We couldn’t go far this year but technology has brought us armchair travel as well as news and entertainment. See how much you remember from 2020 Fake news stories about animals abounded in 2020. One tweet that went viral claimed which creatures had been spotted in the canals of Venice? Dolphins Otters Sharks Flying fish This summer, who allegedly pitched a tent in a farmer’s field in Scotland without permission? Michael Gove Preeti Patel Boris Johnson Matt Hancock Dominic Cummings made a surprise trip from his London home to Durham during lockdown 1. Including his eyesight-testing day trip to Barnard Castle (pictured), what was the total mileage for the trip according to Google Maps? 481 miles 531 miles 581 miles 631 miles Which British airline, already struggling prior to the pandemic, entered into administration in March? British Airways easyJet Flybe Virgin Atlantic Rita Ora broke two lockdown rules in November; one for throwing a birthday party, another because she should have been self-isolating anyway after returning from a private gig in which country? Egypt Kosovo Dubai Cyprus Nemonte Nenquimo is an indigenous leader who this year won a Goldman environmental prize for saving 500,000 acres of rainforest from oil extraction. Which South American country is she from? Brazil Columbia Ecuador Peru Sean Connery, who died in October, was the first actor to portray James Bond, in Dr No (1962). Where does most of the film’s action take place? Cuba Jamaica Ibiza Hawaii Which of these cities is NOT closely associated with Diego Maradona, who died in November? Bogota Buenos Aires Mexico City Naples The travel writer Jan Morris, who died this year, was a member of which of these famous teams? The 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition by raft across the Pacific Ocean The Ronnie Scott orchestra (on baritone sax) The England 1966 World Cup-winning squad The 1953 Mount Everest expedition, the first to reach the summit Sally Rooney’s novel Normal People (and this year’s acclaimed BBC adaption) was set partly in Dublin, but lovers Marianne and Connell are originally from which Irish county? Cork Donegal Kilkenny Sligo The Crown sees the royals flit all over the place, but which of these five places is NOT featured in the most recent series? Australia Monaco Mustique New York The Spy Who Came in from the Cold was one of many John le Carré novels successfully adapted for the big screen. Which former country is “the cold”? East Germany Yugoslavia USSR Poland Footage of the almost extinct asprete fish – a species believed to be around 65 million years old (making it a contemporary with the last dinosaurs) and a so-called living fossil – was filmed in a river in which European country in October? Sweden Cyprus Portugal Romania Which city’s zoo this year saw the birth of its first elephant in 138 years? Berlin Tokyo Philadelphia Pretoria A herd of which animal really did venture into Llandudno’s empty town centre during the first lockdown? Friesian cows Fallow deer Kashmiri goats Black Welsh mountain sheep In Christopher Nolan’s would-be blockbuster Tenet, Russian oligarch Andrei Sator had an opulent home in which popular European location? Monte Carlo Lake Geneva Costa Brava Amalfi Coast Monty Python’s Terry Jones directed what is perhaps the group’s most enduring work, The Life of Brian, as well as playing the protagonist’s carping mother. In which country was the film shot? Lebanon Tunisia Spain Jordan A tribute to the NHS by Banksy went on display in a hospital earlier this year in which UK city? Bristol Nottingham Southampton Norwich Which Greek island, made hip by Leonard Cohen and friends, is the setting for Polly Samson’s novel A Theatre for Dreamers? Mykonos Santorini Crete Hydra Which British company, once based in the seaside resort of Margate and still with a visitor centre there, returned to profit in 2020 after a lockdown sales boom? Mulberry Qualcast Hornby Aston Martin 18 and above. Sterling effort. You have hit travel gold 14 and above. Getting closer to travel knowhow greatness, but yet… 7 and above. Could do better (harsh but fair?) 0 and above. I know we can't go anywhere but this is ridiculous Continue reading...
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