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What was the name of a famous Norse explorer in the 10th Century?

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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

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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

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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

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Who was Marco Polo?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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