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1. Daniel Defoe's classic novel "Robinson Crusoe" was released in 1719. Ten years earlier the man who inspired the tale had been rescued from the tiny island of Mas-a-Tierra in the Pacific Ocean. He had stayed alone on this island for four and a half years. What was this man's name?
2. On January 24 1972 Sergeant Shoichi Yokoi was discovered in the jungles of a Pacific Ocean island. He had lived hiding from the enemy in a cave since American forces invaded in 1944. Originally one of a group of ten Japanese soldiers, Yokoi and the others had split up when they realized no one area would provide them with enough food to survive. Which Pacific island had Sergeant Yokoi survived on for 28 years?
3. In 1991 young Australian traveler James Scott found himself stranded in the Himalayan mountains when he was caught by the snows of the Nepalese winter. For 43 days he lived in a cave waiting for the search party. With him he had only one form of nutrition, do you know what it was?
4. In 1823 a mountain man named Hugh Glass was injured while on an expedition led by Major Andrew Henry into the Rocky Mountains. Clearly at death's door the expedition waited patiently for him to die, however he refused to do so. Deep in hostile Arikaras territory, the major was keen to move on. He assigned two men to stay with Hugh until he had passed on. Glass refused to die and the two men, eventually decided to leave him and return to safety. They took with them Glass's pistols and personal items, to prove his death. Alone and unarmed Hugh Glass still refused to die, and now he was driven by revenge against those who had deserted him. Glass crawled and walked 350 miles to Fort Kiowa living off of berries and roots. What caused Hugh Glass's terrible injuries?
5. A Lockheed Electra is struck by lightning flying over the jungles of Peru. Of the ninety-two passengers only seventeen-year-old Juliane Koepcke survives. She finds herself lying on the forest's floor still strapped to her seat. Juliane remembers some advice her father gave her about being lost in the forest. This advice saves her life. What was it?
6. The Old Christians Club rugby team was on its way to a match when the plane they had chartered crashed into mountains. Seventy days later the survivors of the crash were rescued after two of their number succeeded in trekking out of the mountains to find help.
The survivors had resorted to cannibalism to live through the ordeal. The story of their ordeal became a best selling novel and successful film. What mountain range did the plane crash in?
7. One of the most famous acts of mutiny in history led to a remarkable feat of survival. Captain Bligh and his 17 loyal followers were thrown off the Bounty and set adrift in a small boat that sat only inches above the water. With rations limited to an ounce of bread each day Bligh took 47 days to cover 3600 miles of open water. He lost only one crewman, killed during a skirmish with natives. Where did Bligh guide his small boat?
8. A Dutch ship runs aground on reefs off the west coast of Australia in 1629 leading to one of the bloodiest events in Australian history. The ship's captain and most of his officers leave the survivors and head north for Java. In the absence of the officers, Jeronimus Cornelisz takes control and begins a bloody reign of terror. Keeping a number of female passengers as concubines, Jeronimus and his men murder many of the survivors. Others die of thirst when fresh water runs out. Three months later when rescuers arrive 200 of the 300 castaways are dead. What is the name of the ship involved in this bloody incident?
9. In 1935 a French author crashed into the Sahara desert. He survived in the heat of the desert along with a companion for five days with only a pint of white wine, a few grapes and an orange. Which French author found himself in this predicament?
10. After spending over 300 days locked in the frozen embrace of an Antarctic ice floe, the ship Endurance succumbed to the crushing pressure and slid under the ice. Her crew, lead by Ernest Shackleton, found themselves caught on a drifting ice floe. Using the Endurance's lifeboats they set sail for solid ground and on April 12 1915 the crew landed upon the desolate shores of Elephant Island, the first land they had touched for sixteen months. They could not stay on the island indefinitely, however, and Shackleton set out to find aid for his men. Which island did Shackleton set out to reach?
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