AN INTER HOUSE CONTEST

GLOBE PROBE- THE GEOGRAPHY QUIZ

Researched and Conducted by-Saqib Javed

ROUND 1

• 4 questions based on origin of geographical terms.

• +10 on a direct.• +10 on pass.• No negatives.

ETYMOLOGY ROUND

AUDIENCE QUESTION

WHAT TERM IS BEING TALKED ABOUT?

The word X  is derived from the name of _________, a X island in the Aeolian Islands of Italy whose name in turn comes from the god of fire in Roman mythology.

VOLCANO

Q1. WHAT TERM IS BEING TALKED ABOUT?

This term comes from the figure in classical antiquity, the elder of

the Titans in classical Greek

mythology, believed by the ancient

Greeks and Romans to be the divine

personification of the sea, an

enormous river encircling the world.

OCEAN

• This term has derived from the  Ancient Greek meaning neck.

• Metro Manila in the Philippines is situated on X.

Q2. WHAT TERM IS BEING TALKED ABOUT?

ISTHMUS

• XY was named because when the Sun reaches the zenith at this latitude at the June solstice , it is entering the astrological sign of _______. Around 2000 years ago, when it was named, the Sun was also in the direction of the constellation ______ which is derived from a  Latin term for crab.

• XZ when it was named about 2,000 years ago, the sun was in the direction of the constellation ________ which  is derived from Latin for goat horn. This was during the December solstice.

• The word “X" itself comes from a Greek word , meaning turn, change in direction or circumstances, referring to the fact that the sun appears to "turn back" at the solstices.

Q3. WHICH TWO TERMS ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT?

• According to International Astronomical Union boundaries, the Sun now is in Taurus at this time.(June solstice)

• In modern times, the sun appears in the constellation Sagittarius  during this time. (December solstice)

• The change is due to precession of the equinoxes.

TROPIC OF CANCERTROPIC OF CAPRICORN

Q4. WHAT THAT WE USE SOMETIMES IS BEING TALKED ABOUT?

• Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is considered to be the first true X. Written by Abraham Ortelius, and it was originally printed on May 20, 1570, in Antwerp.

• The use of the word X in a geographical context dates from 1595 when the geographer Gerardus Mercator published X or cosmographical meditations upon the creation of the universe, and the universe as created.

• This title provides Mercator's definition of the word as a description of the creation and form of the whole universe, not simply something we know it is used for.

ATLAS

ROUND 2

• 10 questions based on the geography of India .

• +15/-10 on infinite pounce.• Infinite bounce• +10 on a direct.• +10 on pass.• No negatives on direct/pass.

KNOW YOUR COUNTRY

AUDIENCE QUESTION

Q. IDENTIFY THIS STATE WHICH WAS ONCE A KINGDOM?

• The Kingdom of X was a hereditary monarchy from 1642 to 16 May 1975 in the Eastern Himalayas.

• It was ruled by Chogyal Kings.

SIKKIM

Q1. WHAT IS BEING TALKED ABOUT?

• The Sharavati, flowing over a very rocky bed about 250 yards (230 m) wide, here reaches a tremendous chasm, 290 m (960 ft) deep, and the water comes down in four distinct _____.

• The Raja pours in one unbroken column sheer to the depth of 830ft.

• Halfway down it is encountered by the Roarer, which precipitates itself into a vast cup.

• The Rocket, shoots downwards in a series of jets.• While the fourth, the Rani, moves quietly over

the mountain side in a sheet of foam.

JOG FALLS

Q2. CONNECT. IDENITFY THE MISSING PART.

• Indira Col

• Kibithu

• Guhar Moti, Sir Creek.

EXTREME POINTS OF INDIA.

INDIRA POINT.

Q3. WHICH CITY IS BEING TALKED ABOUT?(PIC)

This city is also known as "Blue City" because of the blue colours that decorate many of the houses in the old city area.The city also houses a fort at which shooting for Dark Knight Rises took place.

JODHPUR

Q4. IDENTIFY THIS TOWN?

• It is often called ‘The Gateway to Ladakh’.

• The town shot into prominence in the summer of 1999 following Pakistani army incursions into Jammu and Kashmir.

DRASS

Q5. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS CORRIDOR/WHAT IS POPULARLY

KNOWN AS?

•  This is a narrow stretch of land, located in the Indian state of West Bengal, that connects India's northeastern states to the rest of India, with the countries of Nepal and Bangladesh lying on either side of the corridor.

• The kingdom of Bhutan lies on the northern side of the corridor.

SILIGURI CORRIDOR/CHICKEN’S NECK

Q6. WHERE DOES IT FINALLY END IN DELHI?

• The Aravali Range which literally means a 'line of peaks' is a range of mountains in western India running approximately 692 km (430 mi) in a northeastern direction across the Indian states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Haryana, ending in Delhi.

• The Aravalli range are the oldest fold mountains in India.

• The famous Delhi Ridge is the last leg of the Aravalli Range, which traverses through South Delhi and terminates into Central Delhi where X  is its last extension. 

RAISINA HILL

Q7. WHERE IS THIS SITUATED?

• The shown picture is of India’s first floating Post office.

• It was inaugurated by Minister of State for Communications and IT Mr. Sachin Pilot and Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mr. Omar Abdullah on August 22th 2011.

• This innovation by India Post is the star attraction for the tourists visiting the lake. Besides offering normal services, the place has philately museum and a shop that sells postage stamps and other products.

DAL LAKE

Q8. IDENITFY THE MOUNTAIN PEAK?

Also named after him.

The name Chogori, derived from two Balti words, chhogo("big") and ri ("mountain") been suggested as a local name.

K2/MOUNT GODWIN

AUSTIN

Q9. ON WHICH TWO INDIAN CITIES ARE THESE BOOKS BASED ON?

DELHI AND MUMBAI

Q10. WHICH TWO VERY IMPORTANT FEATURES HAVE BEEN NAMED AFTER THESE

GENTLEMEN?

CYRIL HENRY

THE INDIA PAKISTAN BORDER IS CALLED THE RADCLIFFE LINE.THE INDIA CHINA BORDER IS CALLED THE MCMAHON LINE.

ROUND 3

• 4 questions • +10 on a direct.• +10 on pass.• No negatives.

AUDIO VISUAL

AUDIENCE QUESTION

Q. EASY ONE. IDENTIFY THE MOUNTAIN SHOWN IN THE VIDEO.

MOUNT RUSHMORE

Q1. IDENITFY THE LAKE SHOWN IN THE BACKGROUND IN THE LAST SCENE OF A

VERY POPULAR FILM?

Pangong Lake might not necessarily ring a bell!

PANGONG LAKE

Q2. IDENTFY THIS?

• It’s not only Manali that Indian filmmakers have picked a fancy for.

• In fact, there are a lot of geographical marvels in the periphery of Manali which have been finding a lot of screen space these days and one such place is X.

• X means a pile of corpses.

Rohtang Paas, Himachal Pradesh

Q3. WHAT’S BEING SHOWN IN THE VIDEO?

THE GRAND CANYON

Q4. WHAT WAS THE LAKE RENAMED TO AFTER THE SHOOTING OF THIS MOVIE?

• The Shungetser Lake in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang district was unofficially renamed by tour guides as X lake.

• The song “Tanhai Tanhai” in from 1996 film ‘Koyla’ was shot here.

 

Renamed Madhuri Lake after Madhuri Dixit.

ROUND 4

• 8 questions based on World Geography.• +10 on a direct.• +10 on pass.• No negatives.

AROUND THE WORLD

AUDIENCE QUESTION

Which is the largest of the five Great Lakes of North America?

Q1. IDENTIFY THE TWO COUNTRIES THAT SHARE THIS INTERNATIONAL

BORDER?

NETHERLANDS AND BELGIUM

Q2. IDENTIFY X?

• The X  is the deepest known point in the Earth's seabed hydrosphere, with a depth of 10,898 to 10,916m by direct measurement from submersibles, and slightly more by sonar bathymetry.

• It is in the Pacific Ocean, at the southern end of the Mariana Trench near the Mariana Islands group.

• The depression is named after the British Royal Navy survey ship HMS _________, whose expedition of 1872–1876 made the first recordings of its depth.

CHALLENGER DEEP

Q3. WHICH CONSTELLATION IS SHOWN IN THE FLAGS?

The flags contain a representation

of a constellation, made up of five

white stars – one small five-

pointed star and four, larger,

seven-pointed stars.

SOUTHERN CROSS

Q4. IDENTIFY X AND Y?

• The name X originates from Spanish, meaning "the little girl", analogous to Y meaning "the little boy”.

• During a period of X, the sea surface temperature across the equatorial Eastern Central Pacific Ocean will be lower than normal by 3 to 5 °C

• Y is associated with a band of warm ocean water that develops in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific (between approximately the International Date Line and 120°W), including off the Pacific coast of South America.

X- LA NINAY- EL NINO

Q5. WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THE LOCATION OF THESE MONUMENTS/WHAT IS COMMON TO

THEIR NAMES?

Indonesia

EQUATOR MONUMENTS/THEY LIE ON THE

EQUATOR

Q6. WHAT IS BEING TALKED ABOUT?

• It is derived from the Tswana word Kgala, meaning "the great thirst", or from a word , meaning "a waterless place", the X has vast areas covered by red sand without any permanent surface water.

• The only permanent river, the Okavango, flows into a delta in the northwest, forming marshes that are rich in wildlife. 

KALAHARI DESERT

Q7. IDENTIFY THE FIVE GRASSLANDS?

Grasslands are called different names in different parts of the world.

STEPPES’ IN ASIA; ‘PRAIRIES’ IN NORTH AMERICA; ‘PAMPAS’, ‘LLANOS’ AND ‘CERRADOS’

IN SOUTH AMERICA; ‘SAVANNAS’ AND ‘VELDS’ IN AFRICA; AND ‘RANGELANDS’ IN AUSTRALIA.

Q8. WHAT’S BEING SHOWN IN THE IMAGE?(BASS

VERSION)

SEVEN SUMMITS/THE HIGHEST PEAK IN

THE SEVEN CONTINENTS

AUDIENCE QUESTION

The Explorers Grand Slam is an adventurers challenge in which explorers have to reach climb the Seven Summits i.e. the highest peak on every continent and reach two other places. Which two places would complete this grand slam?

ROUND 5

• 5 questions based on Australia.• Infinite pounce and bounce• +15/-10 on pounce

AUSTRALIAN SAFARI

• This term  is a colloquialism which is variously construed to refer to Australia, New Zealand, and other countries in Australasia.

• The term comes from the fact that nearly all of these countries are in the Southern Hemisphere, 'below' many other countries on the globe.

• This term is often used when India plays cricket in Australia.

Q1. WHAT TERM IS THIS HEARD WHENEVER INDIA PLAYS CRICKET IN AUSTRALIA?

DOWN UNDER

• This lake was named by the explorer Frank Hann in 1897.

•  Hann was in the area exploring the east Pilbara, around Rudall River. He noticed creeks in the area flowed inland, and followed them, expecting to find a large fresh water lake. To his __________, the lake turned out to be salted, and subsequently it was named ______________. 

• The 33,000-hectare lake typically is dry except during very wet periods such as the 1900 floods and in many recent tropical wet seasons since 1967. It lies on the Tropic of Capricorn.

Q2. WHAT WAS THE NAME GIVEN TO THIS LAKE?

LAKE DISAPPOINTMENT

• Yoga Australia is a voluntary, not-for-profit association, incorporated in 1999.

• Originally founded by a group of independent yoga teachers who recognised the need to bring yoga teachers together from all different traditions, styles and backgrounds, to provide mutual support and professional recognition of yoga in Australia.

Q3. WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT THE LOGO OF THIS ASSOCIATION?

THE MAP OF AUSTRALIA IS HIDDEN IN THE LOGO.

Q4. WHERE IS THIS POST OFFICE LOCATED?

GREAT BARRIER REEF

Q5. THIS IS THE AUSTRALIAN COAT OF ARMS. IDENTIFY THE BIRD SHOWN?

EMU

Which is the only capital city in the world to be located on two continents?

AUDIENCE QUESTION

ROUND 6

• 4 topics to choose from• One question per team• The team with the lowest score gets to choose first.• You decide how much you want to play for.• You get double of the number of points you play for.• You will the same negative for • Max gamble +30• Min gamble +5• You cannot gamble formore than your score.

TAKE A CHANCE

CAPITAL CITIES

TAKE YOUR PICK

INDIAN NATIONAL PARKS

SOMETHING WITH A GEOGRAPHICAL RECORD

TRY YOUR LUCK

Q. WHAT CONNECTS ALL THESE?THINK OF AN IMPORTANT GEOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

• A member of a legendary race of female warriors believed by the ancient Greeks to exist in Scythia or elsewhere on the edge of the known world.

• A parrot, typically green, found in Central and South America.

AMAZON

Q. IDENTIFY THE CAPITAL CITY?

• X is a word meaning "a village situated on a stream” and a part of Y meaning "island", a reference to the area's landscape which was carved by rivers and canals.

• The name translates as:• City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent

city of the nine gems, seat of the king, city of royal palaces, home of gods incarnate, erected by Vishvakarman at Indra's behest.

• The name is listed in Guinness World Records as the world's longest place name.

• Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit

BANGKOK

Q. IDENTIFY THE NATIONAL PARK?

• According to one legend, a girl named Y, from a nearby village, and a youth named X, from Karbi Anglong, fell in love. This match was not acceptable to their families, and the couple disappeared into the forest, never to be seen again, and the forest was named after them.

• According to another legend, Srimanta Sankardeva, the sixteenth century Vaisnava saint-scholar, once blessed a childless couple, A and B, and asked them to dig a big pond in the region so that their name would live on.

• It could mean the "Land of red goats (Deer)", as the word A in the Karbi language means "goat", and B means "red“.

KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK

Lonar Lake is a saline soda lake located at Lonar in Buldhana district, Maharashtra, India.

Q. WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS LAKE?

IT IS A CRATER LAKE.FORMED WHEN A METEORITE HIT

THE EARTH.

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