All that is gold does not glitter, not all those

who wander are lost.

July 9thth Social Event

 Itinerary
• Ice Breaker – Organized by Tejas
• Quiz
– Mysterious Places in India
– Places to visit Post Pandemic
– Places to stay Post Pandemic
– Fun Trivia
– Rejoice the Locale Delicacies of India
 Scoring
• How will be done?
Round #1 – Mysterious Places to Visit
 Round #1 – Q1
Identify this place?
A cyclonic storm in 1964 ruined the one thriving town on the coast on Tamil Nadu. Now, no one
lives there. All that remains are the ruins.
 Round #1 – A1
DHANUSHKODI – TOWN OF GHOSTS
Closet point to Sri Lanka
and famous for
mythological reasons.
Possibly the place where
Load Ram ordered to
build the bridge to
Lanka.

In modern times a entry

point to Sri Lankan
refugees,
 Round #1 – Q2
Identify this place and where it is located?

People come from all over the world to worship these rodents. It is also known as the temple of rats. There are
almost 20,000 rats in and around the temple.
 Round #1 – A2
KARNI MATA TEMPLE, DESHNOK BIKANER
You considered fortunate to
spot a white rat.

In case you kill a rat, you have

to donate a golden rat to the
temple trust.

These rats are considered as

the close followers of Karini
Mata, local goddess of the
region.
 Round #1 – Q3
Identify this place and where it is located in Andhra?
 Round #1 – A3
LEPAKSHI TEMPLE, ANANTHAPUR
Hanging pillar is bit dislodged
from its original position as
British engineers tried to move
it to uncover the secret to
hanging pillar.

This was where the bird Jatayu

fell, wounded after a futile
battle against Ravana. When Sri
Rama reached the spot, he saw
the bird and said
compassionately, “Le Pakshi” —
‘rise, bird’ in Telugu.
 Round #1 – Q4

Identify this place and where it is located?

 Round #1 – A4
KAILASA TEMPLE – ELLORA
Its a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva. It’s carved from
top to bottom.
Carved out of single rock, about 2,00,000 tonnes of rock
was removed to give shape to it. The archaeologists had
calculated that it would have taken more than a
hundred years to finish the temple construction.
How such amount of rocks were moved
thousands of years back without modern
machinery still remains mystery to
archaeologists.
 Round #1 – Q5

Identify this place and where it is located?

A mini desert of the banks of river
Kaveri, within the most fertile lands
of Karnataka.
 Round #1 – A5
TALAKADU, MYSORE (The Cursed City)
Legend says -
"Let Talakād become sand ; let Mālangi become a whirlpool ;
let the Mysore Rājas fail to beget heirs.”, a curse by a lady
Allemelamma in the 16th century is said to have made
Talakadu, a desert in Karnataka.

Kings of Wodeyar dynasty of Mysore never had a direct heir.

 Round #1 – Q6

Identify this place and where it is located?

One of most dangerous, yet
beautiful, places in India.
 Round #1 – A6

Bheehads of Chambal

Abode to few of most notorious dacoits of

India:
Phoolan Devi, Paan Singh Tomar, Man Singh
and Nirbhay Singh Gujjar
Round #2 – Places to Visit Post Pandemic
 Round #2 – Q1

Identify this place and where it is located?

 Round #2 – A1
Lake Loktak (Floating Lake) of Manipur
 Round #2 – Q2

Identify this place and where it is located?

This airport is located at just 60Km
from China Border.

The airport is spread over 201 acres

and is located on top of a hill at
4,500 feet above sea level.
 Round #2 – A2
Sikkim's first airport at Pakyong
 Round #2 – Q3

Identify this place and where it is located?

 Round #2 – A3
Murudeshwar Beach
Second largest statue of Lord Siva. Only
second to Kailashnath Mahadev Statue in
Nepal.
 Round #2 – Q4

Identify this place and where it is located?

 Round #2 – A4
Valley of Flowers - Uttarakhand
Valley is home to almost 600
different species of plants out
of which 500 are flowering
plants.

Valley is home to many rare and

engendered animals as well.
 Round #2 – Q5

Identify this place and where it is located?

If you find visit to
Switzerland expensive
and afraid to go to Indian
Switzerland (Gulmarg)
this visit this place.

Its called Gulmarg of

Himachal or “Mini
Switzerland of India”.
 Round #2 – A5
Khajjar at Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh
Round #3 – Places to stay Post Pandemic
 Round #3 – Q1
Identify this Hotel? This is not too far from Hyd.
 Round #2 – A1
Kamalapura Palace Evolve Back – Hampi

Resort has basic room rent per night starts from 30K for a couple.
 Round #3 – Q2
Identify this Hotel?
 Round #3 – A2
The Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur

The property is built on 200-year old hunting grounds of the Maharana of Mewar. Sitting on the bank
of Lake Pichola, the Oberoi Udaivilas is one of a kind.

Travel and Leisure rated the Oberoi Udaivilas as the world’s best hotel in the year 2015.

Price Range : INR 25,500 – INR 1,50,000 / night

 Round #3 – Q3
Identify this Hotel or may be it is not a hotel?
 Round #3 – A3

Golden Chariot

One of luxury trains of India.

Tariff: Cheapest available tariff rate is whooping INR 1.82L for 3N4D package.
Round #4 – Trivia
 Round #4 – Q1

At The Taj Mahal there is a bench named after someone, who is it?
- Princess Diana
- Bill Clinton
- Donald Trump
- Jacqueline Kennedy
 Round #4 – A1
Princess Diana
 Round #4 – Q2

What did Outlook magazine describe as "the biggest sex change

operation in independent India" in 1995/96?
 Round #4 – A2
Renaming of Victoria Terminus to CST
 Round #4 – Q3
Which National Park was established in 1936 to save the
endangered Bengal Tigers in 1936?
- Jim Corbett
- Gir National Park
- Sundarban National Park
- Kanha National Park
 Round #4 – A3
Jim Corbett
 Round #4 – Q4

Ever heard of Mawlynnong in Meghalaya? What it is famous for?

 Round #4 – A4

The travel magazine Discover India declared the village as the

cleanest in Asia in 2003, and the cleanest in India in 2005.
 Round #4 – Q5

Where can you stand inside a giant “calculator” that knows the time all over the globe?
 Round #4 – A5
Jantar Mantar, Jaipur
Round #5 – Rejoice Your Taste Buds
With Locale Delicacies of India
Round #5 – Q1
 Round #5 – A1

West Bengal

L: Luchi – Alur Dom

R: Bhapa Doi
Round #5 – Q2
 Round #5 – A2

Litti Chokha
Bihar
Round #5 – Q3
 Round #5 – A3
Karnataka

• L: Neer Dosai

• R: Mysore Pak
Round #5 – Q4
 Round #5 – A4

Appam With Stew

Kerela
Round #5 – Q5
 Round #5 – A5

Thupka
Arunachal Pradesh
Round #5 – Q6
 Round #5 – A6

Makke ki Roti and Sarson da Saag

Punjab
Round #5 – Q7
 Round #5 – A7

Dal Dhokli
Gujarat
Round #5 – Q8
 Round #5 – A8

Misal Pav
Maharashtra
Thank You