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Banyan - Quiz
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  • 1. Where is the Bodhi tree, associated with Buddha's enlightenment, located?
A) Honolulu
B) Bodh Gaya
C) Sri Lanka
D) Anantapur
  • 2. What is significant about the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in Sri Lanka?
A) It's a sapling/cutting of the original Bodhi tree planted in 288 BC.
B) It is located at ITC Munger.
C) It covers an area of 4.67 acres.
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) Thimmamma Marrimanu
C) Maui's Banyan tree
D) Narora Siddhi Bari banyan tree
  • 4. Which banyan tree is recognized as India's oldest according to carbon dating research?
A) Narora Siddhi Bari banyan tree
B) Thimmamma Marrimanu
C) ITC Munger Banyan Tree
D) Great Banyan in Kolkata
  • 5. Where is the Dodda Aalada Mara located?
A) Ramohalli, on the outskirts of Bangalore, India
B) Puri, Odisha
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 cut down by CCP officials.
B) It was damaged by Hawaii wildfires, and roughly half its canopy survived.
C) It was planted in a 5-gallon bucket.
D) Its roots were dated to be at least 700 years old.
  • 8. Which banyan tree is considered sacred and located inside the Jagannath Temple?
A) Great Banyan in Kolkata
B) Thimmamma Marrimanu
C) Narora Siddhi Bari banyan tree
D) Kalpabata
  • 9. Where is the Adayar Banyan Tree located?
A) Indian Botanical Gardens in Anantapur
B) Theosophical Society Campus in Adayar, Chennai, India
C) Lahaina's Courthouse Square
D) Cypress Gardens at Legoland
  • 10. Which banyan tree is said to be 1,700 years old?
A) The banyan tree from Miary, Madagascar
B) Narora Siddhi Bari banyan tree
C) Dodda Aalada Mara
D) ITC Munger Banyan Tree
  • 11. In which country's coat of arms is the banyan tree depicted as a manifestation of unity?
A) Indonesia
B) India
C) Hawaii
D) Madagascar
  • 12. What does The Economist magazine's column named 'Banyan' cover?
A) Topics pertaining to Asia
B) Game reviews
C) Science fiction stories
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) Hothouse
D) Jet Set Willy on the ZX Spectrum
  • 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) Gaucho
B) Can't Buy a Thrill
C) Aja
D) Katy Lied
  • 16. Who intervened to punish CCP officials for cutting down banyan trees in Guangzhou?
A) Xi Jinping
B) Queen Kapiolani
C) William Owen Smith
D) Brian Aldiss
  • 17. What was the expression 'Banyan' used for during the age of sail?
A) A type of ship
B) A party, especially one at the fo'c'sle.
C) A religious festival
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) 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) Hothouse
B) Aja
C) Nabanga
D) Banyan
  • 21. Where is a large banyan tree located at a theme park?
A) Cypress Gardens at Legoland in Winter Haven, Florida
B) Jagannath Temple in Puri
C) Theosophical Society Campus in Adayar
D) Indian Botanical Gardens in Anantapur
  • 22. Which banyan tree was planted in a 5-gallon bucket?
A) Dodda Aalada Mara
B) ITC Munger Banyan Tree
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) Ficus citrifolia
C) F. benghalensis
D) Ficus pertusa
  • 24. The Indian banyan is the namesake of which genus?
A) Urostigma
B) Ficus
C) Strangleria
D) Banyanus
  • 25. During which Hindu festival do married women observe a fast and tie threads around a banyan tree?
A) Vat Purnima
B) Navratri
C) Diwali
D) Holi
  • 26. In which religious canon is the banyan referenced numerous times, often using metaphors related to its epiphytic nature?
A) Christian Bible
B) Islamic Quran
C) Buddhism's Pali canon
D) Hindu Vedas
  • 27. In Guam, what are the spirits associated with banyan trees called?
A) Taotaomona
B) Duendes
C) Kijimuna
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) Gajumaru, home for Kijimuna
D) Balete, home for deities
  • 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) Florida strangler fig
D) Moreton Bay fig
  • 30. Which species of banyan is known for its large leaves and is native to Australia?
A) Moreton Bay fig (Ficus macrophylla)
B) Port Jackson fig
C) Ficus microcarpa
D) Florida strangler fig
  • 31. What is the Filipino name for banyan trees, which are believed to house certain deities and spirits?
A) Nigrodha
B) Gajumaru
C) Taotaomona
D) Balete
  • 32. How do young leaves of banyan trees appear?
A) Young leaves are covered by two large scales.
B) Young leaves are small and round.
C) Young leaves have an attractive reddish tinge.
D) Young leaves are always green.
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