Tuesday Travel Trivia is just like your child: It always teaches you something new, and you only see it once a week.
Last week‘s winner, for the second week in a row, was the brilliant Powered by Tofu. She is to trivia what Tom Johansmeyer is to porn and cigars. And that is no small compliment.
Wanna play some triv’ this week? Check out the following ten questions and leave your wild guesses in the comments. (No Googling– You’re on the honor code.) Come back next Tuesday morning for the correct answers and a fresh set of brain-busters. Bonne chance!
- What seven-letter word for a “long, wandering journey” is also in the title of a several thousand-year-old work of literature?
- Home to some of the world’s best surfing, the town of La Libertad is located in what country?
- What is the basic unit of currency in China?
- Founded in 1965, NOLS is one of the world’s foremost outdoor education institutions, with alumni including Anderson Cooper, John F. Kennedy Jr., author Sebastian Junger, and actor Andrew McCarthy. But what does the acronym NOLS stand for?
- What tasty chocolate bar known for its triangular sections is manufactured by Kraft Foods Switzerland and often found in airport duty-free shops?
- The site of perhaps the world’s most impressive Mayan ruins, Tikal is located in what Latin American country?
- Only two nations in the world have sovereign-state flags that are square, not rectangular. Name one of them.
- On what type of device will you find a derailleur, a rear dropout, a spoke nipple, and a cassette?
- What southern US city’s slogan implores you to keep the town “weird”?
- Lomond, Ness, Awe, and Morar are the four largest what?
Last week‘s answers are after the jump…
- The Caribbean island of Aruba is an autonomous region of what European country? Answer: The Netherlands
- Which US airline became the first to offer wireless internet on all of its flights? Answer: Virgin America
- 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”? Answer: In Patagonia
- Hernando de Soto is credited with being the first European to discover what large body of water? Answer: The Mississippi River
- A bachelor party in the United States is known as what kind of party in the UK? Answer: A stag party
- The GDP of what ten-letter Eurasian country grew a staggering 48% from 2007 to 2008, the most in the world? Answer: Azerbaijan
- What group of islands located off the coast of Honduras is made up of Roatan, Guanaja, and Utila? Answer: The Bay Islands
- Who writes the nationally syndicated “Travel Troubleshooter” column as well as a weekly travel article for MSNBC.com? Answer: Chris Elliott
- What Toyota model is the world’s best-selling car with over 40 million sold? Answer: The Corolla
- 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'”? Answer: “Runnin’ Down a Dream”