Sunday times travel quiz

[moonchild]

Looking for answers to 14d (not quite prepared to accept David Beckham just yet!), 24a, 25b and 25e. Willing to trade answers.

[j buxton]

Its istanbul What do you think the translation of salzburg is (40 a)

[MikeMolloy]

Saltzburg? Over spiced Mc Donalds product!? Try Salt Hill. 24a or 25b?

[moonchild]

thanks, hadn't thought of Istanbul =) Salzburg means "salt castle". People get confused because "berg" is the German word for mountain and "burg" is the word for castle.

[netfamily]

Can someone please confirm 25a, d? Still looking for 25b & d of course!

[j buxton]

25 a) has been confirmed as Marco Polo - someone foundthe identical image. Salzburg Can be translated to Salt Mountain apparently (someone mailed a link to a newspaper article that mentioned it). 25 d) is definitely Sir Morton Stanley - we found the same picture. Still stuck on 25 b) and not convinced on 24 a). Do you agree that 25 e) is Magellan or do you think John Cabot ?

[Darren Jones]

Please explain - why is golden balls in istanbul?

[j buxton]

Sorry misread it - 14 b) is Istanbul, 14 b) is Madrid cheers

[netfamily]

Can someone say where is the 'Golden Balls' - is it Istanbul or Madrid??? 25b is Christopher Columbus - the exact picture is on the Corbis website

[moonchild]

I've decided to use the David Beckham answer (Madrid) after all. 25e is Vasco da Gama- the picture of the statue is on the Corbis site.