The Travel Places Quiz

[Max Headroom]

It's friday and it's slow at work. Have a stab at this littw quiz I cooked up. It might be interesting to see who answers what?



Travel places quiz, By Max Headroom......


- How many continents have you set foot on?

- How many countries have you set foot in?

- Have you ever been north of the northern 60th parallel?

- Have you ever been to the other side of the equator from the hemisphere you were born in?

- What is the longest flight you have taken? (time in air, not including delays on the ground)

- Have you ever been to Antartica?

-Have you ever been in......
- North Korea?
- Iraq?
- The Soviet Union during communist times?
- East Germany during communist times?
- Kashmir?
- Afghanistan?
- An active war zone?
- Prison in a country for which you are not a citizen?
- a Nazi death camp?
- the Gaza Strip?

- Have you walked the Great Wall of China?

- Have you seen the Great Pyramids of Giza?

- Have you been on the Moscow metro? Have you seen Lenin's tomb?

- Have you seen the Taj Mahal?

- Have you seen the Sahara Desert?

- Have you swam on the Great Barrier Reef?

- Have you been to the top of the Eifel Tower?

- How many Olympic cities have you been to? List them.

- Have you been to the top of Mount Everest?

- Have you ever been detained by customs officials?

- Have you been in White House? The Kremlin?

- Have you been to the top of the Empire State Building?

- Have you been through the Panama Canal?

- How many Oceans have you had some part of your body in?

- Have you ever been on the Concorde while in supersonic flight?

- Have you been to space?

- Have you been to Pan Mun Jom?

- Have you seen the leaning tower of Piza?

- Have you been to Niagra falls?

- Have you shopped at the Silk Alley Market in Beijing?

- Have you walked across and international border? Which two countries?

- Have you felt the rain down in Africa?

- How many stamps are in your current passport?

- Have you driven a car on the opposite side of the road from the country you normally reside in?

- Have you seen a Kangaroo in the wild?

- How many countries have you vomited in?

- Have you ever hitch hiked?

- How many countries have you had sex in?

- You have had sex with citizens of how many different coutries? (Dual citizenship counts twice)

- Have you ever hidden away on a cargo train?

- Have you been a stowaway on an international cargo ship?

- In how many countries have you eaten at McDonalds?

- How many planes or trains, for which you had a scheduled ticket, have you missed?

- Have you ever found a toilet that you did not know how to operate?

- Have you ever become seriously ill due to eating a local cuisine? Where and what?

- What is the furthest point from your place of birth that you have been to?

[Max Headroom]

And now I shall answer these questions.




- How many continents have you set foot on? 4

- How many countries have you set foot in? 13

- Have you ever been north of the northern 60th parallel? Yes

- Have you ever been to the other side of the equator from the hemisphere you were born in? Yes

- What is the longest flight you have taken (time in air, not including delays on the ground) 16 Hrs.

- Have you ever been to Antartica? No

-Have you ever been in
- North Korea? yes
- Iraq? no
- The Soviet Union during communist times? no
- East Germany during communist times? no
- Kashmir? no
- Afghanistan? no
- An active war zone? yes~
- Prison in a country for which you are not a citizen? no
- a Nazi death camp? yes
- the Gaza Strip? no

- Have you walked the Great Wall of China? no

- Have you seen the Great Pyramids of Giza? no

- Have you been on the Moscow metro? Have you seen Lenin's tomb? no, no

- Have you seen the Taj Mahal? no

- Have you seen the Sahara Desert? no

- Have you swam on the Great Barrier Reef? Yes

- Have you been to the top of the Eifel Tower? Yes

- How many Olympic cities have you been to? 10

List them.

Calgary, Montreal, Lake Placid, Helsinki, Sydney, London, Paris, Los Angeles, Munich, Seoul

- Have you been to the top of Mount Everest? no

- Have you ever been detained by customs officials? No

- Have you been in White House? Seen it, never been inside The Kremlin? No

- Have you been to the top of the Empire State Building? Yes

- Have you been through the Panama Canal? No

- How many Oceans have you had some part of your body in? 2

- Have you ever been on the Concorde while in supersonic flight? No

- Have you been to space? No

- Have you been to Pan Mun Jom? Yes

- Have you seen the leaning tower of Piza? No

- Have you been to Niagra falls? yes

- Have you shopped at the Silk Alley Market in Beijing? No

- Have you walked across and international border? Yes Which two countries? Germany -> Austria and back

- Have you felt the rain down in Africa? No

- How many stamps are in your current passport? 12

- Have you driven a car on the opposite side of the road from the country you normally reside in? Yes

- Have you seen a Kangaroo in the wild? Yes

- How many countries have you vomited in? 2

- Have you ever hitch hiked? No

- How many countries have you had sex in? 1

- You have had sex with citizens of how many different coutries? (Dual citizenship counts twice) 3

- Have you ever hidden away on a cargo train? no

- Have you been a stowaway on an international cargo ship? no

- In how many countries have you eaten at McDonalds? 8

- How many planes or trains, for which you had a scheduled ticket, have you missed? 1

- Have you ever found a toilet that you did not know how to operate? no

- Have you ever become seriously ill due to eating a local cuisine? Where and what? No, No

- What is the furthest point from your place of birth that you have been to? Canbera, Australia.

[Smartypants]

Hey, I can always have my arm twisted to avoid working. I'll give it a shot:

- How many continents have you set foot on? 4

- How many countries have you set foot in? 17

- Have you ever been north of the northern 60th parallel? I don't believe so

- Have you ever been to the other side of the equator from the hemisphere you were born in? yes


- What is the longest flight you have taken? (time in air, not including delays on the ground) 21 (two legs: 11 and 10 hrs)


- Have you ever been to Antartica? nope


-Have you ever been in......
- North Korea? nope
- Iraq? nope
- The Soviet Union during communist times? nope
- East Germany during communist times? nope
- Kashmir? nope
- Afghanistan? nope
- An active war zone? yep
- Prison in a country for which you are not a citizen? nope
- a Nazi death camp? nope
- the Gaza Strip? nope

- Have you walked the Great Wall of China? nope

- Have you seen the Great Pyramids of Giza? nope

- Have you been on the Moscow metro? nope

Have you seen Lenin's tomb? nope, but I've been to Ho Chi Minh's

- Have you seen the Taj Mahal? nope

- Have you seen the Sahara Desert? nope

- Have you swam on the Great Barrier Reef? nope

- Have you been to the top of the Eiffel Tower? yep

- How many Olympic cities have you been to? List them.

Calgary, Montreal, Squaw Valley, Salt Lake City, London, Paris, Los Angeles, Mexico City (maybe others, but I don't know all the Olympic cities)

- Have you been to the top of Mount Everest? nope

- Have you ever been detained by customs officials? yep (had to bribe my way out of Zanzibar - long story

- Have you been in White House? yep The Kremlin? nope

- Have you been to the top of the Empire State Building? yep

- Have you been through the Panama Canal? nope

- How many Oceans have you had some part of your body in? 4

- Have you ever been on the Concorde while in supersonic flight? nope

- Have you been to space? nope

- Have you been to Pan Mun Jom? nope

- Have you seen the leaning tower of Piza? nope

- Have you been to Niagra falls? yep

- Have you shopped at the Silk Alley Market in Beijing? nope

- Have you walked across and international border? yep Which two countries? Mex/U.S.

- Have you felt the rain down in Africa? yep

- How many stamps are in your current passport? 7

- Have you driven a car on the opposite side of the road from the country you normally reside in? yep

- Have you seen a Kangaroo in the wild? nope

- How many countries have you vomited in? 3

- Have you ever hitch hiked? nope

- How many countries have you had sex in? Je n'embrasse jamais et le dis.

- You have had sex with citizens of how many different coutries? (Dual citizenship counts twice) See above.

- Have you ever hidden away on a cargo train? nope

- Have you been a stowaway on an international cargo ship? nope

- In how many countries have you eaten at McDonalds? 2, including the U.S. (and one Burger King in Lima)

- How many planes or trains, for which you had a scheduled ticket, have you missed? 2

- Have you ever found a toilet that you did not know how to operate? nope

- Have you ever become seriously ill due to eating a local cuisine? Where and what? yep. Street food in Mexico; Unknown cause in Kenya

- What is the furthest point from your place of birth that you have been to? Vietnam or Tanzania

Strange list of questions, Max. What about these obvious ones?

- In how many languages can you say, "My God! I have just stepped in dog shit!" or "Your children are insufferable!"

- Have you ever been in a hospital in a third world country?

- Have you ever had your ID or money stolen while travelling?

- How many hotels have you stayed in that had rats? Bats? Other vermin?

- Do you ever travel with a guide? How many times have you quietly ditched your guides so you could really explore a place?

- Have you ever had a bicycle repaired in Havana?

- Has anyone atop the Pyramid of the Moon at Teotihuacan ever offerred his sister's sexual favors to you and, when rejected, then offered his own?

- Have you ever seriously considered killing an infuriatingly incompatible travelling companion?

(There are millions more of these questions, no?)

[Frieda]

- How many continents have you set foot on?
2

- How many countries have you set foot in?
15

- Have you ever been north of the northern 60th parallel?
probably not

- Have you ever been to the other side of the equator from the hemisphere you were born in?
no

- What is the longest flight you have taken? (time in air, not including delays on the ground)
8 hours

- Have you ever been to Antartica?
no

-Have you ever been in......
- North Korea? no
- Iraq? no
- The Soviet Union during communist times? no
- East Germany during communist times? no
- Kashmir? no
- Afghanistan? no
- An active war zone? yes
- Prison in a country for which you are not a citizen? no
- a Nazi death camp? yeah in those that are now museums
- the Gaza Strip? no

- Have you walked the Great Wall of China?
no

- Have you seen the Great Pyramids of Giza?
no

- Have you been on the Moscow metro? Have you seen Lenin's tomb?
no and no

- Have you seen the Taj Mahal?
no

- Have you seen the Sahara Desert?
no

- Have you swam on the Great Barrier Reef?
no

- Have you been to the top of the Eifel Tower?
yes

- How many Olympic cities have you been to? List them.
what are the olympic cities?

- Have you been to the top of Mount Everest?
no

- Have you ever been detained by customs officials?
yes. once at the Croatian border and once while entering the USA

- Have you been in White House? The Kremlin?
no and no

- Have you been to the top of the Empire State Building?
no

- Have you been through the Panama Canal?
no

- How many Oceans have you had some part of your body in?
1 (but on both sides of it)

- Have you ever been on the Concorde while in supersonic flight?
no

- Have you been to space?
i wish!

- Have you been to Pan Mun Jom?
no

- Have you seen the leaning tower of Piza?
no

- Have you been to Niagra falls?
no

- Have you shopped at the Silk Alley Market in Beijing?
no

- Have you walked across and international border? Which two countries?
yes
netherlands and germany
slovenia and croatia
france and monaco
france and italy

- Have you felt the rain down in Africa?
no

- How many stamps are in your current passport?
none

- Have you driven a car on the opposite side of the road from the country you normally reside in?
no

- Have you seen a Kangaroo in the wild?
no

- How many countries have you vomited in?
2

- Have you ever hitch hiked?
no

- How many countries have you had sex in?
5

- You have had sex with citizens of how many different coutries? (Dual citizenship counts twice)
6

- Have you ever hidden away on a cargo train?
no

- Have you been a stowaway on an international cargo ship?
no

- In how many countries have you eaten at McDonalds?
6

- How many planes or trains, for which you had a scheduled ticket, have you missed?
none

- Have you ever found a toilet that you did not know how to operate?
yeah but that was here in the NLs

- Have you ever become seriously ill due to eating a local cuisine? Where and what?
same as above

- What is the furthest point from your place of birth that you have been to?
las vegas, USA

[craig johnston]

dear max,
you are a great guy etc, but i am of the mtv generation.
too much words, too much questions.
help!

[madasacutsnake]

OK then. The Lite version.

- How many continents have you set foot on?

4: Australia, Europe, Asia and North America


- How many countries have you set foot in?

30. Australia Austria Bahrain Belgium Canada England France Germany (East and West) India Indonesia Italy Korea (South) Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malaysia Maldives Monaco The Netherlands Oman Scotland Singapore Sri Lanka Switzerland Thailand United Arab Emirates United States Vatican City (Holy See) Wales and Hong Kong.

I had no idea I was so well travelled.



- What is the longest flight you have taken? (time in air, not including delays on the ground)

17 farking gruelling hours non-stop. LA - Melb with a head wind and a diversion from Sydney at the last moment due to fog.

Holy Hell on a Stick.


-Have you ever been in......

- North Korea? no
- Iraq? no
- The Soviet Union during communist times? no
- East Germany during communist times? yes
- Kashmir? no
- Afghanistan? no
- An active war zone? no, but when I was four, our plane was diverted around Viet Nam because it was the day that Saigon fell.
- Prison in a country for which you are not a citizen? no
- a Nazi death camp? yes
- the Gaza Strip? No. Ha. Like they'd let me into Israel. Thanks for that, Dad!



- Have you ever been detained by customs officials?

Yes, in East Germany by a fellow who was a dead ringer for Sergeant Schulz. He looked at my jugs and let me go.


- Have you seen a Kangaroo in the wild?

What, in the last day?


- Have you ever found a toilet that you did not know how to operate?

Check the byee thread hehe.

[beckstra]

- How many continents have you set foot on? 3

- How many countries have you set foot in? 7

- Have you ever been north of the northern 60th parallel? if Alaska is above the 60th parallel...if it isn't, then no

- Have you ever been to the other side of the equator from the hemisphere you were born in? yes

- What is the longest flight you have taken? (time in air, not including delays on the ground) 14 hours

- Have you ever been to Antartica? no

-Have you ever been in......
- North Korea? no
- Iraq? no
- The Soviet Union during communist times? no
- East Germany during communist times? no
- Kashmir? no
- Afghanistan? no
- An active war zone? no
- Prison in a country for which you are not a citizen? no
- a Nazi death camp? no
- the Gaza Strip? no

- Have you walked the Great Wall of China? no

- Have you seen the Great Pyramids of Giza? no

- Have you been on the Moscow metro? Have you seen Lenin's tomb? no

- Have you seen the Taj Mahal? no

- Have you seen the Sahara Desert? no

- Have you swam on the Great Barrier Reef? no

- Have you been to the top of the Eifel Tower? no

- How many Olympic cities have you been to? List them. St. Louis, Mo London, England Los Angeles, Ca Tokyo, Japan Sapporo, Japan Nagano, Japan Salt Lake City, Ut

- Have you been to the top of Mount Everest? no

- Have you ever been detained by customs officials? no

- Have you been in White House? The Kremlin? to, not in, the White House

- Have you been to the top of the Empire State Building? no

- Have you been through the Panama Canal? no

- How many Oceans have you had some part of your body in? 3

- Have you ever been on the Concorde while in supersonic flight? no

- Have you been to space? no

- Have you been to Pan Mun Jom? no

- Have you seen the leaning tower of Piza? in pictures...

- Have you been to Niagra falls? no

- Have you shopped at the Silk Alley Market in Beijing? no

- Have you walked across and international border? Which two countries? yes - US & Mexico, US & Canada

- Have you felt the rain down in Africa? no

- How many stamps are in your current passport? the passport I have in my possession is expired and has about 6 stamps in it

- Have you driven a car on the opposite side of the road from the country you normally reside in? yes

- Have you seen a Kangaroo in the wild? at the zoo...

- How many countries have you vomited in? just the US

- Have you ever hitch hiked? no

- How many countries have you had sex in? none

- You have had sex with citizens of how many different coutries? (Dual citizenship counts twice) have I? that's funny, I thought I was a virgin...

- Have you ever hidden away on a cargo train? no

- Have you been a stowaway on an international cargo ship? no

- In how many countries have you eaten at McDonalds? 3

- How many planes or trains, for which you had a scheduled ticket, have you missed? none

- Have you ever found a toilet that you did not know how to operate? yes

- Have you ever become seriously ill due to eating a local cuisine? Where and what? no, I have an iron stomach

- What is the furthest point from your place of birth that you have been to? Japan

- In how many languages can you say, "My God! I have just stepped in dog shit!" or "Your children are insufferable!" 1

- Have you ever been in a hospital in a third world country? none

- Have you ever had your ID or money stolen while travelling? no

- How many hotels have you stayed in that had rats? Bats? Other vermin? one, in Las Vagas

- Do you ever travel with a guide? How many times have you quietly ditched your guides so you could really explore a place? no, n/a

- Have you ever had a bicycle repaired in Havana? no

- Has anyone atop the Pyramid of the Moon at Teotihuacan ever offerred his sister's sexual favors to you and, when rejected, then offered his own? no

- Have you ever seriously considered killing an infuriatingly incompatible travelling companion? no, but I'm pretty certian I've been that incompatible travelling companion before - HA!

[jasmina]

- How many continents have you set foot on?
2

- How many countries have you set foot in?
20
UK
Italy
Vatican
Spain
Greece
USA
Ireland
Austria
Germany
Netherlands
Brazil
Cuba
Yugoslavia (Serbia)
Belgium
France
United Arab Emirates
Wales
Norway
Malta
Portugal

- Have you ever been to the other side of the equator from the hemisphere you were born in?
yes
- What is the longest flight you have taken? (time in air, not including delays on the ground)
7 hours
- Have you been to the top of the Eifel Tower?
yes
- How many Olympic cities have you been to? List them.
2
Paris London
- How many Oceans have you had some part of your body in?
2
- Have you seen the leaning tower of Piza?
Pisa Yes
- How many stamps are in your current passport?
One
- Have you driven a car on the opposite side of the road from the country you normally reside in?
Yes
- How many countries have you vomited in?
3
- How many countries have you had sex in?
Three
- You have had sex with citizens of how many different coutries? (Dual citizenship counts twice)
Errrrrrrrrrrr....... way too many
- In how many countries have you eaten at McDonalds?
3
- How many planes or trains, for which you had a scheduled ticket, have you missed?
Two
- Have you ever found a toilet that you did not know how to operate?
Yes.... on a boat
- Have you ever become seriously ill due to eating a local cuisine? Where and what?
Havana / from a daiquiri (not really cuisine but still)
- What is the furthest point from your place of birth that you have been to?
too difficult to work out