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Where's Father Christmas?

Santa needs frequent breathers from his delivery schedule. Name the spots where he takes his breaks

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1.

Had Rin, Thailand

Copacabana, Brazil

Anse Source d'Argent, Seychelles

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2.

Notre Dame, Paris

Sagrada Familia, Barcelona

St Paul's, London

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3.

Joshua Tree, California

Sossusvlei, Namibia

Atacama Desert, Chile

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4.

Bilbao, Spain

Chicago, USA

Sydney, Australia

Numbers game

Test your recall with the stats of the year from our Do the Maths infographic

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What percentage of cruise passengers claim to be intoxicated for the duration of their voyage?

11%

24%

31%

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The average Briton has how much in foreign currency lying around the house?

£4.25

£8.60

£15.70

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What proportion of Britons admit to sunbathing naked?

2%

12%

20%

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France is the world’s most visited country, according to figures released this year. How many people went there in 2013?

55.3m

71.3m

84.7m

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How many nights in a Travelodge could you enjoy for the price of a night in the Royal Suite at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park?

250

300

600

Name that
penguin

Six penguins, six species, only one of which features in a John Lewis advertisement. Can you guess which is which?

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1.

Gentoo

Emperor

African

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2.

Chinstrap

Emperor

Rockhopper

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3.

African

Rockhopper

Emperor

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4.

Gentoo

Adélie

Rockhopper

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5.

African

Adélie

Gentoo

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6.

Chinstrap

African

Rockhopper

It's not what you think

Do you know the truth behind these misnomers?

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What colour is a white rhino?

White

Black

Grey

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After which animal are the Canary Islands named?

Canary

Dog

Beetle

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What is the usual colour of an aircraft’s black box?

Black

Green

Fluorescent orange or yellow

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What do crabeater seals eat?

Crabs

Krill

Fish

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It has neither udders nor hooves. What is a sea cow also known as?

Basking shark

Manatee or dugong

Miniature submarine

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Which country do great danes come from?

Denmark

Germany

Japan

Born identity

Match the famous names to the place where they were born

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Paris

Honolulu

Brussels

Zanzibar

Puerto Rico

Jerusalem

Were you paying attention?

Top stories from the year in travel

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From June 1, 2015, which country will require a child’s birth certificate to be presented before allowing them entry?

Saudi Arabia

South Africa

Switzerland

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Cat cafes are so 2013. Last month, a cuddle shop — charging £40 a squeeze — opened for lonely souls in which city?

Paris

Perth

Portland

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Sherlock was in the travel news in September. What is it?

An intuitive flight search engine

An airport sniffer dog

A London city-break guide for Cumberbatch fanatics

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Where is the room service delivered by robots?

Hotel Crescent, Baku

The Aloft, Silicon Valley

Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas

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Which attraction was padlocked and closed to tourists this year?

Pont des Arts, Paris

Olympic Stadium, Beijing

The London Dungeon

Wave your flag

Vexing vexillology: these symbols come from which national flags?

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Papua New Guinea

Cambodia

Mozambique

Bhutan

Lebanon

You can't please everyone

Ah, the wisdom of TripAdvisor. Reprinted verbatim, these are genuine one-star reviews of some of the world’s great landmarks. Which ones?

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“Of course you must go and see [it], but it’s smaller than I expected and I came away thinking it was just another art gallery but mostly on the ceiling.”

Hagia Sophia

Sistine Chapel

Westminster Abbey

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“The history and the monument itself is worth admiring. The problem is the people who visit such epic places and treat it as dirt. Empty bottles lying inside the monument, spit stains, people sleeping, trying to write things on the marble.”

Taj Mahal

The Alhambra

The Acropolis

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“The food here absolutely and in EVERY WAY sucks. The so-called Italian pizza has horrible-tasting llama cheese on it. No matter what they tell you that’s what it is. We are from Ireland so we don’t expect much of a pizza but the pizzas here will make you sick.”

Tikal

Chichen Itza

Machu Picchu

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“The queues are enormous, the journey by the 100-year-old lift takes forever, then you are pressed in like sardines — it’s pickpocket capital and no wonder. Nasty little cafe. The view is OK if you like views.”

Blackpool Tower

Eiffel Tower

Chrysler Building

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“Out-of-town guests dragged me to this farce. It’s embarrassing and stupid. The reflecting pools are moving, but the Disney-esque museum is cringeworthy.”

Belvedere, Vienna

National Gallery, London

9/11 Memorial, New York

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“I see better art in my kid’s kindergarten class. I found this place to be the biggest waste of space I could possibly think of, five floors of nothing important! My favorite part of my visit was the clean bathroom and the exit door! I know I’m being hard but I just can’t believe I went to this museum, if you can call it that. Thank goodness it was free.”

Tate Modern

MoMA, New York

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

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The final score

You scored {{score}} out of 43!

Score 40-43 Cruising at 39,000ft: you're on top of the world

Score 30-39 Cleared for takeoff: you're going places

Score 20-29 Boarding now at gate 112: you deserve a holiday

Score 10-19 Still in duty free: you should get out more

Score 0-9 Stuck in a traffic jam on the way to the airport: you should get out, full stop

Answers

1.

Anse Source d'Argent, Seychelles

2.

Notre Dame, Paris

3.

Sossusvlei, Namibia

4.

Chicago, USA

What percentage of cruise passengers claim to be intoxicated for the duration of their voyage?

31%

The average Briton has how much in foreign currency lying around the house?

£8.60

What proportion of Britons admit to sunbathing naked?

12%

France is the world’s most visited country, according to figures released this year. How many people went there in 2013?

84.7m

How many nights in a Travelodge could you enjoy for the price of a night in the Royal Suite at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park?

600

1.

Emperor

2.

Chinstrap

3.

African

4.

Adélie

5.

Gentoo

6.

Rockhopper

What colour is a white rhino?

Grey

After which animal are the Canary Islands named?

Dog

What is the usual colour of an aircraft’s black box?

Fluorescent orange or yellow

What do crabeater seals eat?

Krill

It has neither udders nor hooves. What is a sea cow also known as?

Manatee or dugong

Which country do great danes come from?

Germany

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Paris

Honolulu

Brussels

Zanzibar

Puerto Rico

Jerusalem

From June 1, 2015, which country will require a child’s birth certificate to be presented before allowing them entry?

South Africa

Cat cafes are so 2013. Last month, a cuddle shop — charging £40 a squeeze — opened for lonely souls in which city?

Portland

Sherlock was in the travel news in September. What is it?

An airport sniffer dog

Where is the room service delivered by robots?

The Aloft, Silicon Valley

Which attraction was padlocked and closed to tourists this year?

Pont des Arts, Paris

Drag and drop the words onto the images

Papua New Guinea

Cambodia

Mozambique

Bhutan

Lebanon

“Of course you must go and see [it], but it’s smaller than I expected and I came away thinking it was just another art gallery but mostly on the ceiling.”

Sistine Chapel

“The history and the monument itself is worth admiring. The problem is the people who visit such epic places and treat it as dirt. Empty bottles lying inside the monument, spit stains, people sleeping, trying to write things on the marble.”

Taj Mahal

“The food here absolutely and in EVERY WAY sucks. The so-called Italian pizza has horrible-tasting llama cheese on it. No matter what they tell you that’s what it is. We are from Ireland so we don’t expect much of a pizza but the pizzas here will make you sick.”

Machu Picchu

“The queues are enormous, the journey by the 100-year-old lift takes forever, then you are pressed in like sardines — it’s pickpocket capital and no wonder. Nasty little cafe. The view is OK if you like views.”

Eiffel Tower

“Out-of-town guests dragged me to this farce. It’s embarrassing and stupid. The reflecting pools are moving, but the Disney-esque museum is cringeworthy.”

9/11 Memorial, New York

“I see better art in my kid’s kindergarten class. I found this place to be the biggest waste of space I could possibly think of, five floors of nothing important! My favorite part of my visit was the clean bathroom and the exit door! I know I’m being hard but I just can’t believe I went to this museum, if you can call it that. Thank goodness it was free.”

Tate Modern