Travel Customs and Etiquette

What this quiz asks

• In which country is a bow like this the everyday greeting, with deeper bows showing more respect?
• In Japan, what are guests expected to do as they step into someone's home?
• What is the name of the traditional early-afternoon rest in Spain?
• In Japan, leaving a tip for your waiter is generally expected.
• At midnight on New Year's Eve, Spaniards traditionally eat one grape for each chime of the clock. How many grapes is that?
• When friends raise their glasses together in Japan, what do they say?
• In Japan, why is it rude to stand your chopsticks upright in a bowl of rice?
• Select ALL of these countries where friends commonly greet each other with kisses on the cheek.
• Sweet mint tea, poured from high above the glass, is a famous sign of hospitality in which country?
• What is the name of the traditional Thai greeting made with palms pressed together and a slight bow?
• Select ALL of these that are considered rude in Thailand.
• In India, is it considered polite to eat with your left hand?
• In Japan, how should you offer and receive a business card?
• In Russia, a bouquet with an even number of flowers is traditionally reserved for what?
• In China, which gift is traditionally avoided because the phrase for giving it sounds like one linked to death?
• Many buildings in China, Japan and Korea skip floors with which number, because it sounds like the word for death?
• In Spain, dinner is traditionally eaten early, at around 6 pm.
• The hongi, a traditional Māori greeting in New Zealand, involves pressing together what?
• In Bulgaria, does a nod of the head traditionally mean 'yes'?
• Order these steps of a visit to a Japanese onsen, the traditional hot-spring bath, from first to last.