Statistics for Arctic Ocean General Knowledge

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What is the name of the "snow house" the above live in?	Igloo	98%
What name is given to the indigenous people who inhabit the Arctic area?	Inuit / Eskimo	98%
What covers 81% of the area of Greenland?	Greenland ice sheet	92%
What are Eyjafjallajökull and Öræfajökull in Iceland?	Volcanoes	89%
What animal's scientific name is Ursus maritimus?	Polar Bear	88%
What strait connects the Arctic and Pacific Oceans?	Bering Strait	84%
What tusked relative of the seal's name starts with W?	Walrus	84%
What type of biome, starting with T, covers all coastal areas along the Arctic Ocean?	Tundra	83%
Who was the first European to settle in Greenland in the late 10th century?	{Erik} the Red	78%
What region is shared by Finland, Norway, Sweden and Russia?	Lapland	74%
Part of what far-north Norwegian island chain is the island of Spitsbergen?	Svalbard	68%
What territory of Canada controls most of nation's islands?	Nunavut	66%
What ethnic group mainly inhabits that region?	Sami	56%
What "colourful" sea is located south of the Kola peninsula?	White Sea	54%
What island contains Canada's northernmost point?	Ellesmere Island	50%
What type of large bovid lives along the Arctic coasts?	{Musk}ox	48%
What are the names of the three "Great Siberian" rivers? (name any)	Lena \| Ob \| Yenisei	47%
What is the most populous city north of the Arctic Circle?	Murmansk	41%
What city is considered the northernmost settlement in the U.S. soil?	Barrow	40%
What is the northernmost town in the world with more than 10,000 inhabitants?	Hammerfest	17%