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Google Doodles Asia Quiz 2014

Test your knowledge of Asian culture with questions on Google Doodles. From festivals to historical figures, crack the answers for points and bonuses!

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Google Doodles Asia Quiz 2014

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  1. ASIASWEEP 2014 Set by Dibyendu Das & Arul Mani

  2. Rules Three sections Section I: 10 questions Section II: 25 questions Section III: 25 two-pointers 85 points, not counting bonuses

  3. SECTION I 10 questions based on Google Doodles 1 point each Bonus of 2 points if you crack more than 4 Bonus of 3 if you crack more than 7

  4. 1. Identify the director to whom this Doodle pays tribute

  5. ANSWER

  6. 1 YasujiroOzu

  7. 2. This is a tribute to the Duanwu observance, commonly called the ______ ______ festival. Fill blanks.

  8. ANSWER

  9. 2. Dragon Boat Festival

  10. 3. The origins of the name of this festival are traced back to India. The doodles shown refer to two observances—water, symbolising the new, and the freeing of animals, to acquire merit. Either name the festival, or identify the Sanskrit word from which it is derived.

  11. ANSWER

  12. 3. Songkran Or Sankranti

  13. 4. This Doodle pays tribute to a real-life story of fidelity and dedication that inspired mass adulation in a certain Asian country, and a Richard Gere film in 2009. A 7-letter name will do.

  14. ANSWER

  15. 4. Hachiko

  16. 5. This Independence Day tribute appeared on 22 November, and contains a representation of the Pigeon Rocks, a natural formation in the Mediterranean Sea, outside the capital. Which city?

  17. ANSWER

  18. 5 Beirut

  19. 6. This doodle pays tribute to a certain country’s first that did not run to a fairy-tale ending. Who?

  20. ANSWER

  21. 6. Ilan Ramon Israel’s first astronaut, who died in the Columbia crash in 2003.

  22. 7. The subject of the tribute is HoninboShusaku, immortal among followers of a certain pursuit. Whatpursuit?

  23. ANSWER

  24. 7 The game Go

  25. 8. This 2nd October observance is held to mark UNESCO giving intangible heritage status to a certain tradition. Name either the tradition or the country.

  26. ANSWER

  27. 8. Batik or Indonesia

  28. 9. This Doodle appeared on 9th October, the date on which a 15th century monarch announced a script for the language. By what name is this day known?

  29. ANSWER

  30. 9. Haengul Day Hangul Proclamation Day Korean Alphabet Day

  31. 10. The subject of this Doodle wrote a book on optics in 1015. His work will receive worldwide attention as part of the International Year of Light in 2015. Who?

  32. ANSWER

  33. 10. Alhazen aka Ib’n Al-Haytham

  34. SECTION II 25 questions 1 point each

  35. 1. UkichiroNakaya was a physicist who devoted his career to a fascination with objects that he described as ‘letters sent from heaven’. The museum dedicated to his memory in Kaga, Japan was built so as to pay tribute to this fascination. What did Nakaya study?

  36. ANSWER

  37. 1. Snow Crystals/Accept Snow Flakes

  38. 2. Abu’lHasan Ahmad ib’n Ibrahim Al-Uqlidisi wrote a work on the use of decimal fractions in 952 AD. The title of this work is often translated as Chapters in Indian Mathematics. He took (or was given) his name in tribute to whom?

  39. ANSWER

  40. 2. Euclid

  41. 3. This building on ZiWa Ka Street attracts devout local Muslims who believe that the man who died here in 1862 had special powers. The numbers grew after the actual grave was discovered in 1991. Either name this person OR the city where the building is located?

  42. ANSWER

  43. 3. Bahadur Shah Zafar/Bahadur Shah II Or Yangon/Rangoon

  44. 4. From this visual, you can see that some effort has gone into preserving a particular feature of Sir Charles Pawsey’s residence from the 1940s. Why OR what are we talking about?

  45. ANSWER

  46. 4. Site of the Battle of the Tennis Court, Kohima, between British and Japanese forces during World War II.

  47. 5. Ken Jennings, in his book Maphead, refers to an anomaly caused by socioeconomic factors. A certain country, viewed from a spaceship, can seem like an island by night while visibly being part of a peninsula by day. Which country are we talking about? Visuals follow.

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