Cape Where? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Nova Scotia

Cape Breton Island is in the north-east of Nova Scotia, in Canada; the Strait of Canso separates it from the rest of the peninsula.

Alexander Graham Bell wrote "I have travelled around the globe ... but for simple beauty, Cape Breton outrivals them all."

Answer: Florida

Cape Canaveral is a headland on the East coast of the peninsula of Florida in the United States. Nearby is the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, which I should not confuse with the Kennedy Space Center. Both are north of the headland, while the town known as Cape Canaveral is further south.

After the assassination of President Kennedy, the headland was renamed in his honour, but the change wasn't popular and the original name was restored ten years later in 1973.

Answer: Massachussetts

Cape Cod is the name given to a curved peninsula on the eastern side of Massachusetts in the United States. It is well known as a summer holiday destination, and is especially popular with anglers.

Cape Cod (or Cape Codder) is also the name of a cocktail made with cranberry juice and vodka, garnished with a slice of lime.

Answer: New Zealand

Cape Farewell is the most northern point of South Island in New Zealand. It was given the name by Captain Cook in 1770, because it was the last land seen by his crew before departing for home again.

There is another Cape Farewell, otherwise known as Nunap Isua, on the southern tip of Greenland.

Answer: Spain

Cape Finisterre, or Cabo Fisterra in Galician, is on the Atlantic coast at the end of a peninsula in Galicia in north-west Spain. The name Finisterre comes from the Latin words 'finis terrae' meaning end of the earth.

The name, Finisterre, was used for an area off the northwest coast of Spain in the shipping forecast produced by the Meteorological Office in the United Kingdom from its inception until 2002, when it was renamed as Fitzroy, after the founder of the Meteorological Office.

Answer: Tierra del Fuego

Cape Horn is located on the southern tip of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago in South America. Before the opening of the Panama Canal, it was the most southerly point of land that had to be passed during any circumnavigation of the world. Lying in the southern half of the Furious Fifties and close to the Screaming Sixties, the area is notorious for very bad weather making 'sailing round the Horn' a very dangerous undertaking.

A BBC radio sketch show from the 1960s created by Barry Took and Marty Feldman used the phrase 'Round the Horne' for its title, since one of the stars was Kenneth Horne.

Answer: South Africa

Although it is at the southern tip of the Cape Peninsula south of Cape Town in South Africa, the Cape of Good Hope is not the most southerly point on the continent of Africa. About 150km east-southeast is Cape Angulhas, which holds that distinction.

Initially, Bartolomeu Dias used the name Cape of Storms; John II of Portugal re-named it as the Cape of Good Hope, because it opened up the possibility of trade routes to the east.

Answer: Atlantic Ocean

Cape Verde is an archipelago lying off the coast of western Africa between the equator and the Tropic of Cancer. The uninhabited islands were originally colonised by the Portuguese in the fifteenth century. The country gained independence in 1975.

The name comes from Cap-Vert on the coast of Senegal. At the United Nations, in 2013, the country's delegation announced that country's name shouldn't be translated, and it should be known as Cabo Verde (Portuguese for Green Cape).

Answer: Scotland

Cape Wrath is the most north-westerly point on the mainland of Great Britain; it is in Sutherland in the Highlands of Scotland. It is one of the most remote parts of the island. The nearest town, Durness, is ten miles away as the crow flies, although the journey is somewhat longer, and involves a small ferry (which only operates during the summer months) and then travel along a rough road. The lighthouse, built in 1828, has been unmanned since 1998, when it was converted to operate automatically. A few thousand tourists a year are attracted to the area, despite, or because of, the remoteness. However, some of the surrounding land is used by the Ministry of Defence for training exercises; when these take place the tourists are denied access to the cape.

The name comes from an Old Norse word 'hvarf', which means turning point; Wrath should be pronounced to rhyme with math rather than goth.

Answer: Queensland

Cape York is the name of a peninsula in the north of Queensland in Australia, and also the name of the headland at the northernmost tip of both the peninsula and the continent of Australia. It is bordered on the east by the Coral Sea, and on the west by the Gulf of Carpentaria. About half of the area is used for grazing cattle as the soil is too poor for cultivation; however, there are areas of tropical rainforest which are home to a wide range of plants and wildlife.

There is another Cape York in the north-west of Greenland.