Mount Sidley

There wasn’t too much to play around with here, but I’ve gone off on a tangent where I found myself asking questions and found some curious snippets of info. Really, it’s got little to do with Antarctica!

Questions

One of the Volcanic Seven Summits though it lies dormant, Mount Sidley in Antarctica takes its name from the married name of the daughter of which English-born food manufacturer?

WILLIAM HORLICK

Much less accessible than Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Mount Sidley can be found in which unclaimed region of Antarctica?

MARIE BYRD LAND

With Mount Sidley being the representative for Antarctica and Ojos del Salado the checklist peak for South America, which is the member of the Volcanic Seven Summits for North America?

PICO DE ORIZABA

Not in the Himalayas as one might expect, which Asian mountain joins Mount Sidley on the list of the Volcanic Seven Summits?

MOUNT DAMAVAND

Found in Papua New Guinea, which second highest mountain in that country joins Mount Sidley on the Volcanic Seven Summits to do list as the Oceania entry?

MOUNT GILUWE

Initially called the unappealing sounding ‘Diastoid’, what was the two-word trademarked name of the product introduced by the Horlick brothers that became a popular purchase from soda shops?

MALTED MILK

Known as Legion and Tornadoes during a brief period in the National Football League between 1922 and 1926, from which Wisconsin city were this team that were sponsored by William Horlick, for a time including his surname in their name?

RACINE (Horlick-Racine Legion)

Antarctica

Not a country, but I can pretend it is for practical reasons.

Questions

On the Trinity peninsula, what is the northernmost point of Antarctica?

PRIME HEAD

Who led the French Antarctic expedition of 1837 to 1840, naming Cape Siffrey, although this was not the exact same place as Prime Head?

JULES DUMONT D’URVILLE

Vinson Massif lies in the Sentinel range, which are subsequently within which range of mountains that were discovered by an American polar explorer in 1935, from whom they get their name?

ELLSWORTH MOUNTAINS

Which deputy of Fabian Gottlieb Bellingshausen was commander of the ship ‘Mirny’ and took part in the discovery of Antarctica and numerous islands? An atoll in the Tuamoto Archipelago and minor planet are among the things named for him.

MIKHAIL LAZAREV

What is the Dutch name for the National Maritime Museum found in Amsterdam that contains Jan Janssonius’ “Zeekaart van het Zuidpoolgebied”, which contains a speculative representation of Antarctica?

HET SCHEEPVAARTMUSEUM

What does the name ‘Antarctica’ mean literally?

OPPOSITE OF THE BEAR

Including early accounts of water evaporation and earthquakes, in which work did Aristotle write about an Antarctic region?

METEOROLOGY

Which Scottish ‘prince of cartography’ who held a royal warrant is credited with naming the continent Antarctica?

JOHN GEORGE BARTHOLOMEW

Flowing inland between the Asgaard and Olympus ranges, what 32km long river is the largest on Antarctica?

ONYX

Antarctica’s saltiest lake Don Juan Pond, the Onyx river and Blood Falls can all be found in which snow-free valleys of the continent?

MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS

Located between Victoria Land to its west and Marie Byrd Land to its east and containing an island which is home to the Mount Erebus volcano, what is the southernmost sea in the world?

ROSS SEA

Erupting around ten times each day, on which island can Mount Erebus be found, the world’s southernmost active volcano?

ROSS ISLAND

Thought to be the coldest naturally occurring place on Earth, what ice feature located in East Antarctica and over 4,000m above sea level is believed to reach temperatures of less than 90°C?

DOME A / DOME ARGUS