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Tuesday Travel Trivia (Week 31)
Last week was a momentous one for ol' Tuesday Travel Trivia. We awarded $400 worth of travel-related goodies to one lucky trivia player, Sammy1022, who somehow managed to answer all ten of our headache-inducing questions correctly. So a big congratulations goes out to Sammy1022-- enjoy all your new travel gear!
Want to become this week's trivia champ? Check out the following ten questions and leave your non-Googled answers and informed guesses in the comments. Come back next Tuesday for the answers... Good luck!
- What author of Treasure Island once wrote, "I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move"?
- The Sound of Music bus tour is a popular tourist attraction in what Austrian city?
- Name one country in which the dinar is the official currency.
- What public holiday is usually celebrated on December 26 in countries including Canada, the UK, and Australia?
- Put the following mountains in order from tallest to shortest (least tall?): Mt. Fuji, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mt. McKinley.
- What salty fruit is the most extensively cultivated crop in the world, but mainly grown in Mediterranean countries like Turkey, Greece, and Italy?
- When a traveler's budget is very tight, he or she is often said to be traveling "on a" certain fastening accessory. What is it?
- True or false: Sarajevo and Pyongyang are the only two world capitals without a McDonald's.
- What four-letter town in southeastern Utah draws visitors from all over the world thanks to its world-class mountain biking trails?
- What Central American nation is home to the gorgeous "rival" colonial cities of León and Granada?
Last week's questions and answers are posted below the fold...
- Who is the author of the recently released book Travel as a Political Act? Answer: Rick Steves
- In 1989, the motto of what airline proclaimed itself "the world's favourite airline"? Answer: British Airways
- Last year, a Swedish entrepeneur made headlines by turning what massive object into a hostel? Answer: A Boeing 747 jumbo jet
- Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan are the world's only two countries with a very unusual geographic characteristic. What is it? Answer: They are the world's only double-landlocked countries (every country they border is also landlocked).
- In what Tennessee city is Graceland located? Answer: Memphis
- True or false: English is the official language of the United States. Answer: False
- Name the early Twentieth Century poet who wrote the following lines: "We shall not cease from exploration / And the end of all our exploring / Will be to arrive where we started / And know the place for the first time." Answer: T.S. Eliot
- What humorous American travel writer's books include A Walk Through the Woods, In a Sunburned Country, and I'm a Stranger Here Myself? Answer: Bill Bryson
- Fill in the missing country in this Top Ten list: 10. New Zealand 9. United States 8. Norway 7. Australia 6. Japan 5. The Philippines 4. Russia 3. Greenland 2. Indonesia 1. __________ Answer: Canada (longest coastlines)
- Within 100, how many bridges cross the Amazon River? Answer: Zero! (see what I did there?)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Katie Hammel May 26th 2009 12:52PM
1 Robert Louis Stevenson (it’s the quote that inspired my blog name!)
2 Salzburg
3 Tunisia
4 Boxing Day
5 Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mt. McKinley, Mt. Fuji
6 olive
7 shoestring
8 false
9 Moab
10 Costa Rica
nklnyssa May 26th 2009 1:15PM
7) shoestring
8) false
9) Moab (I've biked there!)
Patricia May 26th 2009 2:14PM
1. Robert Louis Stevenson
2. Saltzberg
3. Turkey
4. Boxing Day
5. Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mt. Fuji, Mt. McKinley
6. Olive
7. shoestring
8. True
9. Kyob
10.Nicaragua