Over the years the CCS has held several quizzes through its journal, Cook's Log.
These are reproduced for you on our web site, so you can take part and test your knowledge of Captain Cook, even if the prizes have long ago been claimed!
Here is Quiz 9.
The questions originally appeared in 2006 (Vol. 29, no. 4, page 35) and the answers the following year (Vol. 30, no. 1, page 26).
Questions to this quiz
| Question number | Answer |
| 1. | £2,840 10s 11d |
|---|---|
| 2. | 105 feet |
| 3. | 1764-5, Whitby, Fishburn |
| 4. | Earl of Pembroke |
| 5. | Resolution, Adventure and Discovery |
| 6. | 1718 and 1792 |
| 7. | Johann 43, George 18 |
| 8. | Seven |
| 9. | America, possibly Virginia |
| 10. | One of at least 18 Irishmen with Cook on the Second Voyage |
| 11. | Christmas Sound, Tierra del Fuego |
| 12. | Lots. Look at an atlas. |
| 13. | 180 degree meridian |
| 14. | Hawaii |
| 15. | Huaheine |
Updated: January 2007