Extreme Travel Trivia

Contest 257: Nosey Nobels

The scientists who won the Nobel Prize for discovering the "smelling" genes also know how to sniff out a good time. They sailed off the northern coast of South America until they were above a ridge on the bottom of the ocean in the Vema Fracture Zone.

Name the ridge.

Deadline for Contest 257 entries is Friday, Oct. 22, at 10 a.m. Send entries by e-mail (travtrivia@ washpost.com; put "ETT No. 257" in subject field); fax (202-912- 3609); or U.S. mail (postcards only) to Extreme Travel Trivia, Wash- ington Post Travel Section, 1150 15th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20071). One entry per person. Winner chosen at random from correct entries.

RESULTS FROM NO. 255: BIG WIND

In Contest 255, we noted that Floridians were looking for calm from the onslaught of hurricanes in a town in Suffolk, England. Congratulations to Carrie Rains of Bethesda for discovering the hamlet of Eye.