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27/08/2007

We're all going on a Summer Holiday

30 multiple choice questions about popular holiday destinations.

To get extra help each question provides the option to eliminate 2 of the possible answers (a '50/50' option) before you choose your answer.

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Choose your question from the 30 questions about popular holiday destinations listed below by clicking the adjacent question number.

Each question has 4 possible answers.  To get extra help each question provides the option to eliminate 2 of the possible answers (a '50/50' option) before you make your choice.  Click the answer you think correct - it will turn red if it's wrong and green if it's right. 

1.

Paignton

2.

Nice

3.

New York

4.

Hawaii

5.

Scarborough

6.

Dominican Rep.

7.

Blackpool

8.

Tuscany

9.

Algarve

10.

Benidorm

11.

Corfu

12.

Goa

13.

Maldives

14.

Bali

15.

Cannes

16.

Bournemouth

17.

Dordogne

18.

Ibiza

19.

Sun City

20.

Newquay

21.

Majorca

22.

Edinburgh

23.

Florence

24.

Lake District

25.

Tenerife

26.

St Petersburg

27.

Skegness

28.

Prague

29.

Phuket

30.

Orlando
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

Paignton

Which famous British tennis star was born and brought up in Paignton?
50/50

A

Virginia Wade

B

Sue Barker

C

Christine Truman

D

Ann Jones
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2.

Nice

In 1860 Nice was annexed by France from which other country?  
50/50

A

Switzerland

B

Spain

C

Sardinia

D

Monaco
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3.

New York

Which is NOT a New York borough?
50/50

A

Bronx

B

Brooklyn

C

Queens

D

Long Island
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4.

Hawaii

As what was Hawaii previously known by Europeans?
50/50

A

Aleutian Islands

B

New Caledonia

C

Virgin Islands

D

Sandwich Islands
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5.

Scarborough

Which famous playwright is closely associated with Scarborough?
50/50

A

Tom Stoppard

B

Alan Ayckbourn

C

Harold Pinter

D

David Hare
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6.

Dominican Republic

As what are the order of Dominican monks popularly known?
50/50

A

Brownfriars

B

Greyfriars

C

Blackfriars

D

Whitefriars
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7.

Blackpool

In 2005 the BBC broadcast a drama series called Blackpool.  Only one of the following starred in it.  Who was it?
50/50

A

Christopher Eccleston

B

John Simm

C

David Tennant

D

Gina McKee
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8.

Tuscany

Which of the following are NOT provinces of the Tuscany region of Italy?
50/50

A

Firenze

B

Siena

C

Pisa

D

Como
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9.

Algarve

In relation to Lisbon Algarve lies in which direction?
50/50

A

North

B

East

C

South

D

West
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10.

Benidorm

The TV show Benidorm aired on ITV earlier in 2007 was what sort of programme?  
50/50

A

Sitcom

B

Soap opera

C

Reality show

D

Games show
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11.

Corfu

Which of these shapes is Corfu?
50/50

A

Cyprus

B

Rhodes

C

Corfu

D

Crete
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12.

Goa

Before being part of India Goa was a colony of which European nation?
50/50

A

France

B

Portugal

C

Spain

D

The Netherlands
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13.

Maldives

If you sailed due north from the Maldives which would be the first country you came across?  
50/50

A

India

B

Saudi Arabia

C

Afghanistan

D

Sri Lanka
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14.

Bali

What is the predominant religion of Bali?
50/50

A

Islam

B

Buddhism

C

Christianity

D

Hinduism
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15.

Cannes

In 2006 the Ken Loach film The Wind that Shakes the Barley won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.  What was the subject matter of this film?  
50/50

A

Irish War of Independence

B

Troubles in Northern Ireland

C

Irish Potato Famine

D

Ireland in WW2
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16.

Bournemouth

To the west of Bournemouth lies a 95-mile section of coast designated as a World Heritage Site.  What’s it called?  
50/50

A

Portland Bill

B

The Dorset Riviera

C

The Jurassic Coast

D

Sandbanks
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17.

Dordogne

Dordogne is in which French region?
50/50

A

Bretagne

B

Picardie

C

Auvergne

D

Aquitaine
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18.

Ibiza

In area Ibiza is the 3rd largest of the 4 main Balearic islands.  Lying just off Ibiza which is the smallest of the 4?  
50/50

A

Lanzarote

B

Menorca

C

Formentera

D

Mallorca
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19.

Sun City

Under apartheid Sun City was part of which South African semi-autonomous Bantustan?  
50/50

A

Ciskei

B

Bophuthsatswana

C

Kwazulu

D

QwaQwa
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20.

Newquay

Watergate Bay lies just to the east of Newquay.  Who or what has recently made this location well known?  
50/50

A

Jamie Oliver (restaurant opened)

B

Prince of Wales (surfed there)

C

David Frost    (retired there)

D

Killer whale     (beached there)
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21.

Majorca

Which is the flag of Majorca?
50/50

A

Majorca

B

Andorra

C

Canary Islands

D

Jersey
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22.

Edinburgh

What's the name of this hill overlooking Edinburgh?
50/50

A

Calton Hill

B

Corstorphine Hill

C

Arthur's Seat

D

Castle Rock
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23.

Florence

Florence Ballard was a singer in which group?
50/50

A

The Miracles

B

The Ronettes

C

The Vandellas

D

The Supremes
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24.

Lake District

Four Lake District hills are over 3000 feet high.  Which of these 4 is the most northerly - and the lowest?  
50/50

A

Helvellyn

B

Scafell Pike

C

Skiddaw

D

Scafell
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25.

Tenerife

Tenerife is part of the Canaries.  Which of the following islands is NOT part of the Canaries?
50/50

A

Lanzarote

B

Madeira

C

La Gomera

D

Fuerteventura
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26.

St Petersburg

St Petersburg lies on the delta of which Russian river?
50/50

A

Neva

B

Volga

C

Don

D

Ob
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27.

Skegness

Skegness was the location for the first Butlin’s Holiday Camp.  In which year was this opened?  
50/50

A

1940

B

1953

C

1921

D

1936
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28.

Prague

In Prague in 1942 Czech Resistance fighters murdered which Nazi leader?
50/50

A

Joseph Goebbels

B

Heinrich Himmler

C

Rudolf Hess

D

Reinhard Heydrich
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29.

Phuket

Phuket is part of Thailand situated on a peninsula to the south of the rest of the country.  Which other country lying to the north of Phuket, shares this peninsula?
50/50

A

Vietnam

B

Myanmar

C

Malaysia

D

China
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30.

Orlando

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) was famous as what?
50/50

A

Composer

B

Poet

C

 Explorer

D

Painter
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