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Monster Quiz 2
Q 1) What is a Gho a) a food based on beans b) an item of clothing from Bhutan a) A fast train in Australia d) A city in Malaysia |
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Q1:- b) An item of clothing. The gho or g'ô is the traditional and national dress for men in Bhutan. It is a knee-length robe tied at the waist by a cloth belt known as the kera. |
Q 2) If you were given Boshintang, what would you do with it? a) Drink it b) Eat it c) Plant it d) Find some friends and play with it |
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Q2:- b) Eat it. This supposedly health-giving Korean soup is made with spring onions, dandelions, a host of spices and one infamous ingredient: dog meat |
Q 3:- What is Kabaddi? a) An Indian non alcoholic drink b) A food made from dried carrot c) A Sport d) A desert succulent flower |
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Q3:- C) A sport in India. Played between two teams of seven players, the objective of the game is for a single player on offence, referred to as a "raider", to run into the opposing team's half of a court, tag out as many of their defenders as possible, and return to their own half of the court, all without being tackled by the defenders, and in a single breath. |
Q 4:- You have set aside some time to visit the Museu Nacional do Azulejo, The Museu Calouste Gulbenkian and the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga. What city are you visiting. a) Buenos Aires b) Lisbon c) Santiago d) Havana |
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Q4:- b) Lisbon * Museu Nacional do Azulejo – Museum dedicated to the traditional craft of Azulejo tile painting * Museu Calouste Gulbenkian – One of Europe’s finest private art and artefact collections * Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga – Portugal’s national art collection |
Q 5:- Your airline ticket shows your destination as BBC. What is your destination city? a) London b) Bahrain c) Bay City (USA) d) Bucharest (Romania) |
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Q5 :- C) Bay City (TX) USA. Bay City was formerly named "Bay Prairie", as the natural ecosystems that surround the town are prairies crisscrossed by creeks that lead into the bay. |
Q 6:- What is a Bromeliad? a) A fruity drink b) A bicycle type of hire bicycle in South America c) A Plant d) Find some friends and play with it |
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Q6:- C) A Plant Originating from South America |
Q 7:- The flag of this USA state has thirteen rays of red and yellow radiation out of a red star in the middle of the flag with the lower half a solid blue a) Arizona b) Texas c) Alabama d) Arkansas |
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Q7:- A) Arizona |
Q 8:- What is a 'Poncho' a) Sport played on horse back b) Brazillian festival in spring c) A dried meat in Chille d) An item of clothing |
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Q8:- D) An item of clothing. A single sheet of fabric with a hole for the head to fit through |
Q9:- You are doing a beer tour of the USA visiting the original home of Pabst, Schlitz and Blatz Beer. What city are you visiting? a) Chicago b) Detroit c) Minneapolis d) Milwaukee |
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Q9:- D) Milwaukee Some history:- Although the brewery was born in 1849, it was in the wake of the Great Chicago Fire that Schlitz got its nickname “the beer that made Milwaukee famous.” The fire wiped out five of Chicago’s breweries, along with its water infrastructure, leaving no water or supplies to brew beer. It was Schlitz to the rescue, sending thousands of barrels of their beer south to wet the whistles of the beer-deprived Chicagoans who were so thankful to Schlitz that they became brand loyalists. |
Q 10:- A dog sitting on top of a picnic hamper is not the most obvious subject for a sculpture, but there is a very well know sculpture of just that. Where is it? a) Gundagai (Australia) b) Glencoe (New Zealand) c) Guldamulda (Australia) d) Gungarlin (Australia) |
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Q10:- A) Gundagai The Dog on the Tuckerbox is an Australian historical monument and tourist attraction, located at Snake Gully, five miles from Gundagai, New South Wales as described in the song of the same name |
Q 11:- You have visited 'The Garden of Morning Charm' and are now doing some shopping at the Namdaemun Market. What city are you visiting? a) Tokyo (Japan) b) Hong Kong c) Beijing (China) d) Seoul (Korea) |
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Q11:- D) Seoul This is the city's largest market. |
Q 12:- The Concorde flew from Paris to New York in about half the time of other aircraft. What year did ir make the last flight? a) 1999 b) 2001 c) 2003 d) 2005 |
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Q12:- C) 2003 Concorde operations were finally ceased by Air France in May 2003 and by British Airways in October 2003. Only 14 of the aircraft actually went into service. |
Q 13:- What is Hakarl? a) Sport played on horse back b) A breed of pilchards (fish) c) An Icelandic delicacy d) A fruit similar to a mandarin |
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Q13:- C) An Icelandic delicacy A Greenland shark, placed in a shallow grave and covered with sand and stones and left for two to three months. It is then cut into strips and dried for several more months before serving |
Q 14:- A few countries feature animals on their national flag. This countries flag has a large lion holding a sword in its right fore paw. a) Montenegro b) Bermuda c) The Cayman Islands d) Sri Lanka |
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Q14:- D) Srl Lanka The Sri Lanka flag was officially adopted on December 17, 1978. Prior to 1815, the gold lion was originally the national flag of Ceylon; its four pipul leaves are Buddhist symbols and the sword is said to represent authority. On this modern version, the green represents Muslims, while the orange represents Hindus. |
Q 15:- Most major cities try to hide their slum's but in this city you can take a small group tour to the Dharavi Slum. What city is this? a) Dhaka b) Calcutta c) Mumbai d) Ho Chi Minh City |
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Q15:- C) Mumbai Dharavi is a locality in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is considered one of the largest slums in Asia. Dharavi has an area of just over 2.1 square kilometres and a population of about 700,000. With a population density of over 277,136/km, Dharavi is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. |
Q 16:- You are doing a tour of places of religion. You have visited Saint Mary's Cathederal, The Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue and you are now standing in front of the Shwedagon Pagoda. What city are you visiting? a) Yangon (Rangoon) b) Bagan (Myanmar) c) Mumbai d) Bangkok |
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Q16:- A) Yangon |
Q 17:- A 'Dirndl' is a traditional ladies dress, usually comprising bodice, blouse, full skirt an apron. Where would you expect to see a lady wearing a Drindl a) Ethopia b) Mongolia c) Japan d) Austria |
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Q17:- d) Austria. Also Germany and Switzerland |
18 :- I have run out of luck at the 'Paradise Casino' so have moved on to the 'Seven Luck Casino'. When I send a message to my family to 'send more money', to what city would they expect to find me? a) Hanoi b) Manila c) Macau d) Guangzhou |
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Q18 C) Macau |
Q19 :- You have visited El Caminito - is a colorful street museum and you are now going to the Recoleta Cemetery (No, that is not a misprint) What city are you in? a) Buenos Aires b) Lisbon c) Barcelona d) Phnom Penh |
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Q19:- A) Buenos Aires Evita Peron is buried in the Recoleta Cemetry. The cemetery holds an astonishing 6,400 statues, many of which were hand-carved and brought over from Italy. |
Q20:- Jemaa el-Fnaa is a square and market place in this city’s old quarter. What city?
a) Malaga, Spain b) Yogyakarta, Indonesia c) Marrakesh, Morocco d) Pattaya City, Thailand |
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Q20:- C) Marrakesh Jemaa el-Fnaa is a square and market place in Marrakesh's medina quarter. It remains the main square of Marrakesh, used by locals and tourists. |