Cruise and Travel Quiz

Question #1: Which Port is now considered the world’s busiest?

1. Port of Miami
2. Port of New York
3. Port of Los Angeles
4. Port Canaveral (FL)
5. Port of Shanghai

Answer: D) Port Canaveral’s totals of 8,602,047 passengers in 2025 make it world’s busiest port, just ahead of Port Miami’s 8,564,225.

Question #2: Where on earth will you find the world’s largest airport lounge?

Answer:  In the Dubai International Airport (DXB) inside the United Arab Emirates. Located in Concourse A, at and over 100,000 square feet, this lounge has it all.

Question #3: I love travel quotes. Who said, “Paris is always a good idea.”

1. Audrey Hepburn
2. Brittany Spears
3. Marlena Dietrich
4. Dame Judi Dench
5. Marilyn Monroe

Answer: A) Audrey Hepburn. She was right.

Question #4: What is the largest cruise ship sailing the seas today?

Answer: Carnival’s Icon of the Seas. This vessel can hold 7,600 passengers at a time.

Question #5: How many states does Mexico have?

Answer: The United Mexican States, the formal name of Mexico, is comprised of 31 states.

Question #6: Where is the Denmark Straight?

Answer: It is the body of water the lies between Iceland and Greenland.

Question #7: The town of Beaune in the Burgundy region of France has an unusual, non-French name. What is its origin?

1. Celtic
2. Chinese
3. Mongolian
4. Persian
5. Macedonian

Answer: Beaune (a lovely town located roughly between Dijon and Lyon) has a name of Celtic origin.

Question #8: AFAR is a fine travel magazine published in San Francisco.  But where is Afar, exactly?

Answer: Afar is a region in northeastern Ethiopia.

Question #9: The Loch Ness Monster is the world-famous Scottish sea monster who may or may not exist.  Where would one find a similarly mythical sea monster named “Champ?”

Answer:  In Lake Champlain, between New York and Vermont. “Champ” was supposedly last spotted in 2005. Mythically anyway.

Question #10:  The United States is made up of 50 states. Some are landlocked states, meaning that a person needs to go through at least one other state to arrive at an ocean.  A few are doubly landlocked, meaning two states. Yet only one state in the nation is triply landlocked.  Name it.

Answer: That inland state is Nebraska.

Question #11: Where is the lowest, in sea level, port of the world?

1. Jericho, West Bank, Israel
2. The Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
3. Cape Town, Sout Africa
4. Kona, Hawaii
5. Pisa, Italy

Answer: A) Jericho, the West Bank in Israel.  Also, arguably the oldest city on earth.

Question #12: Where did the dish, Paella, originate?

1. Veracruz, Mexico
2. Venice, Italy
3. Valencia, Spain
4. Valparaiso, Chile
5. Vientiane, Laos

Answer: C) Valenica, Spain.

Question #13: What were once considered the “ABC Nations?”

Answer: The nations of Argentina, Brazil and Chile respectively. This term was used in the early Twentieth Century when those nations, the wealthiest and most influential in South America, often negotiated together for their common interests.

Question #14: What cruise ship allows passengers to bring along their dog?

Answer: Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 allows people to bring a dog in the ship’s kennel. The dogs are treated wonderfully, get all kinds of treats and get to run on the deck a little.

Question #15: Where is the tallest brick building in the world?

1. A) Birmingham, UK
2. B) Singapore
3. C) New York City
4. D) Tokyo
5. E) Kuala Lumpur

Answer: C) The Chrysler Building in New York City, built in 1930, is constructed with an exterior of bricks. It is 1,046 feet tall. That’s a lot of bricks.

Question #16:  What food do NASA astronauts eat before a mission, for good luck?

Answer: Steak and eggs, ever since Alan Shepand did it in 1961.

Question #17: On September 10, 1977, prisoner Hamida Djandoubi became the last to do what?

1. Get hanged in San Antonio, Texas
2. Executed by firing squad in Tel Aviv
3. Decapitated on the chopping block in the Tower of London
4. Executed by guillotine in Marseille, France
5. Been crucified on a wooden cross in the United Arab Emirates

Answer: D) Executed by guillotine in France.

Question #18:  Okay, on a lighter note, which county (again) leads the world with the number one rating, as the happiest country on earth, on the World Happiness Report, 2026?

Answer: That country would be Finland.

Question #19: Which cruise line, on all of their ship’s horns, use the first seven notes of a very famous song?

Answer: That would be Disney Cruise Lines use of: “When You Wish Upon a Star.”

Question #20:  Big ships and even bigger ships.  However, what is considered the smallest cruise vessel in the world?

Answer: The Celebrity Xploration.  This small ship can carry 16 passengers and usually sails the Galapagos Islands.

How did you do?

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Bob Ecker is a Northern California based travel writer

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Dennis Cox is All Things Cruise Writer and Official Photographer

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