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| 2801 | Who Employed Henry Hudson To Search For The North West Passage | The Dutch East India Company | |
| 2802 | From 1835 - 1843 14,000 Dutch Boers Moved Inland To Set Up New Colonies, What Was This Journey Called | The Great Trek | |
| 2803 | What Was The Name Of Sir Francis Drakes Most Famous Ship | The Golden Hind | |
| 2804 | Which Famous Egyptian Queen Ordered The Expedition To Punt & Insisted On Dressing As A King While Wearing A False Beard | Hatshepsut | |
| 2805 | Who Paid For Christopher Columbus 'S First Voyage Across The Atlantic | Ferdinand & Isabella Of Spain | |
| 2806 | Why Did David Livingstone Go To Africa | He Was A Missionary | |
| 2807 | On Whose Real Life Exploits Is James Clavell’s Novel Shogun Based | Will Adams An Elizabethan Adventurer | |
| 2808 | Who Accidently Sailed Around The Cape Of Good Hope In 1488 | Bartolomeu Dias | |
| 2809 | What Nationality Was The First Person To Sail Round Northern Canada Through The Bering Strait | Norwegian Roald Amundsen | |
| 2810 | Who Found The True Source Of The River Nile | Sir Richard Burton & John Speke | |
| 2811 | Which Country Sent The Most Explorers To Africa | Scotland | |
| 2812 | Which King Hired Henry Stanley To Carve Out An Empire For Him In Central Africa | King Leopold Ii Of Belgium | |
| 2813 | Which Woman Lived With Natives In West Africa & Became The First European To Visit Parts Of Gabon In 1894 | Mary Kingsley | |
| 2814 | What Was So Important About The Oresund Bridge Between Malmo & Copenhagen Which Opened In July 2000 | Because It Was The First Permanent Link Between Europe & The Swedish Peninsula | |
| 2815 | Which Bridge Features On The Poster To The Woody Allen Film Manhattan | Queensboro Bridge | |
| 2816 | Which Cambridge Bridge Was Put Together In The 18th Century Without The Use Of A Nail | The Mathematical Bridge (Queens College) | |
| 2817 | Which London Bridge Had A Gate Over It On Which The Heads Of Criminals Were Displayed On Spikes As A Deterrent | London Bridge | |
| 2818 | Which Bridge Had Van Gogh Just Finished Painting Before He Cut Of His Ear | The Lanlois Bridge In Arles | |
| 2819 | What Record Does The 2nd Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Hold | It Is The Longest Bridge In The World 23.9 M / 38.4 Km | |
| 2820 | What Is The More Famous Name Of The Dancing (St Benezet Bridge) | Le Pont D'avignon | |
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| 2821 | Which Cambridge Bridge Took Its Name From An Architectural Masterpiece In Venice | The Bridge Of Sighs (St Johns College) | |
| 2822 | Which Bridge In London Was Officially Named William Pitt Bridge In 1769 | Blackfriars Bridge London | |
| 2823 | Which Bridge Connects Nepal To Tibet | The Friendship Bridge | |
| 2824 | Which Bridge In Scotland Replaced The Much Loved(Ferry At The Kyle Of Lochalsh) | The Skye Bridge | |
| 2825 | In Which Country Is The Bridge Over The River Kwai | Thailand | |
| 2826 | What Type Of Shop Predominates On The Ponte Vecchio In Florence | Jewellers Have Had The Monopoly Since 1593 | |
| 2827 | How Many Bridges Are There In St Petersburg | 365 | |
| 2828 | Which Is The Oldest Surviving Thames Crossing In London | Richmond Bridge | |
| 2829 | Where Is The Original London Bridge Now Situated | At Lake Havasu Arizona | |
| 2830 | Which Bridge That Opened In 1988 Connected Japans 4 Main Islands By High Speed Rail For The First Time | The Seto Ohashi Bridge | |
| 2831 | Which Bridge Connects Europe With Asia | The Galata Bridge Over The Bosphorus In Istanbul | |
| 2832 | Constructed In 1333 Which Is The Oldest Wooden Bridge In Europe | The Kapellbrucke In Lucerne Switzerland | |
| 2833 | Which Bridge Was The First Major Suspension Bridge In The World | The Menai Strait Bridge In Wales | |
| 2834 | Which Famous City Bridge Is Known Locally As The Coat Hanger | Sydney Harbour Bridge | |
| 2835 | Why Is The Golden Gate Bridge Painted In International Orange | The Colour Helps Visibility In The Frequent Early Morning Fog | |
| 2836 | Which Was The First Suspension Bridge In London | Hammersmith Bridge | |
| 2837 | How Many Times Was Tower Bridge Raised In 1990 | 460 Times | |
| 2838 | What Was So Special About Brooklyn Bridge | It Was The Worlds First Steel Suspension Bridge | |
| 2839 | In Which Town In London Will You Find The William Morris Gallery | Walthamstow | |
| 2840 | Which Country Has Taken Its Name From A Line Of Latitude | Ecuador | |
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| 2841 | On Which River Does The City Of New York Stand | The Hudson | |
| 2842 | In Which Sea Is The Country Of Cuba Located | Caribbean | |
| 2843 | The Entrance To Which Bay Is Spanned By (The Golden Gate Bridge) | San Francisco Bay | |
| 2844 | What Is The Largest Of The Channel Islands | Jersey | |
| 2845 | In Which Country Will You Find The Bay Of Pigs | Cuba | |
| 2846 | Hanoi Is The Capital Of Which Country | Vietnam | |
| 2847 | Which Islands Were The Subject Of A War Between Argentina And Britain In 1982 | Falklands | |
| 2848 | What Is The Largest Ocean On The Planet | Pacific | |
| 2849 | What Is Common To The Republic Of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Monaco, Denmark & Portugal | They All Have A Coastline And A Land Border With Only 1 Other Country | |
| 2850 | Between Which 2 Countries Would You Find The Gulf Of Bothnia | Sweden & Finland | |
| 2851 | Which Country Has Borders With France, Germany, Austria, Lichtenstein & Italy | Switzerland | |
| 2852 | In Which Country Are The Appenine Mountains | Italy | |
| 2853 | Lake Ladoga Is The Largest Lake In Which Country | Russia | |
| 2854 | What Separates Spain From Morocco | The Straits Of Gibralter | |
| 2855 | What Is The 2nd Official Language Spoken In Germany | Turkish | |
| 2856 | Which Country Is The World’s Leading Exporter Of Salmon | Norway | |
| 2857 | Into Where Does The Volga (Europe’s Longest River) Flow | The Caspain Sea | |
| 2858 | Which 2 Countries Have Coastlines On The Bay Of Biscay | France & Spain | |
| 2859 | What Nationality Was Christian Schonbein, Who Discovered Ozone In 1840 | German | |
| 2860 | What Forms The Natural Border Between Europe & Asia | The Ural Mountains | |
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| 2861 | Which European Country Is The World’s Largest Producer Of Cork | Portugal | |
| 2862 | In 1904 Danish Biologist Johannes Schmidt Discovered The Sargasso Sea In The North Atlantic To Be The Breeding Ground Of Which Fish | European Eel | |
| 2863 | Between Which 2 Countries Would You Find Lake Olirid | Albania & Macedonia | |
| 2864 | Where Is The Glenveagh National Park | County Donegal, Ireland | |
| 2865 | Which European Country Generates The Highest Proportion Of Its Electricity By Hydroelectric Power Stations | Norway | |
| 2866 | Created By German Scientists In 1876, What Was The First Artificial Favouring | Vanilla Essence | |
| 2867 | Which Mountain Range Lies In The North Of Spain , West Of The Pyrenees | The Cantabrian Mountains | |
| 2868 | If You Drove In A Straight Line From Moscow To Madrid How Many Countries Would You Drive In All Together | Eight (Russia, Belarus, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland, France & Spain | |
| 2869 | What Nationality Was The Chemist Alfred Nobel | Swedish | |
| 2870 | In Which Century Was The Canal Du Midi Opened, Connecting The Atlantic To The Mediterranean Sea | Seventeenth (1681) | |
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