General Awareness : Travel Quiz (Lodging)

1. What is the name of an English shelter, usually free for use by anyone, found in remote mountain areas?    

a) Bothy
b) Camper
c) Barracks
d) County

The correct answer is a) Bothy

2. This is a traditional Japanese inn dating back to the 17th century, nowadays often situated along highways.

a) Yokata
b) Tatami
c) Washi
d) Ryokan

The correct answer is d) Ryokan

3. What kind of lodging, traditionally constructed in the northern hemisphere, is sometimes called a snow house?    

a) Gasthaus
b) Trailer
c) Igloo
d) Bothy

The correct answer is c) Igloo

4. Name the portable dwelling structure used by nomads during their constant travels in Central Asia.    

a) Tipi
b) Tent
c) Yurt
d) Minshuku

The correct answer is c) Yurt

5. What style of hotel accommodation, developed in Japan by Kurokawa Kisho, features modular plastic quarters?    

a) Kisho
b) Capsule hotel
c) Cave hotel
d) Umeda

The correct answer is b) Capsule hotel

6. What conical tent is constructed by Native Americans, using buffalo hide?    

a) Tipi
b) Tert
c) Yurt
d) Wigwam

The correct answer is a) Tipi

7. The origin of this hotel dates back to the early twentieth century, when the first hotels along highways became popular.    

a) Kotel
b) Hiretel
c) Motel
d) Cabin

The correct answer is c) Motel

8. Which dome-like Native American tent is made by the semi-nomadic tribes of the American West and Southwest?    

a) Tipi
b) Wart

c) Wickiup

d) Candar

The correct answer is c) Wickiup

9. Which term refers to a small, usually sometimes ruined building in the middle of the woods?

a) Shack
b) Shotgun house
c) Terraced house
d) Victorian house

The correct answer is a) Shack

10. What type of house was built using raw logs, particularly in the early years of United States and Canada?    

a) Mansion
b) Detached house
c) Log cabin
d) Raw house

The correct answer is c) Log cabin