Subject: CAstles

1. Dunafon Castle, located in Idledale, can be seen from which hiking trail in the Jefferson County open space parks system?

a. Hanging Lake; b. Mount Bierstadt; c. Bear Creek

2. When visiting London, you can view the crown jewels at which castle?

a. Windsor Castle; b. Malbork Castle; c. Tower of London

3. Himeji Castle, one of Japan’s oldest surviving castles, located in Hyogo and recognized as a World Heritage Site, was originally established in approximately _________.

a. 1865; b. 1333; c. 825

4. Which castle located near Rye, Colo., allows visitors to climb its iron and stone structure “at their own risk”?

a. Bishop Castle; b. Cherokee Ranch and Castle; c. Windsor Castle

5. Traveling to Eilean Donan castle, situated on a small island in the Highlands, you would be in which country?

a. The Netherlands; b. Scotland; c. Belarus

6. Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas, a World Heritage site that features a complex system of tunnels, is a castle located in which northern South American country?

a. Ecuador; b. Colombia; c. Chile

7. While visiting the area of Shum Agame Sebhat Subagadis Castle in Ethiopia, you can enjoy a traditional Ethiopian meal of _________.

a. pierogies and kielbasa; b. injera bread and doro wat; c. spaghetti and meatballs

8. Which of these inspired Walt Disney’s sleeping beauty castle?

a. Edinburg Castle, Scotland; b. Himeji Castle, Japan; c. Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany

9. Belvedere Castle, completed in 1872, is located in which well-known U.S. city park?

a. Central Park, New York City; b. Millenium Park, Chicago; c. City Park, Ketchikan Alaska

10. Dating back to the 1100s, Predjama Castle is built into the mouth of a cave in which country in central Europe?

a. Malta; b. Slovenia; c. Iceland

ANSWERS

1. c. Bear Creek; 2. c. Tower of London; 3. b. 1333; 4. a. Bishop Castle; 5. b. Scotland; 6. b. Colombia;; 7. b. injera bread and doro wat; 8. c. Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany; 9. a. Central Park, New York City; 10. b. Slovenia.

Diane Jensen Valvano is a social worker and reader of The Denver Post who loves travel and geography and learning about new places.