Q 01/05

A crater at the south pole of which world is named after Shackleton?

A) Mars

B) The Moon

C) Mercury

D) Venus

Answer · why

B) The Moon

The Moon. Shackleton crater sits almost exactly on the lunar south pole, and because its floor never sees the Sun, scientists have probed it for froze...

Q 02/05

In which Irish county was Shackleton born in 1874?

A) Dublin

B) Cork

C) Kildare

D) Galway

Answer · why

C) Kildare

Kildare. Shackleton was born at Kilkea, near Athy, and although the family left Ireland for London when he was ten, he went on calling himself 'an Iri...

Q 03/05

Shackleton's brother Frank was a suspect, later exonerated, in which famous 1907 crime?

A) The theft of the Ascot Gold Cup

B) The Great Pearl Robbery

C) The theft of the Irish Crown Jewels

D) The Mona Lisa theft

Answer · why

C) The theft of the Irish Crown Jewels

The theft of the Irish Crown Jewels. They vanished from a safe in Dublin Castle days before a royal visit; the inquiry cleared Frank, a herald there, ...

Q 04/05

Which London school did Shackleton attend from the age of thirteen?

A) Dulwich College

B) St Paul's

C) Harrow

D) Westminster School

Answer · why

A) Dulwich College

Dulwich College. Shackleton was said to be 'bored' by his lessons and usually sat low in the class lists, yet in his final term he came fifth of thirt...

Q 05/05

On which square-rigged ship did the 16-year-old Shackleton begin his apprenticeship?

A) Discovery

B) Tintagel Castle

C) Cutty Sark

D) Hoghton Tower

Answer · why

D) Hoghton Tower

A Royal Navy cadetship was too expensive and he was over the age limit anyway.