Euro Travel & Trivia Quiz #173
May 21st, 2017, 10:25 AM
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Euro Travel & Trivia Quiz #173
1- If you call yourself a Cestrian what part of England do you hail from?
2- Just south of Dublin is a Martello Tower where a famous book in part takes place with the hero living in the tower. Why were Martello Towers built and what book are we talking about?
3- What country(ies) is CERN - the high-speed particle accelerator - located in?
4- In Amsterdam you can take an antique tram called the Museum Tram from Haarlemer Station to where- what large area?
5- Where can you see Rosa Parks' Detroit house that was just moved here?
6- Marienbad was once a fashionable spa for the rich and famous - where is it and what is it called today?
7- Sheerness, a seaside town east on London is on what island?
8- What town near Paris sits at the confluence of the Oise and Seine rivers and where you can usually see literally hundreds of barges parked?
9- Where does France's narow-gauge Le Petit Train Jaune run? Can you give the exact two names of the stations at either end?
10- What are the five largest Greek islands?
Cheers! Most correct gets free posting on Fodor's for one week!
2- Just south of Dublin is a Martello Tower where a famous book in part takes place with the hero living in the tower. Why were Martello Towers built and what book are we talking about?
3- What country(ies) is CERN - the high-speed particle accelerator - located in?
4- In Amsterdam you can take an antique tram called the Museum Tram from Haarlemer Station to where- what large area?
5- Where can you see Rosa Parks' Detroit house that was just moved here?
6- Marienbad was once a fashionable spa for the rich and famous - where is it and what is it called today?
7- Sheerness, a seaside town east on London is on what island?
8- What town near Paris sits at the confluence of the Oise and Seine rivers and where you can usually see literally hundreds of barges parked?
9- Where does France's narow-gauge Le Petit Train Jaune run? Can you give the exact two names of the stations at either end?
10- What are the five largest Greek islands?
Cheers! Most correct gets free posting on Fodor's for one week!
May 21st, 2017, 10:44 AM
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1 Chester
2 Ulysses, defensive towers built to defend Britain from the French. They never saw action and now make good homes.
3 Switzerland/France
4 to Bovenkerk, through the Amserdamse Bos
5 Berlin
7 Sheppey
2 Ulysses, defensive towers built to defend Britain from the French. They never saw action and now make good homes.
3 Switzerland/France
4 to Bovenkerk, through the Amserdamse Bos
5 Berlin
7 Sheppey
May 21st, 2017, 11:20 AM
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BONUS Question -unanswered from last quiz (where it was the only question):
One question for French experts - what city in France is nicknamed the "Venice of the Gatinais"?
It also has one of the oldest China Towns in France and is at times called the birthplace of the Chinese Communist Revolution.
One question for French experts - what city in France is nicknamed the "Venice of the Gatinais"?
It also has one of the oldest China Towns in France and is at times called the birthplace of the Chinese Communist Revolution.
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6. I know it but I can't spell it (properly). Marianske Lazne (or similar). Part of the Bohemian spa triangle, together with Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad) and Franzensbad - Bad, either as stand-alone "prefix" or attached suffix means spa in German.
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