Ultimate Geek Trivia test on Voyagers, Explorers, Navigators, and their discovery and expedition around the World
What nationality was Abel Janszoon Tasman the voyager, explorer and mapmaker?
(a) Australian
(b) Greek
(c) Dutch
(d) Venetian
Which European explorer is credited with discovering a direct sea route reaching the Indian subcontinent in 1498?
(a) Christopher Columbus
(b) Ferdinand Magellan
(c) Vasco da Gama
(d) Marco Polo
Vasco-da-Gama came to India in ___ and landed at ___
(a) 1498, Cochin
(b) 1496, Goa
(c) 1498, Calicut
(d) 1492, Goa
Who of the following Portuguese is regarded as a ‘monster in human disguise’ and the one who had no bowels of compassion?
(a) Vasco de Gama
(b) Albuquerque
(c) Almeida
(d) Joao de Castro
Which of these was a Scottish explorer of the African continent and is credited as being the first Westerner to encounter the Niger River?
(a) Mungo Jerry
(b) Mungo Park
(c) Hyde Park
(d) Luna Park
What was the original name of the ship, the Golden Hind, used by Francis Drake to circumnavigate the globe?
(a) Pingu
(b) Puff Daddy
(c) Pelican
(d) Petunia Clark
Which Frenchman was the first to navigate the St Lawrence River in Canada in 1535?
(a) Jacques Cartier
(b) Jacques Timex
(c) Jacques Omega
(d) Jacques Casio
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The first man to reach the North Pole was –
(a) Rear Peary
(b) Ferdinand Magellan
(c) Aron Ralston
(d) Steve Irwin
In 1770, James Cook, the English Captain, landed at –
(a) Botany Bay of Australia
(b) Shark Bay of Australia
(c) Batemans Bay of Australia
(d) Western Port Bay of Australia
Why did Captain James Cook give the name ”The Sandwich Islands” to the Hawaiian Islands on his discovery of them on 18 January 1778?
(a) They were first sighted by Jim Sandwich, the crewman on watch
(b) He was eating lunch on the forecastle
(c) On the horizon, they looked like a sandwich
(d) He named them for John Montagu
Where did the traveller Ibn Batuta come from ?
(a) Morocco
(b) Persia
(c) Turkey
(d) Central Asia
The famous traveler who wrote air travel experiences in ancient times
(a) Alexander
(b) Marco polo
(c) Benjamin
(d) Ibnu batuta
The first explorer to reach the South Pole was –
(a) Sir Walter Raleigh
(b) Henry the Navigator
(c) Samuel de Champlain
(d) Cap. Ronald Amundson
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Christopher Columbus was an –
(a) British navigator
(b) French navigator
(c) Italian navigator
(d) Spanish navigator
Voyage around the world was undertook by whom in 1522
(a) Juan Ponce de León
(b) Magellan
(c) Zheng He
(d) Marco Polo
Who captained the ”Endeavour” and the ”Resolution” on 3 voyages to the Pacific in 1768-71, 1772-75 and 1776-79?
(a) John Butler
(b) James Cook
(c) Jeffrey Valet
(d) Jack Maid
Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India in –
(a) 1478
(b) 1488
(c) 1498
(d) None of these
De Champlain was a
(a) Italian Explorer
(b) Russian Explorer
(c) Dutch Explorer
(d) French Explorer
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Niagara Falls was discovered by –
(a) Louis Hennepin
(b) Pedro Álvares Cabral
(c) Vasco Da Gama
(d) Leif Eriksson Day
The first man to reach Antartica was –
(a) Christopher Columbus
(b) Ferdinand Magellan
(c) Fabian Gotileb
(d) Walter Raleigh
Which of the following occurred earliest?
(a) Sir Francis Drake sailed across the Pacific Ocean
(b) James Cook crossed the Antarctic Circle
(c) David Livingstone explored Africa
(d) Ronald Amundsen reaches South Pole
Speculation about the possibility of a southern land mass has been around for at least 2,000 years. When was the first recorded sighting of the Antarctic continent?
(a) 1905
(b) 1540
(c) 1820
(d) 1775
Victoria Falls was discovered by –
(a) Jeanne Baret
(b) David Livingstone
(c) Amerigo Vespucci
(d) Hernan Cortes
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The person who led the first marine expedition to travel around the world was –
(a) John Cabot
(b) Charles Darwin
(c) James Cook
(d) Magallan
Christopher Columbus died in the year
(a) 1506
(b) 1507
(c) 1508
(d) 1509
Which European country is considered as the pioneer in Geographical Explorations?
(a) England
(b) France
(c) Spain
(d) Portugal
Who was the first person to sail through the North East Passage north of Russia from Europe to the Pacific Ocean in 1878/79?
(a) James Burrough
(b) Baron Adolf Nordenskiold
(c) William Barents
(d) Henry Hudson
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Which ruler of Portugal did encourage navigators at the beginning of the 15th century ?
(a) Philip I
(b) Henry
(c) Elizabeth
(d) Henry VIII
To which country the navigator Columbus belonged
(a) Spain
(b) Italy
(c) France
(d) Porugal
To which country Ferdinand Magellan belonged ?
(a) Portugal
(b) Spain
(c) England
(d) Holland
The sea route to India was discovered by the
(a) Dutch
(b) English
(c) Portuguese
(d) French
What land was recorded by the American captain Benjamin Morrell of the schooner Wasp in March 1823, in the Weddell Sea area of Antarctica, the existence of which was not disproved until during Antarctic expeditions in the early 20th century?
(a) South Georgia
(b) Van Dieman’s Land
(c) New South Greenland
(d) Alaska
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When Dutch seafarer and explorer Abel Tasman sailed from Batavia in the Heemskerck and the Zeehaen in 1642 which of these was one of the countries (new to Europeans) he sighted and very briefly explored?
(a) Baffin Island
(b) Antarctica
(c) New Zealand
(d) Australia
Vasco-de-gama was a native of:
(a) America
(b) Britain
(c) Portugal
(d) Australia
