Will you be the winner taking it all, or facing your Waterloo? Charge your glasses and test your brain cells with questions on film locations, geography and current affairs • TAKE OUR CHRISTMAS TRAVEL QUIZ What island was used as a location in the Mamma Mia! sequel, Here we go Again? Vis, Croatia Syros, Greece Madeira Crete Fernando’s The 2018 smash Crazy Rich Asians was set largely in which city? Hong Kong Shanghai Singapore Tokyo New York Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. In which US state was most of the film shot? Texas Utah California Montana Arizona Frances McDormand won an Oscar this year for her role in Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri, but where was the film actually shot? Ithaca, New York state Sylva, North Carolina Billings, Montana Beverly Hills, California Ebbing, Missouri This year’s Harry Potter spin-off, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, was set in which city? London Edinburgh Paris Berlin New York Which singer was named “ambassador extraordinary” by her country and tasked with promoting tourism? Celine Dion, Canada Katie Melua, Georgia Rita Ora, Kosovo Rihanna, Bahamas Victoria Beckham, UK Which was the most visited city in 2018 (and for the third year running)? Paris New York Bangkok London Dubai Which European country recently declared it would be the first in the world to make all its public transport free? Luxembourg Netherlands Denmark Monaco Iceland In which city did a popular attraction lose thousands of pounds because its monoglot attendant was scared of foreigners? Tokyo London Madrid Beijing Tehran In which city was a restaurant in trouble for charging tourists almost £1,000 for four main course and drinks? Moscow Barcelona Cambridge Venice Dubai What was the biggest city in the world by population in 1850? London Paris Beijing Constantinople Berlin And what was the biggest in 1950? Tokyo New York Calcutta Moscow Which city has the highest crime rate per capita in the world? Rio de Janeiro Chicago Cape Town The Vatican Which capital had its name changed from Edo 150 years ago? Tokyo Addis Ababa Lima Delhi Jakarta Which city will celebrate the 500th anniversary of its founding in 2019? Havana New York Cape Town Brussels What is Europe’s westernmost archipelago? Madeira Cape Verde Canary Islands The Azores Channel Islands How is a desert island defined? It is technically a desert (ie with annual precipitation of less than 250mm) It must be remote and tropical It is uninhabited None of the above; it is a term invented by Roy Plomley, the creator of Desert Island Discs What is the world’s second largest island after Greenland? New Guinea Borneo Great Britain Madagascar Baffin Island Which island off the South Australia coast, known for its colony of little penguins, has been called Australia’s Galapagos? Penguin island Wallaby island Flinders island Kangaroo island Celebrity island Which island, whose name means puffin island, was controlled by pirates from north Africa for five years in the 17th century? Correct Lundy Madagascar Samoa Corsica Zanzibar 12 and above. Good effort but try reading the Travel section more often 17 and above. Well done, you are Alan Whicker 7 and above. Mmm … time to dust off that passport 0 and above. You're as geographically-challenged as Dominic "Dover-Calais" Raab Continue reading...
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