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