MyNext EscapeTime for another round of the general knowledge travel quiz, with questions ranging from cruise ships that have been named after Queen’s to obscure capital cities. There are 20 questions designed to challenge your general travel knowledge. We think 14/20 would be the score to beat. Good luck
What travels at 340 metres per second?
1. Sound
2. Airbus A380 aircraft
3. Shinkansen bullet train
Which of these is NOT one of so-called Big Five African game animals?
1. Leopard
2. Hippopotamus
3. Rhinoceros
Where are you if everyone you meet greets you with a huge smile and says Bula?
1. Thailand
2. Tahiti
3. Fiji
Which Queen is NOT a Cunard cruise ship?
1. Queen Anne
2. Queen Victoria
3. Queen Elizabeth
In which state or territory does the Lennard River run through the Windjana Gorge in Napier Range?
1. Western Australia
2. Northern Territory
3. Tasmania
The US dam that borders Nevada and Arizona, creating lake Mead, is named after which former US president?
1. Franklin D. Roosevelt
2. Herbert Hoover
3. Theodore Roosevelt
Now a popular archaeological tourist destination, how was the town of Herculaneum in Italy destroyed?
1. Flood
2. Volcano
3. Earthquake
Believed to have inspired Arendelle in the animated movie Frozen, in which country is the village of Hallstatt?
1. Switzerland
2. Norway
3. Austria
What is obala in Croatia, sahil in Turkey, kuste in Germany and cote in France?
1. Coast
2. Mountain
3. Lake
In what city can you see the Magna Carta at Chapter House and the cathedral with the tallest spire in the UK?
1. Salisbury
2. Bristol
3. Leeds
Famous for its history of hippie subculture and named for a street intersection, where is Haight-Ashbury?
1. San Francisco
2. Washington D.C.
3. Chicago
Milford Sound and the Cleddau River in New Zealand are named after similar geographical features in which country?
1. Iceland
2. Norway
3. Wales
How many of the 28 European Union member countries use the euro as their official currency?
1. 14
2. 19
3. 24
In which country would you find the famous infinity pool atop the Marina Bay Sands pictured below?
https://www.istockphoto.com/au/photo/infinity-pool-singapore-gm959924680-262134503
1. Singapore
2. Thailand
3. Malaysia
What Asian capital is known to locals as Krung Thep, roughly translated as City of Angels?
1. Bangkok, Thailand
2. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3. Hanoi, Vietnam
In which country is the 182-metre tall Statue of Unity, the tallest statue in the world?
1. India
2. Dubai
3. Russia
In which city do people use an Oyster card to get around?
1. London
2. Sydney
3. New York
In which country can explore the Skeleton Coast, the Sossusvlei sand dunes and the capital Windhoek?
1. Tanzania
2. Namibia
3. Madagascar
On which Australian island would you visit to take a selfie with a Quokka?
1. Kangaroo Island
2. Rottnest Island
3. Hamilton Island
In 2018, what country declared soto, rendang, nasi goreng, satay and gado-gado as its national foods?
1. Thailand
2. Malaysia
3. Indonesia
