Venture a Guess... Trivia Quiz

Answer: Albania

Along with being a military zone, Karaburun Peninsula is also a nature reserve. Its highest point is called Koreta Peak, at a bit over 2,700 feet. On the western coast there's a small bay, Gramata, that ships have used since ancient times, although not for water since there is no potable water on the peninsula. Above Gramata Bay there was a marble quarry which is inscribed with names going as far back as the 4th century BC.

The surrounding waters are the largest part of the Karaburun-Sazan National Marine Park, with loggerhead sea turtles nesting there and the Mediterranean monk seal having been seen in the area.

Answer: Odsherred

Odsherred Peninsula has the usual Danish landscape of long, sandy beaches, small hills and farmland. The last part of the name, "herred" means "district" which today equates to county. The reason for this distinction may have been for recruitment of soldiers.

It is known there were people in Odsherred in the Stone Age because a skeleton of a hunted giant ox was found there. There are grave mounds from the later Bronze Age, and a bronze and gold statue of horses pulling a wagon that was carrying the sun.

In the middle ages the castle of Dragsholm was built for fortification. Today, even though farming is still important, there are a number of industries there, including the construction of machines that make Lego.

Answer: Portugal

Cape St. Vincent is in the Algarve, and is the most southwestern point in Portugal. With cliffs that rise almost vertically, it is well-known to mariners to or from the Mediterranean. On the cliffs of the Cape there are many species of birds nesting, including the rare Bonelli's eagle.

As long ago as the Neolithic age the Cape was inhabited. Stone monoliths are still there from that time. The ancient Greeks named it "Land of the Serpents" and dedicated a temple to Heracles. The Romans called it the "Holy Promontory" and felt that the sun sank into the ocean there, thus making it the edge of the world. Legend says that the body of the martyred 4th century St. Vincent was buried here. Ravens allegedly protected the shrine that was built over his grave. Much later, Sir Francis Drake, among others over the years, plundered the area. In 1693, the "Smyrna fleet" disaster happened when the French defeated a large convoy of Anglo-Dutch ships, either capturing or sinking 94 of the vessels that were loaded heavily with riches. The present lighthouse, guarding one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, has one of the most powerful dual light beams in Europe and was built on the ruins of a Franciscan convent.

Answer: boot heel

Salento is in the very southeast of Italy, in the Apulia region, the "boot heel". It is of limestone and divides the Adriatic from the Ionian Sea. The area is known for its lovely beaches and nice people. Needless to say, it is a tourist destination. There are a number of Italian dialects spoken by the locals in the areas, one of them being Tarantino from the town Taranto. That is where the family name of the tarantula spider came from.

It is also where the dance, the "tarantella", came from. In the olden days when a person was bitten by a spider, they would do a lively dance in order to sweat out the spider "venom", therefore the name "tarantella".

There are numerous watch towers along the coast, the first of which may have been Norman, with the remaining ones from the 15th and 16th centuries. All are in poor shape unfortunately.

Answer: Pacific Ocean

The Gazelle Peninsula is on the northeast end of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. It ranges from 50 miles wide to roughly 20 miles wide where it meets with the island itself. Mt. Sinewit is its highest point at almost 8,000 feet. It has one of the finest harbors in the South Pacific.

It, also, has active volcanoes, two of which have erupted at least once since 1937. Vulcan Crater has erupted twice, the last time being 1994. The area was settled by Germans and there are both copra and cocoa plantations along the coast.

The peninsula is the most populous part of the island.

Answer: Cape Wrath

Cape Wrath is the most northwestern point of the island of Great Britain. There is a lighthouse at its tip that one can visit, except for the times when maneuvers are being undertaken by the Navy, Air Force or NATO. The lighthouse was built in 1828. In 1998 it was converted to automatic. Because the area isn't populated, there are diverse varieties of wildlife, including golden eagles and red deer.

It has been said the Vikings would turn their ships around and head for home once they reached the cape.

In fact, the name comes from the old Norse word meaning "turning point". The only other area named "cape" in Britain is Cape Cornwall.

Answer: Cape Arkona

Cape Arkona is at the end of Wittow Peninsula on Rugen Island. Jaromarsburg, a temple and fortress as well as the religious area of the Rani, a Slavic tribe, is located there. In Slavic times, this temple housed a horse oracle, a white stallion, on whose behaviour a decision would be made to go to war or to stay at peace. Evidently horse oracles had been highly respected even from ancient times according to the writings of Tacitus. Both the fortress as well as the temple of Svantevit, the four-headed Slavic god, were destroyed by the Danes in 1168. Due to the Dane's attack, as well as erosion of the chalk promontory on which the edifices were built, only about a quarter of the site is left. Fortunately, preservation efforts have been started.

There are also two old lighthouses on the Cape, one built in 1827 and the other less than 100 years later. The former is one of the oldest lighthouses on the Baltic Sea.

Answer: Cabo Virgenes

Cape Virgins, in English, is at the southeast end of Patagonia in Argentina, and was reached by Ferdinand Magellan on the 21st of October, 1520. The Cape lies at the mouth of a strait that Magellan used to great effect and which now bears his name. The day he arrived was the feast day of Saint Ursula and the 10,000 Virgins, therefore he named the cape for them.

The lighthouse has been operating since 1904. One of the largest colonies of Magellanic penguins, with about 120,000 breeding pairs as of 2008, is located there.

The Argentine government has stationed game wardens to care for and study the birds. They have also put a "no fishing" zone around the colony so that fishermen won't compete for the penguins' food stocks, as happened to the penguins in the Falkland Islands.

Answer: United States

Cape Prince of Wales is part of the United States. It is located on the Seward Peninsula in Alaska and is the end point of the Continental Divide. It is the eastern boundary of the Bering Strait and is directly across from another cape, that of Cape Dezhnev on the Chukchi Peninsula in Russia.

There is an interesting book written about the area during the years 1892 - 1902. Called "Ice Window", it is a compliation of letters written by a woman, who with her husband, were missionary-teachers there. Ellen Smith wrote about everyday living and it gives a wonderful insight to that isolated region of Alaska in those years.

The book also contains photographs and drawings of that time.

Answer: Cap Diamant

Cap Diamant (Cape Diamond) is the cape and cliff upon which Quebec City, Canada, stands. It is formed by a bend of the St. Lawrence River as it meets with the St. Charles River. When Jacques Cartier explored the area he found some sparkly stones which he hoped were diamonds.

However, when he had them examined after returning to France they turned out to be common quartz. It was this cape that General James Wolfe and his men, during the Seven Year's War and after a three-month siege, climbed to defeat the French on the Plains of Abraham. Both Wolfe as well as his adversary, the Marquis de Montcalm, met their deaths during that war.