1. Around the World in 80 Mins BY PARTHIBEN

2. Rules We have 41 questions which starts from India and travel around the world.Question Nos. 3, 7, 9, 24, 27, 29 are photographs from Earth From Above . (Explained Next Slide)All questions are open on ponce/bounce.2 3. Earth From Above Earth From Above is a breathtaking collection of large-scale aerial photography by worldrenowned, French environmental artist, Yann Arthus-Bertrand.3 4. 1. Identify the place Its one of the most exciting tourist spots in Western Ghats and its also part of Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary (IGWS) and Indira Gandhi National Park (IGNP). Its located at an altitude of 800 meters in the border of Kerala and Tamil Nadu states.The name of the place comes from the practice carried out in 19th century, of sliding logs of teak timber down the hills that took place in this area. Its a little hamlet in the Annamalai hills (Elephant Hills) where teak was introduced during the British Raj. In the colonial days, the harvested timber used to be slipped to the plains from the hills through a narrow canal hence the reason for its name.The famous Tamil movie Suriyan' was shot here.4 5. Topslip5 6. 2. Name the countries other than India which has Tamil Language in their currencies ?6 7. Singapore, Mauritius, Srilanka7 8. 3.8'Tsingy' translates as 'where one cannot walk', due to the hazardous formations of razor-sharp pinnacles made from limestone which have been eroded by tropical rain. 9. Clue9 10. MadagascarWorld's largest stone forest The Grand Tsingy may look uninhabitable, but there are thought to be 11 species of lemur, 100 types of bird and 45 kinds of reptile living there10 11. 4. What cocktail made with lemon juice, cointreau, gin and a dash of certain color is also the name of a luxury transport of South Africa ?12 12. Blue Train13 13. 5. Identify the Snake/Country14X Viper, found in Africa is the largest of all true vipers and also possesses the longest fangs of any snake (up to 4 cm).The stout body is boldly patterned with rectangles and triangles of buff, purple, and brown, which gives the snake its velvet like appearance. This pattern provides excellent camouflage and allows this sluggish viper to become nearly invisible among leaves and roots of the forest floor. Its a ambush (sit and wait) predator, coiled in hiding until prey comes within range.X is also believed to be derived from the name of an African country where we can find these snakes.Pic 14. 15 15. Gabon/Gaboon viper16 16. 6. Identify the country and the record ? The Great Mosque in Djenn is a World Heritage Site and one of the most famous landmarks in Africa. The first mosque on the site was built around the 13th century, but the current structure dates from 1907.It's a model of eco-friendly and sustainable architecture and the entire community of Djenn takes an active role in the mosque's maintenance via a unique annual festival.17 17. Worlds largest mud brick / adobe building in MaliThe people use mud from the river for the re-plastering of the giant Mosque and the rodier palm sticks protruding out of the walls serve as scaffolding.18 18. 7. Funda19 19. Green Dam/Wall - Algeria A human-made ecological barrier designed to stop rapidly encroaching desertsGreat Green Wall of Africa SaharaThe Great Green Wall of China Gobi20 20. 8. Identify the country22 21. Cyprus23 22. 9. Identify the place and the movie24 23. Rooftops of the Grand Bazaar, Istanbul, Turkey SkyfallTaken 225 24. 10. Campaign by and why ?26 25. 27 26. 11. Identify the Country and Place28 27. Tunnel Of Love, Ukraine A goods train chugs through the lush, verdant landscape of Western Ukraine's Rivne district, near the small town of Klevan. Normally used to transport wood to sawmill close by, this idyllic 3km stretch transforms each spring into the 'Tunnel of Love', a walking track for romantic couples. Local folklore has it that whatever a young couple wishes for here will come true for them.29 28. 12. Identify the upcoming event The National Stadium in Warsaw is the largest and most modern multifunctional arena in Poland built for the UEFA EURO 2012. Which international event is scheduled to happen here later this year ? (Which is also happening 2nd time in Poland)30 29. COP1931 30. 13.32 31. Neuschwanstein CastleOne of the inspiration for Disneys Cinderella castle 2012 - German: Freistaat Bayern (The Free State of Bavaria)viewed from the east33 32. 14. Identify the place & Funda34In midst the mystical Salzkammergut Lake Region lies X, Austrias oldest village, whos culture dates back to the 8th century B.C.Quite possibly the most photographed Austrian village, its visually framed by the Hallstaettersee (lake) and the massive Dachstein mountain range. The world's oldest known salt mine, which has been producing salt for 7,000 years, is situated in the mountain high above the village.Fewer than 50 Chinese tourists visited X in 2005, but in 2012 thousands fly to the Austrian town. What happened in 2012 which attracted Chinese tourists ? Pic 33. 35 34. Hallstatt36Worlds first cloned village A replica of an Austrian UNESCO heritage site, Hallstatt village, was opened in Huizhou, South China's Guangdong province, on June 1, 2012.The metals and mining company China Minmetals Corp spent $940 million to build the site in the hope of attracting tourists and property investors. 35. 15. Identify the Famous Bar (X) & City (Y)37X in Y, opened by Giuseppe Cipriani in 1931 right on the St Mark's bay waterfront.Its the birthplace of Bellinis (cocktail) and Carpaccio (dish) which are named after the famous painters from the same city.Some of its famous customers include Ernest Hemingway, Charlie ChaplinTruman Capote, Maria Callas, Woody AllenOrson Welles, Aristotle OnassisPeggy Guggenheim, Henry FondaErnest Hemingway had his own table during his time as a regular from 1949 and set several scenes from his novel Across the River and into the Trees in the bar. 36. Harry's Bar in Venice Bellini named after Giovanni BelliniCarpaccio - named after Vittore Carpaccio38 37. 16. Country ?Torta Tre Monti (Three Mountain Cake)39 38. The Three Towers of San Marino Torta Tre Monti Cake of Three Mountain 1. The Guaita 2. The Cesta 3. The MontaleIt is similar to other layered desserts common to San Marino, this one being representative of The Three Towers of San Marino40 39. 17. Identify X,Y,Z 1)Bilbao Rioja-X2)Cape Town- South Africa3)Y- France4)Christchurch South island- New Zealand5)Firenze- Italy6)Mainz Rheinhessen- Germany7)Mendoza- Argentina8)Porto-Z9)San Francisco Napa Valley- US10)Valparaiso Casablanca Valley - Chile41 40. The Great Wine Capitals Enotourism refers to tourism whose purpose is or includes the tasting, consumption or purchase of wine, often at or near the source.Bilbao Rioja - Spain Bordeaux - France Porto - Portugal42 41. 18. Identify the phrase44Yorkshire is a historic county in UK and it has beaten Berlin, London and Madrid to win the title of Europe's Leading Destination in 2013.The prize was awarded at the World Travel Awards in Antalya, Turkey, which are described by organisers as the "Oscars of the travel industry".Yorkshire is the first location other than a major city or country to have won the Leading Destination title in the 17-year history of the awards.Yorkshire has sometimes been nicknamed _____ _____ _______ .Although this phrase has been used for more than 100 years by New Zealanders to describe their homeland, it has a proper Indian connect. 42. God's Own County45 43. 19. AY666 is a daily flight from Denmark to Finland. Why was this in news recently ?46 44. Would you board flight 666 to HEL on Friday the 13th?47 45. 20. Funda48Hotel Kakslauttanen is Nestled in the wilderness near Finlands Urho Kekkonen National Park. Each glass igloo is fitted with thermal glass walls and ceilings, that insulate the interior to keep it warm and cosy at night. The glass also contains a frost preventative, maintaining crystal clear panoramic views even when temperatures outside drop to -22 degrees Fahrenheit. Fitted for two people, the igloos are small enough to be efficiently heated without consuming too much energy. What's the main reason behind using the glass in such extreme weather ? Pic 46. HOTEL KAKSLAUTTANEN IGLOO VILLAGE49 47. To view Aurora Borealis Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) are visible from late August to late AprilAlthough the hotel does not guarantee a view of the Northern Lights, they keep constant watch over the weather conditions and ring a signalling bell for visitors to look to the sky when the phenomenon is visible.50 48. 21. Identify the sea route Identify the sea route connecting Atlantic and Pacific through Artic sea, which is made navigable by climate change.The possibility of using the route for shipping touched off a dispute between the United States and Canadathe United States claiming it to be an international waterway, Canada claiming sovereignty over much of the route.By 2012, 135 different vessels had travelled through the route since Norwegian Roald Amundsens first successful voyage(1903-1906).51A trip from Tokyo to London would be,i)Panama Canal- 23,000 KMii)Suez Cana- 21,000 KMiii)X- 7,000 KM Pic 49. 52 50. Northwest Passage Roald Amundsen and his crew aboard the Gja.53 51. 22. Which term ? __________ is, in a most basic definition, sightseeing from the air. Because there are many regions and locations in the world that are incredible difficult, if not impossible, to reach by foot, some tourism helicopter services offer flights to such destinations.Mostly it involves a trip over certain area so that the passengers may see it from above. It is especially popular in Alaska.Air taxis are to Alaska what yellow cabs are to New York and water taxis are to Venice. So much of Alaska is remote, that taking a flight tour or ___________, provides a view of the state that is impossible to get while still on the ground.55 52. Flightseeing56 53. 23. Where and how ? Skycity, originally known as the "Eye of the X, is a famous restaurant in Seattle which offers a 360 view of Seattle. Where is this Skycity located and how do they provide 360 view ?57 54. Space Needle, Revolving Restaurant They are originally known as Eye of the Needle entire restaurant moves 360 degrees at rate a 47 minutes per revolution.The floor revolves on a track and wheel system, which weighs roughly 125 tons, at the rate of one revolution each 47 minutes.58 55. 24.59 56. Grand Prismatic Spring Yellowstone National Park The largest hot spring in the United States, and the third largest in the world.Its colors include blue, green, yellow, orange, gold, red and brown, and recall the rainbow dispersion of white light by an optical prism.The vivid colors in the spring are the result of pigmented bacteria in the microbial mats that grow around the edges of the mineral-rich water.60 57. 25. _______Las Vegas is a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The 30-story hotel, owned and operated by MGM Resorts InternationalThe hotel is named after the city of ______(ancient Thebes) in Egypt known as World's greatest open air museumThe tip of the pyramid contains a fixed-position spotlight that points directly upward and is claimed to be the brightest beam in the world at over 42.3 billion candle power.Engineers say that a person could read a newspaper using the Sky Beam ten miles up.61 58. Luxor62 59. 26.63 60. Cave Of Crystals, Mexico64 61. 27. Country & Movie65 62. Puerto RicoGolden Eye [1995] , Contact [1997] Arecibo Observatory - World's largest single-aperture (full dish) telescope66 63. 28.67 64. 68 65. 29.69 66. Iguazu waterfalls, Argentina and Brazil.70 67. 30. Identify X X is a Spanish and Italian name derived from Jacob, via the name of Saint James the Greater. It give rises to two city names in different continents. Identify X and two city names ?71 68. Diego Santiago (Capital of Chile)San Diego (California)72 69. 31. Identify the City, Country & Islands X, a capital city of Y, has undergone a $250m makeover in a bid to attract more tourists who usually just stay a night on their way to the Z Islands.Named a UNESCO World Heritage city in 1978 for its Spanish colonial architecture, X's churches and monuments are being lovingly restored. It was the first city to be named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978. (along with Krakw, Poland)Ys species diversity makes it one of the 17 megadiverse countries in the world. The new constitution of 2008 is the first in the world to recognize legally enforceable Rights of Nature, or ecosystem rights.73 70. 74X Quito Y Ecuador Z Galapagos Islands 71. 32. Connect76 72. HawaiiNene / Hawaiian Goose77Mauna Kea Observatories Born in Honolulu 73. 33. What word was brought to Europe by the British explorer James Cook, when he returned in 1771 from his first voyage to Tahiti ?78 74. Tattoo The word "tattoo" was brought to Europe by the explorer James Cook. In his narrative of the voyage, he refers to an operation called "tattaw". Before this it had been described as scarring, painting, or staining.79 75. 34. What is the geographic connection between the province Nova Scotia in Canada and French New Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean?80 76. Both means New Scotland The Romans labeled Scotland as CaledoniaNova Scotia means New Scotland in Latin81 77. 35. FITB82The main marketing tool of Tourism New Zealand is the award-winning "100% Pure New Zealand" campaign, which had its ten-year anniversary in 2009. In 2012, to coincide with the release of X, Tourism New Zealand launched a modified version of the campaign, known as "100% __________, 100% Pure New Zealand."This iteration of the campaign was recognized in the 2012 World Travel Awards and won the World's Leading Destination Marketing Campaign 2012 78. 83The campaign encourages Tolkien tourismLike the Lord of the Rings film series, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey(2012) was filmed in New Zealand. 79. 36. Identify the controversial tourism campaign by Australia? An advertisement was produced to promote the Nine Network's television coverage of the 2006-07 Ashes series, in the style of controversial tourism ad but on a cricketing themeAshes Version84 80. So where the bloody hell are you?85 81. 37. What's the reason behind the Kobe Luminarie festival ? Kobe Luminarie is a famous light festival held in Kobe, Japan, every December since 1995. Though it was only supposed to take place once, strong popularity and demand from citizens encouraged the continuation of luminaire to become an annual event.Why was this festival started ?86 82. Kobe earthquake87The Great Hanshin earthquake, or Kobe earthquake hit Japan on 17th Jan, 1995.To pay tribute to the thousands who perished and to give hope to the surviving citizens, Kobe Luminarie, a light festival was put on that year, in December. After the earthquake, Kobe was without lights and was plunged into darkness, so the first Luminarie was meant to light up the city and to give the people of Kobe hope that their city could, one day, be restored. 83. 38.88 84. 'Rare Page' campaignby WWF + Odnoklassniki (Russian social network) This conservation campaign replaces the standard '404 page not found' error pages with an endangered species selected from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List such as the snow leopard, polar bear and gray whale.The campaign is planned to illustrate the possible extinction of the species, much like the extinct web link the web user was trying to find, and a link will be included to direct the user to a donation page for the cause.89 85. 39. Qinghai Tibet Rail90The trip from Beijing to Lhasa takes roughly two days via Qinghai Tibet Rail, which is better way than travelling by airways.While travelling you would come across something in the train which is shown in the pic.What's its purpose ? 86. Oxygen outlets, Altitude Sickness The Qinghai-Tibet railway train cars are equipped with two ways to deliver oxygen. 1.Oxygen is pumped in when the train reaches the higher altitudes, raising the concentration of oxygen in the air from the normal 21% to about 25%.2.There are oxygen outlets that individuals can plug into with a tube fitted with a nosepiece.91 87. 40. Identify the place92 88. Taj Mahal93 89. 41. Identify the city94 90. Pondicherry95 91. Thank You !!!97 92. Teasers98 93. 1. Where can we find the use of Nordic gold ? Nordic gold is the gold-coloured copper alloy.Its composition is 89% copper, 5% aluminium, 5% zinc, and 1% tin.It contains no gold and its colour and weight are quite unlike pure gold.It is non-allergenic; its other advantages include antimicrobial action, and resistance to tarnishing.99 94. Euro Coins The middle three denominations of Euro coins, 50 cent, 20 cent, and 10 cent coins are made.100 95. 2. Named after the Netherlands province by a Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, its a country free from nuclear power plant although its home to the father of nuclear physics. Identify the country.101 96. New Zealand New Zealander and Nobel Prize Winner, Ernest Rutherford is known as the father of nuclear physics for his orbital theory of the atom.102 97. 3. Give X and Y The origin of ___X___ companys name was a mistake. The founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler were listening to Joe Cocker's song Space Captain, which starts out with these lyrics: Once while travelling across the sky This ___Y___ caught my eye And being curious I flew close by And now I'm caught here Until I die...They misheard the Y' line as X', and when time came to name their guidebook company, it stuck.103 98. X Lonely Planet Y Lovely Planet They misheard the 'lovely planet' line as 'lonely planet'Once while travelling across the sky This lovely planet caught my eye And being curious I flew close by And now I'm caught here Until I die...104 99. 4. Identify the act105The _______ Islands Act is federal legislation passed by the U.S. Congress that enables citizens of the U.S.to take possession of islands containing _______ deposits. Whenever any citizen of the United States discovers a deposit of ________ on any island, rock, key, not within the lawful jurisdiction of any other government, and not occupied by the citizens of any other government, and takes peaceable possession thereof, and occupies the same, such island, rock, or key may, at the discretion of the President, be considered as appertaining to the United States. - ________ Island Act of 1856In 1964, Leicester Hemingway, brother of author Ernest Hemingway, attempted to establish a country dubbed the Republic of New Atlantis, on an 8 x 30 foot bamboo raft anchored with an engine block outside the territorial waters of Jamaica, using this act as part of a claim to sovereignty. His apparent intention was to use the new country as the headquarters for his own International Marine Research Society, with which he planned to further marine research, as well as to protect Jamaican fishing. His claim was never recognized by either the USA or Jamaica, and the raft was destroyed in a storm in 1966. 100. Guano Island Act Guano is the excrement of birds, cave-dwelling bats.Even though more than 100 islands have been claimed for the U.S. under the Guano Islands Act, most are no longer considered United States territory.106 101. 5. THE ROBERT WAN PEARL MUSEUM is worlds first and only museum devoted to pearls. Its located in which island ? 107 102. Tahiti, French Polynesia108 103. 6. List Of ? United Kingdom Bulgaria Czech Rep. Denmark Hungary Latvia Lithuania Poland Romania Sweden109 104. European countries who don't use Euro110 105. 7. Below is the exhaustive list of countries which lack which facility ? MonacoLiechtensteinAndorraSan MarinoVatican City111 106. Countries without Airport112 107. 8.113 108. Pierre de Coubertin, France 2013 - 150th anniversary of the birth of Pierre de Coubertin114 109. 9. With respect to Hotel terminology what does AP, EP, CP & MAP means?115 110. 116American Plan (AP)= Meals are included (3 Meals)Modified American Plan (MAP)= Breakfast and either Lunch or Dinner included. (2 Meals)Continental Plan (CP)= Continental Breakfast (1 Meal)European Plan (EP)= No meal.