Sobriquets Trivia Quiz

Answer: Nigeria

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with over 130 million people. The population is about one fifth of the entire continent. In economy too, Nigeria is at the very top of the African charts with its oil and exports business coming up well. On many other parameters also Nigeria is rated among the powers of Africa and is therefore called "the Giant of Africa."

Answer: Scotland

The poet Robert Burns used this expression to describe Scotland in the opening line of his poem 'On the Late Captain Grose's Peregrinations Thro' Scotland'. Scotland has long been referred to as the "Land O'Cakes," where o'cakes is short for oatcakes.

Answer: Barbados

Barbados, is a small island-nation situated in the Caribbean. Barbados was once a British colony and English is the official language. The capital of Barbados is Bridgetown.

Answer: Punjab (India & Pakistan)

Punjab is a state in India. After India's independence in 1947, a part of the state went to Pakistan too. The word "Punjab" is made up of two Persian words 'Panj' (meaning five) and 'Aab' (meaning water). Punjab was known as land of five rivers because of the five rivers that criss-cross the state. The five rivers are Indus, Ravi, Beas, Sutlej and Chenab.

Answer: Netherlands

Dikes are built to reclaim land from the sea. A dike is a construction along the edge of a body of water to prevent it from flooding onto an adjacent lowland. Dikes may be of permanent types or emergency buildings (often of sandbags).

Answer: Thailand

The Thais consider a white elephant as a very auspicious animal. It is said that before Lord Buddha was born, his mother dreamt that a white elephant came to present her with a lotus, symbol of purity and
knowledge. Buddhism is a major religion in Thailand.

Answer: Bengaluru

Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka, is the headquarter of many Information Technology companies, including Infosys. Most IT majors from the US have their "second home" in Bengaluru. Did you know that the word "Bangalored" (meaning a person has lost his job because the work got outsourced to Bengaluru or India) has now entered the dictionary?

Answer: Venezuela

Venezuela literally means "Little Venice". It was the explorer Alonso de Ojeda who gave the country its name. Arriving at Lake Maracaibo in the late 15th century, he admired the stilted houses that the Indians had built above the lake and called the place Venezuela.

Answer: Australia

Australia has been called "The Land of the Golden Fleece," because of the quantity of wool produced there. Georgia, one of the Caucasian nations is also called "The Land of the Golden Fleece." This is probably because Colchis, the place where Jason found the golden fleece in Greek mythology, is situated near the Black Sea, very close to present-day Georgia.

Answer: Mumbai

The Gateway of India was built to commemorate the visit of King George V to Bombay in December 1911. There is an "India Gate" in New Delhi.