Wednesday, 11th February

Today we've answered the remaining questions and done the trivial.

The trivial questions:
1) Phileas Fogg lived in nº7 Saville-Row, Westminster, in 1872
a) True
b) False

2) What did Phileas Fogg work as?
a) Lawyer
b) Member of the Reform Club
c) Farmer

3) Was Phileas Fogg rich before the bet?
a) True
b) False

4) In what means of transport did Phileas Fogg arrive to London from Liverpool?
a) Boat
b) Plane
c) Train

5) How many days did it take to get to London?
a) 68
b) 79
c) 80


Questionnaire questions:

5) Tell us the name of the building contructor who led the work and the year when the canal was opened.
Ferdinand de Lesseps al 1869

6) El punt més estret de la bocana del port d'Aden medeix:
0'72 km

7) Mumbai is also known by another name, which one? How do they call the cinema produced there?
Mumbai -> Bombay Cinema: Bollywood

8) Quina és la distancia en km a vol d'ocell entre Allahabad i Calcutta?
730 km

9) Write down the oficial name of Calcutta:
Calcutta: Kolkata

10) Nowadays Singapur is one of the most inhabited cities in the world. Write down the number of inhabitants per km2.
Singapur: 6489/km²

11) Tell us the oficial language of Hong Kong.
Chinese

12) Yokohama has the biggest harbour in Japan and it is one of the greatest commercial harbours in the world. Go near the volcano that you can see in the horizon and write down on your log book the name of that mountain (Google Earth can take some time before showing the name).
Fuji

13) With the tool from Google Earth, measure the width of the Golden Gate, entrance to the San Francisco Bay.
1'62 km

14) When were the Winter Olympic Games held in Salt Lake City?
2002

15) Find on the satelite photograph Omaha's train station and write down the coordinates of the station's main building with 3 decimal numbers.
41º 15 ' N 95º 55' O

16) Anota al teu Quadern de ruta el nom del llac a la vora del qual es troba la ciutat de Chicago.
Llac Michigan

17) Quina és la superficie en km2 de la ciutat de Nova York?
1214,4 km²

18) El vaixell que està atracat davant l'estació de tren de Cork es troba a latitud i a longitud (amb tres xifres decimals).
51º 53' N 8º 27' O

19) Com s'anomena el riu que travessa la ciutat de Dublin?
Liffey River

20) Quin és el grup musical més famós originari de la ciutat de Liverpool?
The Beatles

21) S'han fet varies pel·lícules de la novel·la de Jules Verne "La volta al món en 80 dies". Quin és el nom de l'actor que fa el paper de Phileas Fogg a la pel·lícula més recent?
Steve Coogan