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Travel Quiz
What on Earth?
YOU WANT ANSWERS?
1) NORWAY. 2) VENICE. 3) SOUTH AFRICA. 4) CZECH REPUBLIC. 5) FLORIDA.
6) JUST ONE – RUSSIA. 7) COSTA RICA. 8) UZBEKISTAN. 9) PORTUGUESE.
Which is the
only country
that begins
with an O?
5
Cape Canaveral is in
which US state?
7
Which country has a name
meaning ‘rich coast’ in Spanish?
4
Which
country (in
its current
shape since
1993) combines
the historic lands of
Bohemia, Moravia and
a small part of Silesia?
23
9
If English-
speakers are
called Anglophones,
and French-speakers
Francophones, what do the world’s
260 million Lusophones speak?
It’s 100 years since the writer Roald
Dahl was born in Cardiff. Which
country did his parents come from?
8
Which former
Soviet republic, 25
years independent
this September,
is home to the
ancient cities of
Samarkand and
Bukhara?
1
Which city holds
its Regata Storica
on 4 September?
Bobotie (curried minced meat with
a baked egg topping) is a national
dish of which country?
6
If you’re travelling
overland between
Finland and China, how
many other countries
do you need to cross
at a minimum?
you need to cross
minimum?
Which
country (in
its current
shape since
1993 ) combines
the historiclandsof
Bohemia, Moravia and
a small part of Silesia?