Travel Quiz - Destination Tidbits

One of the lasting joys of travel is bringing back fascinating tidbits of where we have been, items that aren’t earth-shaking, but trigger many great memories. Maybe these questions will jog your memory about some of the places you have visited.

Key to Answers:1b, 2c, 3c, 4a, 5a, 6c, 7a, 8a, 9a, 10c

1. What is the longest, most narrow country on earth, only 235 miles wide at any point?

a. Panama
b. Chile
c. Norway

2. How many of the mainland United States have an ocean coastline?

a. 32
b. 16
c. 21

3. What city in the Western Hemisphere has the largest land area, 3,108 square miles?

a. Los Angeles, California
b. Mexico City, Mexico
c. Juneau, Alaska

4. Which of these three cities is farthest west?

a. Reno, Nevada
b. Spokane, Washington
c. Los Angeles, California

5. What makes Alaska’s capital city unique from other state capitals?

a. It can be reached only by boat or airplane, no roads lead to it
b. It has no daily newspaper
c. It has no scheduled airline service

6. Name the driest place on earth—where no one has ever seen it rain.

a. Antarctica
b. Sahara Desert
c. Atacama Desert

7. Vatican City is the smallest independent country. What is the second smallest?

a. Monaco
b. Aruba
c. Tanzania

8. Where is the precise geographical center of the North American continent?

a. Rugby, North Dakota
b. Wichita, Kansas
c. Regina, Saskatchewan

9. After Canada and Mexico, what nation is closest to the United States?

a. Russia
b. Guatemala
c. Cuba

10. What is the highest capital city in the world?

a. Kathmandu, Nepal
b. Tunis, Tunisia
c. La Paz, Bolivia