The Ultimate Discover the World Travel Quiz

Do you know which country has the largest coastline? Or how to order a refill of coffee in Iceland? Are you familiar with the unicorns of the sea? And do you know the Adélie penguin from the Gentoo?

Pit your wits against our bumper 30 question travel quiz. It’s an all encompassing travel trivia bonanza that will put your world knowledge to the test.

Think you can score full marks? The answers are at the end of the quiz.

Question 1:

What animal is otherwise known as the ‘unicorn of the sea’?

• Unicorn Fish
• Narwhal
• Unicorn shrimp
• Helmeted curassow

Question 2:

How many wine regions are there in Australia, approximately?

• 40
• 50
• 60
• 70

Question 3:

What is the capital of Svalbard?

• Pyramiden
• Spitsbergen
• Ny-Ålesund
• Longyearbyen

Question 4:

Which country is known as the ‘Land of a Thousand Lakes’

Question 5:

What is the national bird of the Faroe Islands?

• Puffin
• Guillemot
• Oystercatcher
• Storm Petrol

Question 6:

Where you could read the newspaper “Penguin News”

• Greenland
• Antarctica
• The Falkland Islands
• The Faroe Islands

Question 7:

Which country has the largest coastline in the world?

• New Zealand
• Fiji
• Canada
• Australia

Question 8:

If you would like a refill of coffee in Iceland, what would you ask for?

• 15 more drops
• 12 more drops
• 8 more drops
• 10 more drops

Question 9:

What was the name of the male ship cat that accompanied Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctica Expedition in 1914?

Question 10:

Where is the original ICEHOTEL located?

Question 11:

What is the capital of Greenland?

Question 12:

When was the Ghan railway line completed?

• 1929
• 1925
• 1938
• 1943

Question 13:

Where can you find the smallest reindeer in existence?

• Finnish Lapland
• Svalbard
• Swedish Lapland
• Norway

Question 14:

Which is the only American state capital that isn’t accessible by road?

• Boise
• Baton Rouge
• Juneau
• Raleigh

Question 15:

Kinos, hanki, tykky, hiutale, nuoska, puuteri. What would you be describing if you used these Finnish words?

• Forest
• Husky
• Snow
• Reindeer

Question 16:

Which bird is nicknamed The Laughing Jackass?

Question 17:

Where was Sir Edmund Hilary, the first person to climb Mount Everest in 1953 from?

Question 18:

Who reached the South Pole first?

Question 19:

Which continent has been recently discovered to have once been a rainforest?

Question 20:

What is the name of the highest waterfall in Iceland?

• Skogafoss
• Dettifoss
• Morsarfoss
• Glymur

Travel Quiz Answers:

1. Narwahl
2. 60
3. Longyearbyen
4. Finland
5. Oystercatcher
6. The Falkland Islands
7. Canada
8. 10 more drops
9. Mrs Chippy
10. Jukkasjärvi
11. Nuuk
12. 1929
13. Svalbard
14. Juneau
15. Snow
16. Kookaburra
17. New Zealand
18. Roald Amundsen
19. Antarctica
20. Morsarfoss
21. Greenland
22. The Cook Islands
23. Lake Mjosa
24. Adélie
25. Denali National Park
26. Trolltunga in Norway
27. Gulfoss
28. Lake Louise
29. Spirit Bear
30. Fairbanks, Alaska