Question | Answer | % Correct |
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What is the closes country to Antarctica? * if not counting overseas territories | Chile | 91%
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What is the largest type of penguin in the world? | {Emperor} Penguin | 87%
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What ocean surrounds Antarctica? | Southern Ocean | 73%
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What country claims the largest portion of Antarctica – about 40% of the continent? | Australia | 71%
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What explorer almost encountered the mainland Antarctica, but sailed towards Tahiti to resupply his ship in the 1770s? | James Cook | 58%
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Who was the first person to reach the South Pole? | Roald Amundsen | 52%
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What country made the first confirmed sighting of mainland Antarctica in 1820? | Russia | 48%
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What ocean passage is located between Antarctica and South America? * also a name for a male duck | Drake Passage | 44%
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In what British-controlled island is the whaling station of Grytviken located? | South {Georgia} | 38%
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What is the name of the largest ice shelf in Antarctica? | Ross | 35%
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What is the largest type seal in the world? | Southern {Elephant} Seals | 29%
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What 1982 horror movie, set in Antarctica, is about a group of researchers being hunted by a shape-shifting alien? | The Thing | 29%
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Emilio Palma is the first documented human to have done what in Antarctica? | Be born there | 25%
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What name is given to the Norwegian-claimed part of Antarctica? | {Queen} {Maud} Land | 23%
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What is the most active volcano in Antarctica? | Mount Erebus | 19%
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What is the name of the largest lake in Antarctica? | Lake Vostok | 15%
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What is the largest island of Antarctica? * named for a monarch of that country | Alexander | 14%
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What mountain range divides Antarctica into Eastern and Western sections? | {Transantarctic} Mountains | 11%
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What ocean current flows clockwise around Antarctica? | {Circumpolar} Current | 7%
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