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Quiz: Travel Through Time

See how much you know about these history-making events in travel

Kimberly Ferrante,

AARP

En español

Published January 18, 2023

8 Questions

Quiz: Travel Through Time

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 "question" : "True or false: The world’s first cruise ship, built solely for luxurious travel, launched from Hamburg, Germany, in 1900.\n",
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 "explanation" : "Albert Ballin, a shipping magnate and part of the German elite, brought the Prinzessin Victoria Luise to life. The ship left Hamburg on June 29, 1900, and on its 35-day cruise traveled to the West Indies and Venezuela. Sadly, only six years later, the cruise ship sailed to the Caribbean and crashed off the coast of Jamaica. After the Titanic and one other “cruising yacht” crashed, the industry as a whole disappeared until after World War II.\n",
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 "question" : "Which hotel is the oldest on record in America?\n",
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 "answer" : "Hotel El Convento, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico",
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 "answer" : "John Rutledge House Inn, Charleston, South Carolina",
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 "answer" : "Historic Inns of Annapolis, Annapolis, Maryland",
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 "answer" : "Faraway Martha’s Vineyard, Edgartown, Massachusetts",
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 "explanation" : "Hotel El Convento is the oldest member of the Historic Hotels of America. The hotel was originally a Carmelite convent and housed nuns for 252 years. The luxury property is located in the heart of colorful Old San Juan near the Cathedral of San Juan Bautista and the San Felipe del Morro fortress.\n",
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 "question" : "Which travel destination is known as the “nation’s oldest city”?\n",
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 "answer" : "Plymouth, Massachusetts",
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 "answer" : "Albany, New York",
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 "answer" : "Jamestown, Virginia",
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 "answer" : "St. Augustine, Florida",
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 "explanation" : "St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European and African American origin in the U.S. It was founded on Sept. 8, 1565, by the Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. St. Augustine was under British control and returned to Spain before becoming part of the United States. While in St. Augustine, visit the Oldest Wooden School House to see what school life was like in the 1800s.\n",
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 "question" : "True or false: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is the oldest airline in continuous operation in the world.\n",
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 "explanation" : "KLM Royal Dutch Airlines was founded on Oct. 7, 1919, by eight Dutch businessmen. A few weeks earlier, Queen Wilhelmina had bestowed the “Royal” upon the young company to emphasize the importance of the civil aviation industry in the period after World War I. The first KLM flight took place on May 17, 1920. Since then, it has grown to serve 162 destinations worldwide.\n",
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 "question" : "The first commercial passenger flight took place on Jan. 1, 1914, between which two cities?\n",
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 "answer" : "Dayton and Toledo, Ohio",
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 "answer" : "St. Petersburg and Tampa Bay, Florida",
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 "answer" : "Camden and Manteo, North Carolina",
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 "answer" : "New York City and Newark, New Jersey",
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 "explanation" : "The plane took off from St. Petersburg and flew no higher than 50 feet above the waters of Tampa Bay. The Benoist XIV two-seater plane was piloted by Tony Jannus and carried one paying customer, Abram Pheil. Pheil, the former mayor of St. Petersburg, paid $400 in an auction for that inaugural seat.\n",
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 "question" : "Who built the first dining car for train patrons?\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "Richard Trevithick",
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 }, {
 "answer" : "Andrew Vivian",
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 "answer" : "Peter Cooper",
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 "answer" : "George Pullman",
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 "explanation" : "George Pullman is credited as the inventor of the “hotel car.” The first true dining car, the Delmonico, was christened in 1868. The dining car became a staple of rail travel for years to come. It was a place for mingling, networking and great food. It also served as a safe haven for guests, who could eat on the train instead of disembarking for local watering holes and risk being attacked by bandits.\n",
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 "question" : "True or false: Madrid-Cuatro Vientos Airport is the oldest airport in the world.\n",
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 "answer" : "False",
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 "explanation" : "Madrid-Cuatro Vientos Airport is the oldest of all Spanish airports, but the oldest airport in the world is the College Park Airport in College Park, Maryland. The airport was established in 1909 as a military demonstration site for the Wright Brothers and has only one runway. The College Park Aviation Museum, on the grounds of the airport, is open to visitors and is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution.\n",
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 "question" : "What year was the first group trip booked through a travel agency?\n",
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 "answer" : "1841",
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 "answer" : "1895",
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 "answer" : "1902",
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 "answer" : "1948",
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 "explanation" : "Thomas Cook, the pioneer behind package holidays, organized the first group travel: a 22-mile train ride in England, from Leicester to Loughborough, in 1841. When the 500 passengers arrived at Loughborough, they were greeted with a brass band and boisterous applause. Cook went on to offer accessible excursions for 33 years. The Thomas Cook brand/travel agency still exists today.\n",
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Kimberly Ferrante is an award-winning journalist based in Plano, Texas. Her work has appeared in Road Trip, Island Soul, Explore the Northshore and The Lens.

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