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:

  1. Anonymous4:32 PM

    Cook Islands.

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  2. The Sandwich Islands.

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  3. MAJ K7:05 PM

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

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

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  5. pseudotsuga11:27 PM

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

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  6. allen (in Michigan)4:29 AM

    Sandwich Islands?

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  7. The Sandwich Islands

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  8. Monte Cristo7:36 AM

    Sandwich Islands

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  9. I think he called them Assention (sp)Islands?

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