General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 26 October 2015
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Question 1: In 1497 one of the world's best known explorers rounded Cape Agulhas. Who was he, and what was he looking for?
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Christopher Columbus from Genoa, a sea route to south and east Asia
Marco Polo from Venice, a sea route to China
C
Ferdinand Magellan from Portugal, route for the first circumnavigation of the Earth
D
Vasco da Gama from Portugal, sea route from Europe to India