Looking to while away some time, or take on family members and friends to prove you have the best general knowledge?
Well, you're in luck as we've put together a travel quiz sure to put you all through your paces.
Our 'Travial pursuit' is packed with plenty of geography questions, but there's also heaps of general knowledge and other fun trivia challenges.
So, grab a cuppa, put your feet up and test your global getaway knowledge with our bumper travel quiz. No Googling!
Take the quiz below and then see how you score (full list of answers are at the bottom of this article).
Capital ideas
1) Which giant capital city and regional powerhouse is this (below)?
2) What is the world’s most southerly capital?
3) What is the capital of Liechtenstein?
4) Say ‘Ola’ to this capital city (below). What’s it called?
5) What is the highest capital in the world?
Up in the air - Part 1
6) In real life there is an airport code IRL. True or false?
7) Edinburgh airport was previously known as what?
8) Emirates’ uber-luxe First Class cabin has a bath on board. True or false?
9) Which world-famous airline’s logo is this (below)?
10) What legendary passenger jet was retired in November 2003?
Flag daze
11) How many points are there on the Canadian maple leaf flag?
12) What tree is on the flag of Lebanon?
13) Which Med island has this three-legged flag (below)?
14) What is unique about the flag of Paraguay?
15) The flag of Cambodia features what vast building?
Time travel
16) How many time zones does China have?
17) In which popular tourist city would you find the Astronomical Clock?
18) If it’s 4pm in Paris, France, what time is it in Paris, Texas?
19) What is the time zone difference between neighbouring countries India and Nepal?
20) In which country is it currently the year 2015?
Taster trips
21) Where did poutine (French fries, cheese curds and gravy) originate?
22) What is the national dish of Hungary?
23) You are served this egg dish (below) for breakfast, what country are you most likely to be in?
24) Hainanese chicken rice is the national dish of which island nation?
25) Which US city is the home of the Cheesesteak?
Magma mia
26) What is the name of the volcano which is Japan’s most popular tourist attraction?
27) The Mediterranean island of Vulcano belongs to which country?
28) The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was heard almost 2,000 miles away. But which country is it in today?
29) Mount Rainier (below) is close to which famous US city?
30) When did Tenerife’s Teide volcano last erupt? 113 years ago, 113,000 years or 11.3 million years?
Up in the air - Part 2
31) To be honest, can you name the Far East archipelago nation where you’ll find airport code TBH?
32) LOT is the flag carrier airline of which country?
33) What colour is a passenger jet’s black box?
34) On an A320neo or A330neo jet, what does ‘neo’ stand for?
35) Qantas’ Project Sunrise aims to do what in 2025?
Cruise views
36) A cruise ship’s gross tonnage is a measure of its…?
37) What is the world’s busiest cruise port by passengers?
38) Civitavecchia is the cruise port for which famous city?
39) Marella cruise line (below) is owned by which major travel firm?
40) Which movie legend has been godmother to 18 cruise ships?
Canal knowledge
41) On UK waterways, what are gongoozlers?
42) The Panama Canal goes from east to west? True or false?
43) The 1,008ft long, 126ft high Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is on which British canal?
44) In which country is the Kiel Canal?
45) Khlongs are the famous canals in which large, colourful capital city?
Home front
46) In which British city is this bridge (below)?
47) What is the most easterly town in the UK?
48) Which is further west, Edinburgh or Bristol?
49) Queensway and Kingsway are road tunnels under which British river?
50) What is the third most populated island of the British Isles after Great Britain and Ireland?
Border order
51) Poland borders seven countries. Name them?
52) Big Diomede, Russia, is 21 hours ahead of Little Diomede, USA. How far apart are they?
53) Tiny Pheasant Island is in the River Bidasoa between France and Spain, but which country is it in?
54) What river forms the border between Scotland and England for 16 miles?
55) An international border runs through the front door of this house (below), which two European countries are they?
Bear essentials
56) In which country is Great Bear Lake?
57) Bearsden is a suburb of which UK city?
58) There are no polar bears at the South Pole. True or false?
59) How many worldwide species of bear are there? Eight, 18 or 80?
60) You are buying a souvenir Steiff Teddy Bear at the factory shop. What country are you in?
Train of thought
61) The California Zephyr links which two US cities?
62) Where is this beautiful railway station (below)?
63) LNER Class A3 4472 locomotive is better known as…?
64) What is the name of this famous scenic train line (below)?
65) What is a Shinkansen better known as?
Stoned love
66) Where are the Callanish standing stones?
67) Sir Cecil Chubb bought which standing stones for £6,600 at an auction in 1915?
68) Where are these 13th-16th century statues (below)?
69) Carnac, Brittany, has rows of 2,935 ancient stones called what?
70) Where is the world’s tallest stone structure (it’s 555ft)?
Tomb readers
71) Which pharaoh’s mummy lies in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings tomb No. KV62?
72) The mausoleum of Mumtaz Mahal, empress consort of the Mughal Empire, is better known as…?
73) Which English king is buried in Leicester Cathedral?
74) Whose tomb is in Les Invalides, Paris?
75) The tomb of politician, actress and philanthropist Eva “Evita” Peron (below) is in a cemetery in which city?
What's in a name?
76) What northerly capital was formerly Christiania?
77) Ceylon is today known as…?
78) Aberdeen’s nickname is…?
79) What is the formal name of Mexico?
80) In which country would you find Bohemia?
Pier of the end show
81) Where is the world’s longest pleasure pier?
82) If you swam west from Santa Monica pier in LA, what’s the next country you’d arrive in?
83) Which British TV actor and quiz show host started his career on Cromer pier in Norfolk?
84) Which animals famously inhabit Pier 39 at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco?
85) This double decker Dutch pier (below) is in which city?
Answers
CAPITAL IDEAS
1) Jakarta, Indonesia (it’s sinking, so a new capital is planned in Borneo), 2) Wellington, New Zealand, 3) Vaduz, 4) Brasilia, Brazil, 5) La Paz, Bolivia (11,975ft)
UP IN THE AIR - Part 1
6) False. But there is a LOL in Nevada, 7) Turnhouse, 8) False. It has a shower!, 9) Lufthansa, of Germany, 10) Concorde
FLAG DAZE
11) 11!, 12) Cedar, 13) Sicily (said to be derived from a myth about three nymphs), 14) The front and the back are not the same, showing the national coat of arms and the seal of the treasury respectively, 15) Angkor Wat temple
TIME TRAVEL
16) One, despite being almost as big as the US, 17) Prague, Czech Republic, 18) 9am, 19) 15 minutes, 20) Ethiopia. It has its own calendar which calculates the birth year of Jesus differently
TASTER TRIPS
21) Quebec, Canada, 22) Goulash (a hearty beef stew with paprika), 23) Sri Lanka, it’s an egg hopper, 24) Singapore, 25) Philadelphia
MAGMA MIA
26) Mount Fuji, 27) Italy, 28) Indonesia, 29) Seattle, 30) 113 years ago, in 1909. It is still active
UP IN THE AIR - Part 2
31) The Philippines – Tugdan airport, 32) Poland, 33) Bright orange, 34) New Engine Option, 35) Fly 19-hour non-stop services between Melbourne and Sydney and New York City and London
CRUISE VIEWS
36) Volume - nothing to do with weight!, 37) Miami, with nearly five million a year pre-pandemic, 38) Rome, 39) TUI, 40) Sophia Loren, for MSC
CANAL KNOWLEDGE
41) People who stand on the towpaths to watch boats and locks, 42) False, it’s north-west to south-east., 43) Llangollen, North Wales, 44) Germany, 45) Bangkok
HOME FRONT
46) Bath (Pulteney Bridge), 47) Lowestoft, 48) Edinburgh at longitude 3.1883° W, Bristol is 2.5879° W, 49) Mersey, linking Liverpool to Birkenhead and Wallasey, 50) Portsea Island (147,088, home to Portsmouth)
BORDER ORDER
51) Germany, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Czech Republic, 52) 2.4 miles. They straddle the International Date Line in the Bering Strait between mainland Alaska and Siberia, 53) Both! They both administer it for six months per year, 54) Tweed, 55) Netherlands and Belgium. The border at the adjacent towns of Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog is astonishingly complicated
BEAR ESSENTIALS
56) Canada, 57) Glasgow, 58) True, 59) Eight, 60) Germany
TRAIN OF THOUGHT
61) Chicago and San Francisco, 62) Mumbai (Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus), 63) Flying Scotsman, 64) Bernina Express, Switzerland, 65) Bullet train (rather boringly, Shinkansen is Japanese for ‘new trunk line’)
STONED LOVE
66) Isle of Lewis, 67) Stonehenge. He donated it to the nation in 1918, 68) Easter Island, a Chilean territory in the Pacific, 69) Menhirs, 70) Washington DC, USA (the Washington Monument)
TOMB READERS
71) Tutankhamun, 72) The Taj Mahal, 73) Richard III, “the king in the car park”, 74) Napoleon Bonaparte, 75) Buenos Aires (La Recoleta Cemetery)
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
76) Oslo, 77) Sri Lanka, 78) The Granite City, 79) United Mexican States, 80) Czech Republic
PIER OF THE END SHOW
81) Southend, Essex (1.34 miles), 82) Japan, 83) Bradley Walsh, 84) Sealions, 85) It’s Scheveningen pier, in The Hague
How did you score?
0-10: Surrender your passport!
11-20: Buy a passport
21-30: Broaden your horizons
31-40: The world is not enough
41-50: A seasoned traveller
51-60: Great globetrotter
61-70 : You are the next Michael Palin
Over 71: You are Michael Palin!
How did you do? Let us know your scores in the comments below.
