It’s Tuesday, and that means it’s time for some headache-inducing, brain-busting travel trivia questions.
Mad props to last week‘s winners Eva and nzm, who both answered nine out of ten correctly.
Want to become this week’s champ? Check out the following ten queries and post your answers in the Comments. Come back next Tuesday for the answers. Good luck!
- What famous New Zealander who died last year was famously quoted as saying, “Well, George, we knocked the bastard off”?
- What 2004 film recounts the legendary journey across South America by Che Guevara and Alberto Granado?
- This week marks the debut of two new Major League baseball stadiums (stadia?) located in New York City. What are their names?
- Often referred to as a “squiggly line” or an “en-yay”, this character used in Spanish (~) is properly known as what?
- National Geographic‘s travel blog is one of the best in the business. What’s its name?
- What is the only territory in South America whose currency is the Euro?
- Located in New York City, the French restaurant Les Halles once featured a (now) very well-known executive chef. Who was it?
- True or false: The country of Saudi Arabia has its own category on Craigslist.
- What five-letter word describes a type of toilet, also known as an Eastern or Natural-Position toilet, that often appears to be nothing more than a hole in the ground?
- The internet domain suffix .de is used for websites originating in what country?
Last week’s answers are posted below the fold…
- At around 400 meters below sea level, what is the lowest point on earth? Answer: The Dead Sea
- The country of Lesotho (pictured) is an enclave entirely surrounded by which African nation? Answer: South Africa
- True or false: There is a Lonely Planet guidebook that covers North Korea. Answer: True
- What Arabic word that begins with “m” means “school”? Answer: Madrasah
- Which 1982 Toto song– and I’m sure you know many– contained the following line, once voted the worst song lyric of all time: “The wild dogs cry out in the night, As they grow restless longing for some solitary company, I know that I must do what’s right, Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti.”? Answer: “Africa”
- What long parcel of land stretches from Mexicali, Mexico, in the north to Cabo San Lucas in the south? Answer: Baja, California (Mexico)
- About what 1989 time-traveling comedy did USA Today write, “Wow, dudes. Pu-trid.”? Answer: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (not to be confused with its sequel, Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey)
- Which country in the world has the most Christians? Answer: The US
- What language does Wikipedia call “the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language in the world”? Answer: Esperanto
- What European capital is (among other things) the headquarters of Heineken International? Answer: Amsterdam