QUIZ 439

Check your Knowledge Quotient!     

1. Great Qarajaq is situated in the Uummannaq Fjord and is the fastest moving glacier in the world with a speed of approx. 5.7 kilometres a year.

A. False

B. True    

C. None of the above

D. Any other reason

2. Glacier 'calving' means the birth of a new iceberg.

A. True

B. False

C. None of the above

D. Any other reason

3. Qilakitsoq  is the famous 500 year-old mummies were found in 1972.

A. False

B. True

C. None of the above

D. Any other reason

4. Renowned polar explorer Alfred Wegener has achieved world fame as a result of his theory on continental drift.

A. True

B. False

C. None of the above

D. Any other reason

5. 'Storeø' in Greenlandic means 'Big Island'.

A. False

B. True

C. None of the above

D. Any other reason

Best of luck!

Answers

1 – B, 2 – A, 3 – B, 4 – A, 5 – B