Quiz Friday! Here is Sven patching our pannier. Our bags accumulated a lot of wear and tear over time. Every month we check them for holes or soon-to-be holes and patch them. In total we have 9 cycling bags. Question: how many bags did we need to fix this month?
The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.
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Quiz: Where to Hide the Food
Quiz Friday! Here is Tulku wishing to try human food. She eats high-quality dry dog food and we don’t give her human food. Nevertheless she still keeps her hopes up. Back to her own food, Tulku loves hiding it ‘for later’. Question: What is Tulku’s favorite place to hide her food?
A On the floor
B Under the bed
C Dig it under the ground
D In our clean clothes
The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.
Quiz: Nopal
Quiz Friday! Here is Sven and Nopal cactus aka Mickey Mouse cactus. This plant is important in paint production as well as food source in the region. One day when we were feeling hungry and brave, we tried it too. Question: How does this cactus taste like?
A Green (string) beans
B Pumpkin
C Paper
The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.
Quiz: Where to Cook Our Food?
Quiz Friday! Here is Sven cooking. Cooking is a big part of our daily life and we spend a lot of time doing it. Question: Where do we cook most often in Latin America?
A On the street
B On the roof
C In the inner yard
D On the balcony
The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.
Quiz: Rain as a Phenomenon
Quiz Friday! Here are Kira and Tulku on a rainy day. That sounds like a normal thing, but not here in Mixteca Alta! Turns out it rains here only twice a year and never in Spring. What is even more surprising – it’s not the first time we visit the driest place on Earth and hear the locals tell us that it ‘never rains here this time of year’. This happened already three times: in Mixteca Alta (Mexico), in Tatacoa desert (Colombia) and in… Question: Where was the first time we encountered rain as phenomenon?
A – Salvador Dali desert (Bolivia)
B – Nazca lines (Peru)
C – Sechura desert (Peru)
The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.
Quiz Friday! Here is Sven with a rescued cactus. When a new motorway was being built, this cactus was found in it’s way. Workers wanted to explode it with dynamite, but Etno-botanical garden in Oaxaca decided to rescue it. It wasn’t easy, because it weights many tons and has sharp thorns, but they made it! Question: How old is this cactus?
A 100 years old
B 250 years old
C 500 years old
The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.
Quiz; Thorns
Quiz Friday! Here is Kira’s hand with a million thorns in it. To celebrate our arrival to the cacti land we dug out this picture from Guatemala, where Kira oh-so-slightly touched a bamboo. It was the place where we noticed that we are approaching the cacti land. Question: how long did it take to take out the thorns out of Kira’s hand? Hint: at least one hundred of them stayed in the hand for forever.
The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.
Quiz: Creative Twist
Quiz Friday – caption this! Here is a sign that we found on the road. It is probably pretty clear what the sign means, but let’s add a creative twist. Question: Suggest a better name for the sign! Sven starts: “Wind loading station”.
The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be selected by the members of our creativity board(ish).
Quiz: Tulkus Favourite Fruit
Quiz Friday! Here is Tulku enjoying a cold coconut. Tulku loves all kinds of fruits and vegetables and she’s eager to try new ones. We have problems keeping her form trying jelapeño peppers as they are everywhere here in Mexico. Despite all this, Tulku favours some fruits more than others. Question: What is Tulkus favourite fruit ever?
A Coconut
B Tuna fruit (Cactus fruit)
C Apple
The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.
Quiz: Can Stove Building
Quiz Friday! Here is our brand new self-made subsitute cooker (and Sven in the background). We are waiting for the spare part for our main cooker to arrive from overseas. Even though we love Mexican food, there are some long stretches with no food services on our route, so we had to come up with other solutions. We present our alcohol cooker made from soda cans. You need 2 cans to make one cooker. Question: How many cans did Sven use until he finally made one decent and working cooker?
Hint: It took 10 hours of work to achieve the result.
The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.
