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Quiz about Off The Map
Quiz about Off The Map

Off The Map Trivia Quiz


Put away your Baedekers, your AAA Travel Guides, and close your MapQuest window. If any of these places are YOUR "happy place," Amerigo Vespucci and Gerardus Mercator can't help you.

A multiple-choice quiz by havan_ironoak. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
398,323
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. The first stop on our "magical mystery tour" appears to be a small Scottish village. Tourists occasionally stumble upon this quaint hamlet but it doesn't appear on any maps. Perhaps that's because it appears for only one day every 100 years. Can you name this Tartan (not Spartan) paradise? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Bacteria is the next place on our tour. This country and its ally Tomainia both covet the the lands of their neighbor Osterlich. While the dictator of Tomainia is the star of the film, some might say that 'Il Diggedy', (Benzino Napaloni) is the greater man. The issue isn't black and white (although the film is). Can you name it? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Norton Juster wrote "The Phantom Tollbooth" about Milo, a jaded young boy who is bored by everything in the world around him. When he arrives home to find a "mysterious package" containing the phantom tollbooth, he soon finds himself in the Kingdom of Wisdom. There he embarks on a quest through Dictionopolis & Digitopolis, the two realms within the kingdom. Which of the following does he NOT encounter along the way? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Imaginary lands are nothing new. Jonathan Swift released "Gulliver's Travels" in 1726. Which of these lands is NOT visited by Lemuel Gulliver during his travels? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. In December 1948 George Orwell sent the final draft of his novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" to the publisher. In addition to new terms like "Big Brother," "doublethink," "thoughtcrime," and "2 + 2 = 5," Orwell also redivided the world into new states. Which of these is NOT one of the new states mentioned in Orwell's book? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Not all made up countries are meant to teach us grim philosophical lessons. One of my favorite made up countries as a kid was from "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show." It was Pottsylvania, and though it clearly had "cold-war" underpinnings it was played mostly for laughs. Which of these characters did NOT hail from Pottsylvania? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. The "New California Republic" is a country that appears in a popular PC-Based video game. The republic is located in what was once the states of California, Nevada, and Oregon, with territory in the Baja strip. In what game series does this country appear? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Perhaps my all time favorite television show is "The West Wing". Though it depicts a fairly realistic White House environment there are occasions when a fictional country must be used. Which of these countries is a fictional "West Wing" creation? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Many young girls dream of someday discovering that they are really a princess and will one day be queen. In the wish-fulfillment movie "The Princess Diaries" (2001) Anne Hathaway gets to live that fantasy (and to have Julie Andrews as her grandmother.) What country do these two women get to rule? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. John Green's novel "Paper Towns" features a town which is somewhat the opposite of our previous locations. The town appears on a map but doesn't really exist in real life. The book's protagonist, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen and a few friends end up traveling there in search of Margo Roth Spiegelman, a girl who's run away. What is the name of the town that they are looking for? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. The first stop on our "magical mystery tour" appears to be a small Scottish village. Tourists occasionally stumble upon this quaint hamlet but it doesn't appear on any maps. Perhaps that's because it appears for only one day every 100 years. Can you name this Tartan (not Spartan) paradise?

Answer: Brigadoon

Brigadoon was the Scottish village in the 1947 Lerner, and Loewe Broadway musical. A film version with Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse was released in 1954, and 1966 saw a televised version with Robert Goulet and Peter Falk as the two lucky tourists. Glocca Morra is an Irish village mentioned in the musical "Finnegan's Wake." Lake Wobegon is the town mentioned in Garrison Keillor's "Prairie Home Companion," and Asphodel Meadows was the place to which the Ancient Greeks consigned ordinary souls after death.
2. Bacteria is the next place on our tour. This country and its ally Tomainia both covet the the lands of their neighbor Osterlich. While the dictator of Tomainia is the star of the film, some might say that 'Il Diggedy', (Benzino Napaloni) is the greater man. The issue isn't black and white (although the film is). Can you name it?

Answer: The Great Dictator

Writing, starring in, and directing one's own movie is often a guarantee of mediocrity; but not when the one doing it is Charles Chaplin. The "Little Tramp" depicts Hitler here in a way that is timeless. The final speech from "The Great Dictator" (1940) is as amazing to watch today as it was in 1940. By all means, check it out on You-tube or some other service. All the other films listed as choices are about World War I and culled from my personal "great movies" list.
3. Norton Juster wrote "The Phantom Tollbooth" about Milo, a jaded young boy who is bored by everything in the world around him. When he arrives home to find a "mysterious package" containing the phantom tollbooth, he soon finds himself in the Kingdom of Wisdom. There he embarks on a quest through Dictionopolis & Digitopolis, the two realms within the kingdom. Which of the following does he NOT encounter along the way?

Answer: Fire Island

Fire Island is a real life beach resort south of Long Island popular among the New York City set and is NOT mentioned in the book. According to the author, it was on Fire Island that he got the idea for the book. "The Phantom Tollbooth" had the misfortune of being released in 1961, the same year as Roald Dahl's "James and the Giant Peach," and has received few of the big literary prizes.

It has, however, been made into a film by Chuck Jones in 1969, and was even used as the basis of an opera.
4. Imaginary lands are nothing new. Jonathan Swift released "Gulliver's Travels" in 1726. Which of these lands is NOT visited by Lemuel Gulliver during his travels?

Answer: Berzerkistan

Most readers of "Gulliver's Travels" recall Lilliput, the home of the tiny people and Brobdingnag the home of the giants. A few will even recall Glubbdubdrib the home of a magician and the ghosts of Julius Caesar, Brutus, Homer, and Aristotle et. al. However, in order to read of Berzerkistan you must read Garry Trudeau's classic comic "Doonesbury".
5. In December 1948 George Orwell sent the final draft of his novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" to the publisher. In addition to new terms like "Big Brother," "doublethink," "thoughtcrime," and "2 + 2 = 5," Orwell also redivided the world into new states. Which of these is NOT one of the new states mentioned in Orwell's book?

Answer: Panem

In Orwell's projected future, Oceania contained the Americas, England, Australia, and southern Africa. Eurasia was most of Europe, Russia, and parts of the Middle East. Eastasia was China, Japan, and most of India with a "disputed area" that contained the rest of Africa, Indonesia, the rest of India, and a large chunk of the middle east. Panem was created by Suzanne Collins in her "Hunger Games" novels.
6. Not all made up countries are meant to teach us grim philosophical lessons. One of my favorite made up countries as a kid was from "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show." It was Pottsylvania, and though it clearly had "cold-war" underpinnings it was played mostly for laughs. Which of these characters did NOT hail from Pottsylvania?

Answer: Snidely Whiplash

Snidely Whiplash was the arch-villain in one of Ward's shorts ("Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties") that were presented along with "Rocky & Bullwinkle." Sometimes the funny business of cartooning collides with the not-so funny world of real-world politics.

In 1962 as a publicity stunt, Producer Jay Ward leased a small island on a lake between Minnesota and Canada, which he named "Moosylvania." The stunt included a road trip campaign to get it designated the 51st state with a 50 city petition drive to collect signatures.

When the petition was to be delivered to the White House, they were turned away with unusual brusqueness. It seems that their campaign (ending in October) collided with the real-world Cuban Missile Crisis.
7. The "New California Republic" is a country that appears in a popular PC-Based video game. The republic is located in what was once the states of California, Nevada, and Oregon, with territory in the Baja strip. In what game series does this country appear?

Answer: Fallout

The premise of "Fallout" is that in the aftermath of a global nuclear war the protagonist, an inhabitant of a Vault, is tasked to find a replacement Water Chip and save their Vault. Fallout deviates from most role-playing video games in that it often allows the player to complete tasks in multiple ways.

The game was developed and published by Interplay Productions in 1997 and has several successful sequels.
8. Perhaps my all time favorite television show is "The West Wing". Though it depicts a fairly realistic White House environment there are occasions when a fictional country must be used. Which of these countries is a fictional "West Wing" creation?

Answer: Equatorial Kundu

Equatorial Kundu is described in the show as being somewhere near the Ivory Coast. It's used early in the series when the President of the country comes to the White House to discuss getting AIDS drugs for his country, and then later when the country's government has been overthrown and a genocidal war against the native "Induye people" is under way.

The other three countries cited as possible answers are all real member states in the real world United Nations.
9. Many young girls dream of someday discovering that they are really a princess and will one day be queen. In the wish-fulfillment movie "The Princess Diaries" (2001) Anne Hathaway gets to live that fantasy (and to have Julie Andrews as her grandmother.) What country do these two women get to rule?

Answer: Genovia

"The Princess Diaries" started as a series of young adult novels by Meg Cabot. Walt Disney Pictures bought the movie rights and the film stars Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews (who is the protagonist's grandmother.) Queen Elizabeth II knighted Andrews one year prior to the film's release, making her a Dame of the British Empire.

Freedonia and Sylvania are from the Marx Brothers classic "Duck Soup" while Grand Fenwick is from "The Mouse That Roared." "The Mouse That Roared" started as a novel by Leonard Wibberley, but also became a film in 1959 starring Peter Sellers.
10. John Green's novel "Paper Towns" features a town which is somewhat the opposite of our previous locations. The town appears on a map but doesn't really exist in real life. The book's protagonist, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen and a few friends end up traveling there in search of Margo Roth Spiegelman, a girl who's run away. What is the name of the town that they are looking for?

Answer: Agloe

The book reveals that fictitious towns are sometimes added as a copyright trap to identify subsequent plagiarism by lazy cartographers. The three incorrect entries, as well as the correct answer, are all historically verified "copyright traps." However, Agloe in New York State and Argleton in England both now exist at their indicated locations. I guess "If you name it they will come."
Source: Author havan_ironoak

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