So you’ve been to Europe – multiple times – and you think of yourself as quite the expert on the Old Continent. You’ve taken trains, buses, flights and you’ve even rented cars – but have you been paying attention?
Normal for Europeans but a novelty for us Aussies is the ability to literally drive into another country and share the roads with all kinds of nationalities: the French, the Germans, the Italians, even the Bulgarians.
And since the formation of the European Union, each member state pretty much shares the same number plate format, which is a blue section on the left with the EU circle of stars and a unique country code.
Now, we all know that Travel Agents adore codes (anyone for the funniest airport codes in the biz?) so you guys shouldn’t have any trouble in scoring 100 percent in the following quiz, right?
Well, let’s just see how well you know your European number plate country codes…
Oh, and just to make things a little harder, we’ve chucked in some non EU member states just for fun – Good luck!
1. TAKE ME TO D TOWN
(a) Denmark
(b) Germany
(c) Vatican City
2. PASS THE PIVO PLEASE
(a) Portugal
(b) Poland
(c) Russia
3. EXCUSEZ-MOI!
(a) Estonia
(b) Spain
(c) England
4. DON’T DRIVE SO SLOW ON THE AUTOBAHN…
(a) Slovakia
(b) Slovenia
(c) Serbia
5. SEE FOR YOURSELF WHY EUROPEAN IS AMAZING
(a) Czech Republic
(b) Cyprus
(c) Croatia
6. SWEDEN IN WINTER IS GRRRR COLD
(a) Greece
(b) Great Britain
(c) Germany
7. LOVE TRAVELLING? CONTACT THE [INSERT FAVE TRAVEL AGENCY HERE] HR DEPARTMENT
(a) Hungary
(b) Croatia
(c) Bosnia and Herzegovina
8. ALWAYS BE SHHH SILENT IN CATHEDRALS…
(a) Spain
(b) Sweden
(c) Switzerland
9. BUDGET AIRLINES: TRAVEL LIGHT OR PAY THE PRICE
(a) Lithuania
(b) Latvia
(c) Liechtenstein
10. DON’T GET BOGGED DOWN IN THE DETAILS; JUST GO!
(a) Belgium
(b) Bulgaria
(c) Bosnia and Herzegovina
11. PEOPLE GET AUSTRALIA CONFUSED WITH THIS COUNTRY…
(a) Albania
(b) Austria
(c) Andorra
12. I HEART EUROPE. DO YOU?
(a) Italy
(b) Ireland
(c) Iceland
13. MMM… PIZZA… SPAGHETTI… GELATO…
(a) Malta
(b) Montenegro
(c) Monaco
DRUM ROLL: AND THE ANSWERS ARE…
1. (b) Germany
2. (a) Portugal
3. (b) Spain
4. (b) Slovenia
5. (b) Cyprus
6. (a) Greece
7. (b) Croatia
8. (b) Sweden
9. (a) Lithuania
10. (b) Bulgaria
11. (b) Austria
12. (a) Italy
13. (a) Malta