Welcome back to Tuesday Travel Trivia– and happy St. Paddy’s Day to all the trivia players out there!
Last week‘s only perfect score belonged to Rudi, who has promised to rule with an iron fist as this week’s trivia king.
If you’d like to be next week’s trivia king or queen, put down the green beers in both your hands and answer the ten questions that follow in the comments. Come back next Tuesday for the answers… Good luck!
- What large midwestern city in the United States dyes its river green every year for St. Patrick’s Day?
- What Joni Mitchell song named for a US state opens with the lyrics, “Sittin’ in a park in Paris, France / Readin’ the news and it sure looks bad / They won’t give peace a chance / That was just a dream some of us had”?
- The city of Podgorica is the capital of one of the world’s newest countries. Which country is it?
- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently presented a button to Russia’s foreign minister which Clinton thought said “reset” in Russian. What was the actual translation?
- Portions of The Da Vinci Code are set in what popular European art museum?
- What is the only country in Africa which does not belong to the African Union? (Hint: It is a member of the Arab League.)
- You’d like to travel overland directly from Thailand to India, but alas, you cannot. What country stands in your way?
- What seven-letter name is given to the mini-laptops that many travelers bring with them on trips?
- What outdoor outfitter was named after the side of mountains in the northern hemisphere that is usually the most difficult to climb?
- The most recent season of Survivor, which premiered on February 12, was filmed in the state of Tocantins in what South American country?
Last week‘s answers are printed below the fold…
- The words schmooze and glitch both originated from what language spoken in the homes of almost 200,000 Americans? Answer: Yiddish
- Which line of latitude is farther north: The Tropic of Cancer or the Tropic of Capricorn? Answer: Tropic of Cancer
- Name one Beatles song whose lyrics are partly in a language other than English. Answer: Michelle, Across the Universe, others
- What German-to-English loan word means “a strong desire or impulse to explore the world”? Answer: Wanderlust
- The most popular search engine in China is called what? Answer: Baidu
- If you saw the word “Аэрофлот” printed on the side of your airplane, what airline would you be flying? Answer: Aeroflot
- Name two rhyming European capitals. (Hint: Head east.) Answer: Budapest & Bucharest; Tallinn & Berlin
- What popular travel writer penned the classic book Video Night in Kathmandu? Answer: Pico Iyer
- The Arabic word hajj means “pilgrimmage,” one of the Five Pillars of Islam. To which of the Five Pillars does the word zakat refer? Answer: The giving of alms
- What actor and comedian is currently starring in the Broadway play You’re Welcome, America? Answer: Will Ferrell