Thursday, November 05, 2009

Thursday Trivia

The answer to yesterday's question is:
Ecuador.

Today's question is:
What name did Captain (James) Cook give to what we today call the Hawaiian Islands?

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Cook Islands.

Forest said...

The Sandwich Islands.

MAJ K said...

The Sandwich Islands. Mmm ... sandwich. I wonder if CAPT Cook was hungry when he first spotted the isles?

Fritz J. said...

Sandwich Islands.

gbradley said...

He planted Pine trees in order to use them later for sailing ship masts.

pseudotsuga said...

The Sandwich Islands, named after the Earl of Sandwich, rather than what Cook had for lunch that day.

allen (in Michigan) said...

Sandwich Islands?

Luke said...

The Sandwich Islands

Monte Cristo said...

Sandwich Islands

gbradley said...

I think he called them Assention (sp)Islands?