Travel trivia: What is the sunniest place on Earth?

Posted on January 9th, 2011 by Laura Byrne Paquet in Travel Trivia

The sunniest place on Earth is Yuma, where more than 90 percent of the possible hours of sunshine are in fact sunny. Where is Yuma?

  • Arizona
  • California
  • Mexico
  • Saudi Arabia

Think you know the answer? Send it to me as a comment at the bottom of this post. At the end of the week, I’ll draw one name from all the people who answered correctly, and that person will receive this week’s prize: a jazzy water bottle from Tourism New Brunswick.

Come back tomorrow for another travel trivia question and another chance to win the water bottle! And if you can’t wait until then for your trivia fix, check out my husband Paul’s trivia site, TriviaHallOfFame.com. (He supplied this question, BTW.)

This contest closes at 5:00pm EST on Friday, January 14, 2011.

Photo of Yuma: Can Stock Photo, File ID 1011920.

Disclosure: The water bottle was provided by Tourism New Brunswick.

18 Comments on “Travel trivia: What is the sunniest place on Earth?”

  1. Fahmida

    Arizona

  2. Tony Clemens

    Arizona

  3. Sharon Toman

    Arizona.

  4. gordon

    Arizona

  5. Paul Bailey

    Arizona – been there done that

  6. argus

    Those two guys seem pretty smart. I’ll say Arizona as well.

  7. Moira

    Arizona

  8. steve

    Arizona

  9. Andreas Iacovides

    Arizona

  10. Garry Zaslow

    Arizona

  11. Whitney

    Arizona! A gorgeous state.

  12. Maureen Ryan

    Arizona

  13. Marty

    Arizona

  14. Paul

    Arizona. “Such a fine site to see,” in the words of the Eagles.

    • Laura Byrne Paquet

      I’d forgotten that Eagles song!

  15. ami

    arizona! i’m visiting az right now, it’s a little warm out.

  16. Maddie

    Agree, Arizona. Our final answer!

  17. tami mcgraw

    Arizona

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