Famous Voyages Trivia Quiz
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- 🗂️ Maritime History
- 🎚️ Easy to expert
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Legendary sea expeditions throughout history. Play the Famous Voyages trivia quiz solo to sharpen your knowledge, or challenge a friend head-to-head in Trivia Tango — every question comes with an explanation so you learn as you play. Questions span every level, from easy warm-ups to expert-level stumpers, so there's a real challenge here however much you already know.
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Sample Famous Voyages Quiz Questions
A mix of easy, medium and hard — questions run from warm-up to expert, so there's a real challenge at every level. Think you know the answers? Play to find out.
This Italian explorer sailed west for Spain in 1492 and reached the Caribbean, believing he had found a route to Asia.
Difficulty: Easy- Christopher Columbus
- Amerigo Vespucci
- John Cabot
- Hernán Cortés
This small island in the South Atlantic became Napoleon's final exile and death place after his defeat at Waterloo.
Difficulty: Medium- Elba
- Corsica
- Ascension Island
- Saint Helena
The first European sailing ship to enter Japanese waters was a Portuguese vessel that reached this island in 1543, introducing firearms to Japan.
Difficulty: Hard- Tanegashima
- Kyushu
- Okinawa
- Tsushima
This ship carried the Pilgrims from England to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620.
Difficulty: Easy- The Santa Maria
- The Mayflower
- The Golden Hind
- The Endeavour
The wreck of the Titanic was discovered in 1985 by this oceanographer using the unmanned submersible Argo.
Difficulty: Medium- Robert Ballard
- Jacques Cousteau
- Sylvia Earle
- Don Walsh
The British Antarctic Survey ship that was used to search for the Endurance wreck and successfully found it in 2022 was named this.
Difficulty: Hard- RRS James Clark Ross
- RRS Discovery
- S.A. Agulhas II
- Polar Star
This Portuguese explorer led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, though he died before completing the journey.
Difficulty: Easy- Vasco da Gama
- Bartolomeu Dias
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Prince Henry the Navigator
Matthew Henson, an African American explorer, was one of the first people to reach this location in 1909 alongside Robert Peary.
Difficulty: Medium- South Pole
- North Pole
- Mount Everest Summit
- Source of the Nile
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