Travel Trivia Questions and Answers

 

 

Travel Trivia Questions and Answers

 

Fun travel trivia questions, and answers.

Is Scandinavia in the north or south of Europe?
A: North

Which Arctic country's Finnish name is Lapin Li?
A: Lapland

The Straight of Gibraltar connects the Atlantic Ocean with which Sea?
A: Mediterranean

Which country is also called the Hellenic Republic?
A: Greece

What is Europe's most mountainous country?
A: Switzerland

In Norway, a fjord is made up largely of what?
A: Water

Fun travel trivia questions, and answers.

The island of Rhodes belongs to which Mediterranean country?
A: Greece

Euro tunnel links which two countries?
A: England and France

The Left Bank generally refers to the Left Bank of the Seine in which city?
A: Paris

Okinawa is a volcano in which country?
A: Japan

What is the largest country in South America?
A: Brazil

What was the ancient city, carved out of red rock in Jordan, that was forgotten by Europeans until the 19th century?
A: Petra.

Which of the Seven Wonders of the World was a Ephesus?
A: The Temple of Artemis

What was the original purpose of the leaning tower of Pisa?
A: Bell Tower

What island in San Francisco Bay was the site of an almost escape-proof prison?
A: Alcatraz.

What was the former site of the two temples celcbrating Ramses II and Nefertari, before they were moved because of flooding by the waters of the Aswan High Dam?
A: Abu Simbel

Where is the Valley of the Kings, the scene of a terrorist attack in 1997?
A: Egypt.

What was Ho Chi Minh City before it was called Ho Chi Minh City?
A: Saigon

To the nearest thousand, how many islands does Indonesia have?
A: 13

Which country contains the Biblical rivers of the Tigris and the EUPHRATES?
A: Iraq

What was St. Petersburg called for most of the 20th century?
A: Leningrad.

Which country lies to the north of Austria and to the south of Poland?
A: Czech Republic

What name is given to the popular holiday area between Marseille and La Spezia?
A: Riviera

How tall is the Eiffel Tower?
A: 984 feet.

Archaeologists believe they have located the burial site of Boudicca, the British queen who led a bloody revolt against Roman rule in the first century A.D. Where is it?
A: Under Platform 8 of the King's Cross Railway Station in London.

What Middle Eastern country's name includes the name of it's first ruler?
A: Saudi Arabia. Ruler Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud unified his dual kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd and their dependencies under the name Saudi Arabia in 1932.

What is the name of Moscow's largest department store?
A: GUM

What country has more volcanoes than any other?
A: Indonesia. It has 167 of the 850 active volcanoes known in the world.

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