It’s sort of a travel quiz

[SydneySwan]

8/10. Need to swat up on WA. Had to pop in to a McDonalds in Bergen 2 months ago as couldn't find a toilet. Toilets in McDonalds there need a code that is printed on your receipt.

 

[AIRwin]

I did badly:

Travel quiz: Which Spanish city hosts a tomato-throwing festival?

Which European country has no McDonald's? And where's Australia's most western point?

www.abc.net.au

Not much better:

Travel quiz: Which Australian airport has the most runways?

The Scottish festival Hogmanay celebrates which event? And where is halo-halo from?

www.abc.net.au

 

[Aeryn]

Only 8/10 for me this week

Adelaide Wine Region and CBR/ASP did me in.

 

[AuSammy]

Hmm. Obviously my ignorance of wines let me down. Also no idea on CBR/ASP question. 8/10

 

[Dmac59]

8/10 - I also nominated the wrong SA wine region
The Scottish festival was a wrong guess.

 

[oz_mark]

9/10. Wine regions did me in !

 

[Scarlett]

8/10

I dispute the Alice / Canberra answer even though I got it right by guessing.

Spoiler: Spoiler

I’ve done ANZAC Day in Alice and the hill there is just over 600m. The rest of the town is about 580.
Canberra has a number of places over 600m but the lake is at 556m so most of Civic and ‘centre’ of Canberra would be just over 560m.

They’ve clearly chosen very specific spots for the answer as most of central Alice would be at a higher elevation than most of central Canberra.

 

[kookaburra75]

8/10

I dispute the Alice / Canberra answer even though I got it right by guessing.

Spoiler: Spoiler

I’ve done ANZAC Day in Alice and the hill there is just over 600m. The rest of the town is about 580.
Canberra has a number of places over 600m but the lake is at 556m so most of Civic and ‘centre’ of Canberra would be just over 560m.

They’ve clearly chosen very specific spots for the answer as most of central Alice would be at a higher elevation than most of central Canberra.

Having lived in both places and being a surveyor in a previous life I too dispute the answer, although "...it depends". The heights in the quiz are taken at the respective airports. In Alice Springs, at the intersection of Wills Terrace and Todd Street (centre of the old town) the elevation is 582m, while it's only 543m at the airport. In Canberra, it's 572m in the centre of Civic, 580m at Dickson in the north, and 569m at the airport.

 

[Scarlett]

Back again:

Travel quiz: Can you win our race around the world?

Which European city is home to the Rijksmuseum? And which dance style is Argentina best known for?

www.abc.net.au

A disputed 7/10 for me. Two questions I didn’t know, so that’s fine, however:

Spoiler

The question on time zones is wrong. Question 4.
The question is time zones on the mainland, to remove the Norfolk and Indian Ocean Islands from consideration.
In which case there are five:
NSW, ACT and VIC at UTC+11 (Daylight Saving Time)
SA at UTC+10.5 (DST)
QLD at UTC+10
NT at UTC+9.5
WA at UTC+8

Now they’re saying six for the answer, likely because of a little UNOFFICIAL and self declared time zone region on the SA/WA border around Eucla.

UTC+08:45 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Pah, nonsense.

 

[oz_mark]

8/10 (same as Scarlett - I don't think one of their answers is correct. But see below)

Spoiler

Unless CWST around is an official time zone

 

[VPS]

Back again:

Travel quiz: Can you win our race around the world?

Which European city is home to the Rijksmuseum? And which dance style is Argentina best known for?

www.abc.net.au

A disputed 7/10 for me. Two questions I didn’t know, so that’s fine, however:

I got 8 but am claiming 9 for the same reason. Time and date say six but it's not mainland for one of them

 

[Aeryn]

I also got 8 but am claiming 9 due to the timezone inaccuracy.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Back again:

Travel quiz: Can you win our race around the world?

Which European city is home to the Rijksmuseum? And which dance style is Argentina best known for?

www.abc.net.au

A disputed 7/10 for me. Two questions I didn’t know, so that’s fine, however:

Spoiler

The question on time zones is wrong. Question 4.
The question is time zones on the mainland, to remove the Norfolk and Indian Ocean Islands from consideration.
In which case there are five:
NSW, ACT and VIC at UTC+11 (Daylight Saving Time)
SA at UTC+10.5 (DST)
QLD at UTC+10
NT at UTC+9.5
WA at UTC+8

Now they’re saying six for the answer, likely because of a little UNOFFICIAL and self declared time zone region on the SA/WA border around Eucla.

UTC+08:45 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Pah, nonsense.

Score:9 / 10!

Time zone one is a bit of a trick.

 

[Dmac59]

8/10 - also tripped on the time zones.