Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Who became, in 1773, the first explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle?
2. Who became, in 1820, the first to see the Antarctic Continent?
3. Whose expedition was trapped in the ice in 1898 and drifted helplessly for a year, thereby becoming the first to survive an Antarctic winter?
4. Whose crew became the first to winter on the Antarctic continent when they built huts and spent the 1899 winter on Cape Adare?
5. Who won the race to become the first to reach the South Pole when he arrived there on December 14, 1911?
6. Which country's flag was planted upon first arrival at the South Pole?
7. Who lost the race to the South Pole, arriving there on January 18, 1912, only to find that his rival had already been there a month earlier?
8. Who was the first to fly over the South Pole, accomplishing this on November 28, 1929?
9. In what year did the International Geophysical Year begin, in which scientists from 67 countries cooperated in Antarctic research?
10. The Antarctic Treaty, guaranteeing that the continent 'shall forever be used exclusively for peaceful purposes', took effect in what year?
Source: Author
chessart
This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor
gtho4 before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.