Travel & Living quiz - questions provided by me & conducted by Arul Saravanan with more questions of his own at the Coimbatore Quiz Circle in October 2013

1. Travel & Living Quiz
Coimbatore Quiz Circle
Aditya Sriram Sankaran
October 2013

2. Infinite Pounce

3. 1
• What is this map a graphic representation of?

5. 1.A
• Where in the world is Matt?
This represents all the locations covered
in the videos where Matt has ‘danced’

6. 3
• John Hanning Speke was an officer in the British Army
who famously made three exploratory expeditions to
Africa, during one of which he discovered and named
Lake Victoria, the source of the Nile.
• He was awarded a medal with an inscription that read
‘Honor est a Nilo’ – Honor is from the Nile.
• This was also, interestingly, a clever wordplay in honor
of the man who paved the way for Speke’s exploratory
exploits. Who? Explain.

8. 3.A.
• ‘Honor est a Nilo’ was an anagram of
Horatio Nelson, who won the Battle of the
Nile, which enabled Speke and others to
later explore Africa, particularly along the
Nile to its origin at Lake Victoria

9. 4
• The Stendhal Syndrome is a 1996 horror film about
Detective Anna, who while on the trail of a serial killer,
comes upon a museum. There, she experiences a bout
of Stendhal Syndrome, that causes people to be
overwhelmed by great works of art.
• Two prominent paintings shown in the movie are
Rembrandt’s Night watch & Breugel’s Landscape with
the Fall of Icarus, both of which are not actually housed
at the museum in question.
• Which museum, that was originally built as an office
building for local magistrates, is the movie set in?

11. 4.A.
• The Uffizi Gallery in Florence
(uffizi  Italian for offices)
• The Stendhal Syndrome was first
diagnosed in Florence in 1982.
• Dario Argento, the director of the film,
experienced this when he was a child.

12. PLACES FROM PAINTINGS
QUESTIONS

13. 1
• 1840 Painting by David Scott of a building shaped as a
20-sided polygon, despite its name. What building? (The
two people encircled in red should serve as a clue)

14. 2
• This is a late 18th century painting of a later iteration (the
most well-known of which occured about 1700 years
earlier) of certain event / location by Joseph Wright of
Derby (pic on next slide)
Despite the fact that he was in and around this
geographic area just a year or two before, he never quite
experienced this event, visually, in the first person.
What event / location has he depicted?

15. 2

16. 3
• Three paintings, the first one by J.M.W. Turner and the
other two by lesser known painters representing ‘a
structure’ that are all known by what 3-word name?
The name of the structure is representative of the
involuntary utterance one would make when
encountering them?
(pics on the next slides)
For bonus points, give me the names of the 3 cities in
which they are found

17. 3

18. 3

19. 4
• Depicted in this JMW Turner painting is Hero who flung
herself to death by jumping into the sea on finding out
that her lover Leander had drowned while attempting to
swim across ‘this international waterway’.
Give either the old or the new name of this narrow
waterway that connects two European seas

20. 4

21. 5
• What is the common denominator in a series of 36
paintings by Katsushika Hokusai (a few of which are
represented in the following slides)?

22. 5

23. 5

24. 5

25. 6
• This is a painting on the ceiling of a prominent building
by Marc Chagall.
It tries to represent the different activities that one may
bear witness to under the ceiling of this building.
The city where this building is found was and continues
to be a centre for these activities, apart from being the
city where Chagall settled down and spent the second
half of his life.
What building, in which city?

26. 6

27. 7
• Yet another common denominator question:
1. The following paintings by JMW Turner & Vasily
Surikov all depict people attempting to do what?
2. Another two paintings by Paul Delaroche & JacquesLouis David represent who attempting the same?

28. 7

29. 7

30. 8
• This is a painting by William Hogarth, the last in the
series of eight paintings that comprised ‘A Rake’s
Progress’, a story of the decline and fall of Tom
Rakewell. This painting shows him in a London hospital
that was a centre for the treatment of the mentally ill.
The name of the hospital serves as the origin of a word
that is often used to represent chaos and confusion.
Give me either the name or the hospital or the English
word for uproar / chaos that is derived from it.

31. 8

32. Places in Paintings
ANSWERS

33. 1
• 1840 Painting by David Scott of a building shaped as a
20-sided polygon, despite its name. What building? (The
two people encircled in red should serve as a clue)

35. A.1
• The Globe Theatre, which isn’t globeshaped
• The figures encircled in red are William
Shakespeare & the Queen

36. 2
• Late 18th century painting of a later iteration (the most
well-known of which occured about 1700 years earlier) of
certain event / location by Joseph Wright of Derby.
(pic on next slide)
Despite the fact that he was in and around this
geographic area just a year or two before, he never quite
experienced this event, visually, in the first person.
What event / location has he depicted?

37. 2

39. A.2
• The eruption of Vesuvius

40. 3
• Three paintings, the first one by J.M.W. Turner and the
other two by lesser known painters representing ‘a
structure’ that are all known by what 3-word name?
The name of the structure is representative of the
involuntary utterance one would make when
encountering them?
(pics on the next slides)
For bonus points, give me the names of the 3 cities in
which they are found

41. 3

42. 3

44. A.3
• The Bridge of Sighs
– Venice
– Oxford
– Cambridge

45. 4
• Depicted in this JMW Turner painting is Hero who flung
herself to death by jumping into the sea on finding out
that her lover Leander had drowned while attempting to
swim across ‘this international waterway’.
Give either the old or the new name of this narrow
waterway that connects two European seas

46. 4

48. A.4
• The Hellespont (old) or the Dardanelles
(new) off Turkey that separates Europe
from the Asian mainland

49. 5
• What is the common denominator in a series of 36
paintings by Katsushika Hokusai (a few of which are
represented in the following slides)?

50. 5

51. 5

52. 5

54. A.5
• Mt. Fuji (36 views of Mount Fuji)

55. 6
• This is a painting on the ceiling of a prominent building
by Marc Chagall.
It tries to represent the different activities that one may
bear witness to under the ceiling of this building.
The city where this building is found was and continues
to be a centre for these activities, apart from being the
city where Chagall settled down and spent the second
half of his life.
What building, in which city?

56. 6

58. A.6
• The Opera Garnier at Paris

59. 7
• Yet another common denominator question:
1. The following paintings by JMW Turner & Vasily
Surikov all depict people attempting to do what?
2. Another two paintings by Paul Delaroche & JacquesLouis David represent who attempting the same?

60. 7

61. 7

63. A.7
• Crossing the Alps & Napoleon Bonaparte

64. 8
• This is a painting by William Hogarth, the last in the
series of eight paintings that comprised ‘A Rake’s
Progress’, a story of the decline and fall of Tom
Rakewell. This painting shows him in a London hospital
that was a centre for the treatment of the mentally ill.
The name of the hospital serves as the origin of a word
that is often used to represent chaos and confusion.
Give me either the name or the hospital or the English
word for uproar / chaos that is derived from it.

65. 8

67. A.8
• Bethlem Royal Hospital & ‘bedlam’

68. Food & Drink
QUESTIONS

69. 1
•
First Course
Hors D'Oeuvres
Oysters
•
Second Course
Consommé Olga
Cream of Barley
•
Third Course
Poached Salmon with Mousseline
Sauce, Cucumbers
•
Fourth Course
Filet Mignons Lili
Saute of Chicken, Lyonnaise
Vegetable Marrow Farci
•
Fifth Course
Lamb, Mint Sauce
Roast Duckling, Apple Sauce
Sirloin of Beef, Chateau Potatoes
Green Pea
Creamed Carrots
Boiled Rice
Parmentier & Boiled New Potatoes
•Sixth Course
Punch Romaine
•Seventh Course
Roast Squab & Cress
•Eighth Course
Cold Asparagus Vinaigrette
•Ninth Course
Pate de Foie Gras, Celery
•Tenth Course
Waldorf Pudding
Peaches in Chartreuse Jelly
Chocolate & Vanilla Eclairs
French Ice Cream
This was a 10-course meal (that
could’ve been named after the
painting on the next slide)
served to whom?

70. 1

71. 2
•
This is a sorbet, that is traditionally
a dessert of frozen water flavored
with fruit or liqueur, often served
as a non-fat or low-fat alternative
to the heavier ice-cream.
•
Within the framework of different
courses of meals, a sorbet is
usually served between two main
courses.
•
Apart from the taste, based on its
composition, what purpose does
a sorbet fulfil during a meal?

72. 3
• Just when you thought you had finished with paintings…
This is a painting by William Hogarth titled on an old
English patriotic ballad, ‘O, the ____ ___ of Old
England!’
This is also the homonym of a derogatory term used by
the French to refer to the English, as a reference to their
consumption of this particular article of food.
Either fill in the blanks or give me the derived term.

73. 3

74. 4
• In (Indian) British cuisine, curries are often classified
based on their ingredients that impart different levels of
spice.
• If Vindaloo (from the Goa region, deriving from
Portuguese) is typically Medium spicy & Phall (as per
some accounts named as a joke on ‘phallus’, a symbol
of manhood) is extremely hot, what city gave its name to
the level between Vindaloo & Phall (for hot)?

75. 5
• Chantilly is a commune that lies to the north of Paris,
that lends its name to a type of lace and the associated
lacework.
• It also houses the Château de Chantilly, that was home
to the princes of Condé.
• What gastronomical invention, attributed to the Maître
d’Hôtel of these princes, a man named François Vatel,
differentiates café / chocolat Viennois from a normal café
/ chocolat?

76. 6
• _____ is an anise-flavored liqueur & apéritif from France.
• It is differentiated from absinthe in how it does not
contain wormwood & is distilled from star anise whereas
absinthe is distilled from green anise.
• It was first commercialized by X, who at one point held
the legal rights to the name of this drink and thereby its
association. X subsequently merged in 1975 with a
competitor.
• Fill in the blanks & give me X

77. 7
• If one were to encounter
food / drink that were
certified by any of these
organizations (whose
symbols you see on the
right) in the USA, what
‘certification’ would the
food be found to have?

78. 8
• While in essence, the composition & texture of the
contents in the bottles on the left are more or less the
same as that of the bottle on the right, there is a
differentiation between the two sets, that arises from the
fact that the ones on the left don’t satisfy a necessary
pre-requisite to be classified the same as the one on the
right.
• What is the difference between these two that I am
talking about?

79. 8

80. Food & Drink
ANSWERS

81. 1
•
First Course
Hors D'Oeuvres
Oysters
•
Second Course
Consommé Olga
Cream of Barley
•
Third Course
Poached Salmon with Mousseline
Sauce, Cucumbers
•
Fourth Course
Filet Mignons Lili
Saute of Chicken, Lyonnaise
Vegetable Marrow Farci
•
Fifth Course
Lamb, Mint Sauce
Roast Duckling, Apple Sauce
Sirloin of Beef, Chateau Potatoes
Green Pea
Creamed Carrots
Boiled Rice
Parmentier & Boiled New Potatoes
•Sixth Course
Punch Romaine
•Seventh Course
Roast Squab & Cress
•Eighth Course
Cold Asparagus Vinaigrette
•Ninth Course
Pate de Foie Gras, Celery
•Tenth Course
Waldorf Pudding
Peaches in Chartreuse Jelly
Chocolate & Vanilla Eclairs
French Ice Cream
This was a 10-course meal (that
could’ve been named after the
painting on the next slide)
served to whom?

82. 1

84. 1A.
• These were the contents of the last meal
served to passengers on board the
Titanic before it sank

85. 2
•
This is a sorbet, that is traditionally
a dessert of frozen water flavored
with fruit or liqueur, often served
as a non-fat or low-fat alternative
to the heavier ice-cream.
•
Within the framework of different
courses of meals, a sorbet is
usually served between two main
courses.
•
Apart from the taste, based on its
composition, what purpose does
a sorbet fulfil during a meal?

87. 2A.
• A ‘sorbet’ is typically served as a palate
cleanser, as the mildly-flavored ice
typically takes away the taste of the
previous course and prepares the palate
for the next one

88. 3
• Just when you thought you had finished with paintings…
This is a painting by William Hogarth titled on an old
English patriotic ballad, ‘O, the ____ ___ of Old
England!’
This is also the homonym of a derogatory term used by
the French to refer to the English, as a reference to their
large consumption of this particular article of food.
Either fill in the blanks or give me the derived term.

89. 3

91. 3A.
• Blank – roast beef
• The French often derogatorily refer(red) to
the English as ‘rosbif’

92. 4
• In (Indian) British cuisine, curries are often classified
based on their ingredients that impart different levels of
spice.
• If Vindaloo (from the Goa region, deriving from
Portuguese) is typically Medium spicy & Phall (as per
some accounts named as a joke on ‘phallus’, a symbol
of manhood) is extremely hot, which city gave its name
to the level between Vindaloo & Phall (for hot)?

94. 4A.
• ‘Madras’ spicy

95. 5
• Chantilly is a commune that lies to the north of Paris,
that lends its name to a type of lace and the associated
lacework.
• It also houses the Château de Chantilly, that was home
to the princes of Condé.
• What gastronomical invention, attributed to the Maître
d’Hôtel of these princes, a man named François Vatel,
differentiates café / chocolat Viennois from a normal café
/ chocolat?

97. 5A.
• Crème de Chantilly OR whipped cream

98. 6
• _____ is an anise-flavored liqueur & apéritif from France.
• It is differentiated from absinthe in how it does not
contain wormwood & is distilled from star anise whereas
absinthe is distilled from green anise.
• It was first commercialized by X, who at one point held
the legal rights to the name of this drink and thereby its
association. X subsequently merged in 1975 with a
competitor.
• Fill in the blanks & give me X

100. 6A.
• Blank – Pastis
• X – Paul Ricard

101. 7
• If one were to encounter
food / drink that were
certified by any of these
organizations (whose
symbols you see on the
right) in the USA, what
‘certification’ would the
food be found to have?

103. 7A.
• Kosher certifications awarded by the
Orthodox Union of New York, etc.

104. 8
• While in essence, the composition & texture of the
contents in the bottles on the left are more or less the
same as that of the bottle on the right, there is a
differentiation between the two sets, that arises from the
fact that the ones on the left don’t satisfy a necessary
pre-requisite to be classified the same as the one on the
right.
• What is the difference between these two that I am
talking about?

105. 8

107. 8A.
• The difference between Sparkling wine &
Champagne (specifically)
– Sparkling wine can be called Champagne only
if it is made from grapes grown in the
Champage area of France
(The ones on the left are sparkling wines
called ‘cremant’ from other regions)