telgraph xmas quiz
paul
of what we have so far
paul <pa...@lunch.screaming.net> wrote in message
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> havent seen this posted. prize is a trip to india. below should be a
direct
> link.
>
>
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/promotions?ac=006867910517163&rtmo=pNBp1SIe&atmo=
> pNBp1SIe&pg=/promotions/prm2001-12-20travelindia.html
>
>
> below is an attempt to copy/paste all the questions
>
>
>
> We have teamed up with Cox & Kings, the world's longest established travel
> company, to offer the winner of our Christmas quiz a holiday for two in
> India.
> The prize
> The nine-day trip is the perfect introduction to the sub-continent, taking
> in Delhi, the Taj Mahal at Agra, Jaipur and the spectacular palace at
> Samode. The prize includes flights on Virgin Atlantic, twin-share b & b in
> first-class hotels throughout, transfers and guided sightseeing. The
winners
> may travel, subject to availability, on any one of the 44 dates on which
the
> "Indian Experience" tour leaves before December 2002.
>
> Cox and Kings
> The Cox & Kings' programme includes destinations in Latin America, the
> Middle East, Africa, China and the Far East, in addition to specialist
fine
> art and natural history tours. For further information or to order a
> brochure call 020 7873 5000 or visit www.coxandkings.co.uk.
>
> How to enter:
> You can sit in front of the fire dreaming of an escape to the tropics - or
> you can do our quiz and try to win the nine-day holiday for two in India
> with Cox & Kings.
>
> This quiz was also published in The Daily Telegraph on Saturday December
22.
>
>
>
>
>
> All you have to do is answer the questions below, complete the tie-breaker
> in not more than 20 words, fill in the form and press submit. Competition
> ends Saturday January 5 2002.
>
> When William Hague resigned as leader of the Conservative Party, Michael
> Portillo was on holiday in his favourite country. Where was he?
>
> On a city break in Florence, Tuscany
> Wine-tasting in the Loire
> Visiting the Roman ruins of Volubilis near Fez >>>>>this one
> Playing golf in the Algarve
>
>
>
> In his guide to summer reading, Max Davidson claimed that books for the
> beach sent out clear messages. Which novel, does he reckon, says the
> following: "Although I'm a bit podgy I like a good laugh and some
> old-fashioned rumpy-pumpy?"
>
>
> Appassionata by Jilly Cooper
> Love, etc by Julian Barnes
> Wicked Pleasures by Penny Vincenzi
> The Clematis Tree by Ann Widdecombe
>
>
> The lady herself might have departed to the great pink boudoir in the
sky,
> but in which hotel can you book yourself into the Barbara Cartland suite?
>
>
> Cliveden, Somerset
> The Oriental, Bangkok
> Sandy Lane, Barbados
> Claridges, London
>
>
> And in which hotel can you enjoy a moment of quiet contemplation in the
> Jeffrey Archer Memorial Library?
>
>
> Cliveden, Somerset
> The Oriental, Bangkok
> Sandy Lane, Barbados
> Claridges, London
>
>
> In which of the following will the euro not be legal tender next year?
>
>
> Tahiti
> Martinique
> Gothenburg >>>>>>>this one
> Tenerife
>
>
> Which tourist attraction decreased its entrance charge by 100 per cent
this
> year?
>
>
> The Victoria & Albert Museum
> Madame Tussaud's
> The Taj Mahal
> The Eiffel Tower
>
>
> And which tourist attraction increased its entrance charge by 14,444 per
> cent this year?
>
>
> The Victoria & Albert Museum
> Madame Tussaud's
> The Taj Mahal
> The Eiffel Tower
>
>
> Prince Andrew marked the end of 22 years' service in the Royal Navy with
> what sort of holiday?
>
>
> A shooting party in Balmoral
> With his ex-wife and children on the Côte d'Azur
> An expedition up Mount Kilimanjaro
> Aboard a yacht off Thailand with a bunch of B-list It-girls
>
>
> The British Tourist Authority brought out a leaflet this year aimed at
> helping hoteliers meet "the needs and expectations of Britain's overseas
> visitors". According to the BTA, people of which nationality "expect their
> accommodation to be licensed"?
>
>
> Irish
> Czechs
> Russians
> Greeks
>
>
> The British Tourist Authority brought out a leaflet this year aimed at
> helping hoteliers meet "the needs and expectations of Britain's overseas
> visitors". According to the BTA, people of which nationality "resent
> tipping"?
>
>
> Americans
> New Zealanders
> Swedes
> Dutch
>
>
> The British Tourist Authority brought out a leaflet this year aimed at
> helping hoteliers meet "the needs and expectations of Britain's overseas
> visitors". According to the BTA, people of which nationality are "proud
and
> hard to please"?
>
>
> Germans
> French
> Irish
> Jamaicans
>
>
> The British Tourist Authority brought out a leaflet this year aimed at
> helping hoteliers meet "the needs and expectations of Britain's overseas
> visitors". According to the BTA, people of which nationality are "very
> demanding and straightforward with a strong reluctance to eat British
meat"?
>
>
> Germans
> French
> Irish
> Jamaicans
>
>
> Which "bustling modern city centre" whose restaurants "rival those in
> central London" published 60,000 guides this year marketing itself as
> "western Europe's largest town"?
>
>
> Manchester
> Liverpool
> Croydon
> Glasgow
>
>
> How much does the BTA estimate that British hotels and tourist businesses
> will have lost by the end of this year?
>
>
> £5 million
> £100 million
> £1 billion
> £2·5 billion
>
>
> Whom did Malta adopt as its "ambassador of tourism" this year?
>
>
> Lucky Lucas
> Gary Neville
> Danny of Hear'Say
> Boutros Boutros-Ghali
>
>
> Which of the following pieces of bathroom equipment is most likely to
incur
> the derision of Paddy Burt?
>
>
> Toilet
> Shower
> Bidet
> Bath
>
>
> Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was set in spectacular locations. Where
was
> it filmed?
>
>
> Taiwan
> The United States
> India
> China
>
>
> If you booked a tour to see "Il gigante buono", what would you find
> yourself looking at?
>
>
> Mount Etna in Sicily
> The priapic murals in Pompeii
> Pizza-making in Naples
> Pavarotti at La Scala
>
>
> Whom does Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of EasyJet, describe as his
> "inspiration"?
>
>
> The Princess of Wales
> Freddie Laker
> Richard Branson
> Aristotle Onassis
>
>
> In this year's BA Tourism for Tomorrow Awards, which of the following was
> overall winner?
>
>
> Orchid Hotel, Madras
> Temple Tiger Lodge, Nepal
> Olango Birds and Seascape Tour, Philippines
> The Wetland Centre, London
>
>
> In which of the following would you not find Lapland?
>
>
> Finland
> Sweden
> Russia
> Iceland
>
>
> After 71 years, TWA ceased to be on December 2 this year. What did its
> initials stand for?
>
>
> Third World Airways
> Two Way Airways
> Trans World Airlines >>>>>this one
> The World's Airline
>
>
> On which country did the American press bestow the epithet "Disasterland"
> earlier this year?
>
>
> India
> Mozambique
> Britain
> Sudan
>
>
> Along with its service to New York, BA is operating Concorde flights to
> which holiday island?
>
>
> Iceland
> Mauritius
> Barbados
> Bermuda
>
>
> At which Greek airport were the Planespotting 12 arrested for spying last
> month?
>
>
> Corfu
> Kalamata
> Thessalonika
> Eleftherios Venizelos
>
>
> In a year when many Americans avoided Britain, Madonna married in a
British
> castle. Was it?
>
>
> Skibo >>>>>this one
> Alnwick
> Chillingham
> Eilean Donan
>
>
> One tailfin belongs to a German airline? Is it..
>
>
>
> (a) (b) (c) (d) d - Lufthansa (according to my hubby)
>
>
> All but one of these items originates in Latin America. Is the odd one
> out...
>
>
>
> (a) (b) (c) (d)
>
>
> One of these has never hosted a travel show. Is it.
>
>
> Mary Nightingale
> Kate Thornton
> Emma Bunton
> Juliet Morris
>
>
> Margaret Beckett and her husband, Leo, told the Travel section of The
Daily
> Telegraph this year that they part-exchanged their caravan for which new
> model?
>
>
> Bailey Champagne
> Avondale Rialto
> Sprite Musketeer
> Lunar Clubman
>
> Which hotel sacked Sophie Rhys-Jones as its PR after her business partner
> was videotaped suggesting it could provide "discreet villas" for clients
to
> have gay sex?
>
>
> Chiva Som, Phuket
> The K Club, Barbuda
> Banyan Tree, Phuket
> Amanjena, Marrakesh
>
>
> Which of the following tour operators is not German-owned?
>
>
> Preussag
> Thomson
> Thomas Cook
> First Choice
>
>
> Which of these will be the odd one out next year?
>
>
> Swedish krona
> Norwegian krone
> Czech koruna
> Greek drachma
>
>
> Should you chance upon the Spanish festival of San Fermin, what danger
are
> you likely to encounter?
>
>
> Being smothered in rotten tomatoes
> Being hit by a donkey dropped from a medieval tower
> Being forcibly intoxicated by men dressed as Franciscan monks
> Being gored by a bull
>
>
> Where could you hope to meet a "Zonian"?
>
>
> Disney World
> Belarus
> Panama
> Croydon
>
>
> Tessa Jowell, Secretary of State for Culture, a job that embraces the
> tourism portfolio, showed her support for the British tourist industry
this
> year by holidaying where?
>
>
> Dartmoor
> Cumbria
> Northumberland
> Florida
>
>
> "What a lovely holiday, there's nothing funny left to say", sang Robbie
> Williams in The Road to -. Which country run by a military dictatorship
was
> his suggested destination?
>
>
> Iraq
> Burma
> Libya
> North Korea
>
>
> Which of the following was not featured as a location in the Harry Potter
> film?
>
>
> Goathland, North Yorkshire
> King's Cross station, London
> Alnwick Castle, Northumberland
> Windsor Castle, Berkshire
>
>
> When Tony Blair decided to take a break in Cornwall this summer, why did
he
> encounter criticism from West Country hoteliers?
>
>
> Because he stole the towels
> Because he tried to negotiate a discount
> Because he cancelled at the last minute
> Because he took Alastair Campbell instead of Cherie and the children
>
>
> Wilbur Smith described how he had used Egypt - where he had holidayed
nine
> times in the past 30 years - as the background of his latest novel,
Warlock.
> Who of the following has not used the same country for literary ends?
>
>
> Agatha Christie
> Lawrence Durrell
> Tony Parsons
> Naguib Mahfouz
>
>
> Which of the following is an accommodation option in the Australian town
of
> Woy Woy?
>
>
> The Prince of Wales Leisure and Entertainment Park
> The Spike Milligan Wing of the Glades Country Club Motor Inn
> The Woyal Suite of the Woy Woy Woyal Hotel
> The Harry Secombe Memorial Caravan Site
>
>
> According to research carried out by Guildhall University this year, the
> commonest cause of air rage is alcohol. Which is the second most common?
>
>
> Smoking bans
> "Overly strident cabin crew"
> Drug use
> The "passenger's personality"
>
>
> Which London hotel is home to the broom cupboard that provided Boris
Becker
> with the most expensive five seconds of his life?
>
>
> Claridges
> The Ritz
> The Metropolitan
> The Hilton on Park Lane
>
>
> When Jonathan Raban was asked to nominate his favourite travel book, he
> picked one he described as "an unvarnished self-portrait of a clever,
> languid Old Etonian 'doing' the Middle East". What was it?
>
>
> Mirror to Damascus by Colin Thubron
> Arabia by Jonathan Raban
> Eothen by A W Kinglake
> Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger
>
>
> All airports are identified by a three-letter code; hence FAT is Fresno
in
> the United States and FUK is Fukuoko in Japan. Where is FEZ?
>
>
> Fez, Morocco
> Fergus, Canada
> Ferguson, Australia
> Faro, Portugal
>
>
> Tiebreaker:
> is the most underrated sight in the world because
>
>
>
>
>
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