Friday, April 24, 2020

Where on Earth? World cities travel quiz

Can you name the world’s highest, southernmost and most Michelin-starred cities? Take our quiz and see if you’re a city slicker It's a long way from here to Timbuktu (pictured above), but where is the city? Ethiopia Mali Mauritania Sudan What is the world's highest capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Kathmandu, Nepal La Paz, Bolivia Quito, Ecuador Brasilia has been the capital of Brazil since 1960, but where was the country's first capital? Recife Rio de Janeiro Salvador São Paulo Three of these places in Wales are cities – which is the only town? Bangor Newport St Asaph Wrexham Dutti-Galla, Batmania and Bearbrass were interim names of which southern-hemisphere city? Jakarta Johannesburg Lima Melbourne Which is only city to have hosted the Summer Olympic Games three times? Athens London Paris Rome Which city has the most Michelin-starred restaurants? Paris Lyon Dubai Tokyo Which is the world's most southerly capital? Cape Town Montevideo Santiago Wellington And the most northerly? Helsinki Moscow Reykjavik Tallinn Where is this skyline? Newcastle-Gateshead Saint Louis Stockholm Sydney The hit single Pop Muzik by the band M references all but one of these cities. Which one? London Munich New York Tokyo Which city has the world's longest metro network? Beijing London New York Shanghai And where is this stunning metro station? Buenos Aires Moscow Stockholm Vienna Christopher Columbus airport serves which city? Genoa Havana Lisbon Madrid Which city has the highest percentage of foreign-born residents? Brussels Dubai Los Angeles Sydney This famous funicular railway line runs in which city? Barcelona Lisbon Marseille Naples Leaving aside their impromptu private gig on the rooftop of the Apple building in London in 1969, in which city did the Beatles play their last concert? Liverpool Manilla New York San Francisco Who wrote that the Paris slums were "a gathering-place for eccentric people - people who have fallen into solitary, half-mad grooves of life and given up trying to be normal or decent"? Ernest Hemingway George Orwell Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Victor Hugo Which city opened a Museum of Literature in 2019? Dublin Edinburgh Manchester London Baron Haussmann is best known for the planning of which city? Athens Berlin Paris Rome 16 and above. Well done, quite the city slicker 11 and above. Almost an urban legend 0 and above. Bit of an urban miss! 6 and above. There's a world beyond Urban Outfitters ... Continue reading...