Here are today’s questions. Answers will be published tomorrow. The theme runs from Mon-Thu:

1. A 1947 voyage from South America to the Polynesian islands was made by Thor Heyerdahl and his team, on a raft with what name?
2. In what three-masted vessel did Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men make a voyage to Antarctica in 1914? In 1915, the ship was trapped in pack ice and sank, but not before the entire crew survived.
3. Which ship, that launched in 1628 from Stockholm Harbor as one of the most armed vessels of the time, sank after just 1,300m? It was salvaged in 1961 and since then has been made the subject of a new museum.
4. Which ship set sail from Plymouth, England, in 1620, reaching what would become the colony of New Plymouth ten weeks later?
5. [Theme: 2 of 4] What fruit has been banned from airplanes, as the high fat and oil content of its fresh and dried fruit poses a combustion risk?

Here are the answers to 2026: Week 28, Quiz 1:

1. Suzanne Collins
2. Alex Rider
3. The Kane Chronicles
4. Divergent
5. Theme – will be revealed on Friday