Christmas Quiz 2009 - Answers

Answers

(Above - the clues for Question 4)

Question 1 – Countries

1 Bangladesh; 2 Cyprus (Greek Cypriot Republic of Cyprus); 3 Ghana; 4 Gabon; 5 Sri Lanka; 6 Isle of Man; 7 French Guiana; 8 Burundi; 9 Manitoba (Canadian Province); 10 Zimbabwe; 11 Eire; 12 China

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Question 2 – Logos

1 TUI; 2 Qantas; 3 Greyhound Buses; 4 Air India; 5 Torquay; 6 Beijing Olympics 2008; 7 Visit Britain; 8 Russia; 9 Amtrak; 10 Brazil; 11 Deutsche Bahn AG

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Question 3 – Events/Cities

1 1996 Olympics - Atlanta; 2 1994 Winter Olympics - Lillehammer; 3 Final of FIFA World Cup – Johannesburg; 4 2010 World Expo – Shanghai; 5 2010 Sundance Film Festival – Park City (Part of Salt Lake City conurbation); 6 2009 European Cities of Culture – Linz and Vilnius; 7 Formula 1 Opening race, 2010 – Bahrain; 8 Commonwealth Meeting 2009 – Port of Spain / Trinidad and Tobago; 9 Royal Tiddlywinks Anniversary match 2008 – Cambridge UK; 10 Royal Ascot Race meeting 2005 – York, UK
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Question 4 – Countries

1 Greece; 2 Italy; 3 China; 4 Russia; 5 Canada; 6 New Zealand; 7 Egypt; 8 Mexico; 9 Argentina

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Question 5 – Innovators

1 Richard Schirrmann – pioneered first Youth Hostels Association from 1909 – Germany; 2 Naturalist John Muir – founded the Sierra Club in the USA, 1892, and pioneered rural conservation there and inspired National Parks; 3 Thomas Cook – created the first package holidays in the 1840s – used railways and ferries; 4 Sir Tim Berners-Lee – created the World Wide Web (becoming essential for the operation of modern tourism activity at all levels); 5 Juan Trippe – founder of Pan American Airways, 1927, creator of InterContinental Hotels Group in 1946 and considered the ‘father’ of the airline tourist class of travel; 6 Vladimir Raitz – founder of Horizon Holidays and creator of airline-based mass package holidays, 1950 ; 7 Freeman Tilden – the ‘father’ of environmental interpretation, essential for conservation management where tourists are involved – ‘Interpreting Our Heritage’ published 1957; Arthur Heineman – opened the first motel in San Luis Obispo, California in 1925.

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Question 6 – Transport

1a – Switzerland, 1b South Africa, 1c France (Pyrenees) – but you may know of other trains with these names; 2 The Oasis of the Seas; 3 Cabin cruisers (hired out); 4a Concorde, 4b Airbus A380, 4c Boeing 787 Dreamliner; 5 Burt Rutan; 6 The Millau Viaduct; 7 Bristol to Bath.

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Question 7 – Movies

1 New Zealand (many locations); 2 The city of Seaside, Florida; 3 Hat Maya, Phi Phi Leh island, Thailand; 4 Santa Cruz (at the Boardwalk), California; 5 Lansing Farm, Dyersville, Iowa, USA; 6 New Orleans

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Question 8 – National Parks

1 Pukaskwa NP, Ontario; 2 Etosha NP; 3 La Amistad International Park; 4 Savage River NP, Tasmania; 5 Calabria NP

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Question 9 – Connections

All subway/metro lines
1 T-Line, San Francisco; 2 Line 12, Paris; 3 Line 6, Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya, Moscow Metro; 4 Central Line, London

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Question 10 – Commonality

1 Mustards; 2 Chefs; 3 Salads

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Question 11 – Destinations

1 Trevi Fountain, Rome; 2 Charles Bridge, Prague

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Question 12 – Name the hill

The city is Athens (subway map, tram system, street scene, archaeological excavations, preserved gas holder! ). The hill is called Licabettus or, in Greek, Lykavittos.
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