The Tourist Intelligence Test
1. It’s cold and the rain is flying horizontally. What are you going to wear as you walk round the city walls?
a) A T-shirt. I’m on holiday.
b) A nasty waterproof I bought in the Railway Museum shop this morning.
c) I’m going to dress up like Scott of the Antarctic with a camcorder.
2. You are in the city with the highest concentration of cultural attractions outside of a European capital. What are you going to do?
a) Visit the Disney Shop and check out the sale at Debenhams.
b) Look at the Medieval buildings and then overindulge myself in a tea shop or a pub. Or both.
c) I’ve already checked the guidebooks and planned my visit down to the minute.
3. What are you going to spend your money on?
a) The same thing I always spend my money on. Clothes.
b) Ooh. Things.
c) Museum admission and anything unusual.
4. How did you get here?
a) I drove and paid £1.80 an hour for parking.
b) I left the car in a free park & ride and paid £1 for an overcrowded bus that is now 90 minutes late…
c) There’s free parking at the B&B/hotel/my friend’s house.
5. What do you think of the city’s traffic problem?
a) I didn’t notice when I drove here. When I’d worked out what I was doing the road in front of me was clear.
b) The council should flatten some buildings and put a motorway through the city centre.
c) It must be a nightmare to live with, but I’m only a tourist.
6. What are you doing tonight?
a) Going to the theatre/opera house/concert.
b) Doing the Ghost Walk.
c) Getting wasted on Mickelgate.
First day for me, working at westminster. As I walked past parliament and big ben, I politely wove in and out of those with cameras so they could get their shots. It took me about 10 minutes to walk 5 yards.
Second day for me, working at westminster. I beat a solid and straight track through the tourists regardless. I wanted to get home.
I love them really, they bring their money.
But when I am a tourist, I like to ensure that I leave my intelligence at home.
Comment by Humble Secretary — April 30, 2005 @ 8:58 am
Well on the quiz it was split between all three.
However, as I believe this quiz relates specifically to the great city of York, well it’s far more b’s (although the car ones don’t really count – as is fitting to the place I do train and then walking about in the city).
Comment by Tractor Girl — April 30, 2005 @ 1:24 pm
1:a.
2:b. not too long on the buildings though.
3:a. books and music
4:d. i walked from the youth hostel, and my feet are killing me.
5:a. it’s very confusing how the one-way system and deceptive signposting
makes it nearly impossible to find the Old Routes
6:ironing six school blouses, a skirt and jumper, balancing the books,
writing a letter to a newly disabled friend and her family,
pretending to study ezekiel and wishing my room would tidy itself.
And studying the train times to Windermere
But i’m open to all sensible alternatives….
Comment by +hephzibah — April 30, 2005 @ 9:50 pm
Scott had a camcorder in the Antarctic? Coooooooooool.
Comment by Anne — May 3, 2005 @ 6:31 pm
You want cold? I’ll show you cold! (And I’ve traipsed through York too many times when it was cold and rainy. I’m beginning to think it’s a national conspiracy. Though I haven’t gotten wasted on Mickelgate yet. . . .)
Comment by Ancarett — May 5, 2005 @ 2:11 am