1. What Willie Nelson song was recently voted by World Hum contributors as the top travel song of all time?

2. What Persian word is used throughout the Middle East to describe tipping, charitable giving, and occasionally bribery?

3. In the 2005 movie Hostel, three backpackers are told about an Eastern European city in which all the women are gorgeous and can't resist American men. In what country do they find the (sadly fictional) city?

4. What disease often brought on by air travel is typically marked by blood clots in the leg or pelvis?

5. What Japanese city which hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics is also the name of a well- known beer maker?

6. In British English, an "elevator" is commonly called a "lift." What is a "truck" known as?

7. How many UNESCO World Heritage sites are there in the world? A. 878 B. 1151 C. 1596 D. 2347

8. With over 4,200 hotels in 80 countries, what is the world's largest hotel chain?

9. Name a country whose name is also a past- tense sentence. (Hint: Add one space in the country's name to separate a pronoun and verb.)

10. Which country's population density is the world's lowest with only 1.9 people per square mile?
Travel trivia answers...
1. On the Road Again




2. Baksheesh
3. Slovakia (though it was
filmed in the Czech Republic)

4. The dreaded Deep Vein
Thrombosis

5. Sapporo
6. A lorry
7. A
8. Best Western
9. Iran (get it?)
10. Mongolia