The Kon Tiki Museum Quiz

1. What is the Kon-Tiki Museum dedicated to?

• 1. Viking history

• Arctic exploration

• Maritime history and Thor Heyerdahl's expeditions

• Ancient Greek artifacts

1. Who led the Kon-Tiki expedition?

• • Roald Amundsen

• • Thor Heyerdahl

• • Fridtjof Nansen

• • Leif Erikson

1. In what year did the Kon-Tiki expedition take place?

• • 1947

• • 1957

• • 1967

• • 1977

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1. The Kon-Tiki raft was made primarily from what material?

• • Steel

• • Bamboo

• • Balsa wood

• • Teak wood

1. the Kon-Tiki expedition cross ................. Ocean

1. The Kon-Tiki Museum is located in .................

1. What was the primary goal of the Kon-Tiki expedition?

• • To find new trade routes

• • To prove that ancient people could have traveled across the ocean

• • To discover new species of fish

• • To map the Pacific Ocean

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1. Which other Thor Heyerdahl expedition is featured in the Kon-Tiki Museum?

• • The Fram Expedition

• • The Amundsen Expedition

• • The Ra Expedition

• • The Endurance Expedition

1. Which of the following is also displayed in the Kon-Tiki Museum?

• • The Gokstad ship

• • Models of Polynesian boats

• • Models of Polynesian boats

• • Viking artifacts

1. The Kon-Tiki Museum is named after the raft used in the 1947 expedition.

• • True

• • False