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Quiz
- What's the real first name of British adventurer Bear Grylls?
- Which polar explorer led the famous ‘Endurance’ expedition and is buried on the island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic Ocean?
- Which American set a large number of world records as an adventurer and was the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon?
- According to the Guinness Book of World Records in 1984, who was the world's greatest living explorer?
- What did climber George Mallory famously reply when asked by a reporter why he wanted to climb Mount Everest?
- In 2018, swimmer Ross Edgley became the first person in history to achieve what in 157 days?
- In 2010, English adventurer Ed Stafford became the first human ever to walk the length of what?
- Which Norwegian adventurer is best remembered for his Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947?
- Who founded Woodlore in 1982, a company that offers bushcraft-related courses and appeared on TV in 1994 presenting the BBC series Tracks?
- British explorer John Hanning Speke was the first European to sight which lake in 1858 when he reached its southern shore?
- Who partnered Olympic rower James Cracknell in the pairs division of the 3,000-mile Atlantic Rowing Race in 2005–2006?
- Which Yorkshireman described himself as "50 per cent actor, 50 per cent explorer"?
- Who is best known as the former Chief Instructor on the television series SAS: Who Dares Wins?
- What name was given to the road network which Marco Polo travelled along to Asia between 1271 and 1295?
Answers
- Edward (Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls)
- Ernest Henry Shackleton
- Steve Fossett
- Ranulph Fiennes
- "Because it's there."
- Swim around Great Britain
- The Amazon River
- Thor Heyerdahl
- Ray Mears
- Lake Victoria (in Africa)
- Ben Fogle
- Brian Blessed
- Ant Middleton
- The Silk Road