作者MBM (饼)
看板Geography
标题[猜谜] WorldWise:Wheels & More Wheels
时间Sat Dec 16 23:21:24 2006
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这是前两天看到杂志最後面的一小段小猜谜,一共有十题。
主题是轮子,答案就是跟地理有关,
大家可以来玩玩看。
注:因为我是直接从杂志上抄来的,我又不太会翻译,
所以下面的谜题是英文的,大家就将就着看吧!
答案过几天再公布~
第一题:
Noisy, three-wheeled vehicles called tuktuks, named for the sound they make,
are ubiquitous
in what Southeast Asian country?
第二题:
Name the European nation where the old custom of cheese rolling takes place.
In this popular event, crowds gather to watch people race down steep Cooper's
Hill chasing after a seven-pound wheel of cheese.
第三题:
In what West African country do converted pickup trucks or minibuses know as
tro-tros make runs to the neighboring nations of Togo, Burkina Faso, and Cote
d'Ivoire?
第四题:
With some 19,000 buses, India's Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport
Corporation has the world's largest bus fleet.
What is the capital of the
state of Andhra Pradesh?
第五题:
The three-week-long Tour de France bicycle race, in existence for more than
100 years, ends
on What Paris avenue?
第六题:
The Colonial Tramcar Restaurant is a fleet of converted early-20th-century
trams. The restaurant trams cruise the streets of
what Australian city while
patrons dine?
第七题:
Name the country where the wheelbarrow was invented sometime after A.D. 220.
第八题:
Two old bicycles hang on the facade of the Bicycle Hotel.
Name the
freewheeling European capital where you'll find this bike-friendly lodging
establishment.
第九题:
The Wheels Through Time All-American Transportation Museum features more than
250 antique motorcycles and cars.
Name the U.S State where the museum is
located.
第十题:
Europe's largest observation wheel is the London Eye.
In what Middle Eastern
city is a bigger wheel slated to open in 2008, as a part of a huge
entertainment complex twice the size of Walt Disney World?
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