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Explorers and Adventurers - Adventurers

Are you up for an adventure? Then try the following Picture Quiz on ten famous Adventurers. Test your knowledge on these brave men and see how much you know about them.

If you enjoy this quiz, you may well like our other one in this section on Explorers!

  1. In 2003, Ranulph Fiennes published a biography of whom?

    Photograph courtesy of livefortheoutdoors.com
    • Born: 7 March 1944
    • Place: Windsor, Berkshire
    • Nationality: British
    • He is a British adventurer and holder of several endurance records
    • He is also a prolific writer
    • He was the first person to visit both the North and South Poles by surface means
    • Also the first to completely cross Antarctica on foot
    • In May 2009, at the age of 65, he climbed to the summit of Mount Everest
    • He is the world's greatest living explorer according to the Guinness Book of Records

  2. Richard Branson's first successful business venture was a magazine at age 16. What was the magazine called?

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    • Born: 18 July 1950
    • Place: Blackheath, London
    • Nationality: British
    • He is an English business Magnate
    • His Virgin Group has more than 400 companies
    • Richard Branson made several world record-breaking attempts
    • In January 1991, Branson crossed the Pacific from Japan to Arctic Canada in a balloon
    • He owns an island called Necker in the Caribbean
    • Branson is the patron of several charities
    • He is married with two children

  3. In 2004, Bertrand Piccard co-announced a project for a solar-powered, long-range, one-seated glider named what?

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    • Born: 1 March 1958
    • Place: Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Nationality: Swiss
    • He was the first to complete a non-stop balloon flight around the globe
    • As a child, he was taken to the launch of several space flights from Cape Canaveral
    • He became a hang-glider pilot
    • He is a lecturer and supervisor at the Swiss Society for Medical Hypnosis
    • He is known for his flamboyant declarations, using expressions such as "the Invisible Hand"
    • Bertrand Piccard received a degree from the University of Lausanne

  4. Per Lindstrand has received the Royal Aero Club's Gold Medal twice from whom?

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    • Born: 8 September 1948
    • Place: Sweden
    • Nationality: Swedish
    • He is a Swedish aeronautical engineer, pilot, adventurer and entrepreneur
    • He is the founder of Lindstrand Balloons
    • He is particularly known for his series of record-breaking trans-oceanic hot air balloon flights
    • Lindstrand and Branson completed the longest flight in lighter-than-air history

  5. Who was succeeded by Chris Bonington as the Honorary President of Mountain Wilderness?

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    • Born: 6 August 1934
    • Place: Hampstead, London
    • Nationality: British
    • He is a British mountaineer
    • His career has included 19 expeditions to the Himalayas
    • He made the first ascent of the south face of Annapurna
    • He has had four expeditions to Mount Everest
    • He has written 15 books and made many television appearances

  6. What is the title of the 1969 book written by Robin Knox-Johnston?

    Photograph courtesy of challengeandadventure.com
    • Born: 17 March 1939
    • Place: Putney, London
    • Nationality: British
    • He is an English sailor
    • He was the first man to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe
    • He was the second winner of the Jules Verne Trophy
    • He served in the Merchant Navy and the Royal Naval Reserve

  7. In 2006 John Blashford-Snell helped to design what especially to meet the needs of explorers?

    Photograph courtesy of thehaggis.com
    • Born: 22 October 1936
    • Place: England
    • Nationality: British
    • He is a former British Army officer, explorer and author
    • In 1969, he founded the Scientific Exploration Society
    • Amongst his expeditions have been the first descent of the Blue Nile
    • Another expedition was a complete navigation of the Congo River

  8. As well as the Britannia Trophy, which other Trophy was Brian Milton awarded in 1998?

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    • Nationality: British
    • He is a born adventurer
    • In 1998 he became the first person to fly a microlight around the world in Global Flyer
    • His first major expedition was in 1968 when he drove a battered Austin across the Sahara Desert to meet his fiancee
    • He was the Founder of the British National League
    • He was awarded the Britannia Trophy in 1998

  9. In which year was Chay Blyth created a Knight Bachelor for his services to sailing?

    Photograph courtesy of thedailysail.com
    • Born: 14 May 1940
    • Place: Hawick, Roxburghshire
    • Nationality: Scottish
    • He is a Scottish yachtsman and rower
    • He was the first person to sail non-stop westwards around the world
    • Whilst in the Army, Blyth, together with Captain John Ridgway, rowed across the North Atlantic
    • After successfully completing this in 92 days he was awarded the British Empire Medal

  10. Which country did Alastair Humphreys walk and packraft across in 2010?

    Photograph courtesy of geographical.co.uk
    • Born: 1977
    • Nationality: English
    • He is an English cyclist, adventurer, author and motivational speaker
    • He completed a four-year bicycle journey around the world
    • He is currently preparing for SOUTH, the first unsupported return journey on foot to the South Pole
    • In 2008, he competed in the gruelling Marathon des Sables, a 150-mile run across the Sahara desert
    • In February 2009, Alastair rowed across the English Channel with Major Phil Packer
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