About Famous Explorers Quiz #841
Famous Explorers Quiz #841 was the quiz for Wednesday, October 21, 2026: 10 questions: 2 easy, 3 medium and 5 hard. Everyone who played Famous Explorers Quiz that day got the same quiz, and it stays here to play for 60 days.
The questions of Famous Explorers Quiz #841
- Which English explorer sailed into the huge bay later named after him in 1610?
- In which modern country did Vasco da Gama land in 1498?
- Which long river, Canada's longest, is named after Alexander Mackenzie?
- Which Shoshone woman helped guide the Lewis and Clark expedition?
- What is the deepest known point in the ocean called?
- Which French explorer and his sons pushed west from the Great Lakes to the Prairies in the 1730s?
- Who was the first person to climb all 14 of the world's 8000-metre peaks?
- Which strait between Vancouver Island and Washington State is named after a Greek-born pilot sailing for Spain?
- Which British climber, asked why he wanted to climb Everest, reportedly said "Because it's there"?
- Which English explorer searched for the Northwest Passage in the 1570s and gave his name to a bay in Nunavut?
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