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Quiz about Magic Carpet Ride
Quiz about Magic Carpet Ride

Magic Carpet Ride Trivia Quiz


Taking a magic carpet ride is the only way to get to places that are both real and imaginary. Get comfortable and let's explore some magical places.

A multiple-choice quiz by goodreporter. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
goodreporter
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
394,375
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
387
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Question 1 of 10
1. The first stop on our magic carpet ride was contained within a very real place, and may have been a lush wonder of beauty amidst the desert that entranced the ancient world. To what wonderful, but possibly mythical, place are we headed? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. We hop back on our magic carpet and head this time to a place that has captured the imaginations of people for millennia. In order to find it, if it existed, we would have to fly over the Mediterranean Sea, just past Gibraltar to the Atlantic Ocean. Our carpet flies around in circles, but no luck finding Atlantis. Who was the first person to describe the island and where it might be located? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Since our magic carpet couldn't find the last destination we hoped was real, this time we are having it fly us to a place we know exists: one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. Which of these is a mausoleum, built to show an emperor's love for his wife? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. We decide next to have our magic carpet take us high up into the mountains of the western United States to see a national park renowned for its variety of geological features. What isn't readily apparent to most visitors is that the middle of the park sits on a supervolcano. Which national park are we visiting? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. We have to see if our magic carpet can fly forward, while also flying backward in time for this one because our next location exists in fantasy and used to exist in reality. You can always find Neverland in "Peter Pan". But where will we go to find the Neverland that came complete with a zoo and fully-equipped amusement park in the last part of the 20th century? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Next our magic carpet has decided it wants to see one of the mysteries of the world, the Nazca Lines. The hundreds of huge pictures look like they were carved into the Nazca Desert ground. To which country has our magic carpet taken us? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. How could we have the good fortune to have a magic carpet that can take us anywhere and not go to the sights in and around Paris? We decide to go to the palace on the outskirts of Paris where the treaty ending WWI was negotiated. Where are we? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. We have decided to have our magic carpet take us to an unmatched rock formation in the middle of a desert. Turning beautiful shades of red during the sunrise and sunset, it dominates the entire landscape. Which Australian wonder have we gone to see?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 9 of 10
9. We ask our magic carpet if we could make another change of direction and go to a castle in the United Kingdom. The magic carpet agrees to take us to the oldest continuously occupied royal castle in that country. Where are we going to land? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. For our final destination on this ride, our magic carpet insists on deciding where to go. The carpet has taken us all over the world, to places both real and imaginary, so we let the carpet decide. "I'm taking you to visit my home. After all the places we've been, it's only right that I take you now to see the most magical place on earth, the Magic Kingdom." What is the other name of this "Magic Kingdom"?

Answer: (Two/Three Words)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. The first stop on our magic carpet ride was contained within a very real place, and may have been a lush wonder of beauty amidst the desert that entranced the ancient world. To what wonderful, but possibly mythical, place are we headed?

Answer: Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Of the "Seven Wonders of the World", the Hanging Gardens of Babylon is the only one whose existence is in doubt. The Gardens were supposedly ordered to be built up a terraced hillside by King Nebuchadrezzar in the 6th century BCE. According to legend, they were meant to remind his homesick Persian wife Amytis of the lush wooded mountainous area of her childhood. Even that is uncertain, because there are historians who claim that other kings who lived in later eras may have had them built.

These gardens were built up a terraced hillside, with exotic trees and other plants spilling over the stone balustrades that were constructed to look like a mountain. With the plants spilling forward over the stonework, the illusion of a floating garden was created. Even into the 21st century, archaeologists and other investigators have found absolutely no evidence that the gardens even existed. One problem in finding the remains of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon is that no one knows exactly where they may have been. But it is a sweet magical love story of a king's desire to make his wife happy.

The Lighthouse of Alexandria, in Egypt; the pink, red and white city of Petra, in Jordan; and the Incan citadel of Machu Picchu, high up in the Andes in Peru, all existed. While the last parts of the lighthouse were destroyed around 1460 AD, both Petra and Machu Picchu still exist today.
2. We hop back on our magic carpet and head this time to a place that has captured the imaginations of people for millennia. In order to find it, if it existed, we would have to fly over the Mediterranean Sea, just past Gibraltar to the Atlantic Ocean. Our carpet flies around in circles, but no luck finding Atlantis. Who was the first person to describe the island and where it might be located?

Answer: Plato

The corrupted Atlantis that Plato described in two of his dialogues is diametrically opposed to modern myth of the city as a lush, peaceful utopia. Around 330 AD, Plato wrote about the city that he said existed 9,000 years before his time, and said that it sank into the ocean past the Pillars of Hercules in a single night.

Before Plato, there is no mention of Atlantis found by any historians or others studying about the ancient world. Those who have made serious studies of Plato's work say he created the myth of a city-state that was corrupted by its material wealth and advanced technology, backed up by a strong military. Plato used the example of Atlantis essentially being drowned under the weight of its greed and corruption to show the exact opposite of his ideal city-states: places governed by philosopher-kings who always operated with justice for the citizens as the most important element of their reigns.

The beautiful myth of Atlantis in today's world sounds much like what the hippies who promoted "flower power", peace and love in the late 1960s were looking for. It also sounds a lot like Plato's ideal city-state. If it was, it's too bad our magic carpet can't help us find it.
3. Since our magic carpet couldn't find the last destination we hoped was real, this time we are having it fly us to a place we know exists: one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. Which of these is a mausoleum, built to show an emperor's love for his wife?

Answer: Taj Mahal

In 1632, Mughal ruler Shah Jahan ordered that the most beautiful mausoleum in the world be built in Agra to honor his wife Mumtaz Mahal, who had died giving birth to their fourteenth child. According to legend, Mumtaz Mahal's final wish was for her husband to build the most beautiful building in the world to house her remains. Jahan, who married her for love (despite the fact that he had at least seven other wives), ordered that precious materials from all over India be used in the construction of the mausoleum itself and adjoining buildings, including a mosque and guest house. The mausoleum is made of magnificently carved ivory-white marble.

Although details on how long it took to erect the buildings conflict, it appears that it took ten years just to build the mausoleum, and another eleven years to finish the entire complex. Seven to eight million visitors go every year to this UNESCO World Heritage Site to marvel at this stunning monument to love.
4. We decide next to have our magic carpet take us high up into the mountains of the western United States to see a national park renowned for its variety of geological features. What isn't readily apparent to most visitors is that the middle of the park sits on a supervolcano. Which national park are we visiting?

Answer: Yellowstone

Yellowstone's more than four million visitors a year get to see magnificent displays of unusual geological features. The Old Faithful geyser spews water and steam into the air every 35 minutes to two hours. That's just one of the geysers that sits among magically-colored hot springs, waterfalls and even a 20-mile long canyon that resembles the Grand Canyon. But right in the midst of Yellowstone, in northwestern Wyoming, is a volcano that scientists believe has had three eruptions in the last 2.1 million years, with the last happening around 640,000 years ago. Although it seems highly unlikely that any eruption is imminent, there are a few thousand small earthquakes in the area every year, most below 3 on the Richter Scale.

With all of its rare landscape, magnificent lakes, gray wolves and herds of bison, Yellowstone is an incredible display of nature--volcano or no volcano.
5. We have to see if our magic carpet can fly forward, while also flying backward in time for this one because our next location exists in fantasy and used to exist in reality. You can always find Neverland in "Peter Pan". But where will we go to find the Neverland that came complete with a zoo and fully-equipped amusement park in the last part of the 20th century?

Answer: California

Singer Michael Jackson bought his magnificent 3,000-acre estate in 1988 and named it "Neverland" after the magical place where children never have to grow old in the story "Peter Pan". The 13,000-square foot house was surrounded by lush gardens, a lake, a zoo and an amusement park equipped with a variety of rides, including a ferris wheel, carousel, bumper cars and two child-size railroads.

Jackson poured money into the estate to create the magical fantasy world he wished he'd had as a child. Although the estate still exists, it is no longer called "Neverland" and the features Jackson loved most--the amusement park and the zoo--are no longer there.
6. Next our magic carpet has decided it wants to see one of the mysteries of the world, the Nazca Lines. The hundreds of huge pictures look like they were carved into the Nazca Desert ground. To which country has our magic carpet taken us?

Answer: Peru

The Nazca Lines in southern Peru are believed to have been created by the peoples of the Nazca culture between 500BCE and 500CE. Some are complex pictures of animals, plants and people. Others are more simple lines. Although these geoglyphs look like they were carved into the desert they were actually created by people systematically removing reddish pebbles from the desert floor, which exposed whitish ground underneath. Remarkably, the Lines have remained mostly undisturbed for millennia because of the Nazca Desert's isolation and lack of wind.

Because it was believed that the pictures formed by the Nazca Lines could only be seen from a very high elevation--and none existed in the area--many people believed they were proof that aliens had come to earth and somehow been instrumental in their construction. But in reality, complete pictures can be seen from the desert foothills.
7. How could we have the good fortune to have a magic carpet that can take us anywhere and not go to the sights in and around Paris? We decide to go to the palace on the outskirts of Paris where the treaty ending WWI was negotiated. Where are we?

Answer: Versailles

The magnificent Palace of Versailles was the place that France's Louis XIV, known as the Sun King, made his home. A mere 14 miles (22.5km) from Paris, the more than 700-room palace is renowned for its gardens, park, the grandness of the King's Apartments and perhaps most of all for its 240-foot-long Hall of Mirrors.

The peace treaty that ended WWI was signed in that Hall on January 28, 1919. The Palace is one of the main tourist attractions in all of France.
8. We have decided to have our magic carpet take us to an unmatched rock formation in the middle of a desert. Turning beautiful shades of red during the sunrise and sunset, it dominates the entire landscape. Which Australian wonder have we gone to see?

Answer: Uluru

Uluru (also known as Ayers Rock) is just west of the Simpson Desert in the Australian outback. Jutting more than 1100 feet up from the desert floor, Uluru is more than two miles long and more than one mile wide. The red appearance of the rock formation comes from oxidation of Uluru's high iron content. Today, there are 36 domes atop the formation, but scientists believe that Uluru was once a single huge rock.

Although climbing Uluru is not prohibited, the Australian government asks visitors "to respect our law and culture by not climbing Uluru".
9. We ask our magic carpet if we could make another change of direction and go to a castle in the United Kingdom. The magic carpet agrees to take us to the oldest continuously occupied royal castle in that country. Where are we going to land?

Answer: Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle is the largest continuously inhabited royal castle in the world. The first construction on the castle began in 1070, a mere four years after William the Conqueror won the crown of England at the Battle of Hastings. The outer wall of the building is fairly plain and speaks to the fact that Windsor Castle was built as a fortification to protect the British Royal Family from danger throughout its long history.

But the walls hide some true architectural gems. The castle's 15th century St. George's Chapel, which was where Prince Harry married Meghan Markle in 2018, is considered among the finest construction of the era. In 1992 a fire tore through parts of the castle, burning for 15 hours. Although some valuable artwork was lost, the castle was restored and Queen Elizabeth continues to use it as one of her principal residences.
10. For our final destination on this ride, our magic carpet insists on deciding where to go. The carpet has taken us all over the world, to places both real and imaginary, so we let the carpet decide. "I'm taking you to visit my home. After all the places we've been, it's only right that I take you now to see the most magical place on earth, the Magic Kingdom." What is the other name of this "Magic Kingdom"?

Answer: Disney World

Disney World has become a city of its own just outside of Orlando, Florida. Containing four separate amusement parks, including The Magic Kingdom and Epcot, there are also two water parks and at least 34 hotels on the property. There are one or two parades, featuring Disney characters every day, along with fireworks most nights. And the iconic Cinderella's Castle overlooks it all.

There may be more to come, since only about one-quarter of the land is developed.
Source: Author goodreporter

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