Quiz Time: So You Think You Know All About Travel? Take this Quiz

Albert Einstein has rightly said, ‘The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing’. If you have been thinking all through that travel is just to relax and unwind, it’s time you gave it a serious thought. Do you really think we travel only for having a good time, eating, drinking, enjoying a hotel stay, sightseeing and clicking pictures? While at the very first instance it may seem this is all that we travel for, in reality, travel runs much deeper than we generally perceive it to be. It feeds our curiosity. Travel is in fact is that one big open classroom where we learn while we are having fun. In times, when it seems we’ll need to wait for some more time to pack our bags and fly off on our tour that’s much needed than ever, a travel quiz indeed comes to our rescue. It excites, makes us rack our brains, makes us goes back to school and with every wrong answer more than the correct one feeds our curiosity of getting to know our big beautiful world. So doesn’t all of this make for a trip in itself?!

While you must have chanced upon ‘travel destination’ quiz, and more, either on social media or on some of the best travel portals in India, today we bring to you a quiz which would take you to all the seven continents of the world through its seven questions and three questions that would enlighten you on the lesser known facts of India, of course, if you haven’t come across the facts earlier. So while you must be thinking, you know all about travel, here’s a little fun test to validate the fact. Take this quiz…

Photo by Freddy G

Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States of America?

India

Mexico

Canada

France

Photo by David Ortega, Evan Sanchez, Andrea Leopardi

Latin America is home to which of these new Seven Wonders of the World?

Machu Picchu

Chichen Itza

Christ the Redeemer

All of the above

Photo by ckturistando

Which one of these is the oldest amusement park in the world?

Europa-Park, Germany

Tivoli Gardens, Denmark

Bakken, Denmark

Disneyland, USA

Which is the only country in the world that is also a continent?

Alaska

Antarctica

Arctic

Australia

Which of these Asian countries is also known as ‘Nippon’ in its national language?

Japan

Thailand

Singapore

South Korea

Photo by Carlos Leret

Why was Africa called the Dark Continent?

Because of the dark complexion of the African people

Because dark chocolate was found in abundance in Africa

Because Africa remained unexplored for a fairly long period of time

Because it’s night in Africa for six months of a year

Photo by Yuriy Rzhemovskiy

You are not likely to find which of these animals in Antarctica?

Whales

Seals

Crocodiles

Penguins

Which of these is an UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mumbai?

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus)

All of the above

Elephants Caves

The Victorian and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai

Photo by Sumat Singh

Which of these is the only carbon negative state in India?

Sikkim

Rajasthan

Kerala

Himachal Pradesh

Photo by Bharath Reddy

Who is the architect of the architectural wonder ‘Taj Mahal’?

Jahangir

Aurangzeb

Ustad Ahmad Lahori

Shah Jahan

So how did you fair? At the end of the day, it wasn’t about winning or losing, it was all about learning and quizzing ourselves about our knowhow of our big beautiful world. Let our curiosity be never locked down. Let’s keep it alive… Explore and Celebrate… Travel will of course happen very soon! Signing off on the verses of an absolutely intriguing and spellbinding Shayari written by Javed Sahaab (Javed Akhtar) and recited by Farhan Akhtar at the climax of the movie Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara…

“Jo apni aankhon mein hairaniyan leke chal rahe ho toh zinda ho tum

“Dilon mein tum apni betaabiyan leke chal rahe ho toh zinda ho tum”