General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 2 September 2015
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Question 1: Why did Captain James Cook give the name "The Sandwich Islands" to the Hawaiian Islands on his discovery of them on 18 January 1778?
A
B
They were first sighted by Jim Sandwich, the crewman on watch
He was eating lunch on the forecastle
C
On the horizon, they looked like a sandwich
D
He named them for John Montagu