Tuesday Travel Trivia (Week 4)

by Aaron Hotfelder on

It’s Tuesday and that means it’s trivia time again here at Gadling. Answer these 10 questions in the comments and come back next week to see the results. No Googling!

By the way, congratulations to last week’s trivia winner nzm, who did very well with 10 tough questions. Way to go!

Now here are this week’s brain-busters:

  1. What is the name of Brook Silva-Braga’s 2007 documentary about round-the-world travel?
  2. What lively street in central Bangkok, Thailand, is known as the world’s most popular “backpacker ghetto”?
  3. The region known as Patagonia is located in which two countries?
  4. What’s the name of the daughter of guidebook maven Arthur Frommer, also a popular travel writer herself?
  5. Though cricket is India’s most popular sport, it is not officially its national sport. What is?
  6. What is the name of French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s wife, a musician and former model?
  7. Spell Iceland’s capital.
  8. In the 1983 film National Lampoon’s Vacation, what is the name of the fictional theme park that the Griswolds drive across the country to visit?
  9. Name four African countries that start with an “S”.
  10. True or false: Brazil is South America’s largest country in area and also its most populous.

Look below the fold for last week’s answers…

  1. Of the eleven countries whose name begins with A, all but two of them also end with A. Which two don’t end with A? Answer: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan
  2. Who wrote the award-winning 1975 travelogue The Great Railway Bazaar? Answer: Paul Theroux
  3. Name the African country whose flag is a solid green rectangle. Answer: Libya
  4. Remember Sarah Palin? For what small Alaskan town did she serve as mayor from 1996-2002? Answer: Wasilla
  5. What “hip, vibrant” online travel community features a Bounty Board full of assignments for aspiring travel writers and recently acquired the site Brave New Traveler? Answer: Matador
  6. What is the official name of North Korea? Answer: Democratic Republic of North Korea (hah!)
  7. In which South American country are the Nazca Lines (seen above) located? Answer: Peru
  8. Which country’s residents spent the most on international travel during 2007? Answer: Germany
  9. According to Forbes Traveler, what US tourist destination was the most visited spot in the world in 2007? Answer: Times Square, New York City
  10. What US territory is the only one larger than a US state? Answer: Puerto Rico

Tuesday Travel Trivia (Week 3)

by Aaron Hotfelder on

It’s once again time for your weekly dose of Travel Trivia. Answer these ten questions in the Comments, and come back next week to find out if you were right. And, hey, no cheating– that means no looking at maps, no Googling, no phoning-a-friend. There’s no prize for the winner (‘cept tons of respect), so don’t be that guy. As my third-grade teacher used to say, you’re only cheating yourselves.

By the way, congrats to last week’s winners Amy, Stolen, and our own Willy Volk.

Without further ado, the questions.

  1. Of the eleven countries whose name begins with A, all but two of them also end with A. Which two don’t end with A?
  2. Who wrote the award-winning 1975 travelogue The Great Railway Bazaar?
  3. Name the African country whose flag is a solid green rectangle.
  4. Remember Sarah Palin? For what small Alaskan town did she serve as mayor from 1996-2002?
  5. What “hip, vibrant” online travel community features a Bounty Board full of assignments for aspiring travel writers and recently acquired the site Brave New Traveler?
  6. What is the official name of North Korea?
  7. In which South American country are the Nazca Lines (seen above) located?
  8. Which country’s residents spent the most on international travel during 2007?
  9. According to Forbes Traveler, what US tourist destination was the most visited spot in the world in 2007?
  10. What US territory is the only one larger than a US state?

Look below the fold for last week’s answers.

  1. What famous TV travel host is the editor of the 2008 edition of The Best American Travel Writing? Anthony Bourdain
  2. Which African nation was forced to print a series of 10-million dollar bills earlier this year to combat rampant hyper-inflation? Zimbabwe
  3. Name the famous American author who once wrote, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” Mark Twain
  4. Angel Falls is the world’s highest waterfall at over 3,200 feet. In which South American country is it located? Venezuela
  5. Which of the first five US presidents does not have a capital city named for him? John Adams (Liberia’s capital, Monrovia, was named for President James Monroe)
  6. Who told Colbert Report host Stephen Colbert that he had named one of his aircrafts “Air Colbert”? Richard Branson
  7. What is the name of the type of projection used in the map above? Mercator projection
  8. What’s the name of the enclave-country that is located entirely within South Africa’s borders? Lesotho
  9. In what states (or countries) were Barack Obama and John McCain born? Obama – Hawaii; McCain – the Canal Zone (now Panama)
  10. Which of these countries is often not considered a part of Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark? Finland

Tuesday Travel Trivia (Week 2)

by Aaron Hotfelder on

Welcome back to Tuesday Travel Trivia (aka Gadling T-party), and congratulations to Week 1 winners, Joe and Stolen, who were the only two to get all ten questions correct.

Here are this week’s questions, and remember, no using the internet (or anything else) to look up the answers. Good luck!

  1. What famous TV travel host is the editor of the 2008 edition of The Best American Travel Writing?
  2. Which African nation was forced to print a series of 10-million dollar bills earlier this year to combat rampant hyper-inflation?
  3. Name the famous American author who once wrote, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.”
  4. Angel Falls is the world’s highest waterfall at over 3,200 feet. In which South American country is it located?
  5. Which of the first five US presidents does not have a capital city named for him?
  6. Who told Colbert Report host Stephen Colbert that he had named one of his aircrafts “Air Colbert”?
  7. What is the name of the type of projection used in the map above?
  8. What’s the name of the enclave-country that is located entirely within South Africa’s borders?
  9. In what states (or countries) were Barack Obama and John McCain born?
  10. Which of these countries is often not considered a part of Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Finland, or Denmark?

Look below the fold for last week‘s answers:

  1. South America has only two countries that are completely landlocked. What are they? Paraguay, Bolivia
  2. What’s the three-letter New York Stock Exchange symbol for Southwest Airlines? LUV
  3. The Petronas Towers are the tallest twin towers and office buildings in the world. In what country are they located? Malaysia
  4. Whom do most experts agree is the most powerful man in Iran? Supreme Leader Ali Khameini
  5. In the movie Rain Man, Tom Cruise’s character Charlie tells Raymond, played by Dustin Hoffman, that every airline in the world has crashed at one time or another. But Raymond disagrees, citing the perfect safety record of which airline? Qantas
  6. Which country is more populous, Canada or Mexico? Mexico with about 100 million people (Canada has 33 million)
  7. In 1994, an American citizen named Michael Fay was arrested in Singapore for theft and vandalism, and he was given a somewhat unusual punishment. What was it? caning
  8. By area, which country is the largest ‘Stan? [e.g. Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, etc.] Kazakhstan
  9. True or false: More than 1,000 people live in Greenland. True (56,000)
  10. What is the name of Lonely Planet’s online travel forum? Thorntree

Tuesday Travel Trivia (Week 1)

by Aaron Hotfelder on

Welcome to Gadling’s newest feature, Tuesday Travel Trivia (also called Trav-Triv, T-Cubed, or the Gadling T-party– take your pick). Each Tuesday, I’ll ask 10 brain-busting travel-related trivia questions and ask you to leave your answers in the comments. The winner, whoever gets the most right out of ten, will be recognized in the subsequent week’s post as a trivia god.

There’s really only one rule when playing the Gadling T-party: No using search engines to figure out the answers. Some of these answers will be easily Google-able, so please resist the urge. Without further ado, here are this week’s questions.

  1. South America has only two countries that are completely landlocked. What are they?
  2. What’s the three-letter New York Stock Exchange symbol for Southwest Airlines?
  3. The Petronas Towers are the tallest twin towers and office buildings in the world. In what country are they located?
  4. Whom do most experts agree is the most powerful man in Iran?
  5. In the movie Rain Man, Tom Cruise’s character Charlie tells Raymond, played by Dustin Hoffman, that every airline in the world has crashed at one time or another. But Raymond disagrees, citing the perfect safety record of which airline?
  6. Which country is more populous, Canada or Mexico?
  7. In 1994, an American citizen named Michael Fay was arrested in Singapore for theft and vandalism, and he was given a somewhat unusual punishment. What was it?
  8. By area, which country is the largest ‘Stan? [e.g. Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, etc.]
  9. True or false: More than 1,000 people live in Greenland.
  10. What is the name of Lonely Planet’s online travel forum?

Stay tuned next Tuesday for the answers… Good luck!