asKQAnce 2013

Hoarse Latitudes

The Travel and Culture Quiz Finals

Quizmasters:

Ochintya Sharma and Venkatesh S

Stamp-ede! – Written

Clockwise – 8

Bharat Rail – Written

Clockwise – 8

Seen In a Scene – Written

Anti-clockwise – 8

Do I see a game somewhere – Written

? Anti-clockwise – 8

Stamp-ede!

6 questions

All written

+5 for each, +5 bonus for getting

everything, no negatives

Hand in your sheetsAnswers follow…

…after this slide.

1. A set of stamps celebrating their famous Tanna Island coffee – which country issued it?

Vanuatu

2. Name this tourist attraction. Give a 3-word answer.

Sea of Galilee / Lake of Gennesaret

3. If you travel to NZ, you are bound to come across this flavour of ice cream consisting of plain vanilla ice cream with small, solid lumps of honeycomb toffeethat dates back to the 1940s. Name it

Hokey Pokey

4. The Austurvollur is a prominent park/square in the centre of which national capital city? – it has become a prominent place for public protests

Reykjavik

5. Name please

Everglades

6. Which place in Spain are all these about?

Altamira Caves

X first saw Y from the window of a train while travelling

from Vernon to Gasny. He had been living in Poissy in

north France, looking for a change of residence after the

premature death of his first wife, and the beginning of a

relationship with Alice Hoschedé. He liked what he saw

from the train window so much that he moved to Y in

1883 with Alice and their eight children. After buying a

house there, X redesigned his garden using Japanese

principles. The garden and water body are inextricably

linked and identified with X and are a major tourist

attraction.

Name X and Y

AUDIENCE – 1

X – Claude MonetY – Giverny

1. Charles ______ Casalasco’s father, Jacques _______ was

owner of the Hotel Anglais in Monte Carlo, where

Charles worked as a pageboy. At the height of his

success after coming to New York, Charles sold out and

entered a joint venture with a group of Wall Street

financiers, most notably Otto Kahn, E.F. Hutton and

Walter P. Chrysler and built this hotel at a cost of $15

million and opened it in Oct 1930. YSL first debuted his

couture collection in America here. In the Cotillion

Ballroom, Al Pacino tangoed his way to an Oscar in

Scent of a Woman.

Name this iconic hotel and also give it’s current

owner

ANSWER

The Pierre New York A Taj Hotel

2. This was developed by Seiichi Miyake in 1965. It was

first introduced in a street in Okayama city, Japan, in

1967. Its use gradually spread in Japan and then around

the world and has now become a standard. The colour is

chosen in a way that it contrasts visually with adjacent

walking surfaces, either light-on-dark, or dark-on-light.

You will now find this in public transport areas like

Metro stations, bus termini, sidewalks and so on.

What is it?

ANSWER

To guide or warn the visually impaired pedestrians- the oblong raised pattern indicate places, and in what direction, it is safe to walk confidently. The “warning” blocks with the round raised dots indicate edges, corners or other places where greater care or caution is required. So, these tactile cues help everyone stay clear of train platform edges, crosswalk drop-offs, and other related hazards.

3. This is a traditional South American herb infused

drink, particularly in Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay and

the southern states of Brazil. It is prepared from

steeping dried leaves of yerba herbs in hot water.

It is served with a metal straw from a shared hollow

calabash gourd. The straw is traditionally made of silver

and called the bombilla.

What friendly name does it have in Argentina?

ANSWER

Mate, pronunced Mahtay

4. It was once one of the most important cities in

Europe. The Roman emperor Augustus chose it as the

naval base for his eastern Mediterranean fleet in the first

century, making the city an important boom town on

the Eastern trade routes. Some 400 years later, Emperor

Honorius moved his capital from Milan to here. Later, it

became the seat of the Byzantine government in Italy,

and thereby the most important city in the Eastern

Roman Empire after Constantinople. The architectural

legacy of this period includes a unique collection of early

Christian mosaics housed in eight buildings that have

been declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Name it

Galla Placidia mausoleum

A mosaic of emperor

Justinian

ANSWER

Ravenna

5. In the early 17th century, the city X did belong to the

French. Around 1535, the explorer Y had claimed it for

King François I of France when he sailed across the

Atlantic to the New World in search of gold. But as he

recorded in his diary, there was no gold here, only “stones

and horrible rugged rocks”. A few decades later, because

of a fashion accessory coming into vogue, the French

realized that there was great profit to be made and a

group of French pioneers led by cartographer Samuel de

Champlain landed here and chose X as their capital, and it

remained in French hands till 1759. If you travel to this

city even today, the French influence is unmistakeable.

Name X, Y and the fashion accessory

ANSWER

X – QuebecY – Jacques CartierZ – Beaver fur hats

6. On the left is the Royal Pavilion and on the right is the

Chattri Memorial. In which seaside town in England will

you find it? What was the Pavilion used for in the 1910s

and in a related fashion, who was the memorial for?

ANSWER

BrightonRoyal Pavilion was used as a hospital for wounded Indian soldiers in WW1The memorial is for the Indian soldiers who died in WW1

7. Three monuments in three different parts of the world

(Asia, Americas and Africa) that all have the same name –

denoting the founders / rulers of the respective places or

in one case, a Biblical tale. What’s the common name and

name any one of the locations?

ANSWER

Three Kings MonumentChiang Mai, ThailandPuerto RicoGaborone, Botswana

8. This book and its film adaptation by Ryu Murakami is

set in this iconic location and was also filmed here. It is

also believed that the last wild tiger in this country was

shot dead in this location after escaping from a nearby

show. The lasting claim to fame of this place was

something that was ‘created’ here between 1910-1915.

Name the place and the creation.

ANSWER

Raffles HotelSingapore Sling

In the Southern Hemisphere, you will come across

phenomena called the Roaring Forties, the Furious Fifties

and the Shrieking Sixties – named by sailors who

benefited from them.

What are they and why are they so named?

AUDIENCE – 2

ANSWER

Strong westerly windsDegrees of Latitude where they are found

AUDIENCE – 3

The Battle of Curzola was a naval battle which was

fought at the end of the 13th century between the fleets

of Genoa and Venice, in which the Venetians suffered a

heavy defeat.

According to one unverified legend, what was

co-written by Venetian prisoner Rustichello da Pisa?

ANSWER

The Travels of Marco Polo

Bharat Rail

6 questions

All written

+5 for each, +5 bonus for getting

everything, no negatives

Hand in your sheetsAnswers follow…

…after this slide.

1. In the pre-2011 4-digit numbering system, the first digit

in any Indian train number represented the Railway region

that runs it. Trains starting with the number 0 belonged

to which railway organization in India?

Konkan Railway

2. This is a station on the Arakkonam-Renigunta section of

the Southern Railway (the first station after Renigunta

towards Arakkonam (just within the AP border). The

station code is VKZ. What is its distinction?

Train station with the longest name

Sri Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta

3. The easternmost broad gauge railway station in India is also the point where the Stillwell Road, which was used by the allies to transport arms in the China-India-Burma corridor during World War 2, begins.

In fact, this village lent its name to the earlier name of the Stillwell Road.

Name it

Ledo (in Assam)

4. This Shatabdi Express is the fastest train in India today.

It has a maximum speed of 150km/h on the Faridabad-

Agra section, and 130km/h between Agra and Jhansi. It has

the highest commercial speed for any train in India –

89.87 km/h, and covers the 704 km stretch in 7 hours 50

minutes. Which two cities does it connect?

New Delhi – Bhopal

5. In the tentative list submitted for the UNESCO World

Heritage Sites, India has nominated two more entries to

an existing set of three. The existing three are in Tamil

Nadu, West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh. The new ones

are in Maharashtra and Punjab/Himachal.

Name the two new entries

Matheran and Kangra Valley- Mountain Railways of India

6. Which is the only train in India that runs (more than

100 km) with just two coaches?

There are only two coaches in the Fairy Queen:

fifty seats in the air conditioned first coach and

the second coach which is the pantry car.

This is a Super Fast express train, running between

Kanyakumari and Hazrat Nizamuddin covers a distance

of 2922 km making it one of the longest running Super

Fast trains in the country. One of the few trains named

after a literary work, what is it called, possibly influenced

by a tourist attraction at one of the termini?

AUDIENCE – 4

Thirukkural Express

Which Indian detergent brand shares its name with a

now-defunct national airline of a European country?

AUDIENCE – 5

Sabena

9. This is the Souk Zrabia, the main carpet market in

one of the major cities in North Africa. Due to their

intricate designs and their comparisons to expensive art,

these carpets are given a name that combines the name

of the tribe that makes these along with the name of a

famous artist. Which city will you find this in? What are

these carpets called?

ANSWER

MarrakechBerber Picasso

10. The term ______ __ _________refers to an event in Greek history

involving a mass suicide of women from Souli and their children

during the Souliote War of 1803, near this village in Epirus,

Greece. During the Souliote War in Dec 1803, the Souliotes

began evacuating after their defeat by the forces of the local

Ottoman-Albanian ruler, Ali Pasha. During the evacuation, a

small group of Souliot women and their children were trapped

by Ali's troops in Epirus. In order to avoid capture and

enslavement, the women threw their children first and then

themselves off a steep cliff, committing suicide. According to the

legend, they jumped down the precipice one after the other

while singing and dancing. The incident soon became known

across Europe.

What is this monument called?

ANSWER

Dance of ZalongoZalongo is located in Epirus in Northern Greece

11. One of the most important tourist attractions in

Colorado, it was controversial when built in 1963, it is

now regarded as an icon of modernist architecture. It

hosts more than half a million visitors every year. It has

six different sections for use by different people.

What is it and who is it built for?

ANSWER

Cadet Chapel for the United States Air Force Academy- The Protestant nave is located on the upper level, while the Catholic and Jewish chapels and a Buddhist room are located beneath it. You can also find the All Faiths room and Falcon Circle for followers of Earth-Centered Spirituality,

12. A famous temple for Parvati and a GI-indicated sari

from a town in East India. Name the town, the name by

which the goddess is known and the sari

ANSWER

BishnupurBaluchari SareesChinnamasta – the one with the severed head

13. This is the map of which city? The main road here is

named after a feted army general, Gatot Subroto. What

does Gatot (a common first name in this country) stand

for?

ANSWER

JakartaGatot is the short form for the warrior Gatotkacha

14. This National Park covers more than 2.5 million

hectares in the east of the country, at the centre of the

“Pamir Knot”. It consists of high plateaus in the east and,

rugged peaks to the west, some of them over 7,000m

high, and features extreme seasonal variations of

temperature. The longest valley glacier outside the Polar

region is located among the 1,085 glaciers in the park,

which also has 170 rivers and more than 400 lakes. The

park also shelters nationally rare and threatened birds and

mammals. Name the country where it’s located. What is

unique about the Pamir Knot?

ANSWER

TajikistanThe Pamir Knot are a mountain range in Central Asia formed by the knot of the Himalayas, Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, and Hindu Kush ranges.

15. Given below are the name derivations of areas that make up

which remarkable place? Also, identify Xi. Sir Bartholomew James Sullivan – lifelong friend of X

ii. X

iii. Viscount Samuel Hood

iv. King Ferdinand II of Aragon

v. Juan José Flores, the first President of Ecuador

vi. Genoa, Italy

vii. Queen Isabela

viii. Friar Antonio Marchena

ix. English nobleman, Lord Hugh Seymour (2)

x. the Pinzón brothers

xi. Earl of Abingdon / Spanish for the Pint

xii. the convent of Rábida

xiii. the patron saint of seafarers, St. Christopher

xiv. Holy Cross in Spanish

xv. Santa Fe – a city in Spain

xvi. Equivalent to St James in English

xvii. German geologist Theodor Wolf

ANSWER

Galapagos IslandsCharles Darwin

16.

In 1768, while in England as a deputy postmaster of the British American colonies, he heard a curious complaint from the Colonial Board of Customs: Why did it take British packets several weeks longer to reach New York from England than it took an average American merchant ship to reach Newport, Rhode Island, despite the merchant ships leaving from London, while the packets left from Falmouth in Cornwall?

In the fall of 1768, he discussed this with his first cousin Timothy Folger, captain of a Nantucket whaling vessel.

What was charted and named thus? Who is the person?

ANSWER

Gulf Stream

Benjamin Franklin

Don’t just book it. _________ _________ it.

Fill in the blanks in this famous ad campaign

AUDIENCE – 6

Thomas Cook

The birth place of Lal Bahadur Shastri, it is one of the

termini of the Grand Chord section that starts from

Asansol. Located 16 kms from Varanasi, it possibly has

the longest freight yard in Asia.

Name it

AUDIENCE – 7

Mughalsarai

Seen in a Scene

You will see 6 movie clips. (unfortunately, all

videos removed!)

Questions need to be answered in writing.

Each question has two parts.

5+5 marks for A+B parts.

No Stakes, No Differentials, No bonus,

No other scoring bullshit.

Hand in your sheetsAnswers follow…

…after this slide.

1.

You will see a popular song. It is picturized in two

locations not very far from each other. Name both.

ANSWER

Ranganthittu Bird

Sanctuary and

Balmuri Falls near Mysore

2.

What is the name of the Railway Station that is

featured in the video?

This place is also the start point of a “Numero Uno”

road. Where does that road terminate?

ANSWER

3.

When this song from a 1970 movie became popular, as

with many other cases, tourists started discovering this

lake. Not long after, boating here became a honeymoon

ritual.

Which lake?

According to local myth, the lake is filled through a

subterranean connection with which water body?

ANSWER

Nainital and

Manasarovar

4.

The name of this park in Utah with such a

spectacular landscape points to what “expired

animal”?

What is the black line that is meandering through?

ANSWER

Dead Horse

and

Colorado

River

5.

This is an enactment of the _____ Festspiele, one of the

world’s most prestigious classical festivals. It is held

every July and August on a specially made stage on

Lake Constance in Austria.

Fill the blank.

Identify the opus being enacted.

ANSWER

6.

This place earns merit in Myth for two reasons. One,

this is where Parashurama vanquished King Kartavirya

Arjuna. This is also where, in Valmiki’s ashram, Sita

delivered Luv and Kush. (A)

Film crew are also discovering another location, (B),

30 km southeast of (A), whose two main residential

areas are called Robertsonpet and Andersonpet.

Name A and B

ANSWER

Kolar Hills and

Kolar Gold Fields

1. There are more than 600 of them, all managed by

the Gormost. The first Perekhod came up in

Smolenskaya in 1935 and the longest, in Paveletskaya.

Each of the major ones has its own speciality.

Teatralnaya with good acoustics is for musicians.

Kitai-Gorod is a drinking hole and the one in Pushkin

Square has the best DVDs. Kurskaya is for modern art.

Between Gorky Park and New Tretykov gallery, it is for

Russian paintings. Manezh Square even has a movie

theatre.

What is a Perekhod?

ANSWER

Underground Pedestrian Crossing

2. This is a memorial to a 20th century leader designed

by the ROMA design group and sculpted by the

Chinese artist Lei Yixin. The specific manner of its

construction is a dedication to what?

ANSWER

Line from Martin Luther King Jr.’s I have a dream speech: “Out of the Mountain of Despair, a Stone of

Hope”

3. The 86th floor observatory in the Empire State

Building is open till 2AM every night. Thursday to

Saturday, 10 PM to 1 AM, there is a jazz saxophonist

doing the rounds. You can pay him extra and he will

play your song.

Flooded with what demand, did the ESB employ these

motley folks?

ANSWER

Marriage Proposals.

The Observatory Deck at the ESB is the venue where

maximum marriage proposals happen in the US.

There were floods of request for surprise music!!

I'd like to propose at the Empire State Building. Is that ok?

Absolutely! We recommend proposing when our saxophonist is on the 86th floor Observatory

(Thursdays-Saturdays, 10PM–1AM). You may request your special song to help set the mood.

Afterwards, celebrate with a champagne toast at The Empire Room, located in the building on the

main level on 33rd Street. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate requests to close down the

Observatory for proposals.

4. If you were an itinerant traveller in the mid 1800s, what

you saw in the visual would have caused you quite an

irritation. The fact that it was made of Indian Plum and

other prickly shrubs would cause the irritation to be even

more literal. In reference to another such grand project,

historians now call this “The _____ ______ of India”. (A)

The officers of the East India Company and later the

Crown, who extended the original A, called it by a more

officious name : “Inland (B) Line” alluding to the function

that was provided.

A and B please?

ANSWER

5. The building of the Beijing - Shanghai high speed

railway consumed two times the amount of concrete

used in the Three Gorges Dam. The train reaches a

max speed of 300 kmph, and the 1300 kilometre

distance is scheduled to be covered in around 5 hours

with just a single stop at Nanjing South.

However, very often, the journey takes well upto 7 hrs.

The reason for this delay is a large number of sudden

and emergency stops the train makes.

Why does the train stop in the wayside places?

ANSWER

In ordinary Chinese trains, smoking is permitted in

vestibules.

The High Speed G train is a total non-smoking train.

Addicted Chinese comrades try to light up, mostly in

the bathroom. This sets up the fire alarm which

triggers automatic emergency brakes. The train doesn't

start till the bathroom is identified and the system is

resanitized!!!

6. This is a standard souvenir from a familiar

wonder of the world.

What artistic license have the local artists applied to

the actual scenery, to justify what legend?

ANSWER

The relative heights of

the hills are

manipulated so that the

picture looks like a

human face.

The face is supposed to

be that of the Emperor

Pachucuti. Machu Pichu

was built as an estate

for him.

7.

The word Porajmos is used to describe the attempted genocide

of these people X during World War 2. They survived and have

flourished.

In country Y, X is written with a double consonant so as not to

create any local confusion.

In France, the belief was that X came into their country from

the east, and hence the French called them Z.

In the late 19th century, with the upsurge of a French cultural

movement, the adjective Z came to common usage.

Solve for X, Y, Z

ANSWER

X= Romani

Y= Romanian

Z= Bohemian

8.

The area around Malvan is a popular tourist destination with multiple

beaches, temples and forts in vicinity.

In recent years, a small island, a few kilometres from Malvan has been

attracting tourists in hordes.

Situated in the back waters of Tarkarli, this sand bar is now a hub for

water sports like jet ski, banana boat rides, kayaks, and the likes.

Critics deride this loss of peace and pronounce that the island was not

formed overnight as claimed by the local tourist machinery. They find

the name chosen for the island as cheap and sad publicity.

But it is precisely the much publicized name that is bringing in the

tourists.

What is the name of the island?

ANSWER

Tsunami Island

Created during the Tsunami of 2004

The Motihari town is the headquarters of a historically

important district of Bihar. A massive opium warehouse

faces the most important and popular house in the town,

which is now a protected monument. A tourist trail of

sorts brings thousands to this house every year. By a

quirky coincidence, the reason for fame was tracked

down in the year 1983 – not a year too early. The

district, which borders Nepal, is important since

Mahatma Gandhi led the first Satyagraha revolution

here.

Why is the house famous? Give the name of the district

AUDIENCE – 8

ANSWER

George Orwell’s birthplaceChamparan

Do I see a game somewhere?

There are six questions. About travel locations

connected to some sport/pastime/act of leisure (all

videos removed)

Questions need to be answered in writing

Each question has two parts

5+5 marks for A+B parts

No Stakes, No Differentials, No bonus, No other

scoring bullshit

Hand in your sheetsAnswers follow…

…after this slide.

1.

This movie clip was shot at a location which was

naturally endowed for this sport. But no local had ever

bothered about it. It was the gear brought by the film

crew that pioneered this sport here. Today, it draws

thousands of enthusiasts from all over the world and

even hosts a major championship.

What sport? (A)

Where? (B)

ANSWER

(A)Surfing

(B)Baler Bay / Aurora

Philippines

2.

Where will you see this statues? (A)

And whose statue is on the right? (B)

ANSWER

(A)Royal Ascot

(B)Frankie Dettori

3.

In 1950, when the Mexico government completed building its

section of the world’s longest road, it wanted to showcase its

road building prowess and also attract international travellers.

Thus, this race was born. Covering a distance of 2200 miles and

an elevation range of 300 ft. to 10,000+ ft., it quickly earned

notoriety of being the “most dangerous race” in the world.

What is this event? (A)

And what popular nickname has this race now caught on, that

may remind you of a defunct airline? (B)

ANSWER

(A) La Carrera

Panamericana

or the Panamerican

Road Race

(B) Pan Am

4.

Because of its extensive canal network, (A) is often

compared to Venice. It draws more than 10 million

tourists every year and for a long time, it was

considered the most favourite destination for American

college students to spend out their spring break.

Its annual show, - the 54th Edition this year - draws

close to 100,000 tourists every October. For all its

influence, be through its unique geography or the large

number of moneybags with large toys, it called “The

(B) Capital of the World”.

Tell us A and B.

ANSWER

5. This is the “Image of the World” square. Measuring

505 metres by 160 metres, it is one of the largest city

squares in the world. Since early 1600s, it has been a

hub of entertainment, commerce, and social gatherings

in which city?(A). Additionally, what sporting purpose

was it used for? (B)

ANSWER

(A) Isfahan

(B) Polo Field

6. (A) is a large country home in Gloucestershire dating

from the 13th century. It came to the possession of the

Earl of Somerset and finally to the _____ (B) during the

late 17th Century.

The large manor has multiple sporting traditions. One, it

is the venue for the prestigious A Horse Trials.

Secondly, it is Britain’s major centre for fox hunting.

However, quizzers know more about an “invention/

re-introduction” by the children of the family in the

Grand Hall during a unusually harsh winter spell of 1863.

Fill A and B.

ANSWER

(A) Badminton House

(B) Duke of Beaufort

This National Park has perhaps the widest diversity of

habitats of any of South Asia's major areas. It’s altitude

ranges from a mere 200m in the plains to a lofty 4,570m

in the easternmost tip of the Himalayas, providing an

impressive altitudinal range. It is probably the only place

in the world that has the tiger, leopard, clouded leopard

and the snow leopard. It is also a birding paradise with

more than 400 species, some found only in this part of

India.

Name it

AUDIENCE – 9

ANSWER

Namdapha National Park

9.

With its history running back to 1895, The Henry Wood

Concerts are organized by the BBC every summer in the

Royal Albert Hall for eight weeks.

Historically, as these concerts were to be performed in _______s, they are also called the BBC ____s.

Now, the verb ______ing is used to refer to this massive

phenomenon of queuing up for cheap tickets, spending long

nights in those queues, and cheering loudly from the cheap

stands.

British media trumps this as the most democratic cultural

festival in the world. What is this phenomenon?

ANSWER

10.

The overriding rule: You are not to think you're anyone special or

that you're better than us.

is derived from these 10 rules:You're not to think you are anything special.You're not to think you are as good as us.You're not to think you are smarter than us.You're not to convince yourself that you are better than us.You're not to think you know more than us.You're not to think you are more important than us.You're not to think you are good at anything.You're not to laugh at us.You're not to think anyone cares about you.You're not to think you can teach us anything.

This doctrine is called “The Law of Jante” Or “Who-Do-You-

Think-You-Are” law. This explains the social and community

based behaviour of which region of the world?

ANSWER

Scandinavia

11. What is common to the following buildings?

Westminster Cathedral, London

Cathedral of St. John the Divine,

New York

Super Power Building,

Clearwater

Ajuba National Palace, Lisbon

New Zealand Parliament,

Wellington

ANSWER

Buildings left incomplete

12.

A. Part of the Reserva Nacional los Flamencos, west of San

Pedro de Atacama in Chile.

B. Ischigualasto Provincial Park, famous for multiple dinosaur

fossil discoveries in South-western Argentina.

C. Part of the Pedro Domingo Murillo, just 10 Km from

downtown La Paz in Bolivia.

D. A 1.8 Billion years Stony basin carved out by the

San Miguel river near Chapada dos Veadeiros in the

Brazilian highlands

All these places have all adopted the same nickname.

What would be the English version of that nickname?

ANSWER

Valle de la Luna

Val da Lua

Valley of the Moon

13.

The resort is referred as “The Village” and the manager, the

chef de village. GO, Gentils Organisateurs, serve customers

who are called GM, Gentils Membres (Gracious Guests).

Through the day, GOs and GMs play, dine, drink, and dance

together. Across all the resorts, GOs do a communal dance –

crazy signs – a dance that is improvised/invented every season.

What holiday experience is this?

ANSWER

14.

A few years back, researchers at the Cornell Centre for

Advanced Computing (CAC) using a novel methodology,

number crunching media analytics and some statistical tweaks,

established that (surprise!) the Eiffel Tower was the most

photographed location in the world.

In late 2012, another team of researchers, operating on a

different set of data established that (surprise, surprise!)

Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport has taken that elite position.

What is the methodology applied? And what was the difference

in the two approaches?

ANSWER

The methodology was to analyze pictures

shared onto internet.

The Cornell scientists downloaded nearly 35

million Flickr photos taken by more than

300,000 photographers and analyzed them.

The other study was conducted by Instagram

of pictures posted by their 100 million users

worldwide!!

15.

In 1963, Jim Hole, A British special effects specialist and Paul

Avellino, a construction manager, devised a 300 feet shallow

water tank for shooting naval sequences. The next year, this

was used for the naval war drama, “The Bedford Incident”. Producers who came for the tank soon noticed other things in

the neighborhood that has always been calling in tourists:

blue lagoons, unspoilt forts and devout worshippers.

In 1978, the Mediterranean Film Studios was formed and today

it has a proud portfolio of top-notch period blockbusters.

Now there are as many long queues at the left-behind sets as

there are in the medieval forts.

Where on earth?

ANSWER

Malta

16. Some attribute the name of this festival to Geography.

Others attribute it to a famous 1848 short story. The most

iconic images of the festival in the place of origin are the ones

below:

Over the years, the festival has spread far and wide: Paris in

October, Iceland on June 24th, Helsinki in August, Melbourne in

Feb and Chicago in May.

What festival? Where did the festival originate?

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