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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…

1. What world capital is often called simply D.F. (deh eh-feh) by locals? Answer: Mexico City
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? Answer: Vienna, Austria
3. The letters in the name of what world city can be rearranged to spell “Go Boat”? Answer: Bogota
4. Name one city that the Prime Meridian (the Equator’s lesser-known cousin) passes through? Answer: Greenwich
5. At 14,505 ft., Mt. Whitney is the highest peak in what California mountain range? Answer: The Sierra Nevadas
6. What is the “anatomical” name for the part of the travel season that falls between high and low season? Answer: Shoulder season
7. In what well-known art museum does Diego Velazquez’s masterpiece Las Meninas hang? Answer: The Prado in Madrid
8. What famous author’s early book Roughing It is the semi-autobiographical story of his travels through the Wild West in the 1860s? Answer: Mark Twain
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”? Answer: The Yugo
10. What method of transportation, legal (of course) in the Netherlands, is known as liften in Dutch? Answer: Hitchhiking

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…

1. The hood of a car in American English goes by what name in British English? Answer: Bonnet
2. Three American travelers made headlines several weeks ago after they were arrested in what Middle Eastern country for illegally crossing the border? Answer: Iran
3. Which Asian country’s currency is known as the dong? Answer: Vietnam
4. The photograph in this post’s top right corner depicts what famous natural wonder? Answer: Niagara Falls
5. What South American country’s president was diagnosed last week with swine flu? Answer: Colombia
6. What alliterative two-word phrase is often used as a synonym for an airplane’s flight recorder? Answer: Black Box
7. Lisbon is Portugal’s capital and largest city. Name one other city in Portugal. Answer: As you can imagine, there are several. Some of the largest are Porto, Amadora, Braga, and Queluz.
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? Answer: Kimchi
9. What Spanish air carrier’s slogan modestly proclaimed itself “one of the world’s best airlines”? Answer: Iberia
10. Located just north of Lake Victoria, the city of Kampala is what country’s national capital? Answer: Uganda

Welcome to Week 45 of the only thing that gets you through the week, Tuesday Travel Trivia.

As you might recall, last week‘s winner Alex dazzled the entire internet by notching a perfect 10 out of 10 score. Way to go, (wo)man! Enjoy the fame and fortune that come with a Travel Trivia championship!

Wanna play some triv’ this week? Check out the following ten questions and leave your non-Googled answers in the comments. Next Tuesday I’ll post the correct answers and a fresh batch of brain-busters. Good luck!

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?

Last week‘s questions and answers are hidden safely below the fold…

1. The world’s first airline, DELAG, was founded in 1909 and used what kind of aircraft to transport passengers between several German cities? Answer: A zeppelin
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? Answer: 6’1
   
3. Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, South Africa, and Tunisia are the only African countries to be included on what popular website? Answer: Craigslist
   
4. The one-word title of what new travel book by Timothy R. Pauketat is subtitled “Ancient America’s Great City on the Mississippi”? Answer: Cahokia
   
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? Answer: Israel
   
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? Answer: Guy Fieri
   
7. The name of what country appears like this– Україна– in the Cyrillic alphabet? Answer: Ukraine
   
8. What “International” city in Minnesota is known as the “Icebox of the United States?” Answer: International Falls, MN
   
9. What three-word city is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago? Answer: Port of Spain
   
10. What pre-1957 name for an African nation is shared by the second largest city in Queensland, Australia? Answer: Gold Coast