Question

Phileas Fogg is a name synonymous with world adventure! But was he a real chap or a fictional character?

Answer 1

The answer is fictional. Phileas Fogg is a fictional character.

He is an eccentric, rich Englishman who plays the central character in the story Around the World in 80 days. He lays a bet with the other members of the Reform Club in London that he can travel around the world and get back to where he started from in a maximum of 80 days.

Answer 2

Phileas Fogg was a fictional character.

He was the main character in the story Around the World in Eighty Days. The novel was written by Jules Verne. Phileas Fogg was an eccentric, rich Englishman. He laid a bet worth £20,000 with the other members of the Reform Club in London that he could travel around the world and return back to the starting point within a maximum period of eighty days.