Well, What Do You Know ?
I put this quiz together for a meeting of the Bay Area Travel Professionals when I was Program Chairman and the speaker cancelled at the last minute and I was the “program” for the evening. It was so much fun, I thought I would share it with you.
Test your knowledge with an around the world travel quiz. I give you three guesses.
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1. Zuppa Inglese is the Italian for
a. Brown Windsor Soup
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b. A macho Englishman
c. Trifle
2. The Mona Lisa gazes enigmatically from the walls of
a. The Uffizi Museum in Florence
b. The Louvre in Paris
c. The National Gallery in London
3. Hetty Pegler’s Tump is a
a. A famous inn in the Lake District of Northern England
b. A traditional Scottish pudding
c. A pre historical burial ground in the Cotswolds
4. The Spanish Riding School , where the white Lipizzaner stallions display the art of
classical horsemanship is to be found in
a. Vienna
b. Madrid
c. The Island of Lanzarote
5. Scotland’s most popular tourist attraction is
a. The Burrell Collection in Glasgow
b. Balmoral Castle
c. The Palace of Holyroodhouse
6. Which island is known as the legendary birthplace of Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love
a. Capri
b. Cyrus
c. Crete
7. Schuhplattier is
a. A high mountain glacial plateau
b. An Austrian folk dance
c. A sausage
8. The smallest country in the world is
a. Iceland
b. Liechtenstein
c. The Vatican
9. If your air holiday includes of experience of being “bumped” does it mean you are
a. Subject to a very heavy impact on landing
b. Jostled by muggers intend on stealing your wallet
c. Told that the flight has been overbooked and there is no seat available for you
10. The National Dish of Portugal is
a. Dried codfish
b. Grilled Sardines
c. The fish soup called Caldeirada
11. Captain Scott’s ship Discovery is which he sailed on his historical and ill fated voyage
to the Antarctic is now permanently berthed in
a. Portsmouth
b. Dundee
c. St.Katharine’s Dock in London
12. If you ordered emeneks from a menu in Yugoslavia would you expect to be served
a. Ham and eggs
b. Hot spicy sausage
c. A glass of fiery white brandy.
13. Caesar’s Palace is best known for
A splendid villa of the Caesars in Rome
b. A Las Vegas hotel, famous for big name entertainment
c. A building in Madrid
14. If you found yourself in the Alamo, would you be in
a. An opera house in Milan
b. A historic fort in San Antonio, Texas
c. A building in Madrid
Answers. 1c, 2b, 3c, 4a, 5a, 6b, 7b, 8c, 9c, 10a, 11b, 12a, 13b, 14b
All that got 100% right, may take a long lunch time.
Maureen Jones
All Horizons Travel/Frosch
825 Santa Cruz Ave
Menlo Park, CA 94025
650-961-2340 direct
www. Froshvacations.com