Q 01/05

The crossing on London's Abbey Road that won listed status in 2010 is named after which animal?

A) Pelican

B) Toucan

C) Zebra

D) Puffin

Answer · why

C) Zebra

Zebra crossings rarely become monuments, but the Beatles walked across this one for an album cover and it was Grade II listed. Fans still pose on it d...

Q 02/05

Which San Francisco road squeezes eight sharp turns into one steep block on Russian Hill?

A) Lombard Street

B) Filbert Street

C) Castro Street

D) Market Street

Answer · why

A) Lombard Street

Lombard Street got its curves in 1922 because the hill's natural 27 percent grade was too steep for most vehicles. The bends earned it the nickname of...

Q 03/05

Wall Street is named after a real city wall that stood there from 1653, built by which colonists?

A) The English

B) The Dutch

C) The French

D) The Spanish

Answer · why

B) The Dutch

The Dutch built it on Peter Stuyvesant's orders to protect New Amsterdam when the first Anglo-Dutch war broke out. The wall came down in 1699, but the...

Q 04/05

Bourbon Street in New Orleans was named in 1721 in honour of what?

A) A Kentucky whiskey

B) A Spanish governor

C) A Louisiana sugar planter

D) A French royal family

Answer · why

D) A French royal family

A French royal family, the House of Bourbon, ruled France when engineer Adrien de Pauger laid out the city's streets. He named others after royal hous...

Q 05/05

Which Paris street has hosted the Tour de France's final-stage finish nearly every year since 1975?

A) Champs-Élysées

B) Rue de Rivoli

C) Boulevard Haussmann

D) Avenue Montaigne

Answer · why

A) Champs-Élysées

Champs-Élysées is French for the Elysian Fields, the resting place of dead heroes in Greek mythology. The avenue also stages the annual Bastille Day m...