Where's Kyle? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Cape Spear

Cape Spear, on the Avalon Peninsula, is the easternmost point of North America (not counting Greenland, if you are inclined to consider it part of North America), with a longitude of 52 degrees 37 minutes West. It was named 'Cabo da Experança' (Cape of Hope) by Portuguese explorers, which became 'Cap d'Espoir' when the French settled there, which gradually evolved into the present name.

The northernmost point of Canada is Cape Columbia, on Ellesmere Island in the territory of Nunavut; the westernmost point is Boundary Peak, near the southern end of the border between the Yukon and the US state of Alaska; the southernmost piece of land is Middle Island, in Lake Erie, Ontario.

Ralph enjoyed the view from Cape Spear before heading back to the centre of St. John's, where a careful check of recent departures from St. John's International Airport led him to conclude that his next step should be a flight to London.

Answer: Teddington Lock

While the larger ships seldom travel further upstream than Tower Bridge (although in the 18th and 19th centuries the stretch from there to London Bridge was lined with wharves, and full of traffic), the Tideway continues upstream past Putney Bridge to Teddington Lock. The stretch upstream from Putney Bridge is an excellent area for boating activities, and is the home of many rowing clubs, as well as being the site of the famous race known simply as 'The Boat Race', contested annually between crews from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

Teddington Lock (actually, a complex of three locks and a weir) is located in the London suburb of Ham, about 15 km southwest of the centre of the city. All of you Monty Python fans may recognise it as the site where the 'Fish-Slapping Dance' skit was recorded in 1971.

Answer: Paris, France

Paris is the capital of France, a city renowned for its architecture and culture. Kyleisalive and Ralph arrived only a few days too late to go to Roland Garros and watch Rafael Nadal win the French Open Tennis championship for the tenth time on June 12, 2017, and there wasn't time to hang around waiting for the Tour de France to finish in July with a sprint along the Champs-Élysées finishing at the Arc de Triomphe, but there were plenty of other attractions - the Louvre (where Ralph was amazed to see how tiny the Mona Lisa is!), the Eiffel Tower (although the rotating restaurant made Ralph dizzy), the cathedral of Notre Dame (Ralph thinks that one of the gargoyles, resembles his uncle, but isn't sure), and, of course, the restaurants!

Answer: Milan

'The Last Supper' was painted on the wall of the convent's refectory between 1495 and 1498, commissioned by Leonardo's patron Ludovico Sforza as part of the renovations being made to the church and convent. Very little of the original painting remains today - it was painted on an external wall, and atmospheric humidity meant that the paint did not properly adhere to the wall - it was beginning to peel almost as soon as it was finished! Many attempts to restore it over the years culminated in one from 1978 to 1999 which has been somewhat controversial due to changes in the colors and some details from what was in place at the start of the restoration.

Milan is Italy's second-largest city, and the capital of the Lombardy region. Ralph arrived midway between the semi-annual Milan Fashion Weeks, but enjoyed a visit to the world-famous opera house 'Teatro alla Scala', more commonly called La Scala. Two of the city's football (soccer) teams, A. C. Milan and F.C. Internazionale Milano, have won the FIFA Club World Cup. If American football is more to your taste, you can watch Italy's oldest gridiron club, Rhinos Milano, play at the Velodromo Vigorelli. Maybe you're a fan of auto racing - the Monza Formula One circuit is located in a Milanese suburb.

Answer: Lugano

Before it came under Swiss control in 1513, Lugano was the subject of ongoing disputes between the Duke of Como and the Duke of Milan, and its Italian roots are still clear. It lies on Lake Lugano, which is between Lake Como and Lake Maggiore, on the southern side of the Alps. As well as being a good base for sightseeing some beautiful scenery (but not, Ralph feels, as spectacular as the Andes), Lugano holds some (possibly kitsch) interest as the host city for the first Eurovision Song Contest, in 1956. Ralph suspects that is the real reason kyleisalive chose to make a visit.

Basel is on the Rhine River and Bern on the Aare, while Lausanne is on the shores of Lake Geneva (as is Geneva).

Answer: Florence

The list of artists associated with Florence is too long to try and list - I would probably leave out your favorite! As well as visiting the paintings hanging in the multitude of museums, which also display sculptures, there are many public statues in the piazzas, and glorious buildings such as the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, the Duomo and the Palazzo Vecchio.

While in town, check out Michelangelo's David, in the Galleria dell'Accademia, where it was moved in 1873 from its original site in front of the Palazzo Vecchio. Florence was also the place where Galileo carried out much of his work, and where Dante grew up (although he was exiled before writing 'The Divine Comedy', which helped to establish the Florentine dialect as the basis of modern Italian).

Answer: Vernazza

The fifth village in this series of settlements built on terraces carved out of the rugged cliffs along the Ligurian coastline in the region called the Italian Riviera is Monterosso al Mare. Cinque Terre is a popular tourist destination because its inaccessibility has left it in a relatively undeveloped state. The best way to explore the villages is on foot, travelling between them by train. There are sometimes roads for part of the trip, but they are regularly closed due to flooding and landslides. The same applies to the popular walking track, so you need to check in advance exactly where you can go if you are planning a walking tour.

Speaking of alternative forms of transport, Ralph discovered that kyleisalive had headed off to do some travelling by gondola.

Answer: Adriatic Sea

The Italian 'Laguna Veneta', meaning Venetian Lake, has led to the use of the word lagoon to describe a shallow enclosed bay of salt water. The Adriatic Sea separates Italy (on its west side) from the Balkan peninsula in the east. It forms the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending south to the Strait of Otranto, which separates it from the Ionian Sea. The Tyrrhenian Sea lies on the other side of Italy, between Italy, Sardinia and Sicily; it is near the Ligurian Sea, which lies between Corsica and the Ligurian region on the west coast of Italy.

The Venetian Lagoon has been inhabited since ancient times, but it was only after the fall of the Roman Empire (in the late 4th century CE) that the security offered by the islands attracted significant numbers to settle there. As well as being the basis for a solid fishing industry, the lagoon made large trading and military projects viable. By the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Venice had become a significant maritime and financial power.

Answer: Lisbon, Portugal

Lisbon has had communities living there since Neolithic times, making it one of the oldest cities in Europe, and much older than such other cities as Rome, Paris and London. Its location at the mouth of the Tagus River made it an early port of importance in trade, and the Phoenicians established a trading centre there by 1200 BCE. The source of the name Lisbon is unsure; popular (but etymologically doubtful) suggestions for the origin of the name Olisippo (or Olissipo) used by the Romans and Greeks include that it came from a Phoenician term for a safe harbour, and that it got its name because it was founded by Ulysses on his way home from Troy.

Although Ralph enjoyed the chance to brush up on his Portuguese, he discovered that kyleisalive's stay in Lisbon had only been a brief one, and he had already departed to return home.

Answer: Toronto

Toronto is the only one of these located in Ontario, which is the only Canadian province with a border on any of the Great Lakes. The Golden Horseshoe is an urbanized zone in its southwestern corner whose population is over a quarter of the nation's total, despite occupying around 0.03% of its land area.

As well as a range of industries, the region is a major tourist attraction - Niagara Falls is a major drawcard, with significant tourist-related developments in the nearby towns, especially Niagara-on-the-Lake and Clifton Hill.