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Banyan - Quiz
  • 1. Where is the Bodhi tree, associated with Buddha's enlightenment, located?
A) Anantapur
B) Sri Lanka
C) Bodh Gaya
D) Honolulu
  • 2. What is significant about the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in Sri Lanka?
A) It was planted by Queen Kapiolani.
B) It covers an area of 4.67 acres.
C) It is located at ITC Munger.
D) It's a sapling/cutting of the original Bodhi tree planted in 288 BC.
  • 3. Which banyan tree has the largest canopy covering 21,000 m²?
A) Maui's Banyan tree
B) Narora Siddhi Bari banyan tree
C) Great Banyan in Kolkata
D) Thimmamma Marrimanu
  • 4. Which banyan tree is recognized as India's oldest according to carbon dating research?
A) ITC Munger Banyan Tree
B) Great Banyan in Kolkata
C) Narora Siddhi Bari banyan tree
D) Thimmamma Marrimanu
  • 5. Where is the Dodda Aalada Mara located?
A) Puri, Odisha
B) Ramohalli, on the outskirts of Bangalore, India
C) Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
D) Lahaina, Hawaii
  • 6. Which banyan tree was planted by William Owen Smith in Lahaina?
A) Adayar Banyan Tree
B) Kalpabata
C) Iolani Palace banyans
D) Banyan tree in Lahaina's Courthouse Square
  • 7. What happened to the Maui banyan tree in August 2023?
A) It was damaged by Hawaii wildfires, and roughly half its canopy survived.
B) Its roots were dated to be at least 700 years old.
C) It was cut down by CCP officials.
D) It was planted in a 5-gallon bucket.
  • 8. Which banyan tree is considered sacred and located inside the Jagannath Temple?
A) Narora Siddhi Bari banyan tree
B) Great Banyan in Kolkata
C) Kalpabata
D) Thimmamma Marrimanu
  • 9. Where is the Adayar Banyan Tree located?
A) Theosophical Society Campus in Adayar, Chennai, India
B) Lahaina's Courthouse Square
C) Cypress Gardens at Legoland
D) Indian Botanical Gardens in Anantapur
  • 10. Which banyan tree is said to be 1,700 years old?
A) Dodda Aalada Mara
B) The banyan tree from Miary, Madagascar
C) Narora Siddhi Bari banyan tree
D) ITC Munger Banyan Tree
  • 11. In which country's coat of arms is the banyan tree depicted as a manifestation of unity?
A) Hawaii
B) Indonesia
C) India
D) Madagascar
  • 12. What does The Economist magazine's column named 'Banyan' cover?
A) Topics pertaining to Asia
B) Science fiction stories
C) Vanuatu traditional meetings
D) Game reviews
  • 13. In which game is The Banyan Tree a notoriously difficult room?
A) Avatar: The Last Airbender
B) Hothouse
C) The Economist magazine
D) Jet Set Willy on the ZX Spectrum
  • 14. Where is the Foggy Swamp, consisting of a single banyan grove tree, located?
A) The Economist magazine
B) Cypress Gardens at Legoland
C) Lahaina, Hawaii
D) In Avatar: The Last Airbender
  • 15. Which album by Steely Dan contains the lyric 'Chinese music under banyan trees'?
A) Can't Buy a Thrill
B) Aja
C) Katy Lied
D) Gaucho
  • 16. Who intervened to punish CCP officials for cutting down banyan trees in Guangzhou?
A) Queen Kapiolani
B) Brian Aldiss
C) William Owen Smith
D) Xi Jinping
  • 17. What was the expression 'Banyan' used for during the age of sail?
A) A religious festival
B) A party, especially one at the fo'c'sle.
C) A type of ship
D) A navigation technique
  • 18. Who was inspired by the banyan tree to create a world-sized Banyan Tree in his novel?
A) Brian Aldiss
B) Queen Kapiolani
C) Xi Jinping
D) William Owen Smith
  • 19. In which traditional meeting places are banyan trees used in southern Vanuatu?
A) Courthouse squares
B) Temple premises
C) Clearings under banyan trees
D) Botanical gardens
  • 20. What is the name of the quarterly newsletter named after the local word for banyan in Vanuatu?
A) Nabanga
B) Banyan
C) Hothouse
D) Aja
  • 21. Where is a large banyan tree located at a theme park?
A) Theosophical Society Campus in Adayar
B) Indian Botanical Gardens in Anantapur
C) Jagannath Temple in Puri
D) Cypress Gardens at Legoland in Winter Haven, Florida
  • 22. Which banyan tree was planted in a 5-gallon bucket?
A) Thimmamma Marrimanu
B) Banyan tree at Cypress Gardens, Legoland
C) ITC Munger Banyan Tree
D) Dodda Aalada Mara
  • 23. Which species of banyan is native to India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Ryukyu Islands and New Caledonia?
A) F. benghalensis
B) Ficus pertusa
C) Ficus citrifolia
D) Ficus microcarpa
  • 24. The Indian banyan is the namesake of which genus?
A) Ficus
B) Strangleria
C) Urostigma
D) Banyanus
  • 25. During which Hindu festival do married women observe a fast and tie threads around a banyan tree?
A) Navratri
B) Vat Purnima
C) Diwali
D) Holi
  • 26. In which religious canon is the banyan referenced numerous times, often using metaphors related to its epiphytic nature?
A) Islamic Quran
B) Hindu Vedas
C) Buddhism's Pali canon
D) Christian Bible
  • 27. In Guam, what are the spirits associated with banyan trees called?
A) Kijimuna
B) Duendes
C) Taotaomona
D) Moon Lady
  • 28. In Okinawa, what is the banyan tree called and who does it house according to folklore?
A) Gajumaru, home for Kijimuna
B) Nigrodha, home for taotaomona
C) Balete, home for deities
D) Strangler fig, home for spirits
  • 29. Which banyan species is native to South Florida, the Caribbean islands, Central America, and South America south to Paraguay?
A) Florida strangler fig
B) Shortleaf fig (Ficus citrifolia)
C) Port Jackson fig
D) Moreton Bay fig
  • 30. Which species of banyan is known for its large leaves and is native to Australia?
A) Ficus microcarpa
B) Moreton Bay fig (Ficus macrophylla)
C) Florida strangler fig
D) Port Jackson fig
  • 31. What is the Filipino name for banyan trees, which are believed to house certain deities and spirits?
A) Gajumaru
B) Taotaomona
C) Balete
D) Nigrodha
  • 32. How do young leaves of banyan trees appear?
A) Young leaves are always green.
B) Young leaves have an attractive reddish tinge.
C) Young leaves are covered by two large scales.
D) Young leaves are small and round.
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