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Parochial couch potato or citizen of the world? Expand your horizons with our travel quiz.

1) Which island did Daniel Defoe's fictional castaway, Robinson Crusoe, find himself washed up on?
St Lucia

Tobago

Barbados

Grenada

2) Which of the following is not an island of Hawaii?
Oahu

Maui

Kauai

Tahiti

3) The buildings of Antonio Gaudi are associated with which European city?
Paris

Barcelona

Copenhagen

Milan

4) Graham Greene's The Comedians is set on which in which politically troubled land?
Haiti

Rwanda

Serbia

Korea

5) Which country does not have the dollar as the national currency?
Hong Kong

Canada

Fiji

Portugal

6) The Love Parade is an annual event that celebrates contemporary dance music and culture - but where does it take place?
Los Angeles

Berlin

Madrid

Tokyo

7) Miguel de Cervantes's most famous creation, Don Quixote, famously made battle with windmills in Spain - the question is which region of Spain?
La Mancha

Grenada

Catalunya

Andalucia

8) Vilnius is the capital city of which Baltic country?
Estonia

Lithuania

Latvia

Belarus

9) America's Yosemite National Park plays host to some of the world's most spectacular scenery. Which state is it to be found in?
Nevada

California

Texas

Minneapolis

10) The bodhran is a central instrument to the folk music of which country?
Wales

Ireland

Scotland

Finland
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