A travel quiz for the New Year

A lot of those are tough (for me).

You have a typo in #9. "180 Schengen days" should be "90 Schengen days".

Q1

i Saint Pierre and Miquelon

ii French Guiana

iii Ceuta and Melilla (two places)

acraven: corrected, thanks.

ramblin' on: perfect on all three. I thought that that was a hard one. I expected a Canadian to get the first one.

1. They use US dollar
2. US Virgin Islands
3. Switzerland, Norway, Iceland

Tom in MN those are tough! Hope you’ll pop in with the answers eventually.

Number. 10 is EU 261

6 is US Virgin Islands (I think)

3 is False

Wow, when I saw the title my finger clicked on immediately. But I soon realized I only knew the answers to 3 and 6 without cheating. I too hope you post the answers eventually. #9 is of interest.

Slate: yes your three are all correct.

Laurel: your three are also correct.

Sorry Barbara, I still travel a lot domestically for work so 2, 5, and 7, are things any road warrior would learn. This forum isn't quite like that, most people here are flying one airline alliance and mostly to Europe.

Answered: 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, so more than halfway.

Number 4 is they use the USD

Okay, without looking at other answers or using Google:

1. Excluding any island in the Caribbean, name (i) a place in North America and (ii) a place in South America where the euro is the official currency. Also name (iii) a place in Africa where the euro is the official currency.
i) Don't know
ii) French Guiana
iii) Ceuta and Melilla

2. How many hours have most of the major US airlines defined as enough of a schedule change in the flight time to allow a full refund to any customer who demands it, regardless of fare restrictions?

4 maybe? Just guessing here, but that would be a number I could most easily imagine.

3. True or false: A round trip or multi-city airline ticket is always cheaper than 2 one-ways.

False.

4. What do the countries Ecuador, El Salvador, East Timor, and Zimbabwe have in common?

Wow, dunno.

5. In all my travels, approx. 50 countries and 48 US states, only one place has had a building code requirement that hotel bathroom doors cannot swing into the bathroom, but must either roll to the side or swing out into the main hotel bedroom or a hallway. Where is that? Hint: it’s a US state.

No idea, but I'll take a wild guess and say Alaska.

6. What US territory drives on the left side of the road?

US Virgin Islands

7. Which US airline has seatback video displays for all seats on all flights including domestic (except regional jets)?

Haven't flown much domestic in the last decade, but Delta had them on our flight last week, so I am guessing Delta.

8. Name 3 countries that are in the Schengen zone but not in the EU.

Switzerland, Norway, and Liechtenstein, though the microstates have a quasi-Schengen policy (San Marino, Vatican City, Monaco, Andorra) that essentially amounts to the same.

9. Which country in the Schengen zone allows many tourists (US, Canada, Australia, etc) to stay in the country after their 90 Schengen days are exhausted and without a visa, and it is clearly stated in their current federal code?

Hm, don't know.

10. What is the number of the EU law that governs cash payments for tardy or canceled flights?

EU 261 I think.

I believe the answer to 9 is Denmark, though it has been about a year since I went looking for online documentation. I plan to take advantage of that at some point--maybe in 2025.

Denmark is also a good place to get married.

Howlin’: yes, Delta is the one with seatback entertainment on all (non-regional) jets. Also congratulations for getting most right.

acraven: Yes, Denmark is the country and please report back how it goes. My saved link was broken but I found a new one

https://nyidanmark.dk/en-GB/You-want-to-apply/Short-stay-visa/Visa-free-visits

Citizens of certain countries are entitled to stay in Denmark for 90 days or 3 months, regardless of stays in other Schengen countries

Citizens of Australia, Canada, Chile, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and the US can freely enter and stay in Denmark for the following periods, regardless of whether they have stayed in another Schengen country prior to entry into Denmark....

Nationals of the United States of America (USA) and New Zealand may stay in Denmark for up to 3 months reckoned from the date of their first entry into Denmark. The time the foreign national has stayed in Denmark within 6 months preceding any such entry shall be deducted from the mentioned 3 months.

Here’s an experience:

https://www.reddit.com/r/solotravel/comments/syw46q/i_used_a_hack_to_stay_180_days_in_the_schengen/

Another site says Norway now also allows this?

That leaves 2 not correctly answered:

#2. 4 hours is close

#5. Not Alaska but another Pacific state known for doing its own thing.

Happy New Year.

-2. United and American provide refunds at schedule changes of 3 hours, Delta at 2-1/2 hours.

-5: California is where hotel bathroom doors aren’t allowed to swing into the bathroom.

https://www.thebuildingcodeforum.com/forum/threads/california-guest-room-door-swing.1231/

All bathroom entrance doors have a clear opening width of 32 inches (813 mm) and shall be either sliding doors or shall be hung to swing in the direction of egress from the bathroom.

Cool, I did well. Now I am still wondering what Ecuador, East Timor, El Salvador, and Zimbabwe have in common.

Ecuador and Zimbabwe used the U.S. dollar when I visited. I suspect that to be the commonality.

Has El Salvador changed their currency? They had colones when I was there. Or maybe there is some other connection.

Yes they have changed it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvadoran_col%C3%B3n

The new leader of Argentina is proposing dollarization also, which I thought would be a huge task, but hyperinflation has apparently already made the US dollar the de facto currency.

Tom, I was on a Delta flight from Detroit to St Louis in October on a Boeing 717 and it did not have seatback entertainment. The Boeing 717 is not a regional jet.

You’ll find seat-back screens... on the following aircraft: A220-100, A220-300, A319, A320, A321, A321 neo, A330-200, A330-300, A330-900, A350, 737-800 (73H), 737-900ER, 757-200 (75D, 75S, 75H, 75G), 757-300, 767-300, 767-300ER, 767-400ER

I see your point, change "all (non-regional) jets" to "all jets with engines on the wing and at least 6 seats across seating."

Also these are being retired, https://simpleflying.com/delta-retirements-aircraft/

"These are, notably, the only jets in Delta's mainline fleet that do not have seatback screens onboard."

I think "mainline" because the regional jets are run by Delta Connection or Horizon or another so not included.

Other trivia: American airlines business class to much of South America does not have seatback screens.