This Week’s Travel Age West Travel Quiz — Just for Fun
Geo Quiz: February 23,2011
1. Visitors to Florence can shop for jewelry on which bridge?
2. The Venetian Pool, created from a rock quarry, is an attraction in which south Florida city near Miami?
3. Visitors to which ancient building in Rome could look up to see a huge oculus?
Tourists can visit these islands in San Francisco Bay:
4. Which island was nicknamed the “Ellis Island of the West?”
5 . A lighthouse still flashes its beam from this island, which once housed a prison.
6. This manmade island was named after a Robert Louis Stevenson novel.
7. Independence Seaport Museum is located in which waterfront area of Philadelphia?
Answers
- Ponte Vecchio
- Coral Gables
- Pantheon
- Angel Island
- Alcatraz Island
- Treasure Island
- Penn’s Landing
Geo Quiz: November 28, 2011
1. The Everett Plant ofwhich manufacturer offers tours?
2. The Washington State History Museum is here.
3. This city, which shares its name with a river and a valley, ishome to apple orchards and vineyards.
4. Riverfront Park, the site of Expo 74, features an IMAX Theatre,a Looff Carrousel and a series of waterfalls. In which city is it?
Do you know the way to the gateway?
5. The Underground City of the Crusaders is an attraction in which city, also known as Akko?
6. You’re sailing from Port Everglades, Fla., to the Cayman Islands. Which island will you have to sail around to get there?
7. Deadwood is a preserved Old West town in which state?
Can you answer the add-on questions?
Many airport codes are based on the cities they serve. But if the city name changes, the airport code doesn’t. What are the current names of the cities served by these airports:
8. PEK
9. BOM
10. LED
Can you get an instant upgrade?
11. Timgad was a Roman town founded by Emperor Trajan. In which North African country can tourists visit it?
1. Boeing
2. Tacoma
3. Yakima
4. Spokane
5. Acre
6. Cuba
7. South Dakota
8. Beijing
9. Mumbai
10. St. Petersburg
11. Algeria
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Geo Quiz: November 14, 2011 Travel Age West
1. The Angel de la Independencia on Paseo de laReforma is a symbol of which major city?
2. Which overseas territory is located between Spain and Morocco?
3. St. Johnsbury, with its Athenaeum Art Gallery, is located in which U.S. state?
4. In which country is Thessaloniki (and its 1,700-year-old Byzantine churches) located?
On which continents are these deserts:
5. Great Sandy
6. Great Victoria
7. Karakum
8. If you have eaten a tourtiere, taken a ride in a caleche and strolled by a citadel, you are probably in which
city?
1. Mexico City
2. Gibraltar
3. Vermont
4. Greece
5. Australia
6. Australia
7. Asia
8. Quebec City
should really be fun. Great questions; in fact, one from our own backyard.
1. Christiansted is the largest town bon which Virgin Island?
2. Which Istanbul landmark started out as a church, became a mosque and is now a museum?
3. You’re driving on an interstate highway that connects the state capitals of California, Oregon and Washington. Which highway is it?
The answer to each of these questions consists of two destinations whose names differ by just one letter. For example: A country whose most famous city is synonymous with “the middle of nowhere” and an Indonesian island known for batik. Answer: Mali and Bali.
4. A country surrounded by Senegal and one of the countries that shares Victoria Falls.
5. A Caribbean island and a Spanish city.
6. A famous Asian mountain and a South Pacific island-nation.
ANSWER: 1. St. Croix 2. Hagia Sophia; 3. I-5; 4. Gambia and Zambia; 5. Grenada and Granada; 6. Fuji and Fiji
9/14/2011
1. In which city is the National Chaing Kai-Shek Memorial Hall?
2. Which island north of Trinidad is nicknamed the Spice Island?
3. San Miguel de Allende, noted for its Baroque architecture, is located in which country?
4. Where are the following obelisks?
Place de al Concorde
The one on the Victoria Embankment
The one in the center of the colonnaded square designed by Bernini
6. Maui is made up of two volcanoes. Heleakala is one. Can you name the other?
Answers Taipei, Grenada, Mexico, Paris, London, Vatican City, Mauna Kahalawai
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1. Vigeland Sculpture Park includes more than 200 sculptures. In which city is it located?
2. Chili on spaghetti is a specialty of which Ohio city?
3. Amboseli National Park is famous for its elephants. In which country is it?
1. Oslo; 2. Cincinnati; 3. Kenya
1. Tourists visiting which popular cruise port can shop at the famous Straw Market?
2. Your client is riding Acela to its southern terminus. What city is it?
3. What is the beach resort on Sardinia whose name means Green Coast?
1. Nassau, 2. Washington, DC, 3. Costa Verde
Where are you?
1. Marble Arch is just north of which famous park? Hyde Park, in London.
Other questions to ponder:
2. Santarem is a port city on the Amazon. In which country is it?
3. What San Francisco attraction was nicknamed “The Rock”?
4. Tourists visiting Point Barrow at this time of year will notice that a daily event isn’t happening. What is it?
These tunnels go under bodies of water:
5. The Chunnel goes under which channel?
6. The Ted Williams Tunnel goes under which harbor?
7. The Lincoln Tunnel goes under which river?
8. The Great Wild Goose and Little Wild Goose pagodas are attractions in which Chinese city?
9. This national historical park commemorates the signing that ended the Civil War.
10. Thomas Jefferson’s home, Monticello, is located outside which town?
11. The George Washington Masonic National Memorial is patterned after a lighthouse that was one of the Seven Wonders of the World. In which city is it?
12. The Sir Christopher Wren building is a landmark of the second oldest college in the U.S. Which college, located in Williamsburg, is it?
Answers:
2. Brazil 3. Alcatraz 4. Sunset 5. English Channel 6. Boston Harbor 7. Hudson River 8. Xian 9. Appomattox Court House
10. Charlottesville 11. Alexandria 12. William & Mary