Race to Byzantium

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1. Yankee begins his trip to Byzantium from a quintessential American landmark, Central Park. This massive city park is in which of these locations? Chicago Boston Washington DC New York City

2. Yankee catches a one-way ViaRail trip across the Canadian border ending the ride in the country's largest city (which happens to be a capital, but not the country's official capital). From Union Station, he walks between the skyscrapers in which of these cities? Toronto Montreal Ottawa Vancouver

3. Reaching an airport, Yankee boards a plane taking him to St. John's, Newfoundland for a connection taking him over the Atlantic Ocean. He lands on an island containing Eyjafjallajökull, Akureyri, and Bláskógabyggð. In which country has Yankee arrived? Greenland Iceland Ireland Saint Helena

4. A flight arrives to take Yankee to Continental Europe, specifically the country home to Legoland. His flight touches the runway in which capital city, once the home of Hans Christian Andersen? Copenhagen Stockholm Amsterdam Vilnius

5. A series of trains throughout Europe cross through Germany and Belgium before Yankee sets foot on the platform in the city containing the Moulin Rouge. Where is Yankee? Marseilles Monaco Monte Carlo Paris

6. Leaving Europe, Yankee takes the suggestion of locals and takes a ferry from Spain's southern coast to the city of Tangiers, a port across the Strait of Gibraltar in what African nation? Answer: (One Word)

7. How lucky of Yankee to have stumbled upon a flight that will take him elsewhere in Africa! He decides to take his chances but ends up at OR Tambo International Airport, thousands of miles away. In which South African city, not one of its capitals, has he arrived? Pretoria Johannesburg Cape Town Bloemfontein

8. Heading to the coast, Yankee boards a ship heading northward along the coast of Eastern Africa-- a direction in which he should have headed long ago. When he reaches this nation, a series of over one hundred islands, he's informed that it's the end of the line. Which country, north of Madagascar and south of the Horn of Africa, contains the capital city of Victoria? Mauritius Comoros Seychelles Mayotte

9. Taking a final plane ride, Yankee returns to continental Africa, landing in a country containing not only the Nile River, but also the Nile River Delta. What country on the Mediterranean has Yankee just visited? Libya Israel Sudan Egypt

10. Taking a ferry across the Mediterranean, Yankee turns his attention to a bus starting in Antalya and ending in his final destination, the city of Byzantium. What modern day Turkish location was once known as Byzantium? Gallipoli Ankara Istanbul Pamukkale

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