Weird Where-Have-Yous Trivia Quiz

Answer: India

The Hindu Karni Mata Temple is found in the town of Deshnoke, India in Rajasthan Province. While the temple isn't so odd to locals, visitors might be put off by the twenty thousand black rats making their home inside. Ardent followers believe that eating food that has also been tasted by the rats inside is a commendable honour, and yes, you need to enter barefoot. Suffice to say, this temple is not the norm for India.

Answer: United States

Centralia, found in Pennsylvania, is, for all intents and purposes, a ghost town. While some people still reside in/near this dangerous locale, the town has been situated atop a burning, but abandoned coal mine for decades. Condemned in later years, Centralia became the inspiration for the video game series "Silent Hill" and has since been written into several successful horror novels.

It's one place on this list you'd probably not want to visit.

Answer: Cambodia

A sight of true tragedy, the caves of Phnom Sampeu were used as killing grounds during the reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. While the local mountain is dotted with temples and shrines, the limestone caves beneath used to house mounds of bodies tossed in by guerrilla forces. Today, the site is a shrine and home to a memorial and monument.

The caves can be found outside of Battambang in Cambodia's northwest.

Answer: Turkmenistan

Found in Central Turkmenistan in the town of Derweze, the Door to Hell is situated in an area known for high concentrations of subterranean natural gas. Insufficient stability forced a local drilling rig to collapse and, as is customary, workers decided to burn off the excess gas to avoid any danger to the area. This was in the 1970s. The pit has continued burning since then.

Answer: The United Kingdom

Created in the mid-1990s by Duchess Jane Percy, the gardens of Alnwick Castle are extensive, and only a small portion is devoted to the poisonous plants she's collected from around the world. That being said, it's one of the deadliest gardens in the world; over one hundred poisons, some of which can kill on touch (and are caged for this reason) can be found within its gates.

The site is on twenty-four hour security detail and will, at some point, probably result in some spooky Agatha Christie-style murders.

Answer: Zambia

The Devil's Swimming Pool is found on the Zambian side of Victoria Falls (which is shared with Zimbabwe), and if you're afraid of heights, this is not on your bucket list. The pool sits right at the edge of the falls, more than one hundred meters up, and you can actually watch the water as it goes over the falls...from the perfect vantage point.

The pool isn't available year-round; you need to wait until the dry season for the pool to be safe enough to hop into. It's not for the faint of heart.

Answer: Japan

It could only be Japan, right?

Tashirojima sits just off the east coast of Japan in the Pacific Ocean and while it only contains around one hundred human citizens (mostly elderly), it contains a significantly larger wild cat population. The site is mainly one for tourists; it's home to a few homely inns and shrines, and visitors are welcome to interact with the feline good luck charms living there.

Answer: Belize

A major diving site off the coast of Belize, the Great Blue Hole is a near-perfect circular sinkhole in the Lighthouse Reef in the Caribbean. Created by glaciers during an ice age, this UNESCO World Heritage Site is home to several unique plants and animals due to its odd ecosystem.

While it's not colourful as deep as it is underwater (it's actually extremely dark), it does contain many interesting limestone formations. Its significance was heightened by the explorations of Jacques Cousteau in the 1970s.

Answer: Palau

Extremely isolated, Jellyfish Lake, called 'Ongeim'l Tketau', is on Eil Malk, a major island in Palau in the South Pacific. This one's of particular interest because the saltwater lake is completely separated from the ocean, and due to a complete lack of natural predators, they've developed extremely minimal stings with a low enough jolt to be unnoticeable to humans. Tourists travelling to Palau can actually wade into the water to swim with the jellyfish-- thousands of them-- without any consequence.

Answer: Iceland

One of Iceland's most popular tourist destinations, the Blue Lagoon geothermal spa is only a short distance from the country's capital, Reykjavik, and boasts what is said to be some of the richest mineral baths in the world; many travel to Iceland solely to bathe in its waters. Surrounded by black volcanic rocks, the spa is heated by geothermal vents, common in this volcanically-charged nation.