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Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Traveling Abroad?

Planning a trip to another country? Just dreaming? Test your knowledge on important documents and fun facts about popular international destinations

Yvonne Gordon

AARP

En español

Published August 15, 2022

10 Questions

Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Traveling Abroad?

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  "question" : "True or false: You can use a passport card for international air travel.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "True",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "False",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "You cannot use a passport card for international travel by air, sea or land as you must have a passport book for overseas travel. You can use a passport card to enter the U.S. at land border crossings and sea ports-of-entry from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "Which of the following does an embassy not do?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Issue an emergency passport",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Help with an emergency evacuation",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Assist its citizens who get arrested",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Assist with hospital or medical expenses",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Embassies can help their citizens with a range of services, including issuing emergency passports or assisting with emergency situations, but they cannot pay for medical treatment.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "How long is the current longest nonstop flight in the world?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "14 hours, 50 minutes",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "17 hours, 10 minutes",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "18 hours, 40 minutes ",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "21 hours, 30 minutes",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The current longest nonstop flight in the world departs from JFK airport in New York City and lands in Singapore via Singapore Airlines 18 hours and 40 minutes later. The return flight takes just 18 hours and 5 minutes.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "For U.S. citizens, which of the following countries does not require a visa for entry?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "India",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Philippines ",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "China",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Turkey",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "According to the U.S. Passport Service Guide, no visa is required to visit the Philippines for up to 30 days. In fact, Americans can travel to most European, Caribbean, Central American and South American countries without a visa, but always check the travel entry requirements before planning a trip.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
  "questionImgCredit" : ""
}, {
  "question" : "What are the official languages of Switzerland?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Italian and French",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "French and German",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Italian, French and Romansh",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Italian, French, Romansh and German",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Switzerland has four official languages: About 63 percent of the population speaks German, followed by French, Italian and Romansh, which is spoken by less than 1 percent of the population.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "In which of the following countries do people drive on the left side of the road?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "India",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Japan",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Australia",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "All of the above",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "None of the above",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Around 35 percent of the world’s population drives on the left side of the road. That includes drivers in four European countries: Ireland, Cyprus, Malta and the United Kingdom.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "Where are the Solomon Islands?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "South Pacific",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Indian Ocean",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Caribbean",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "South Atlantic",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The Solomon Islands are in the South Pacific, between Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. There are two chains of islands and around 992 islands in the archipelago.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "Where would you not find penguins living in the wild?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Galápagos Islands",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Argentina",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Madagascar ",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Antarctica",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "There are no penguins in Madagascar (despite the popular 'Penguins of Madagascar' animated movie and TV series from DreamWorks). The flightless seabirds usually live south of the equator; the penguins in the Galápagos Islands are the only ones found north of the equator.",
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  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "What city has the most Michelin-starred restaurants in the world?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Paris",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "London",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Tokyo",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Lyon",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Tokyo boasts 203 Michelin-starred restaurants. In 2022 it had a total of 12 three-star, 41 two-star and 150 one-star restaurants, plus another 229 restaurants ranked as Bib Gourmand, which recognizes restaurants that offer good-value, good-quality food.",
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  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "Where is the Wild Atlantic Way?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Norway",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Ireland ",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Scotland",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "France",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The Wild Atlantic Way is a coastal driving route that runs more than 1,500 miles along the west coast of Ireland.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
  "questionImgCredit" : ""
} ]

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Yvonne Gordon is an award-winning travel writer and photographer whose work has been published in the Irish Independent, The Sunday Times, The Washington Post, BBC Travel, AFAR.com, Lonely Planet, Hemispheres magazine and Men’s Journal.

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