Historical Explorers Trivia Questions
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Which race of warrior women did Francisco de Orellana claim to encounter while searching for El Dorado's gold in Brazil?
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amazons
Which Venetian explorer was the first known European to visit the regions that are now Thailand and Vietnam?
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marco polo
Who served as the governor of Yangchow, China between 1282 and 1287?
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marco polo
Which Italian explorer visited the island of Sumatra in the Indian Ocean around the year 1292?
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marco polo
Which explorer discovered the island of Saint-Barthelemy in 1493 and named it after his brother, Bartholomeo?
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christopher columbus
Which group of Scandinavian adventurers traveled as far east as Persia and as far west as the New World during the Middle Ages?
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vikings
Which explorer left for his second voyage in September of 1493 with a fleet of seventeen ships, fourteen more than his first trip?
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christopher columbus
In 1820, which continent might have been first seen by Fabian von Bellingshausen, who thought it was just ice?
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antarctica
Which Venetian explorer traveled in the service of Emperor Kublai Khan from 1275-1292?
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marco polo
In which country did William Adams, the first Englishman to visit, become a nobleman granted by the Shogun?
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japan
Which middle-aged Italian explorer visited the island of Sumatra in 1292?
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marco polo
Which explorer, who discovered Grenada in 1498, is represented by the ship on Grenada's coat-of-arms?
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christopher columbus
Who was the Venetian who, along with his father and uncle, reached Shang-tu, the summer capital of Kublai Khan, in 1275?
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marco polo
Which explorer built a fort using lumber salvaged from the Santa Maria after it ran aground in 1492?
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christopher columbus
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