Prelims of Travel and Tourism Quiz

1. Intelligent
Insight- TOURISM
-JEETH NACHAPPA

2. General Rules.
• Four rounds.
• No prompting.
• One final answer, First answer given
priority.
• No usage of cell phones
• The decision of the quiz-master will be
final and will not be subjected to any
change.

3. Around You!!!
• Question will be displayed for 30 seconds
and within that time question should be
answered.
• If not answered within 30 seconds
question automatically passes to next
team.
• Correct answer 20 points
• Pass 10 points
• No negative scores

4. 1.When it happened, Outlook Magazine
called it “The biggest sex change in the
History of Modern India”. What?

6. Victoria Terminus became Chhatrapati
Shivaji Terminus

7. 2.This exact frame approximately is used in
something in India. In fact, it has been seen
by everyone of us. Where you have seen
this pic.

10. 3.Burkina Faso is the host country of world
tourism day 2015.
What is the theme of World Tourism Day-
2015?

12. • One Billion Tourists, One Billion
Opportunities.

15. • The ruins in Nepal after the Earthquake.

16. 5) Also called the Highway to India, How do
we better know this?

18. • Suez Canal

19. 6) Lok SabhaMarg,New Delhi,Delhi110001.
What is it?

21. • Parliament House

22. 7) Which city was once known as Byzantium
and later as Constantinople?

24. • Istanbul

25. 8) Located in the Asian continent it forms
the largest archipelago. What is it?

27. • Indonesia

28. 9) This is an artwork that was put on exhibition by
Saudi artist Ahmed Mater. It is named as Magnetism
as it has a magnet at the centre and iron fillings used
to get the pattern. What real life annual ritual does it
try to depict?

30. • Hajj, Mecca

31. 10.Whatcould this be???

33. • The border between the countries of
NETHERLANDS and BELGIUM.

34. 11.Locatedat the Palkstrait connecting the
mainlandand an island, what is it??

36. • The Pamban Bridge, is a railway bridge on
the Palk Strait which connects the town
of Rameswaram on Pamban Island to
mainland India.

37. 12) Construction on
this site began in
1882, and though
progress slowed after
the creator’s death in
1926, it continues
today. The projected
year of completion is
2026, exactly a
century after the
creator’s death.
Identify the city
where this is based.

39. • Sagrada Família is a large Roman Catholic
church in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain),
designed by Catalan architect Antoni
Gaudí(1852–1926).

40. VIBGYORfound on land, where is it?

42. • 7 coloured earth, Mauritius

43. Logo Punch
• Logos will be displayed for 30 seconds
and within that time question should be
answered.
• If not answered within 30 seconds
question automatically passes to next
team.
• Correct answer 20 points
• Pass 10 points
• No negative scores

44. 1.

47. 2.

50. 3.

53. 4.

57. 5.

60. 6.

63. Audience

66. Hit the BuZZeR..!

67. Hit the Buzzer!!!
• Image will be displayed.
• Team buzzing first are given priority.
• Should be answered in 20 SECONDS
• Correct answer- 30 points
• Wrong answer- 20 points to be deducted

68. 1.

70. • Louvre Museum, France

73. • Pan American Highway

74. 3.

76. • Lotus temple, New Delhi

77. 4.

79. • San Franscisco, Golden Gate Bridge

80. 5.

82. • Chocolate Hills, Phillipines

83. 6.

85. • Aerial view of Sydney Opera House.

86. Audience

88. • The Contra Dam, commonly known as
the Verzasca Dam and the Locarno Dam,
is an arch dam on the Verzasca River in
the Val Verzasca of Ticino, Switzerland

89. Rapid Fire!!!
• Total of 7 questions
• One minute duration
• 10 points for every correct answer
• If answer is not known saying “pass” will
take you to the next question.