Welcome back to Tuesday Travel Trivia, the only weekly quiz whose results are now accepted instead of the SAT and ACT by the admissions departments of most major universities.
Congratulations to last week’s big winner Nate, who got an impressive 9 out of 10 on some very difficult questions. Way to go, Nate– you’re going to college!
Think you can be this week’s champ? Read the following questions and leave your answers-slash-guesses in the comments. Come back next Tuesday to see the answers. No Googling!
- Africa’s largest desert, the Sahara, is also the world’s largest hot desert. What desert (also the setting for a track in Mario Kart) is Africa’s second largest?
- Think of the name of a travel-related lawbreaker that starts with S. Remove the S and one other letter, and the remaining letters, in order, will name another lawbreaker. What are the two words? (Thanks to Will Shortz for this brain-buster.)
- Millions of people have watched the Youtube videos created by “Dancing Matt.” But what is Matt’s last name?
- China has two territories that are designated as Special Administrative Regions. One is Macau. The other is one of the most densely populated places in the world. What is it?
- What country’s flag, seen above, is the world’s only one that is not either a rectangle or a square?
- Identify the famous comedian behind the following bit: “Are there keys to a plane? Maybe that’s what those delays are sometimes, when you’re just sitting there at the gate. Maybe the pilot sits up there in the cockpit going, ‘Oh, I don’t believe this. Dammit…I did it again.'”
- The name of what ten-letter African country contains four separate (not overlapping, not anagrammed) English words in it?
- What 1991 road-trip film ends with the two main characters driving off a cliff?
- What delicious Middle Eastern dip is made primarily of mashed chickpeas?
- What two large bodies of water does the Cape of Good Hope divide?
Check out last week‘s questions and answers below the fold…
- What large midwestern city in the United States dyes its river green every year for St. Patrick’s Day? Answer: Chicago
- 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”? Answer: “California” (a damn good song)
- The city of Podgorica is the capital of one of the world’s newest countries. Which country is it? Answer: Montenegro
- 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? Answer: Overcharge
- Portions of The Da Vinci Code are set in what popular European art museum? Answer: The Louvre
- What is the only country in Africa which does not belong to the African Union? (Hint: It is a member of the Arab League.) Answer: Morocco
- You’d like to travel overland directly from Thailand to India, but alas, you cannot. What country stands in your way? Answer: Burma (Myanmar)
- What seven-letter name is given to the mini-laptops that many travelers bring with them on trips? Answer: Netbook
- What outdoor outfitter was named after the side of mountains in the northern hemisphere that is usually the most difficult to climb? Answer: The North Face
- The most recent season of Survivor, which premiered on February 12, was filmed in the state of Tocantins in what South American country? Answer: Brazil