Do you know how many islands make up Hong Kong? I didn’t, and I had never heard of the Eritrean currency Nakfa, either, until I started taking travel quizzes online.
Online quizzes test your knowledge of geography, culture, history, landmarks and an array of other details you might not even realize you don’t know. The best among them tell you the correct answer if you get it wrong and supply you with an instant score.
Travel quizzes abound. Some are so easy they’re not worth taking, or are ego-bruisingly difficult.
The National Geographic Web site offers dozens of travel-related quizzes and a few require serious brainpower. You can test your knowledge at travel. nationalgeographic.com/travel/ (scroll down and click on “Quizzes”).
The no-nonsense Traveler IQ Challenge at www.travelpod.com/traveler-iq has its users click, fast, all over a map to get as close as they can to easy landmarks like London’s Big Ben and progressively more difficult ones, like the Statue of the Redeemer in Brazil.
Others to try:
World Travel Quiz: bit.ly/aOTRmg
GeoChallenge: bit.ly/apgUU6
Wazzamba: bit.ly/chSmpJ
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