czech
Republic. On the next slide is a picture of an exhibit
from the museum. Identify who the museum is an
homage to.
27
29. 16.
The Scott’s Hut Race is an annual warm-weather 5.2
mile race, where participants have to circle around
Discovery Hut.Another establishment’s counterpart
of this race is the ‘Race Around the World’ where one
zooms through all the time zones in a pre-ordained
two- to three-mile long track.Although most
participants run this race for fun, there is a coveted
grand prize: a luxurious five-minute X as compared to
the two-minute Xs residents are usually allotted. X?
29
30. 17.
The next slide shows an old Roman tablet that led
historians to conclude that a certain board game was
very popular among Roman soldiers.Which game?
30
32. 18.
An Atlantic article talks about some of the oldest
specimens of graffiti that have survived to this day.
The article also says that the fact that the graffiti has
survived is ‘part miracle, part tragedy’.
One of the iconic pieces of graffiti at this spot is
‘Gaius was here’.Where would you find this graffiti?
32
34. 19.
X is a cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine in
which foods are broiled or grilled with soy sauce,
mirin and sugar.The word derives from two words
that mean the shine or lustre given by the sugar
content in the tare and the method of cooking by
grilling.
34
36. 20.
One of the interesting anecdotes that talks about a
possible etymology of the name of an Indian city
consists of a British man who asked a peasant stacking
hay into a barn for the name of the place.The peasant,
who didn’t understand English, told the Englishman
that he harvested the crop the previous day. He
essentially said ‘harvested yesterday’ in his native
language, which the Englishman corrupted slightly and
assumed to be the name of the city.Which city is this?
36
37. 21.
Australia has an incredibly weird time zone state in
the summers.Australia doesn’t fully welcome or
embrace daylight saving time and this results in a very
weird arrangement of time zones in Australia, one
that isn’t found anywhere else in the world.There’s an
image on the next slide that probably helps.What is
this unique arrangement of time zones?
37
39. 22.
This coming spring, the X Education Program is helping
20,000 11th graders in NewYork City public schools
learn American history through a series of videos and
study guides that _______ helped develop. Participating
students write and perform their own musical projects
based on historical documents and research.Thanks to
a $1.5 million grant from the Rockefeller Foundation,
within the next year, these 20000 youngsters will get to
attend special, student-only showings on Wednesday
afternoons for only $10.What is X?
39
40. 23.
the next three questions are connected by the
drawing of two types of cards
the fourth question is the connection
+0.5 for each answer
40
41. 23A
Also the name of a cigarette manufacturing firm in
the US, this two word area in London derives its
name from a ball game played here in the 17th
century, despite the fact that you might assume that
it derives its name from the presence of a big
shopping center.
41
42. 23B
Standing midway between the main line stations at
Euston and Paddington, this was originally the
London terminus of the former Great Central Main
Line to Sheffield and Manchester. It was opened in
1899 and is the youngest of London’s main line
terminal stations.
42
43. 23C
An exclusive area of the West End by the east edge
of the Hyde Park in the city of Westminster, it is
known for its extreme poshness and high
concentration of five star hotels. It is now mainly
commercial, with many houses converted to
corporate offices.
43
44. 23D
What is the ‘card drawing’ connection between these
three regions?
44
45. 24.
There is some etiquette involved when placing stones
from the bowl onto a Y board. It is considered rude to
rattle stones in the bowl. It is also considered improper
to hold a number of stones in one’s hand.The accepted
procedure is to decide on one’s move, and then pick up
a stone, X-style with the index and middle fingers,
holding the stone between the index fingernail and the
middle fingertip.The stone is then placed onto the
board, where one is allowed to make a ‘clicking’ sound
as the stone touches the desired position on the board.
45
47. 25.
A Quora answer to ‘How do you tell a British tourist
in the US?’ has a popular answer which contains, in
part,‘they under-X, not knowing that Ys in the USA
are a crime against humanity which they are
personally obliged to correct for.’
47
48. 26.
The fourth most popular tourist destination (and
possibly the least-talked about) in Paris is X’s grave.
X came to Paris in 1971 to focus on his writing and
to take a break from performing. His death in 1971
gained him entry into a rather ‘elite’ club. He was
found death in a bathtub and the supposed reason
for his death was a heroin overdose, although an
autopsy was never performed. Who is X?
48
49. 27.
Here you see a map that depicts the X-Y canal, the
two words differing only by a single letter.What are
X andY, in any order.
49
50. 28.
The X, also known as the Barbary Coast, refers to a
vast region of North and Northwestern Africa, west
of Egypt.
50
51. Y is a capital city whose name sounds like X.
51
52. 29.
The manufacture of XY is intricate because some of the
basic steps involved in its making are repeated many times
before the desired amount of bruising and browning is
achieved.Withering, rolling, shaping, and firing are similar to
blackY, but much more attention to timing and temperature
is necessary. One last step, baking or roasting, is exclusive to
XY and is referred to as the real art in making this Y.
The name XY came into the English language from the
Chinese name meaning “black dragon” Y. In Chinese, XYs
are also known as qingcha.What is XY?
52
53. 30.
This game was invented by a person for his son
Christopher Robin.The game involves dropping of sticks
upstream of a bridge across a river and the winner is the
person who’s stick appears downstream of the bridge first.
Ashdown Forest, in East Sussex, is a beautiful heathland
that has become a popular tourist destination because of
the work of the father of aforementioned Christopher
Robin. One may also play the game described above here.
What is the reason for the popularity of Ashdown Forest?
53
55. 31.
In 1965, intention was announced to build a “universal town
where men and women of all countries are able to live in
peace and progressive harmony, above all creeds, all politics
and all nationalities”.
The proponent of this idea said that the center of this town
would be home to a “Park of Unity”.The center also, now, has
a shrine dedicated, in a way (literally speaking, at least), to the
very person who proposed the “universal town”.
What is this shrine in this universal town of peace and
harmony?
55
56. 32.
Five Weeks in the Amazon is a book written by a
person called Sean Michael Hayes who struggles
with depression. He goes into a Peruvian forest to
try and sort his feelings out, and spends a month
living with shamans and trying out X, a traditional
spiritual medicine used in ceremonies by people
living in the Amazon basin.
Give X, or the blank on the cover of the book.
56
58. 33.
Júzcar is a village in the Andalusian region of Spain
which is painted almost entirely blue.The blue colour
came up from a marketing campaign by an
international entertainment company in 2011.After
the subject of marketing died down in popularity, the
town just decided to keep the colour they had.What
was the reason for painting the town blue?
58
60. 34.
This word is used by the ancient Romans to refer to
a people who lived in desert areas in and around the
Roman province of Arabia, and who were
distinguished from Arabs. Y-X is a style of
architecture that attained popularity in the 19th
century in British India. Some of the most popular
buildings of this architecture are found in Chennai. X?
60
63. 1.
X is a meal replacement beverage that’s advertised as
a ‘staple meal’. Founder Rob Rhinehart started the
company after blending together the main constituents
of his meal to avoid the complications of cooking.The
name is a portmanteau of two words describing the
main ingredients of X, and is a homage to the food
consumed by people in the 1966 novel Make Room!
Make Room!. Increasing in popularity in the US, what is
X that is drunk in units of 400 calorie bottles?
63
65. 2.
Describing the travels of X and Alberto Granado on a
motorcycle named La Poderosa (the mighty one) for a
rather symbolic nine months, this memoir has been a
NewYorkTimes bestseller multiple times. It was
originally marketed as “Das Kapital meets Easy Rider”
and describes a coming-of-age story that is both
personal and political.The memoir ends with a
declaration by the author displaying his willingness to
fight and die for the cause of the poor, and his dream of
uniting his homeland (*).Who is X, and what is the
name of the memoir?
65
67. 3.
Built by X in the 1930s, the Kauffman Residence is an icon
of modern architecture. It was designed as a summer home
for the Kauffmans. It was claimed by Time magazine to be
X’s ‘most beautiful job’. It was also named, in 1991 as the
‘best all-time work of American architecture’.
The building was constructed in rural Pennsylvania in a
property which had waterfalls and cabins.This building was
commissioned after the aforementioned cabins had
deteriorated.What building is this, and who was the
architect?
67
69. 4.
The building in the previous question is part of the
Smithsonian’s 28 Places to See BeforeYou Die list, figuring in
the Triumphs of Vision category.Another of the four entries
in this group is the X.The palazzo that houses X was
designed and built in the 16th century.
Ever since it was opened to the public in 1769, it has been
come to be known for its collection of Renaissance art, it
being one of the world’s finest, housing both Botticelli’s
Birth of Venus as well as daVinci’s Annunciation. X?
69
73. 5.
Forming a part of the city’s flag, theTable Mountain is a
veritable tourist attraction in CapeTown.TheTable
Mountain is an example of an X, which is a geographic
entity that is used as an intermediary between a plateau
and a butte.The word X is used throughout the US to
describe a flat-topped mountain or hill.Additionally, the
word X is both Spanish and Portuguese for ‘table’. X?
73
75. 6.
US law prevents the sale of these animals as pets when they are under
4 inches long as they are known carriers of salmonella, like all reptiles.
Sulcata ________s are one of these that have become very popular as
pets, although this boom has been founded on misinformation.
Apparently they eat “anything vegetarian” (which is false) and will stay
little if put in a small tank for their whole lives (again false).
Experts say that to protect house foundations, sheds or doghouses
should be built in the house’s yard for these pets, heated to 80F year-
round.
Sulcata ________s kept in captivity sometimes develop a condition
known as ‘pyramiding’, where these ________s develop spikes. FITB.
75
77. 7.
Castle Garden is a circular sandstone fort located in
Battery Park. It’s best remembered for being the
precursor to X, another place very close to Castle
Garden which is more famous for the same reason.
What is X?
77
80. 8.
The Museum of broken _____________ is a one-of-a-
kind museum that has won various awards, including
the Kenneth Hudson Award for the most innovative
museum in Europe. On their website, they say that it
grew from a traveling exhibition revolving around the
concept of failed _____________ and their ruins.
Unlike ‘destructive’ self-help instructions for recovery
from failed _____________, the Museum offers a
chance to overcome […] through creation: by
contributing to the Museum's collection. FITB.
80
86. 10.
This phrase originally represented a commitment to building an
economy that would serve culture based on Buddhist values, rather
than gauging development based on the ideals of western material
development. It was coined in 1972. It was studied by scholars,
politicians and economists and in 2011, the UN passed resolution
65/309 placing X on the global development agenda. Its four tenets are:
1. Sustainable development
2. Preservation and promotion of cultural values
3. Conservation of the natural environment, and
4. Establishment of good governance
ID this phrase, which is now considered a socioeconomic model.
86
88. 11.
The next slide shows something that was closed in
2005 and is currently owned by the city of New
Orleans after the original owners terminated their
75-year lease with the city after assessing the
damage caused in 2005.
Identify what was shut down, and also what caused
its closure?
88
91. 12.
This chain describes themselves as “Fast, convenient.
X. Thank Heaven.” Very ubiquitous in the countries
that it operates in, what is this chain?
91
93. 13.
Another city that translates to ‘City of the Dead’, X is a port
city in Western India. One of the world’s first known docks,
X is one of the best preserved cities of the IndusValley
civilization, which thrived for years after the demise of
Mohenjodaro and Harappa.
The dock connected the city to an ancient course of
the Sabarmati river on the trade route
between Harappan cities in Sindh and the peninsula
of Saurashtra when the surrounding Kutch desert of today
was a part of the Arabian Sea. X?
93
97. 14.
Shown next are some pictures that won a particular
competition that was conducted in collaboration
with National Geographic.What was the USP of the
competition?
97
101. 15.
The X museum is located in Prague in the Czech
Republic. On the next slide is a picture of an exhibit
from the museum. Identify who the museum is an
homage to.
101
104. 16.
The Scott’s Hut Race is an annual warm-weather 5.2
mile race, where participants have to circle around
Discovery Hut.Another establishment’s counterpart
of this race is the ‘Race Around the World’ where one
zooms through all the time zones in a pre-ordained
two- to three-mile long track.Although most
participants run this race for fun, there is a coveted
grand prize: a luxurious five-minute X as compared to
the two-minute Xs residents are usually allotted. X?
104
106. 17.
The next slide shows an old Roman tablet that led
historians to conclude that a certain board game was
very popular among Roman soldiers.Which game?
106
109. 18.
An Atlantic article talks about some of the oldest
specimens of graffiti that have survived to this day.
The article also says that the fact that the graffiti has
survived is ‘part miracle, part tragedy’.
One of the iconic pieces of graffiti at this spot is
‘Gaius was here’.Where would you find this graffiti?
109
112. 19.
X is a cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine in
which foods are broiled or grilled with soy sauce,
mirin and sugar.The word derives from two words
that mean the shine or lustre given by the sugar
content in the tare and the method of cooking by
grilling.
112
115. 20.
One of the interesting anecdotes that talks about a
possible etymology of the name of an Indian city
consists of a British man who asked a peasant stacking
hay into a barn for the name of the place.The peasant,
who didn’t understand English, told the Englishman
that he harvested the crop the previous day. He
essentially said ‘harvested yesterday’ in his native
language, which the Englishman corrupted slightly and
assumed to be the name of the city.Which city is this?
115
117. 21.
Australia has an incredibly weird time zone state in
the summers.Australia doesn’t fully welcome or
embrace daylight saving time and this results in a very
weird arrangement of time zones in Australia, one
that isn’t found anywhere else in the world.There’s an
image on the next slide that probably helps.What is
this unique arrangement of time zones?
117
119. Australia has, in summer, time zones split both
horizontally and vertically!
119
120. 22.
This coming spring, the X Education Program is helping
20,000 11th graders in NewYork City public schools
learn American history through a series of videos and
study guides that _______ helped develop. Participating
students write and perform their own musical projects
based on historical documents and research.Thanks to
a $1.5 million grant from the Rockefeller Foundation,
within the next year, these 20000 youngsters will get to
attend special, student-only showings on Wednesday
afternoons for only $10.What is X?
120
122. 23.
the next three questions are connected by the
drawing of two types of cards
the fourth question is the connection
+0.5 for each answer
122
123. 23A
Also the name of a cigarette manufacturing firm in
the US, this two word area in London derives its
name from a ball game played here in the 17th
century, despite the fact that you might assume that
it derives its name from the presence of a big
shopping center.
123
125. 23B
Standing midway between the main line stations at
Euston and Paddington, this was originally the
London terminus of the former Great Central Main
Line to Sheffield and Manchester. It was opened in
1899 and is the youngest of London’s main line
terminal stations.
125
127. 23C
An exclusive area of the West End by the east edge
of the Hyde Park in the city of Westminster, it is
known for its extreme poshness and high
concentration of five star hotels. It is now mainly
commercial, with many houses converted to
corporate offices.
127
131. 24.
There is some etiquette involved when placing stones
from the bowl onto a Y board. It is considered rude to
rattle stones in the bowl. It is also considered improper
to hold a number of stones in one’s hand.The accepted
procedure is to decide on one’s move, and then pick up
a stone, X-style with the index and middle fingers,
holding the stone between the index fingernail and the
middle fingertip.The stone is then placed onto the
board, where one is allowed to make a ‘clicking’ sound
as the stone touches the desired position on the board.
131
134. 25.
A Quora answer to ‘How do you tell a British tourist
in the US?’ has a popular answer which contains, in
part,‘they under-X, not knowing that Ys in the USA
are a crime against humanity which they are
personally obliged to correct for.’
134
136. 26.
The fourth most popular tourist destination (and
possibly the least-talked about) in Paris is X’s grave.
X came to Paris in 1971 to focus on his writing and
to take a break from performing. His death in 1971
gained him entry into a rather ‘elite’ club. He was
found death in a bathtub and the supposed reason
for his death was a heroin overdose, although an
autopsy was never performed. Who is X?
136
143. 29.
The manufacture of XY is intricate because some of the
basic steps involved in its making are repeated many times
before the desired amount of bruising and browning is
achieved.Withering, rolling, shaping, and firing are similar to
blackY, but much more attention to timing and temperature
is necessary. One last step, baking or roasting, is exclusive to
XY and is referred to as the real art in making this Y.
The name XY came into the English language from the
Chinese name meaning “black dragon” Y. In Chinese, XYs
are also known as qingcha.What is XY?
143
145. 30.
This game was invented by a person for his son
Christopher Robin.The game involves dropping of sticks
upstream of a bridge across a river and the winner is the
person who’s stick appears downstream of the bridge first.
Ashdown Forest, in East Sussex, is a beautiful heathland
that has become a popular tourist destination because of
the work of the father of aforementioned Christopher
Robin. One may also play the game described above here.
What is the reason for the popularity of Ashdown Forest?
145
148. 31.
In 1965, intention was announced to build a “universal town
where men and women of all countries are able to live in
peace and progressive harmony, above all creeds, all politics
and all nationalities”.
The proponent of this idea said that the center of this town
would be home to a “Park of Unity”.The center also, now, has
a shrine dedicated, in a way (literally speaking, at least), to the
very person who proposed the “universal town”.
What is this shrine in this universal town of peace and
harmony?
148
150. 32.
Five Weeks in the Amazon is a book written by a
person called Sean Michael Hayes who struggles
with depression. He goes into a Peruvian forest to
try and sort his feelings out, and spends a month
living with shamans and trying out X, a traditional
spiritual medicine used in ceremonies by people
living in the Amazon basin.
Give X, or the blank on the cover of the book.
150
153. 33.
Júzcar is a village in the Andalusian region of Spain
which is painted almost entirely blue.The blue colour
came up from a marketing campaign by an
international entertainment company in 2011.After
the subject of marketing died down in popularity, the
town just decided to keep the colour they had.What
was the reason for painting the town blue?
153
156. 34.
This word is used by the ancient Romans to refer to
a people who lived in desert areas in and around the
Roman province of Arabia, and who were
distinguished from Arabs. Y-X is a style of
architecture that attained popularity in the 19th
century in British India. Some of the most popular
buildings of this architecture are found in Chennai. X?
156
