True or False: Columbus, in 1492, was the first European explorer to "discover" the New World.

True or False: At a critical moment on his first voyage--just before making landfall--Columbus followed a hunch from the flight of some birds rather than depend on what navigational evidence told him.

Columbus's origins are so shrouded in mystery that he's been claimed by a number of different countries as a native son. Name one that has NOT been considered to be his birthplace:

Columbus's own writings are in this language:

The first settlement established by Columbus in the New World was called:

True or False: Columbus believed he could sail west and reach the Far East by crossing an Atlantic Ocean thought to be a little wider than we know it to be today.

After this voyage to the New World, Columbus was sent back to Spain in chains, his reputation tarnished.

Which evidence indicates that Columbus may have lied about his origins?