Lonely Planet Asia - June 2016

COMPILED BY RORY GOULDING. PHOTOGRAPHS: IAN LAMOND/ALAMY, EFRAIN PADRO/ALAMY, DESIGN PICS/JOHN DOORNKAMP/GETTY IMAGES, PAUL KENNEDY/GETTY IMAGES, LAMBERT/GETTY IMAGES, E A JANES/AGE FOTOSTOCK, JULIAN LOVE, OLD VISUALS/ALAMY, IQBAL KHATRI/GETTY

Travel Quiz

What on Earth?

YOU WANT ANSWERS?

O FOUND IN MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE). 1) HAWORTH. 2) MEXICO (THOUGH THE DAY IS MARKED MORE IN THE US THAN IN MEXICO ITSELF). 3) MONKEY PUZZLE TREE. 4) INDONESIA (ALS

TAN. 5) ICELAND – MOST ICELANDERS FORM THEIR LAST NAME FROM THEIR FATHER’S FIRST NAME. 6) AFRICA. 7) AUSTRIA. 8) AMSTERDAM. 9) PAKIS

Charlotte Brontë was

born 200 years ago this

April. In which West

Yorkshire village did she

and her fellow novelist sisters live

for most of their lives?

1

9

There are seven

independent states whose

names end in -stan. Can

you name the only one

that has an ocean coast?

In which European

country do most people

not have family names?

(Phone

book listings are

under first names.)

5

7

The Rhine and the

Danube both pass

through Germany. Which

other country lies on

both their courses?

Which

continent

are ostriches

native to?

6

4

Which country is most

associated with the fried

rice dish, nasi goreng?

This funny-looking tree, Araucaria

araucana, grows in Argentina and

Chile. What is its more familiar name?

Thisiffunny

3

2

Which country’s culture

is celebrated on Cinco de

Mayo (5 May)?

is celebrated on Cinco de

Mayo (5 May)?

Rearrange ‘made

smart’ to get the

8 name of a capital city.

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