Explorers

Our brainteaser this week is about famous explorers.

1. Who first made his immortal "one small step" on to the Moon in July 1969?
   Neil Armstrong.
2. Which explorer arrived in Botany Bay in 1770 and claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain?
   Captain James Cook.
3. Which explorer of the world's oceans invented the Aqua-Lung which came to be called a scuba?
   Jacques Cousteau.
4. Name the Sherpa who reached the summit of Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary on 29 May 1953.
   Tenzing Norgay.
5. The South Pole was first reached in 1911 by a Norwegian expedition under which explorer?
   Roald Amundsen.
6. America is named after which Spanish explorer?
   Amerigo Vespucci.
7. What name was given by Thor Heyerdahl to the raft built of nine balsawood logs on which, in 1947, he and five companions traveled the 5000 miles between Peru and the Tuamoto Islands near Tahiti.
   Kon-Tiki.
8. Which Italian explorer is celebrated on the second Monday in October with Landing Day or Discovery Day?
   Christopher Columbus.
9. Which explorer wrote the books "Talent for Trouble" (1968), "Hell on Ice" (1978) and "To the Ends of the Earth: Transglobe Expedition 1979-82 (1983)?
   Sir Ranulph Fiennes.
10. In 1922, which Norwegian explorer was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for Russian relief work?
    Fridtjof Nansen.

Questions set by Tony Augarde, author of "The Oxford Guide to Word Games"

How did you do?

0 - 1    Mmmm, not exactly brilliant.
2 - 5    A reasonable stab.
6 - 8    A good showing. But there's still room for improvement!
9 - 10  You really know your stuff. Well done!