Teen sails round world after fight to leave Netherlands

Q: At 16, Laura Dekker Saturday became the youngest person ever to sail round the world on her own. Her journey of a year and a day was just a little longer than her 11-month battle in the Netherlands to win permission to set sail. Where is the Netherlands?

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Q: Laura's family was waiting when she docked her boat, Guppy, at the Dutch island territory of St Maarten. Where is the island located?

A. Mediterranean Sea

B. British Isles

C. Caribbean Sea

D. South Pacific

Q: During the course of her journey Laura swapped the Dutch flag on her boat for the flag of New Zealand, where she also holds citizenship because she was born on a sailboat moored just off its coast in the South Pacific. What is the nickname for New Zealanders?

A. Aussies

B. Koalas

C. Kiwis

D. Dutch

Q: Dutch social workers said they only wanted to protect Laura who began her voyage just months after the dramatic rescue of 16-year-old Abby Sunderland, an American attempting a solo sail around the world. Abby's boat lost its mast after leaving Cape Town, South Africa, and heading east into the . . .

A. Atlantic Ocean

B. Indian Ocean

C. Pacific Ocean

D. Arctic Ocean

Q: While Abby was the youngest person to sail solo around Cape Horn, Laura went through the Panama Canal to get from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific. What does the canal cross?

A. Peninsula

B. Strait

C. Cape

D. Isthmus


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