Are You A Traveller In The Know?

1. The new Paddington movie is set for release next week, but where is the marmalade-loving bear originally from?

Ecuador

Peru

Brazil

Costa Rica

The invention of author, Michael Bond, Paddington Bear comes from deepest, darkest Peru.

Explanation

The invention of author, Michael Bond, Paddington Bear comes from deepest, darkest Peru.

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2. Blackpool's Broadway Hotel has fined a couple for posting negative online reviews. How did they describe the hotel?

Like sleeping in a skip

The a***hole of Blackpool

A place of unremitting despair

A rotten, stinking hovel

The tirade cost Tony and Jan Jenkinson £100, but the ensuing controversy will prove much more expensive for the hotel.

Explanation

The tirade cost Tony and Jan Jenkinson £100, but the ensuing controversy will prove much more expensive for the hotel.

3. Our man Mark Eveleigh walked with Komodo dragons in Indonesia last week. Why are they so feared by locals?

Because they can consume a man in minutes

Because they are “possessed by the devil”

Because they are highly poisonous

Because they can walk on water

It’s their poison. Administered to victims via a bite, it can kill a grown man in a matter of minutes.

Explanation

It’s their poison. Administered to victims via a bite, it can kill a grown man in a matter of minutes.

4. An innovative bus company in Bath, England unveiled its first what this week?

Driverless bus

Triple-decker bus

Solar powered bus

Poo powered bus

It’s poo. The Bath Bus Company lifted the lid on a new service powered by human waste.

Explanation

It’s poo. The Bath Bus Company lifted the lid on a new service powered by human waste.

5. A museum in London has launched an exhibition dedicated to the history of what?

Sex

Moustaches

Michael Caine

Eastenders

The Wellcome Collection has unveiled an exhibition dedicated to the history of sex, which apparently also happened in olden times.

Explanation

The Wellcome Collection has unveiled an exhibition dedicated to the history of sex, which apparently also happened in olden times.

6. India's ubiquitous auto-rickshaws – a feature of any trip to the subcontinent – are under threat from what?

An obesity epidemic

Tough new MOT laws

New emissions legislation

The Uber app

The US brand now has its sights set on India’s auto rickshaw drivers, many of whom live below the bread line.

Explanation

The US brand now has its sights set on India’s auto rickshaw drivers, many of whom live below the bread line.

7. Not renowned for their humility, Parisians overwhelmingly rejected proposals to do what this week?

Paint the Eiffel Tower blue

Send the Mona Lisa on tour

Construct a high rise office block

Levy a tax on baguettes

Critics claimed the glass and steel pyramids, which had the support of local authorities, would be a blight on Paris.

Explanation

Critics claimed the glass and steel pyramids, which had the support of local authorities, would be a blight on Paris.

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