Tourism quiz - GBS

The UK is home to the world’s longest pleasure pier (1.34 miles long). Where is it located?

• Birmingham

• Southend

• Southampton

Birmingham has more canals than Venice

• False

• True

What is the unique characteristic of queuing in banks or post office in Romanian?

• No queuing

• Queuing from bottom to top

• Queuing from left to right

• Queuing from right to left

Which 700-year-old ancient tradition takes place at the Tower of London every night at 9.30pm?

• Calling the Spiers

• The night walk under the tower

• The ceremony of the keys

• The calling of the raven

Which UK city claims to have invented the Chicken Tikka Masala?

• Glasgow

• Birmingham

• Manchester

• Bradford

The difference between a visitor and tourist is:

• Visitors and tourists spend more than 24 hours in a destination

• Tourist visit locations of particular interests

• Visitors are sightseers

• Visitor spends less than 24 hours while tourist spend more than 24 hours

How many rivers are there in Dhaka

• 16

• 6

• 10

• 11

Example of outbound tourism is?

• A student from Barcelona visiting Oxford.

• A student from Birmingham visiting Paris.

• A family from Birmingham visiting Glasgow.

• A family from Paris visiting Birmingham

Sao Tome is in which continent?

• South America

• Europe

• Africa

• America

Where was the Queen of England buried?

• Balmoral Castle

• Durham Castle

• Warwick Castle

• Windsor Castle