Bumper travel quiz puts you to the test from capital cities to general knowledge

26 December 2023 , 06:30

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As Noddy Holder and Slade so nearly sang... It's Quizmaaaaaaas!

So here it is, the festive travel quiz for 2023. Put the kettle on, put your feet up and put your global getaway knowledge to the test with our annual Christmas challenge.

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Now, on with the quiz. No Googling! Answers can be found at the bottom of the page.

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Where in the world is this? (Getty Images)

Capital ideas

1. Yugoslavia broke up in 1992. What was its capital city?

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2. Which capital sprawls across 0 degrees longitude?

3. What is the most northerly capital?

4. What capital is shown in the picture above?

5. What is the lowest altitude capital in the world?

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6. Which airport code is absolutely FAB?

7. Glasgow Airport was previously known as what?

8 . Which world-famous airport has the most terminals?

9. Chicago’s O’Hare airport has the most runways – but how many?

10.Which airline’s logo is pictured below?

Bumper travel quiz puts you to the test from capital cities to general knowledge

Which airline has this as its logo? (Getty Images)

Border order

11. Which nations share the longest international border at 5,524 miles?

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12. How many countries share a border with Russia?

13. How many countries share a border with China?

14. What scary border is the pic below?

Where in the world could this border be? (AP)

15. Victoria Falls Bridge connects which two countries?

Magma mia

16. The 14,411ft Mount Rainier volcano is close to which major USA city?

17. Teide, Spain’s highest mountain, is a 12,188ft volcano on which island?

18. What year did Italy’s Vesuvius last erupt?

19. Arthur’s Seat is an ancient volcano in which British city?

20. The world’s only ‘drive-in’ volcano is on which Caribbean island?

Cruise views

21. Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas is the world’s largest cruise ship. True or false?

22. More cruise ships are now using cleaner LNG fuel – but what does LNG stand for?

23. Piraeus is the cruise port for which capital city?

24. Is Florida’s Port Everglades in Miami or Fort Lauderdale?

25. The world’s only transatlantic ocean liner is…?

Miscellaneous

26. The oldest continuously inhabited city in the world is what?

27. The city of Sheffield has around 4.5 million what?

28. What is the currency of Panama? a) Rocky b) Balboa c) Rambo?

29. How long does it take a drop of water to travel the Mississippi’s 2,350 miles from its Minnesota source to the
Gulf of Mexico?

30. How many locks are there on the Suez Canal?

Tower power

31. Which is higher, the Empire State Building or the Eiffel Tower?

32. Eiffel was the world’s tallest building until 1930, what overtook it?

33. The world’s tallest building, the 2,722ft Burj Khalifa in Dubai, is so high the temperature at the top is lower than ground level. True or false?

34. The campanile of the Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary is better known as what?

35. Where is this 14th century tower?

The mystery tower (Getty Images)

Name game

36. What is the formal name of Uruguay?

37. What was the name of Burkina Faso to 1984?

38. What is the longest country name in the world?

39. Locals call their country Hrvatska, what do we call it?

40. In which country is the tourist destination called A?

Up in the air - Part 2

41. Which UK airline was founded in June 1984?

42. TAP is the flag carrier airline of which country?

43. Will you be angry if you can’t name the city with the airport code GRR?

44. Which double decker plane is nicknamed Big Bird or Superjumbo?

45. LATAM airline is based in which continent?

Time travel

46. Which country has the most time zones?

47. How many time zones are there in China?

48. If it’s noon in Birmingham, West Midlands, what time is it in Birmingham, Alabama?

49. In which city would you find this clock tower?

50. When Santa Claus is at the North Pole busily packing up all our presents, what time zone is he in?

The Answers

Capital ideas

1. Belgrade

2. London, the prime meridian is at Greenwich

3. Reykjavik, Iceland, at 64.1470° N

4. Beijing, China

5. Baku, Azerbaijan, at -92ft

Up in the air Part 1

6. Farnborough, Hants

7. Abbotsinch

8. Los Angeles LAX, nine

9. Eight

10. Qatar Airways

Border order

11. Canada and the USA

12. 14 – Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Ukraine

13. Also 14! Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Vietnam

14. The Joint Security Area in the Demilitarised Zone between North and South Korean at Panmunjom

15. Zimbabwe and Zambia