Test your knowledge with these just-for-fun questions. Then move on to our trickier posers at thesundaytimes.co.uk/travelquiz for the chance to win a luxury safari for two in Tanzania, or a short break at a plush UK hotel
Warning: choose carefully. You can't reset once you've made a selection
Where's Father Christmas?
Santa needs frequent breathers from his delivery schedule. Name the spots where he takes his breaks
1.
Had Rin, Thailand
Copacabana, Brazil
Anse Source d'Argent, Seychelles
2.
Notre Dame, Paris
Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
St Paul's, London
3.
Joshua Tree, California
Sossusvlei, Namibia
Atacama Desert, Chile
4.
Bilbao, Spain
Chicago, USA
Sydney, Australia
Numbers game
Test your recall with the stats of the year from our Do the Maths infographic
What percentage of cruise passengers claim to be intoxicated for the duration of their voyage?
11%
24%
31%
The average Briton has how much in foreign currency lying around the house?
£4.25
£8.60
£15.70
What proportion of Britons admit to sunbathing naked?
2%
12%
20%
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
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?
1.
Gentoo
Emperor
African
2.
Chinstrap
Emperor
Rockhopper
3.
African
Rockhopper
Emperor
4.
Gentoo
Adélie
Rockhopper
5.
African
Adélie
Gentoo
6.
Chinstrap
African
Rockhopper
It's not what you think
Do you know the truth behind these misnomers?
What colour is a white rhino?
White
Black
Grey
After which animal are the Canary Islands named?
Canary
Dog
Beetle
What is the usual colour of an aircraft’s black box?
Black
Green
Fluorescent orange or yellow
What do crabeater seals eat?
Crabs
Krill
Fish
It has neither udders nor hooves. What is a sea cow also known as?
Basking shark
Manatee or dugong
Miniature submarine
Which country do great danes come from?
Denmark
Germany
Japan
Born identity
Match the famous names to the place where they were born
Drag and drop the words onto the images
Paris
Honolulu
Brussels
Zanzibar
Puerto Rico
Jerusalem
Were you paying attention?
Top stories from the year in travel
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
Cat cafes are so 2013. Last month, a cuddle shop — charging £40 a squeeze — opened for lonely souls in which city?
Paris
Perth
Portland
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
Where is the room service delivered by robots?
Hotel Crescent, Baku
The Aloft, Silicon Valley
Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas
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?
Drag and drop the words onto the images
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?
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
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
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
Drag and drop the words onto the images
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