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If it's Tuesday morning, it must be another week of Tuesday Travel Trivia, the web's most popular trivia game according to Gadling's own biased numbers.

A hearty congratulations goes out to Richard Wong, last week's trivia winner who managed an impressive score of 10/10. Nicely done, sir! That's almost perfect!

Want to become this week's trivia champ? Check out the ten questions that follow and leave your answers in the comments. Come back next Tuesday for the answers. Good luck!

1. Within two years, what is the average life expectancy of someone born in Swaziland, the country with the lowest life expectancy in the world?
2. Gulag Orkestar was the debut of album of what band that shares a name with a city in Lebanon?
3. The three hubs of what U.S. airline are located in Charlotte, Philadelphia, and Phoenix?
4. What alliterative two-word phrase is defined as a derogatory term for an attraction that appeals to travelers but is considered to be in bad taste or to give poor value for the money?
5. What Brooklyn landmark is named for the rabbits that had overrun it in the 17th century when the Dutch first landed there?
6. What country uses a currency that's the same as the last name of the author of Atlas Shrugged?
7. "Never go on trips with someone you do not love," advised what author of The Snows of Kilimanjaro?
8. The town of Panmunjom sits on the border between what two nations?
9. Often served over chicken, what kind of thick sauce from Mexico comes in amarillo, rojo, colorado, and poblano varieties, among others?
10. What is the name of the Japanese art of the aesthetic miniaturization of trees?

Last week's questions and answers are hiddn safely below the fold...

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Tuesday Travel Trivia (Week 47) originally appeared on Gadling on Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Tuesday Travel Trivia is already in its 46th week, which means that if it were a newborn, it would probably already be weaned off the nipple and in full-on sippy-cup mode right about now. (Alas, it's all downhill from there.)

A big shout-out to last week's trivia winner, SydneyMealley, who notched an impressive 9 out of 10 score on some pretty tough questions. Way to go!

If you want to become this week's trivia king or queen, read over the following 10 questions and leave your answers in the comments. There's just one rule: No using your favorite search engine! Best of luck!

1. What world capital is often called simply D.F. (deh eh-feh) by locals?
2. In Richard Linklater's 1995 film Before Sunrise, an American man (Ethan Hawke) and a French woman (Julie Delpy) spend an evening talking and walking around what Central European capital?
3. The letters in the name of what world city can be rearranged to spell "Go Boat"?
4. Name one city that the Prime Meridian (the Equator's lesser-known cousin) passes through?
5. At 14,505 ft., Mt. Whitney is the highest peak in what California mountain range?
6. What is the "anatomical" name for the part of the travel season that falls between high and low season?
7. In what well-known art museum does Diego Velazquez's masterpiece Las Meninas hang?
8. What famous author's early book Roughing It is the semi-autobiographical story of his travels through the Wild West in the 1860s?
9. Named for a country that doesn't exist anymore, what car built by the Zastava corporation did Time Magazine once say had the feel of "something assembled at gunpoint"?
10. What method of transportation, legal (of course) in the Netherlands, is known as liften in Dutch?

The answers to last week's questions are below the fold...

Continue reading Tuesday Travel Trivia (Week 46)

Tuesday Travel Trivia (Week 46) originally appeared on Gadling on Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

1. The hood of a car in American English goes by what name in British English?
2. Three American travelers made headlines several weeks ago after they were arrested in what Middle Eastern country for illegally crossing the border?
3. Which Asian country's currency is known as the dong?
4. The photograph in this post's top right corner depicts what famous natural wonder?
5. What South American country's president was diagnosed last week with swine flu?
6. What alliterative two-word phrase is often used as a synonym for an airplane's flight recorder?
7. Lisbon is Portugal's capital and largest city. Name one other city in Portugal.
8. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) developed a "space" version of what traditional Korean dish to accompany the first Korean astronaut to the Russian spaceship Soyuz?
   
9. What Spanish air carrier's slogan modestly proclaimed itself "one of the world's best airlines"?
10. Located just north of Lake Victoria, the city of Kampala is what country's national capital?

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Tuesday Travel Trivia (Week 45) originally appeared on Gadling on Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

1. The world's first airline, DELAG, was founded in 1909 and used what kind of aircraft to transport passengers between several German cities?
2. The Netherlands recently passed the United States as the country with the tallest people. Within one inch (or 2.54 cm), how tall does the average Dutch adult stand?
3. Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, South Africa, and Tunisia are the only African countries to be included on what popular website?
4. The one-word title of what new travel book by Timothy R. Pauketat is subtitled "Ancient America's Great City on the Mississippi"?
5. The largest national flag ever assembled, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, was a 202,870 square-foot flag of what country first displayed at Masada Airport in 2007?
6. What winner of the second season of The Next Food Network Star is also the host of Diners, Dives, and Drive-ins and Guy's Big Bite on the Food Network?
7. The name of what country appears like this-- Україна-- in the Cyrillic alphabet?
   
8. What "International" city in Minnesota is known as the "Icebox of the United States?"
9. What three-word city is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago?
10. What pre-1957 name for an African nation is shared by the second largest city in Queensland, Australia?

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Tuesday Travel Trivia (Week 44) originally appeared on Gadling on Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

1. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was recently photographed shirtless during an adventure getaway to what vacation 'hotspot'?
2. 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?
3. 'One always begins to forgive a place as soon as it's left behind,' said what author of Bleak House?
4. Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods takes place on what epic U.S. hiking trail?
5. Name two motion pictures whose titles contain the names of U.S. states.
6. The durian, known for its powerful smell, is a fruit native to what part of the world?
7. Name the world city whose metro system includes the following stops: Pushkinskaya, Nevsky Prospekt, Gorkovskaya, Ploschad Lenina.
8. Founded in 1963, the Pro Football Hall of Fame is located in the town of Canton in what U.S. state?
9. Morocco's four 'Imperial Cities' are Fes, Meknes, Rabat, and what other city whose name appears in a Crosby, Stills, and Nash song?
10. In what Central American country does the official currency have the same name as the national bird?

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1. What is the name of the four-letter anise-flavored spirit, similar in taste to Sambuca, that is widely popular in Greece?
2. With no rivers flowing away from it, what Central Asian sea is the largest enclosed body of water on the planet?
3. What group of people is most affected by the phenomenon known as 'cloud suck'?
4. The pupusa, a thick corn flat-bread often stuffed with refried beans or cheese, originally hails from what smallest Central American country?
5. The name of what country was also the 31st most popular name for boys in the United States from 1970-80?
6. Constantinople, the capital city of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires, now goes by what name?
7. What is the official language of the South American department of French Guiana?
8. What travel writer and author of a free(!) guidebook to Vietnam recently was named Lonely Planet's U.S. Travel Editor?
9. The official currency of Thailand is what four-letter word?
10. 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?

Continue reading Tuesday Travel Trivia (Week 42)

Tuesday Travel Trivia (Week 42) originally appeared on Gadling on Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Tuesday Travel Trivia is on location this week, coming at you from Lago de Atitlán, a beautiful lake in Guatemala surrounded by volcanos and small towns. The only drawback? This funky keyboard takes me twice as long to type.

Congratulations to last week's big trivia winners, who managed to navigate their way through ten pretty tough questions. I didn't even know the answers to some of them, and I wrote the damn things.

Want to become this week's trivia champ? Check out the following ten brain-busters and write your answers in the comments. Good luck!

1. What U.S. National Landmark was administered by the country's Lighthouse Board until 1902? (Thanks to Ken Jennings for this question.)
2. What Pennsylvania town calls itself the "Sweetest Place on Earth"?
3. The United States is actually one of two countries with a capital city named for a U.S. president. What is the other?
4. In June 1985, an Afghan girl named Sharbat Gula was pictured on a now-famous cover of what magazine?
5. Many upscale hotels offer their guests turn-down service. What does this service usually include?
6. The Iberian Peninsula is mostly made up of what two countries?
7. Chinggis Khaan International Airport serves what world capital?
8. What airline's slogan proclaims itself "the wings of Italy"?
9. Which U.S. state flew its flag at half-mast on the day of the funeral for the late, great musician Israel Kamakawiwo'ole?
10. The National Football League's Buffalo Bills recently struck an agreement with what neighboring Canadian city to allow that city to host five regular season Bills' games for the next five years?

Last week's questions and answers are after the jump...

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Tuesday Travel Trivia (Week 41) originally appeared on Gadling on Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

It's the 40th week of Tuesday Travel Trivia and we're still going strong. We've survived an historic presidential election, a plane's miraculous landing on the Hudson River, and even the death of one of the world's most famous entertainers. I am speaking, of course, of TV pitchman Billy Mays. We've also given away over $400 in prizes and plans are afoot to give away even more expensive booty. (There's gotta be a better way to say that.)

A hearty congratulations goes out to Tim Laynor, the big winner from last week, whose dazzling brilliance shone like a 24-carat diamond.

Want to become this week's champ? If you think you know the answers to the questions below, leave your answers in the comments. Come back next Tuesday for the answers... Good luck!

1. The national dish of Hungary is what rich beef stew flavored with paprika?
2. Sacha Baron Cohen's flamboyant character Brüno is said to be from what Central European country?
3. In what African country was the photo above taken?
4. When would a car rental agency typically add a "drop charge" to a person's bill?
5. When facing forward on a boat, which side is starboard and which side is port?
6. What Irish playwright born in 1856 once said, "I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad"?
7. Rhodes, Heraklion, Patras, and Ioannina are cities in what European country?
8. Sioux Gateway Airport in South Dakota goes by what unfortunate three-letter airport code?
9. A caipirinha, made from cachaça, sugar, and lime, is the national cocktail of what South American nation?
10. What is the official currency of Denmark?

Continue reading Tuesday Travel Trivia (Week 40)

Tuesday Travel Trivia (Week 40) originally appeared on Gadling on Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

1. The Hagia Sophia church (pictured above) is located in what world city?
2. What is the only US state that does not have a straight line as part of its border?
3. A "truck" in American English is called what in British English?
4. What quotable American author once wrote: "I have found that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them"?
5. With the motto, "Make the Most of your Time on Earth," what guidebook publisher (despite its name) aims to make sure that your travels are always smooth?
6. The city of Asgabat is the capital of what secretive Central Asian country?
7. What type of tree is featured on the Lebanese flag and is the country's national symbol?
8. Kofi Annan, the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, was from what West African country?
9. Author of the 2000 book Left for Dead, a Texas pathologist named Beck Weathers survived a disaster that occurred on what natural wonder?
10. A couple weeks ago, UNESCO added thirteen new sites to its World Heritage list, but in a rare move, one site was dropped from the list because of a construction project that ruined its landscape. The dropped site was the Elbe River Valley located in what European country?

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Tuesday Travel Trivia (Week 39) originally appeared on Gadling on Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.