Sample pickIn the Jules Verne novel, who bets that he can travel around the world in eighty days?
Travel Trivia Questions, From Landmarks to Airport Codes: how it works
Which gorge leads to the Treasury at Petra, and why is Chicago O'Hare tagged ORD? These 120 travel trivia questions run in six rounds of 20: landmarks, capitals and borders, flags and currencies, airport codes, famous journeys and travel words. Tap a choice, press Check answer, and the card gives the answer and the reason.
Host it as a six-round quiz
Set Topic to one round and you have 20 questions on one subject. At a travel-themed party or a retirement send-off, the host reads the question and its four choices, teams write down a letter, and Check answer shows the answer and the reason. Keep scores on paper: the card does not track teams. The flags round describes each flag in words, so it works read aloud.
Print a round or play solo
Print question sheet lays out 20 questions with lettered choices, and Print answer key adds the reason for each answer. Choose a Topic first and the paper stays inside that round. On a long layover, Exam mode asks 20 questions and marks them at the end. Wrong ones wait under Missed. Start with Airport codes: ORD still stands for Orchard Field, the name O'Hare had first.
Tips
Run Travel words last: it is the round where the table argues, and the card settles whether ukulele really means jumping flea.
Family in another time zone? Share this set copies a link that opens the same questions in the same order on every phone.
At a send-off, open with the round that fits the traveler: Airport codes for the colleague who lived in departure lounges, Capitals and borders for the one with a wall map.
Questions and answers
How hard are these travel trivia quiz questions?
Mixed on purpose. Of the 120, 54 are easy, such as which country uses the baht. The other 66 are hard, such as naming the only two doubly landlocked countries. Every round holds at least eight easy ones, so a mixed-age table stays in the game.
Do travel facts like these go out of date?
These should hold. Each answer was checked on September 19, 2026 against the page linked under it. Airport codes were also looked up in the IATA code search, and currency codes on the ISO 4217 list. Visitor numbers, records, entry rules and prices are left out because they change. Airports get renamed, so those questions ask where a code came from.
Does it work on a plane with no signal?
Not the card: it loads its questions over the network, so airplane mode stops it. Before you leave, set Topic to a round and print its sheet and key. Six rounds, six printouts, and the whole set travels in your bag.
The Alhambra, a palace and fortress whose name means the red one, is in which Spanish city?Wikipedia: Alhambra
Angkor Wat was built in the 12th century as a temple to which Hindu god?Wikipedia: Angkor Wat
The architect who won the 1957 competition to design the Sydney Opera House came from which country?Wikipedia: Sydney Opera House
Borobudur, a 9th-century Buddhist temple, stands on which Indonesian island?Wikipedia: Borobudur
By tradition, what does throwing a coin into the Trevi Fountain promise?Wikipedia: Trevi Fountain
Cappadocia, known for its fairy chimneys and hot-air balloons, is in which country?Wikipedia: Cappadocia
The Colosseum in Rome has a second name, after the dynasty of emperors who built it. What is it?Wikipedia: Colosseum
Easter Island, home of the moai statues, is a territory of which country?Wikipedia: Easter Island
El Castillo, the step pyramid at Chichen Itza, was a temple to which feathered serpent god?Wikipedia: El Castillo, Chichen Itza
Hạ Long Bay, with its thousands of limestone islets, is in which country?Wikipedia: Hạ Long Bay
In 1968 the temples of Abu Simbel were moved to higher ground. What threatened them?Wikipedia: Abu Simbel
Mont-Saint-Michel, the abbey on a tidal island, lies off the coast of which French region?Wikipedia: Mont-Saint-Michel
Salar de Uyuni, the largest salt flat in the world, is in which country?Wikipedia: Salar de Uyuni
The statue of Christ the Redeemer looks over Rio de Janeiro from the top of which mountain?Wikipedia: Christ the Redeemer (statue)
Stonehenge stands on which English plain?Wikipedia: Stonehenge
The town of Lalibela is known for churches cut out of solid rock. Which country is it in?Wikipedia: Lalibela
Visitors reach the Treasury at Petra through a narrow gorge. What is the gorge called?Wikipedia: Petra
Which American explorer brought Machu Picchu to international attention in 1911?Wikipedia: Machu Picchu
Which architect took over the building of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona in 1883?Wikipedia: Sagrada Família
Which king of Bavaria built Neuschwanstein Castle?Wikipedia: Neuschwanstein Castle
Capitals and borders 20
A buffer zone called the Green Line runs through which European capital?Wikipedia: United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus
A doubly landlocked country is surrounded only by other landlocked countries. Which two are the only ones?Wikipedia: Landlocked country
Andorra sits in the Pyrenees between which two countries?Wikipedia: Andorra
Belize moved its capital inland to Belmopan after a disaster nearly destroyed Belize City in 1961. What was the disaster?Wikipedia: Belmopan
The Gambia, the smallest country on the African mainland, is bounded on every land side by which country?Wikipedia: The Gambia
Iguazu Falls lies on the border between which two countries?Wikipedia: Iguazu Falls
Kaliningrad, on the Baltic Sea between Poland and Lithuania, belongs to which country?Wikipedia: Kaliningrad Oblast
Kathmandu is the capital of which country?Wikipedia: Kathmandu
Kuala Lumpur is Malaysia's capital, but the federal government moved its offices to which planned city in 1999?Wikipedia: Putrajaya
Mont Blanc stands on the border between which two countries?Wikipedia: Mont Blanc
Montevideo is the capital of which South American country?Wikipedia: Montevideo
Phnom Penh, where the Tonlé Sap river meets the Mekong, is the capital of which country?Wikipedia: Phnom Penh
Santiago is Chile's capital, but the National Congress has met in which port city since 1990?Wikipedia: Valparaíso
Sri Lanka's parliament sits in its legislative capital, next door to Colombo. What is that city called?Wikipedia: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Valletta is the capital of which island country?Wikipedia: Valletta
Victoria Falls lies on the border between which two countries?Wikipedia: Victoria Falls
What is the capital of the United Arab Emirates?Wikipedia: United Arab Emirates
Which country completely surrounds both San Marino and Vatican City?Wikipedia: Enclave and exclave
Which country is completely surrounded by South Africa?Wikipedia: Lesotho
Which island is shared by three countries: Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei?Wikipedia: Borneo
Flags and currencies 20
A green cedar tree stands in the middle of which country's flag?Wikipedia: Flag of Lebanon
A Maasai shield and two crossed spears sit in the middle of which country's flag?Wikipedia: Flag of Kenya
An eagle on a cactus with a snake in its beak sits in the middle of which country's flag?Wikipedia: Flag of Mexico
Botswana's currency is the pula. What does pula mean in Setswana?Wikipedia: Botswana pula
Denmark is in the European Union but does not use the euro. What does it use?Wikipedia: Danish krone
The dong is the currency of which country?Wikipedia: Vietnamese đồng
Druk, the thunder dragon, holds jewels in its claws on the flag of which country?Wikipedia: Flag of Bhutan
The flags of Indonesia and Monaco look almost the same. What are their two colors, from top to bottom?Wikipedia: Flag of Monaco
Guatemala's currency is named after its national bird. What is it called?Wikipedia: Guatemalan quetzal
The name of Poland's currency, the zloty, means what?Wikipedia: Polish złoty
Only four national flags show a building. Which country's flag carries a white temple on a red band?Wikipedia: Flag of Cambodia
Only two countries fly a square national flag. One is Switzerland. Which is the other?Wikipedia: Flag of Vatican City
South Africa's currency, the rand, takes its name from what?Wikipedia: South African rand
What is the currency of Brazil?Wikipedia: Brazilian real
What is the currency of Thailand?Wikipedia: Thai baht
Which country has the only national flag that is not a rectangle?Wikipedia: Flag of Nepal
Which country's flag shows a map of the country itself above two olive branches?Wikipedia: Flag of Cyprus
Which South American country gave up its own currency, the sucre, and uses the US dollar?Wikipedia: Ecuadorian sucre
The won is the currency of which of these countries?Wikipedia: South Korean won
The words Ordem e Progresso, meaning order and progress, cross the flag of which country?Wikipedia: Flag of Brazil
Airport codes 20
Before it was renamed for a president in 1963, New York's JFK airport was commonly called what?Wikipedia: John F. Kennedy International Airport
Changi Airport, code SIN, serves which city?Wikipedia: Changi Airport
Chicago O'Hare's code is ORD. Where do the letters come from?Wikipedia: O'Hare International Airport
DXB is the code for the airport of which city?IATA code search: DXB
IATA airport codes have three letters. How many letters are in the codes that ICAO gives airports for pilots and air traffic control?Wikipedia: ICAO airport code
LHR is the code for which airport?IATA code search: LHR
LIS is the code for the airport of which capital city?Wikipedia: Lisbon Airport
Liverpool's airport, code LPL, was renamed in 2001 after which musician?Wikipedia: Liverpool John Lennon Airport
New Orleans's airport code, MSY, comes from the name Moisant Stock Yards. Who was Moisant?Wikipedia: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
Newark's airport code is EWR, not NEW. Why could it not start with N?Wikipedia: IATA airport code
Orlando International's code is MCO. What does it stand for?Wikipedia: Orlando International Airport
The Paris airport with the code CDG is named after which French leader?Wikipedia: Charles de Gaulle Airport
Rome's Fiumicino airport, code FCO, is named after which artist and inventor?Wikipedia: Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport
Saint Petersburg's airport code is LED. Where do the letters come from?Wikipedia: IATA airport code
SGN is the code for the airport of which Vietnamese city?Wikipedia: IATA airport code
Tokyo has two big airports. Which pair of codes belongs to them?Wikipedia: Narita International Airport
Which capital city's airport, code AMS, lies about 4.5 meters below sea level?Wikipedia: Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Which city's airport code, PEK, keeps an older English spelling of its name?Wikipedia: IATA airport code
Which trade body assigns the three-letter airport codes printed on baggage tags?Wikipedia: IATA airport code
YYZ, YVR and YUL are all airports in which country?Wikipedia: IATA airport code
Famous journeys and firsts 20
Admiral Zheng He led seven treasure voyages between 1405 and 1433. Which Chinese dynasty sent him?Wikipedia: Ming treasure voyages
The Camino de Santiago is a network of pilgrim routes that ends at a cathedral in which country?Wikipedia: Camino de Santiago
Captain James Cook was killed in 1779 on his third Pacific voyage. Where?Wikipedia: James Cook
Ernest Shackleton's ship was trapped and crushed by Antarctic ice in 1915. What was she called?Wikipedia: Endurance (1912 ship)
From which English port did the Titanic sail on her maiden voyage in 1912?Wikipedia: Titanic
Ibn Battuta traveled for some thirty years in the 14th century. Which city was his home?Wikipedia: Ibn Battuta
In 1488 Bartolomeu Dias became the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa. Which country did he sail for?Wikipedia: Bartolomeu Dias
In 1889 the reporter Nellie Bly set out to travel around the world faster than a character in a novel. How long did she take?Wikipedia: Nellie Bly
In 1909 Louis Blériot made the first airplane flight across which stretch of water?Wikipedia: Louis Blériot
In 1930 Amy Johnson became the first woman to fly solo from England to which country?Wikipedia: Amy Johnson
In 1933 the pilot Wiley Post became the first person to do what alone?Wikipedia: Wiley Post
In the 1700s, wealthy young Europeans rounded off their education with a long trip across Europe to Italy. What was it called?Wikipedia: Grand Tour
In the Jules Verne novel, who bets that he can travel around the world in eighty days?Wikipedia: Around the World in Eighty Days
The Inca Trail is a hike through the Andes that ends at which site?Wikipedia: Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
Magellan died in the Philippines in 1521. Who brought his expedition home and completed the first voyage around the world?Wikipedia: Magellan expedition
The Pan-American Highway runs the length of the Americas with one break. What is the roadless stretch called?Wikipedia: Darién Gap
The Paris Métro opened in July 1900 while which event was running in the city?Wikipedia: Paris Métro
Roald Amundsen's small ship was the first to sail through the Northwest Passage, finishing in 1906. What was she called?Wikipedia: Gjøa
Who is said to have greeted a missing explorer in 1871 with the words "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"Wikipedia: Henry Morton Stanley
The world's first high-speed rail line opened in 1964, shortly before the Olympic Games. Which country built it?Wikipedia: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Travel words 20
A kiosk sells newspapers and tickets now. In Persia and the Ottoman Empire, what was a kiosk?Wikipedia: Kiosk
Boomerang comes from an Aboriginal language spoken around which Australian city?Wikipedia: Boomerang
Canyon comes from cañón, a word in which language?Wikipedia: Canyon
Catamaran comes from kattumaram, which means logs bound together. Which language is it from?Wikipedia: Catamaran
Fjord is a word English borrowed from which language?Wikipedia: Fjord
From which old language does the word ski come?Wikipedia: Ski
In Hawaiian, the word ukulele roughly translates as what?Wikipedia: Ukulele
Monsoon comes, by way of Portuguese, from an Arabic word meaning what?Wikipedia: Monsoon
Rickshaw is short for the Japanese jinrikisha. What does jinrikisha literally mean?Wikipedia: Rickshaw
Rucksack is a German word. What does the ruck part mean?Wikipedia: Backpack
Sauna is a word from which language?Wikipedia: Sauna
Siesta comes from the Latin for which hour of the day, counted from dawn?Wikipedia: Siesta
Souvenir is a French word. What does it mean in French?Wikipedia: Souvenir
Spanish took the word hamaca, our hammock, from the Taíno. Where did the Taíno live?Wikipedia: Hammock
Starboard, the right side of a ship, comes from Old English words meaning what?Wikipedia: Port and starboard
Wanderlust, a strong wish to travel, is a word borrowed from which language?Wikipedia: Wanderlust
What is a red-eye flight?Wikipedia: Red-eye flight
The word geyser comes from Geysir, the name of one particular hot spring. In which country is it?Wikipedia: Geyser
The word kayak comes from the language of which people?Wikipedia: Kayak
Yacht comes from the Dutch word jacht. What does jacht mean?Wikipedia: Yacht
How this list was compiled: Written for this site by the editors; nothing was copied from another list. Every question, wrong choice and explanation is our own wording. Each answer was checked on 2026-09-19 against the page named and linked beside the question: the text of the English Wikipedia article (https://en.wikipedia.org) was fetched that day, and the sentence that states the fact was read before the question was kept. Every extra claim in an explanation was checked the same way. Every airport code that appears in a question, a choice that is explained, or an explanation was also looked up on 2026-09-19 in the IATA airline and location code search (https://www.iata.org/en/publications/directories/code-search/). Every currency name and code was checked on 2026-09-19 against the ISO 4217 current currency list kept by SIX, the maintenance agency (https://www.six-group.com/en/products-services/financial-information/data-standards.html, list published 2026-09-17). Questions were reworded or dropped when the page did not state the fact plainly: the Colosseum question asks for the name Flavian Amphitheatre without saying the Romans used it, because the article credits the name to later scholars; the Green Line explanation follows the article on the buffer zone; a claim about the hamlet Heathrow was named after was dropped; the ticket rule at the Trevi Fountain, the height of Mont Blanc, which is re-measured, and the count of islets in Hạ Long Bay were left out. Left out on purpose: visitor numbers, busiest, tallest and newest rankings, entry rules, visa rules, prices, airlines, hotel and cruise companies, theme parks and living people. No question repeats one in another trivia set on this site as of 2026-09-19. Levels are an editor's judgment: easy is fair for a table of casual players, hard will stump most of them. Licence: own work