If it’s Tuesday, that means it’s time for some trivia questions to test your knowledge of all things travel-related. I like to think my questions are pretty tough, but last week‘s big winner, Powered by Tofu, aced my ten questions like he* she was filling out his her name on the SAT.
If you want to become this week’s champ and earn all the glory and prizes that come with that distinction, check out the following ten questions and leave your answers (not your favorite search engine’s) in the Comments. Come back next Tuesday for the head-smacking answers. Buena suerte!
- The Caribbean island of Aruba is an autonomous region of what European country?
- Which US airline became the first to offer wireless internet on all of its flights?
- The English travel writer Bruce Chatwin** penned what 1977 classic that was hailed by the New York Times as a “little masterpiece of travel, history, and adventure”?
- Hernando de Soto is credited with being the first European to discover what large body of water?
- A bachelor party in the United States is known as what kind of party in the UK?
- The GDP of what ten-letter Eurasian country grew a staggering 48% from 2007 to 2008, the most in the world?
- What group of islands located off the coast of Honduras is made up of Roatan, Guanaja, and Utila?
- Who writes the nationally syndicated “Travel Troubleshooter” column as well as a weekly travel article for MSNBC.com?
- What Toyota model is the world’s best-selling car with over 40 million sold?
- What travel-inspiring Tom Petty song includes the lyrics, “It was a beautiful day / The sun beat down / I had the radio on / I was drivin'”?
**I’ve switched to the correct gender (never thought I’d say that).
**typo fixed
Last week‘s answers are after the jump…
- What is the only mobile National Monument in the United States? Answer: San Francisco’s Cable Cars
- What documentary-style reality show on the History Channel follows those whose profession is to drive big rigs over frozen lakes in Alaska and Canada’s Northwest Territories? Answer: Ice Road Truckers
- What mountain located on the French-Italian border is the highest point in Western Europe? Answer: Mont Blanc
- In a popular song from the ’70s, Bob Seger sang, “If I ever get out of here, Im going to…” what high-altitude city? Answer: Kathmandu
- Human rights groups protested this week when two journalists were sentenced to twelve years of hard labor in what country? Answer: North Korea
- Many claim the origins of backpacking can be traced to the “Hippie Trail” of the 1960s and ’70s, a trail which followed what historic network of trade routes? Answer: The Silk Road
- What Middle Eastern city was the location of Barack Obama’s June 4, 2009, speech entitled “A New Beginning”? Answer: Cairo, Egypt
- What country borders Russia to the north and China to the south, east, and west? Answer: Mongolia
- What Las Vegas entertainer who has performed for over 40 years has earned the nicknamed “Mr. Las Vegas”? Answer: Wayne Newton
- What Greek “Father of History” who lived in the 5th Century B.C. has also been called the world’s first travel writer? Answer: Herodotus