DID YOU KNOW? Travel Trivia T 1 hink you re an expert on traveling? Travel Weekly editor Nadine Godwin sure is after writing about the subject for 40 years. Her new book, Travia: The Ultimate Book of Travel Trivia, includes decades worth of humorous and informative travel facts. Want to test your knowledge? See how much you know about hotel trivia. Gray MacDonald What rst is The Roberts Mayfair Hotel in St. Louis credited with? a) The rst hotel to put chocolates on guests pillows b) The rst hotel to have room service c) The rst hotel to provide robes to guests d) The rst hotel to use minibars For how many years has the world s oldest continually operating hotel been open? a) 422 b) 951 c) 1,291 d) 3,054 How many towels do sneaky guests borrow from Holiday Inn hotels every year? a) 100 b) 800 c) 1,500 d) More than 500,000 What was the average cost of one night s stay at a U.S. hotel room in 1930? a) $1.55 b) $3.99 c) $5.60 d) $7.00 4 How much ice is used annually to rebuild the Icehotel in Jukkasj rvi, Sweden? a) 3 tons b) 3,000 tons c) 30,000 tons d) 300,000 tons 5 2 3 pg 18-25.indd 3 Answer key: 1. A. The idea was taken from famous guest Cary Grant, who laid a trail of chocolates as a romantic gesture when he stayed there in the 1950s. 2. C. The Houshi Ryokan in Awazu, Japan, was built in 718. 3. D. Holiday Inn loses about 590,000 towels a year. 4. C. The average rate dropped to $3.21 by 1940. 5. B. The hotel uses about 3,000 tons of ice for its 85 rooms. nwa WorldTraveler 21 12/15/08 4:12:54 PM