Easy like a quiz on Sunday morning: Do you know your towels?
Osibori is a special towel that plays an important role in the famous hospitality of Japan.
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1/10 | On 25 May, the author is celebrated as ‘Taulia Day’ to honor the works of Douglas Adams. It is a reference to a towel that is the most useful thing for a passenger in the universe. You can wrap yourself in it, lie on it, use it for war, wrap it around your head in a ward of smoke, waving it as a crisis signal and of course, dry yourself with it. What form of traveler (about which is a book) Adams says that there is a need to carry a towel?
2/10 | Although the towels have been around for centuries, the invention of the type of cotton flat for the purpose of drying began in the 17th century. Known as Peshtamel, they were used in a bath called Hammam in a particular country. What kind of towel did this make modern popularity?
3/10 | Osibori is a special towel that plays an important role in the famous hospitality of Japan. It is usually used to clean the guest hands before meals. What is special about this towel, which is contrary to its general use?
4/10 | Linen technology tracking is an American company that makes washedable RFID chips for use in particular towels. These can be tracked using an app and, thanks to them, save $ 16,000 per month in some places. In which places are these towels found?
Answer: Hotel towels (to prevent guests from taking)
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5/10 | These towels are designed to be extremely soft, highly exploitative and soft on the skin. They also have a very soft hood, which can cover the head. Therefore, although small, they are expensive. What are these towels?
6/10 | These towels have been created since the 1960s and are very effective in catching dust and dirt. His name comes from the fact that the diameter of synthetic fabric is less than 10 micrometers. What are these towels that do not leave the lint behind?
7/10 | The beach towel was first introduced in the late 19th century. Earlier, people used to lay regular towels on the sand. In 1897, Thomas James first patented the beach towel, which was designed to be larger and more comfortable to lounge on the beach. When he came up with this idea, James was working on what a lot of inventor?
8/10 | This specific type of towel is made of thin, flattened and dense woven linen or cotton. It was first used in the 18th century among upper class English women. Their main purpose is to cover warm, ripe products. Which are these towels, which painter Wan Gag was used as a canvas?
9/10 | The towels made for this particular profession are usually pre-foggy, some are disinfectant, and then packed tightly in a small bag. They are super-exploiters and are designed to use several times. What are these towels, at any point, about seven people in the world are using?
Answer: Space towels are used by astronauts
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10/10 | It is a modern art form, which is believed to have been born on board carnival cruise lines in Carnival cruise lines in 1990. A Thai housekeeper used this method on the clothes of the guests and then on their clean towels. Which art form is this, which is now popular in resorts?
Answer: Taulia Origemi (Towel in animal forms)
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Published – May 22, 2025 01:00 PM IST
