Friday Fun – The World Records of Travel – Quiz
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at 09:06 by canucklad.
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BigDog.ParticipantIf you are trying the quiz you’ll need to answer before opening the link as it gives the answers.
I scored an impressive (not) 9 out of 30. Have excluded a few questions as they are not travel related.
Good luck and report back your score.
The world records of travel.
01 – Name of Oldest National Park (half a point for Country)
03 – Most popular country for tourism
04 – Name Old Museum (half a point for just its location)
05 – Name Most visited modern art gallery
06 – Largest fleet of electric taxis (half a point just for country)
07 – Shortest funicular
08 – Wettest Place (half a point just for country)
09 – Heaviest Aircraft in Service
11 – Hottest place
12 –Tallest Roller Coaster (half a point just for country)
13 – Warmest Ocean
14 – Most people to climb Everest in a single day (unbelievable)
15- Driest place (half a point just for country)
16- Most expensive tourist trip. For bonus point give the cost.
17- Country with most venomous snakes.
18- Deadliest plane crash
19- Happiest Country
20- Longest pier
21- Largest Restaurant location (half a point just for country)
22-Largest Cruise Ship (bonus point for capacity to nearest 100)
23- Largest active volcano (half a point just for country)
24- Tallest unoccupied building (half a point just for country)
25-Heaviest Building (half a point just for country)
26- Largest Game Reserve (half a point just for country)
29- Largest Aquarium ((half a point just for country)
31- Most expensive hotel room (half a point just for country)
32 – Coldest place (half a point just for country)
33 – Tallest Building
34- Largest hotel lobby
35- Highest Swimming Pool (Hotel and Location)
36- Most expensive club sandwich (Hotel)Answers and background here –
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/10302470/The-world-records-of-travel.html
11 Sep 2014
at 17:59
LuganoPirateParticipantWell I managed a more impressive 6 BigDog ;-(
Nice idea though.
11 Sep 2014
at 21:40
TerryMcManus24ParticipantOnly for fun..init.. Anyway got 9…but not the Hyatt Lobby in SF and I have been there and had lunch a number of times back in the 80s (with a certain Lady from Dallas…ye Oil.)…..wonder what…never mind…
12 Sep 2014
at 07:13
canuckladParticipantA poor 14.5 …..
Agree with John485, ref Q1 ….The East Lothian town of Dunbar is not just famous for making the “Best” beer, or its proximity to some brilliant golf course but also famous for one of its sons…. A certain gent called John Muir.
Loved the unfinished hotel in Pyongyang !!
The beloved leader must like Kevin Costner movies, Build it and they shall come : ) .12 Sep 2014
at 08:02
BigDog.ParticipantA New Quiz – 15 Capitals of remote countries, can you name them
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/11138072/The-worlds-hardest-geography-quiz.html
A mediocre 9/15 to beat.
4 Oct 2014
at 18:37
LuganoPirateParticipant14/15 or 93%. I got Suriname capital city wrong. I knew most of them and the rest was a question of elimination!
4 Oct 2014
at 19:27
Hermes1964Participant14/15 too. If only I hadn’t just been paying attention in Geography!
5 Oct 2014
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