Where in the world? The Christmas travel quiz

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Questions 1 to 5

Which country were these 2024 films and TV shows shot in?
Half a point for each title and half a point for the country

1

Ryan Gosling in a scene from The Fall Guy
Photograph: Universal Pictures/AP

2

Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley in Ripley
Photograph: Netflix

3

Saoirse Ronan in The Outrun

4

Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez in Emilia Pérez
Photograph: Shanna Besson/Why Not Productions/Pathé Films/France 2 Cinema

5

House of the Dragon
Photograph: HBO

Questions 6 to 11

Name these countries from their outlines

image of six country outlines

Questions 12 to 16

Here are five seminal moments in history – but in which town or city did they occur?
Half a point for each location and half a point for the year they happened

12

Muhammad Ali looks down at George Foreman during their bout
Photograph: AP

13

Windrush arrives from Jamaica with waving passengers crowding the decks
Photograph: Daily Herald Archive/SSPL/Getty Images

14

Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin
Photograph: Photo 12/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

15

Donald Trump gestures as he is surrounded by US Secret Service agents as he leaves the stage at a campaign rally after assassination attempt
Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

16

The Beatles in India
Photograph: Paul Saltzman/AccuSoft Inc

Questions 17 to 22

These national flags all feature the sun – which countries do they represent?

A composite of six flags featuring the sun
Composite: Alamy

Questions 23 to 27

Identify these cities from their famous mode of transport

23

Ferry sails across a harbour
Photograph: Keith Tsuji/Zuma Press Wire/Rex

24

Street in an old town with yellow tram
Photograph: Alexander Spatari/Getty Images

25

Panoramic view of a red cable car (teleferico) and snowcapped peaks
Photograph: Florentina Georgescu Photography/Getty Images

26

An ornate subway station
Photograph: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images

27

colourful city bus
Photograph: Alejandro Ernesto/The Guardian


The answers

1 A The Fall Guy, Australia 2 Ripley, Italy 3 The Outrun, Scotland 4 Emilia Pérez, Mexico 5 House of the Dragon, Wales

6 Sri Lanka 7 Mali 8 Croatia 9 Somalia 10 North Korea 11 South Korea

12 Ali v Foreman (AKA the Rumble in the Jungle) in Kinshasa, Zaire (now DRC), 1974 13 The Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury, Essex, 1948 14 Yalta conference, 1945 15 Assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Butler, Pennsylvania, 2024 16 The Beatles in Rishikesh, India, 1968

17 Bangladesh 18 Uruguay 19 North Macedonia 20 Taiwan 21 Rwanda 22 Nepal

23 Hong Kong – Star Ferry 24 Lisbon – tram 25 La Paz – Teleférico or cable car 26 Moscow – metro 27 Manila – jeepney

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