Explorers Trivia
126 Trivia Questions & Answers
What was the name of a famous Norse explorer in the 10th Century?
Erik The Red Click to see the answer
Which explorers expedition was the first to circumnavigate the earth?
Magellan
Why was Easter Island named Easter island?
It was discovered on Easter Sunday
Which of these happened first?
Madeira and Azores discovered
Which explorer's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the earth?
Magellan
Which famous waterfalls did David Livingstone discover in 1855?
Victoria Falls
Which was the first continent to be discovered that had no native population?
Antarctica Click to see the answer
What was the name of the ship on which the Pilgrims came to America?
Mayflower
Which explorer was the first to circumnavigate the globe?
Magellan
Where did explorers first arrive in Canada?
L'Anse aux Meadows
Who led the team that discovered Tutankhamen's tomb?
Howard Carter
What South American country is named after a famous explorer?
Colombia
Which explorer gave the name Canada?
Jacques Cartier
What was the middle name of the explorer Captain Scott?
Falcon
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first men to climb which mountain?
Mount Everest
Who carried out the second circumnavigation of the world?
Francis Drake Click to see the answer
Which explorer first claimed Canada for France?
Jacques Cartier
Which 'Apollo' mission landed the first humans on the Moon?
11
Which famous explorer's ship was called The Discovery?
Captain Scott
Who was Vasco da Gama?
A Portuguese explorer and navigator
Which year did the Americans launched their first satellite Explorer 1?
1958
Who was Leif Ericson?
An 11th century explorer who may have discovered the Americas
Which famous ship was sunk in 1545?
Mary Rose
Who discovered the sea route to India in 1497?
Vasco da Gama
What did Captain Cook discover in 1778?
The Sandwich Islands
Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered in which decade?
1920s
In which century was explorer Marco Polo born?
13th
Who was Marco Polo?
A 13th century Venetian explorer of China Click to see the answer
Who was Richard E. Byrd?
A pioneering American aviator and polar explorer
Who was the second person to walk on the moon?
Buzz Aldrin
Who was David Livingstone?
A Scottish missionary and explorer in Africa
Who arrived in Massachusetts from England in 1620?
Pilgrim Fathers
Who was Captain James Cook?
A 18th century explorer who mapped Australia and claimed it for Great Britain
Who was Roald Amundsen?
A Norwegian explorer and the first man to reach the South Pole
Who was John Cabot?
A 15th century Italian explorer
Marco Polo was an explorer from which country?
Italy
T. E. Lawrence became famous as Lawrence of …?
Arabia
Who was Sir Richard Burton?
A Victorian explorer and writer
Meriwether Lewis was an American what?
Explorer
Jacques Cartier discovered which country?
Canada
Man finally landed on the moon in which year?
1969
Who is credited with discovering America?
Christopher Columbus
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
A Portuguese explorer and the first European to cross the Pacific
Who was king when Columbus discovered America?
Henry VII
Cpt James Bligh captained which famous ship?
HMS Bounty
Who is credited with bringing tobacco to England?
Sir Walter Raleigh
Who was Christopher Columbus?
One of the first explorers to reach the Americas
Who discovered the sea route to India?
Vasco da Gama Click to see the answer
Who was the first to explore Germany?
Pytheas
What name is given to the 11 ships that sailed from Great Britain on 13 May 1787?
First Fleet
Who sailed in the 'Santa Maria'?
Christopher Columbus
Who said 'Dr Livingstone I Presume'?
Henry Morton Stanley
How did Europeans learn about Asia?
Soldiers returning from the Crusades
What name was given to the islands we now know as Hawaii when they were first discovered by Europeans?
Sandwich Islands Click to see the answer
Who discovered Tutankhamen's tomb?
Howard Carter
What was the name of the ship that James Cook used on his first voyage of discovery to Australia and New Zealand?
HMS Endeavour
Who was the first black woman in space?
Mae Jemison
Who discovered Greenland?
Erik The Red
Which explorer died en route to Tahiti?
George Bass
Who discovered Canada?
Jacques Cartier
Which Dutch navigator led the first European expedition to sight the Fiji island group?
Abel Tasman
What did the Europeans want from Asia?
Spices, gold, and silk
What was the common nationality of the explorers Vasco da Gama, Bartholomew Diaz and Ferdinand Magellan?
Portuguese Click to see the answer
Which British captain and explorer proved that New Zealand was not a part of a continent?
James Cook
Which English explorer credited with 'the establishment of the first English settlement in North America was born on New Year's Day 1580?
John Smith
Hiram Bingham rediscovered which archeological site in 1911?
Machu Picchu
Jacques Cartier claimed which part of Canada for France?
Quebec
Edmund Hillary was the first man to conquer which mountain?
Mount Everest
Where did the first fleet of British ships land in 1788?
Botany Bay
In which century did James Cook discover the Hawaiian islands?
18th
The tomb of which boy king was first discovered in 1922?
Tutankhamen
What nationality was the great explorer Vasco Da Gama?
Portuguese
What did the early explorers originally call America?
The New World
Who claimed the East Coast of Australia as British in 1770?
Cpt James Cook
Who discovered the Lost City of Machu Picchu in 1912?
Hiram Bingham Click to see the answer
Which explorer first entered San Francisco Bay in 1579?
Francis Drake
Where did the British establish an outpost in 1803?
Van Diemen's Land
In what capacity was Vasco Nunez de Balboa famous in history?
Explorer
What did Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon discover in 1922?
Tomb of Tutankhamen
In what year did Christopher Columbus discover America?
1492
In which century did Christopher Columbus discover America?
15th
In what year was the wreck of the Titanic discovered?
1980
Which of the following four ships was launched the earliest?
Mayflower
In 1963, who became the first woman to fly in space?
Valentina Tereshkova
In what year did Roald Amundsen reach the South Pole?
1911
The first German immigrants to Australia settled where?
Klemzig
Walter Raleigh named which US state after Elizabeth I?
Virginia
On which date of 1969 did Neil Armstrong walk on the moon?
July 20th
Who was the first man to circumnavigate Australia?
Matthew Flinders
Who discovered the 'New World' of the Americas?
Christopher Columbus Click to see the answer
Who settled Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607?
John Smith
Who was the explorer who died in Panama in 1596?
Francis Drake
Why did Columbus call the Arawaks Indians?
He thought he had reached the Indies
Where did the marauding Vikings come from?
Scandinavia
What led to the growth of California in 1848?
Gold
Who was the first woman in outer space?
Valentina Tereshkova Click to see the answer
Who was the first man to conquer Mount Everest?
Edmund Hillary
Who first sailed around the Cape of Good Hope?
Vasco da Gama
Who was the first person to reach the North Pole?
Robert Peary
Who conquered the Greeks around 2,100 years ago?
Romans
Who was the first to call America a 'New World'?
Amerigo Vespucci
Who led the Russian conquest of Siberia?
Yermak Timofeyevich
What was the nationality of Jacques Piccard?
Swiss
Which famous person explored the river Zambezi?
David Livingston
Who is credited with discovering America in 1492?
Christopher Columbus Click to see the answer
Which type of ship was The Marie Celeste?
Brig
Which of these explorers traveled the furthest?
Neil Armstrong
Whose journeys are published in the book Rihla?
Ibn Battuta
The first European to reach Australia was who?
Willem Janszoon
Which explorer named the Pacific Ocean?
Ferdinand Magellan
What was the name of Christopher Columbus' ship?
Santa Maria
The famous explorer Christopher Columbus came from which European country?
Italy
The wreck of which famous ship was discovered and filmed in 1985?
Titanic
Who accompanied Edmund Hillary in his 1953 conquering of Everest?
Sherpa Tensing
A 4,400 year-old mommy, found smiling, was discovered in what year?
1989
The first known European to land in Australia was what nationality?
Dutch
What is the name of the explorer who founded the Roanoke Colony?
Walter Raleigh
In 1909 where was US explorer Robert Peary the first person to reach?
North Pole
What did Howard Carter discover in 1922 after a fifteen-year-long search?
Tutankhamun's Tomb
What island did the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discover in April 1722?
Easter Island
Who led a troupe of elephants over the Brooklyn Bridge in May 1884?
PT Barnum
What ocean did Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl cross on a raft in 1947?
The Pacific Ocean
What Spanish explorer discovered the Americas during the Renaissance?
Christopher Columbus
What did Howard Carter and the Earl of Carnarvon discover in 1922?
Tutankhamen's tomb
Which of these men was an English explorer in the 16th Century?
Francis Bacon
In what century did Christopher Columbus discover the New World?
The 15th
