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Test yourself with these travel quiz questions and answers! From capital cities to geography, see how many of these travel questions you can get right!
Do you love travelling and think you know the world inside out? Do you think you can beat your friends and family to be crowned the ‘King or Queen of Travelling’? If you answered yes, then this is the ultimate travel quiz.
If you’re looking at hosting a fun quiz or having your friends over for a travel trivia night, these travel quiz questions and answers are perfect at testing your world knowledge and geography.
In this quiz you’ll find lots of questions on fun travel trivia, flag quiz questions, world geography trivia, and there’s even a travel picture quiz in there for you too.
I’ve always loved a good pub quiz, but recently I’ve been doing about 3 quizzes a week. Once thing I’ve quickly learned is I’m quite good at general knowledge but I really know my travel trivia questions. Whenever there’s a travel round my eyes light up.
I always feel that being a travel blogger I’ve got a bit of an unfair advantage when it comes to travel trivia, but hey, I’m not complaining. One of the reasons I love travelling so much is learning about different cultures and societies. I’ve always said travelling is the best education in the world because you just learn so much.
While I’ve been locked up inside I wanted to come up with these travel quiz questions and answers to test your world knowledge.
If you fancy hosting your own virtual quiz then hopefully you can use some of these questions. First of all, let’s see how many you can get right!
Also, if you enjoy this quiz, then make sure you take my Countries Quiz Questions here. This is one of my most popular quizzes so see how you can do! And this one is a bit more niche, but try and take on my USA Trivia Questions too.
If you’re looking for some other fun quizzes to do, then make sure you check out my other site Ultimate Quiz Questions. This site is packed with the world’s best quizzes on every topic, so enjoy!
And if you need a little inspiration or information, check out my other site Fun Facts About. This website is full of interesting facts that’ll blow your mind, so take a look now!
Contents:
50 Travel quiz questions
1. There are two countries that are completely land-locked in South America – name one of them?
2. Which is the only US State to have a one syllable name?
3. What is the line of latitude 23.5° north of the Equator more commonly known as?
4. Which European capital was built on 14 islands?
5. In 1993, ‘Ayers Rock’ also became known by its Aboriginal name – what is this name?
6. Which island country in the southeastern Caribbean Sea is also known as the ‘Island of Spice’?
7. In which country is there a natural gas pit nicknamed the ‘Door to Hell’ that has been burning since 1971?
8. In which country would you find the currency ‘baht’?
9. If you were having a cocktail at Bodeguita del Medio in Havana, Cuba, what would you be drinking?
10. What is Europe’s most mountainous country?
11. Which lake is called the ‘jewel of the Italian lakes’?
12. In which country is the world’s highest waterfall?
13. Who were the first two people to summit Mount Everest in Nepal? (Half a point each!)
14. Which country has the longest coastline in the world?
15. Where would you find the Callanish?
16. Which capital city has a name that means “good airs” in English?
17. What is the only country in the world to be ruled by an Emperor?
18. What island in San Francisco Bay was the site of an almost escape-proof prison?
19. What is the largest country in Africa?
20. Which capital city has the most Michelin stars in the world – London, Paris or Toyko?
21. Which two cities did the original Orient Express travel between? (Half a point each!)
22. What is the deepest lake in the world?
23. Which two countries are the Iguazu Falls part of? (Half a point for each!)
24. In 1976, Saigon in Vietnam changed its name to…?
25. What is the most southerly capital city in the world?
26. What’s the capital of Australia?
27. Which country has more lakes than the rest of the world combined?
28. Which river formed the Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA?
29. What is the only country in the world not to have a rectangular or square flag?
30. Which landlocked sea is 422m (1,385ft) below sea level?
31. How many islands does Australia have within its maritime borders – 82, 822, 8,222?
32. Germany’s flag is made up of what three colours?
33. By land area, which is the biggest state in the USA?
34. On which Caribbean island can you swim with pigs?
35. Which famous cocktail originated in the Raffles Hotel, Singapore?
Travel quiz: Picture round & flags
So, how many of these travel trivia questions do you think you got right? Did you find it easy or hard?
Right, it’s time for the answers. Fingers crossed you got more than 50%!
Plan your own quiz night
These are a few of my favourite quiz books that I use to plan fun trivia nights with friends:
Travel trivia: Questions and answers
1. What country is completely land-locked in South America? Bolivia or Paraguay. They are both landlocked despite right in the middle of South America.
2. Which is the only US State to have a one syllable name? Maine. This one was an easy one, right? If you want some more US Trivia Questions, open up this quiz and see how well you can do.
3. What is the line of latitude 23.5° north of the Equator more commonly known as? The Tropic of Cancer
4. Which European capital was built on 14 islands? Stockholm. The whole of Sweden actually has over 221,800 islands, making it the most in the world.
5. In 1993, ‘Ayers Rock’ also became known by its Aboriginal name, what is this name? Uluru. This is to respect the Aboriginal people as the custodians of the land.
6. Which island country in the southeastern Caribbean Sea is also known as the ‘Island of Spice’? Grenada. You can get some damn good rum from there too.
7. In which country is there a natural gas pit nicknamed the ‘Door to Hell’ that has been burning since 1971? Turkmenistan. Google the pictures, it’s crazy.
8. In which country would you find the currency ‘baht’? Thailand
9. If you were having a cocktail at Bodeguita del Medio in Havana, Cuba, what would you be drinking? A mojito. This drink was invented in this bar.
10. What is Europe’s most mountainous country? Switzerland
11. Which lake is called the ‘jewel of the Italian lakes’? Lake Como
12. In which country is the world’s highest waterfall? Venezuela
13. Who were the first two people to summit Mount Everest in Nepal? (Half a point each!) Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary. This is one of the harder travel trivia questions!
14. Which country has the longest coastline in the world? Canada
15. Where would you find the Callanish? The Isle of Harris in Scotland. You can read all about it here! Basically, it is Scotland’s version of Stonehenge dating back thousands of years. It really is fascinating.
16. Which capital city has a name that means “good airs” in English? Buenos Aires in Argentina. Hopefully you knew that one.
17. What is the only country in the world to be ruled by an Emperor? Japan. The current emperor of Japan is Naruhito.
18. What island in San Francisco Bay was the site of an almost escape-proof prison? Alcatraz. Now you can take tours of Alcatraz to see what life would have been like in the prison.
19. What is the largest country in Africa? Algeria. This is one of those geography trivia questions that always comes up.
20. Which capital city has the most Michelin stars in the world – London, Paris or Toyko? Tokyo. I always think this question is quite surprising!
21. Which two cities did the original Orient Express travel between? (Half a point each!) Paris and Istanbul
22. What is the deepest lake in the world? Lake Baikal in Russia.
23. Which two countries are the Iguazu Falls part of? (Half a point for each!) Argentina and Brazil
24. In 1976, Saigon in Vietnam changed its name to…? Ho Chi Minh City. If you’re planning of visiting this city, you can check out my Vietnam packing list to help you on your way!
25. What is the most southerly capital city in the world? Wellington. This is such a beautiful city to visit.
26. What’s the capital of Australia? Canberra. Come on, you got this one, right? This is one of those travel questions and answers that a lot of people get wrong!
27. Which country has more lakes than the rest of the world combined? Canada
28. Which river formed the Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA? Colorado
29. What is the only country in the world not to have a rectangular or square flag? Nepal. This is a great road trip trivia question when you’re travelling with the family.
30. Which landlocked sea is 422m (1385ft) below sea level? The Dead Sea bordering Jordan and Israel. It’s the one where you can’t sink due to the high concentration of salt!
31. How many islands does Australia have within its maritime borders – 82, 822, 8,222? 8,222. I visited one of them at Lord Howe Island last year. It’s definitely not what you’d expect but it’s incredibly beautiful!
32. Germany’s flag is made up of what three colours? Black, red and yellow. The same as Belgium but the lines are in a different configuration.
33. By land area, which is the biggest state in the USA? Alaska. This was the second last state to be incorporated into the United States of America in 1959.
34. On which Caribbean island can you swim with pigs? Bahamas. It sounds weird but it’s become such a popular tourist attraction these days. I just had to ask this in my vacation quiz!
35. Which famous cocktail originated in the Raffles Hotel, Singapore? The Singapore Sling
Travel trivia: Picture round answers
(Landmark = 1 point, capital city = 1 point)
1. Angkor Wat, Cambodia
2. Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
3. Golden Gate Bridge, USA
4. Christ the Redeemer, Brazil
5. Taj Mahal, India
Travel quiz: Flag answers
(Flag= 1 point)
1. Ireland
2. France
3. Colombia
4. South Africa
5. Thailand
6. Croatia
7. China
8. Egypt
9. Jamaica
10. Canada
In total there are 55 points up for grabs in this travel and tourism quiz. The question is, how many did you get? You can let me know in the comments below!
Did you enjoy my travel quiz questions and answers? If so, make sure you share it with your friends and family! Test them and see how they do. I bet you can beat them though.
And don’t forget you can take the Ultimate Countries Quiz and the ever popular Funny Quiz Questions. All you sports fans can take on my Sports Quiz too. If you enjoyed these questions from around the world, then you’ll love these quizzes too!
Also, make sure you check out our quizzes about Great Britain and England over on the Great British Bucket List. They’re really enjoyable too!
Plan your own quiz night
These are a few of my favourite quiz books that I use to plan fun trivia nights with friends:
52 out of 55. Decent quiz, I enjoyed that. Thought the Hell pit was in Uzbekistan for some reason. I thought the island of spice was Cuba… Idiot
Knew Callanish was Scottish but answered as Ireland when doing the quiz.
That’s a great effort Craig, well done!
I didn’t do too well, but enjoyed it a lot.
Just one small point: Germany’s flag is made up of the colours red, black and gold, not yellow. It dates back to the Prussian resistance against Napoleonic rule. Volunteer soldiers wore black uniforms with red buttons and golden trimmings. The colours became a symbol of freedom and nation. Thanks for the great quiz.
Thanks for the comment Jean. I’m glad you enjoyed the quiz, and it’s always good to have a bit more background information on Germany!
@Jean,
Good photograph took.
Thank you.
Santosh Saha
Hey Macca,
That was really fun idea. Although I didn’t do well on your test but it was actually really fun to learn new things about the world.
Hope to see your coming blog. Thanks for the post.
Cheers!!
@Pradip Karki,
Send me more quizzes.
Thank you.