Hey there, devoted fans o’ Gadling, and welcome to another edition of Tuesday Travel Trivia– it’s like Wheel of Fortune for people under 65.
A big Travel Trivia shout-out to last week‘s winner, Virginia Rollett, who plowed her way through some pretty tough questions en route to a perfect 10 out of 10 score.
Want to become this week’s trivia champ? Read the ten questions that follow and leave your answers in the comments. You’re on the Honor System– No asking your favorite search engine for help! Good luck!
- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was recently photographed shirtless during an adventure getaway to what vacation ‘hotspot’?
- Name the type of overseas government office that is a branch of a country’s embassy and whose duties include distributing visas and providing assistance to foreign nationals?
- ‘One always begins to forgive a place as soon as it’s left behind,’ said what author of Bleak House?
- Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods takes place on what epic U.S. hiking trail?
- Name two motion pictures whose titles contain the names of U.S. states.
- The durian, known for its powerful smell, is a fruit native to what part of the world?
- Name the world city whose metro system includes the following stops: Pushkinskaya, Nevsky Prospekt, Gorkovskaya, Ploschad Lenina.
- Founded in 1963, the Pro Football Hall of Fame is located in the town of Canton in what U.S. state?
- Morocco’s four ‘Imperial Cities’ are Fes, Meknes, Rabat, and what other city whose name appears in a Crosby, Stills, and Nash song?
- In what Central American country does the official currency have the same name as the national bird?
Check out last week‘s questions and answers below the fold…
- What is the name of the four-letter anise-flavored spirit, similar in taste to Sambuca, that is widely popular in Greece? Answer: Ouzo
- With no rivers flowing away from it, what Central Asian sea is the largest enclosed body of water on the planet? Answer: The Caspian Sea
- What group of people is most affected by the phenomenon known as ‘cloud suck’? Answer: Pilots (and passengers)
- The pupusa, a thick corn flat-bread often stuffed with refried beans or cheese, originally hails from what smallest Central American country? Answer: El Salvador
- The name of what country was also the 31st most popular name for boys in the United States from 1970-80? Answer: Chad
- Constantinople, the capital city of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires, now goes by what name? Answer: Istanbul
- What is the official language of the South American department of French Guiana? Answer: French
- What travel writer and author of a free(!) guidebook to Vietnam recently was named Lonely Planet‘s U.S. Travel Editor? Answer: Robert Reid
- The official currency of Thailand is what four-letter word? Answer: Baht
- The oldest continuous festival in the world, in which participants toss colored water on one another to mark the coming of spring, takes place in what country? Answer: India