About Famous Explorers Quiz #842
Famous Explorers Quiz #842 was the quiz for Thursday, October 22, 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 #842
- Which ocean did Magellan name for its calm waters?
- Which continent was the last to be discovered by explorers?
- Which French author wrote the novel Around the World in Eighty Days?
- What were the maps that showed the world as it was then known called?
- Which instrument did sailors use to measure the angle of the Sun above the horizon?
- Which British explorer identified Lake Victoria as the main source of the Nile in 1858?
- Who was the first Canadian to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in 1982?
- Which Scottish explorer travelled the Niger River in West Africa in the 1790s?
- What was the name of the only ship from Magellan's fleet to return home?
- Who was the first known navigator to sail all the way around Australia, in 1802 to 1803?
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