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1. After Jonnowales spent a day wandering the streets of Ulaanbaatar, admiring everything the city has to offer, he retired to his hotel room and sent his clothes to be dry-cleaned. A representative of the hotel's 24-hour dry cleaning service knocked on his door the next morning and apologised for ruining his suit by offering him a brand new 'deel'! Jonnowales was delighted as he had just obtained a traditional piece of clothing from which country?
2. Jonnowales, an avid traveller, visited Japan wearing his deel from pastures old. He tried the great variety of sushi on offer in Tokyo, but was a bit greedy! He managed to get Wasabi paste all over his deel, which he subsequently sent off to a kind lady in the dry cleaners. Well, Jonnowales was furious as it came back in a worse state than when he handed it in. The lady felt awful and bought Jonnowales a kimono to spare him the embarrassment of walking around in his birthday suit. The lady from the dry cleaning store also gave him some sort of sash! What is the name given to this sash?
3. Jonnowales had always wanted to visit the countries of the Pacific and decided to jump on a plane from Japan to New Zealand. Whilst eating his rather unappetising in-flight meal, the plane hit some turbulence and the coke that came with the meal ended up on his lap. Upon reaching New Zealand he had to send his clothes to the dry cleaners and his luck seemed to be out as the dry cleaners managed to lose them! The very kind Maori lady who owned the store gave Jonnowales a 'piupiu'. Jonnowales gave her a rather strange look as the store owner had just given him a skirt! From what is this Maori skirt made?
4. Jonnowales is a big fan of South East Asian cooking and decided to visit the country of Vietnam. Whilst there he enjoyed the nation's delicacies and missed out the less appetising offerings! It was so hot in Vietnam that Jonnowales decided to purchase a rather famous type of hat. What shape is this hat that could be seen worn by many of the workers on the Vietnamese paddy fields?
5. Jonnowales is partial to a curry now and again so he thought it would be a shame not to visit India! On the flight there however, the clumsy air steward dropped a bowl of chicken madras all over poor Jonnowales. Well, it was just impossible for him to spend the rest of the flight with curry stained clothes and the only spare clothing on the plane was a piece of female Indian clothing. Which of the following is Jonnowales considering wearing?
6. Whilst visiting India, Jonnowales wished to taste some of the famous Darjeeling tea. Just as he was about to take a sip he stumbled as he saw a big Bollywood star! His clothes were stained with the tea and he sent them to the dry cleaners. When he got them back it appeared as though they had shrunk and were now less than useless. The owner of the dry cleaners offered Jonnowales a very traditional Indian costume worn by men. Which of the following could it be?
7. Jonnowales had accrued a great collection of hats from his voyages to countries from around the world. Whilst in Israel on a blustery day, Jonnowales was wearing his flat cap and in a rather strong breeze the cap fell off into a muddy puddle. The flat cap was sent to a dry cleaners but the article of clothing was beyond salvation. As Jonnowales wandered through the streets of Jerusalem without his hat he saw a yarmulke for sale. What is a yarmulke (skull cap) also known as?
8. People were always telling Jonnowales that he is just too lazy! So, he plucked up the courage to enter a half-marathon during his visit to the Netherlands. After the ordeal, Jonnowales sent his sweaty trainers off to be cleaned. Well, as you guessed the trainers came back three sizes smaller than when he last saw them! It didn't matter because Jonnowales had a pair of wooden shoes in the cupboard of his traditional Dutch hotel room. What are these wooden shoes called?
9. When Jonnowales was travelling on the train from London, England to Edinburgh, Scotland, he got the urge to purchase a hot chocolate drink. On such a cold day, it would certainly be a welcome source of heat! I must point out at this juncture that Jonnowales is a klutz and ended up with a pair of trousers saturated in what would have been a delicious chocolate drink. When he arrived in Edinburgh he decided to go traditional and picked up a kilt. He also debated over whether or not to buy which of the following items of clothing, which derives its name from the Gaelic for 'purse'?
10. Even though Jonnowales loves travelling around the world there really is, to scandalously thieve the words from "The Wizard of Oz", 'no place like home'. So when Jonnowales arrived home to well, Wales, he saw many young girls going to school in traditional Welsh costume. Jonnowales checked his watch and it was March 1. What must be being celebrated in Wales?
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