Go West, Young Man Trivia Quiz

Answer: Estonia

Traveling south from Helsinki, you would cross the Gulf of Finland and make landfall just to the east of the Estonian capital, Tallinn. Traveling further south on the same line of longitude, you would cross into Latvia, passing to the west of its capital, Riga, and then into Lithuania, reaching its capital, Vilnius. Continuing further south, you would cross into Belarus, with Poland off to the west.

Answer: Japan

Traveling east from Seoul, you would cross the Sea of Japan and next make landfall in Japan. To reach the Philippines, you would need to head south from Seoul. Heading west from Seoul would see you land in China. Traveling beyond Japan, further to the east, you would hit the USA in California. Even further east, in Europe, Seoul is on the same latitude as Spain, Sicily in Italy, and Greece.

Answer: Russia

Traveling north across the Pacific Ocean, you will pass to the west of both Fiji and Tuvalu, and far to the east of Japan. You will eventually make landfall in the autonomous okrug of Chukotka at the far eastern extreme of Russia.

Answer: Namibia

Traveling east from Rio de Janeiro, you would cross the Atlantic Ocean before making landfall on the African continent in Namibia. Both South Africa and New Zealand are further south than Rio. If you instead headed west from Rio you would cross into Paraguay.

Answer: Turks & Caicos Islands

Traveling south from Boston across the Atlantic Ocean, you will pass to the west of both Bermuda and the British Virgin Islands before entering the Caribbean Sea and making landfall in the Turks & Caicos Islands. Continuing further south on the same longitude would take you across Chile and Argentina in South America, so both the Falklands and St Helena would be far to your east.

Answer: Chile

Traveling east from Brisbane, Australia, you would cross the Pacific Ocean passing north of Easter Island before making landfall on the South American continent in northern Chile. Peru is further north than Brisbane. Had you instead traveled west from Brisbane, your next landfall would have been on the eastern coast of South Africa.

Answer: Tajikistan

Traveling north from Kabul, you will reach the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan. If you continued north on the same line of longitude, you would then pass to the east of the Tajikistan capital, Dushanbe, and into Uzbekistan on a direct line to its capital, Tashkent. Even further north is Kazakhstan, and you would pass to the west of its capital, Astana, before crossing over into Russia. To reach Pakistan, you would have to go south from Kabul.

Answer: Canada

Traveling west from Cardiff in South Wales, you would just miss the southernmost point of Ireland and set out across the Atlantic Ocean, eventually making landfall in the Canadian province of Newfoundland. The northern reaches of USA are well south of Cardiff, whilst the southern tip of Greenland is well to the north.

Answer: Malta

Traveling south from Naples, you would cross the Tyrrhenian Sea and hit land again in Sicily, but you have not yet left Italy. Continuing south across the Mediterranean, you will reach landfall in Malta and eventually reach the city of Birkirkara. If you continued south on the same longitude, you would eventually reach Libya. Both Algeria and Tunisia are to the west of your route.

Answer: Mexico

Traveling east from Honolulu across the Pacific Ocean, you would next make landfall in Mexico. If, instead, you traveled west, you would hit China next. Other countries on a similar latitude to Honolulu include Cuba, Mali, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, India and Vietnam.