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How Did I Do On This New York Times Travel Quiz?

New York TimesFrom time to time, I come across travel quizzes which test your knowledge of various elements of travel.

One of my favorites, doesn’t exactly test travel. The quiz wants to find out how many countries can you name in 7 minutes.

The New York Times has a new quiz trying to find out How Smart A Traveler Are You? Continue reading How Did I Do On This New York Times Travel Quiz?

Outside Quiz: How Long Could You Survive Without…

a person walking on sand
image: Outside- WebbedHands Creative

I’m definitely no survival expert, I doubt that I could start a fire without a match or build a decent shelter in the woods if I needed to (or if I was cast to be on Survivor).

However, I’ve long been a fan of survival shows like Survivorman.

When watching shows about survival, they usually make things look easy. I often wonder how these people have so much knowledge about the outdoors. Continue reading Outside Quiz: How Long Could You Survive Without…

Buzzfeed Quiz: Guess the Rents On Apartments

a yellow house with white columns

I can’t say that Kim and I are in the market to rent an apartment but this real estate-related quiz caught my attention.

Real estate as well as rents have skyrocketed in New York City, especially Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn.

While out and about, Kim likes to open up the Zillow app on her phone to get an idea of real estate prices wherever we might be. When we see a for sale sign, we’ll even take guesses at the prices before trying to locate the listing through the app. Continue reading Buzzfeed Quiz: Guess the Rents On Apartments

BBC Quiz- Why Do You Travel?

BBC Travel

We all travel for a variety of reasons…

Some of you might travel to relax while others are busy exploring a place, getting a good feel for the destination.

BBC Travel wonders why people travel in a new “Quiz: Why Do You Love the World?

I find it hard to answer why I love to travel but it’s probably my favorite thing to do. I love getting away, exploring & getting to know new places, trying new foods and then there’s the excitement of the unknown.  Continue reading BBC Quiz- Why Do You Travel?

Quiz: How Well Do You Know US National Parks?

US National Parks

One of the things in the U.S. that I’d most like to do is visit more of our National Parks.

To date I’ve only visited a handful of the main parks like Badlands in South Dakota, Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, the Everglades in Florida and the Virgin Islands snorkeling on St John. (I’ve also been to Grand Canyon West for the amazing Skywalk however it isn’t part of the NPS.)

I wouldn’t claim to be an expert when it comes to U.S. National Parks but was curious to see what I knew based on a quiz from Outside Magazine. Continue reading Quiz: How Well Do You Know US National Parks?

Quiz: Guess the Skyline of Famous Cities

famous cities in the world
Looks obvious, but is it?

I love coming across travel quizzes which test our knowledge of many random facts or images related to a destination.

The majority of these quizzes tend to be from Buzzfeed. It’s been a while since I’ve taken one of these quizzes but I just came across a good one.

In one of their newest quizzes, Buzzfeed asks “Can You Guess The Famous Cities That Own These Skylines?Continue reading Quiz: Guess the Skyline of Famous Cities