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1. The woman sitting next to you on an Air Canada flight says she is going home to "Winterpeg" for Christmas. Because you know where she is going, you both laugh about the biting winds at Portage and Main. To which Canadian city is she most likely to be referring?
2. You are a guest at a cocktail party in the British Embassy in Washington, D.C. You are conversing with other guests when the server walks by with a tray of a particular drink that he says is very traditional in the U.K. What drink is he most likely to be offering?
3. You are in Tokyo chatting with a Japanese family who are going home to Kyoto for a holiday weekend. They want to travel in the fastest most convenient way, so they are taking the shinkansen. How are they most likely to be travelling?
4. You are on the Staten Island Ferry on your way over to Manhattan. You strike up a conversation with a local teacher who says that she works at a school "way uptown" and will take the subway there after she steps off the ferry. Where is she most likely to be going?
5. You are admiring a lovely garden in a French village in Provence. The owner is worried, however, that Le Mistral might destroy much of her good work. To what is she most likely to be referring?
6. You are on the bus next to a young couple in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They are very excited because they are on their way out to a favourite dance-hall where they are going to spend the evening dancing with many expert dancers. What type of dance are the two of them most likely to be doing?
7. You bump into a group of Australian students in a bar in Sydney. You all have a lot in common, so they invite you back to their place for "snags" on the barbie. You know they mean a barbecue, but what type of food are they most likely to be cooking?
8. Your Thai host takes you out to dinner in Bangkok. There is one particular dish that you think looks very appetizing. He tells you that it is "tom yum". What is this dish most likely to be?
9. You are in Morocco and you decide to take a local tour. You step on to the bus and the guide says that your first stop will be the "souk". Where are you most likely to be going?
10. You are on a train in Northern India climbing very high up to the Himalayan foothills town of Shimla, also called Simla. Your Indian friend tells you that this used to be the place where, during the hot weather, the Raj would move to be in a cooler climate. Which people is he likely to be talking about?
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