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The Arctic

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Polar Regions : The Arctic
"I will ask you 25 questions about the Arctic."


1. What was the town of Narvik called during 1887-1902?
    Victoriahavn
    Oscarshavn
    Kongshavn
    Fredriksvern


2. Finnmark is the northernmost county in Norway. But what town is the seat of the county administration?
    Vardo
    Vadso
    Hammerfest
    Kirkenes


3. And what town is the seat of the Same or Lapp parliament called the Sameting?
    Kautokeino
    Alta
    Karesuando
    Karasjok


4. What is the northernmost settlement in the world?
    Siorapaluk, Greenland
    Thule, Greenland
    Nordvik, Russia
    Ny Alesund, Svalbard


5. What is the northernmost settlement in the world with more than 1000 inhabitants?
    Upernavik, Greenland
    Longyearbyen, Svalbard
    Barrow, Alaska
    Inuvik, Canada


6. What is the northernmost town in the world with more than 5000 inhabitants?
    Barrow, Alaska
    Pevek, Russia
    Tiksi, Russia
    Hammerfest, Norway


7. What is the northernmost town in the world with more than 50,000 inhabitants?
    Severomorsk, Russia
    Anchorage, Alaska
    Tromso, Norway
    Murmansk, Russia


8. What is the northernmost city in the world with more than 100,000 inhabitants?
    Anchorage, Alaska
    Reykjavik, Iceland
    Trondheim, Norway
    Murmansk, Russia


9. What is the northernmost city in the world with more than 500,000 inhabitants?
    Stockholm, Sweden
    Oslo, Norway
    Helsinki, Finland
    Murmansk, Russia


10. What is the northernmost capital in the world?
    Nuuk, Greenland
    Reykjavik, Iceland
    Oslo, Norway
    Helsinki, Finland


11. What is the northernmost of Canada's regional capitals?
    Whitehorse, Yukon
    Iqualuit, Nunavut
    Yellowknife, North West Territories
    Victoria, British Columbia


12. What is the northernmost point in Canada?
    Cape Columbia
    Cape Thomas Hubbard
    Cape Sheridan
    Cape Isachsen


13. Is any point in Iceland north of the Arctic circle? Yes or no?
    Answer: (One Word)


14. What is the northernmost point in Greenland?
    Cape Farewell
    Cape Morris Jessup
    Cape Brewster
    Cape Ravn


15. What is the northernmost point on the Russian mainland?
    Cape Kanin
    Cape Chelyuskin
    Cape Belyy
    Cape Karlsen


16. The northernmost point in Russia is on an island or island group. Which one?
    Franz Josef Land
    Novaya Zemlya
    Severnaya Zemlya
    Sakhalin


17. Who was the first to sail the Northwest Passage?
    Fridtjof Nansen
    Roald Amundsen
    Adolf Erik Nordenskiold
    Henry Larsen


18. Who was the first to sail the Northeast Passage?
    Fridtjof Nansen
    Vitus Bering
    Roald Amundsen
    Adolf Erik Nordenskiold


19. What is the biggest city in Siberia north of the Arctic circle?
    Salekhard
    Dudinka
    Norilsk
    Khatanga


20. What is the northernmost settlement in Canada with more than 3000 inhabitants?
    Inuvik
    Coppermine
    Fort McPherson
    Iqaluit


21. One of Canada's arctic settlements is named after one of Roald Amundsen's ships. Which one?
    Gjoa Haven
    Repulse Bay
    Resolute Bay
    Clyde


22. The Russian province of Yakutia is partly self-governed. What is the official name of the province?
    Chuvashia
    Sakha
    Khakassia
    Altay


23. What is the northermost settlement in USA with more than 3000 inhabitants?
    Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
    Barrow, Alaska
    Nome, Alaska
    Fairbanks, Alaska


24. In 1928 Umberto Nobile led an expedition with a zeppelin across the North Pole. The zeppelin crashed and several people died. What was the name of this zeppelin?
    Norge
    Italia
    Norway
    Italy


25. In what country is the magnetic North Pole located?
    Greenland
    Canada
    Svalbard, Norway
    In no particular country


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