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A) Pacific Ocean B) Indian Ocean C) Atlantic Ocean D) Arctic Ocean
A) Spain B) United Kingdom C) France D) Portugal
A) Mount Everest B) K2 C) Queen Mary's Peak D) Mount Kilimanjaro
A) 1700 B) 1600 C) 1800 D) 1506
A) EST B) PST C) GMT D) CET
A) Madrid B) Paris C) Edinburgh of the Seven Seas D) London
A) Jonathan Lambert B) Christopher Columbus C) Magellan D) Captain Cook
A) Spanish B) French C) Portuguese D) English
A) US Dollar B) South African Rand C) British Pound D) Euro
A) Dutch East India Company ship Heemstede B) French corvette L'Heure du Berger C) British ambassador George Macartney D) Portuguese explorer Tristão da Cunha
A) Heemstede B) Ilha de Tristão da Cunha C) Brabant Islands D) Tristan da Cunha Island
A) Joseph and Theresa B) Imperial Asiatic Company C) Heemstede D) L'Heure du Berger
A) George Macartney B) French naturalist Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars C) Alexander Dalrymple D) Captain John Blankett, R.N.
A) Captain John Blankett B) William Bolts, commanding the Joseph and Theresa C) George Macartney D) Tristão da Cunha
A) Settlements on Tristan da Cunha, St. Paul and Amsterdam islands B) A British settlement on Tristan da Cunha C) An Imperial Asiatic Company station D) A Dutch East India Company base
A) Captain John Blankett, R.N. B) William Bolts C) Alexander Dalrymple D) Tristão da Cunha
A) William Bolts B) Alexander Dalrymple C) Captain John Blankett, R.N. D) George Macartney
A) 12 November 1817 B) 15 March 1824 C) 14 August 1816 D) 10 October 1875
A) To expand British territory in the South Atlantic. B) To secure access to whaling resources. C) To prevent its use as a base to free Napoleon Bonaparte from Saint Helena. D) To establish a new colony for settlers.
A) Thomas Currie B) Augustus Earle C) William Glass D) Pieter Groen
A) William Glass B) Thomas Currie C) Augustus Earle D) Peter Green
A) 1873 B) 1867 C) 1885 D) 1856
A) HMS Duke of Gloucester B) HMS South Australia C) HMS Berwick D) HMS Challenger
A) 1907 B) 1938 C) 1919 D) 1922
A) They refused the evacuation. B) They postponed the decision. C) They requested further negotiations. D) They accepted the evacuation.
A) The Shackleton–Rowett Expedition B) The HMS Yarmouth Expedition C) The RMS Asturias Expedition D) The Willem Ruys Expedition
A) 1927 B) 1949 C) 1953 D) 1936
A) 185 people B) 42 people C) 300 people D) 167 people
A) Administrator B) Governor C) Colonel D) Mayor
A) RMS Duchess of Atholl B) RMS Empress of Australia C) Willem Ruys D) HMY Britannia
A) A new housing development B) A fishing fleet C) An agricultural research center D) The island's first canning factory
A) 23 May B) 13 February C) 16 March D) 10 October
A) 300 B) 150 C) 264 D) 500
A) London B) Merstham, Surrey C) Saint Helena D) Cape Town
A) 1966 B) 1965 C) 1963 D) 1964
A) 2004 B) 2008 C) 2011 D) 1995
A) 750,000 square kilometres B) 687,247 square kilometres C) 265,348 sq mi D) 500,000 square kilometres
A) Greenpeace B) RSPB C) UNESCO D) WWF
A) Volcanic eruption B) Oil spill C) Fire D) Extratropical cyclone
A) March 2008 B) May 2001 C) July 2009 D) November 2020
A) Football B) Rugby C) Cricket D) Baseball
A) Boxing Day parties B) Summer Solstice rituals C) Old Year's Day/Night celebrations D) Christmas Day festivities
A) Tristan Village B) "The Settlement" C) Edinburgh D) Cape Town
A) MS Oliva B) Stirling Castle C) M/V Kelso D) Tjisadane
A) 15 B) 10 C) 13 D) 8
A) 10% B) 42% C) 25% D) 60%
A) Mary Swain B) Noe Zamel C) Maud Karpeles D) Peter Kennedy
A) Atlantic Islander B) Tristanian C) Saint Helenian English D) South Atlantic English
A) Sterling is used directly. B) The local Saint Helena pound. C) US dollars. D) Euro.
A) 137 B) 100 C) 150 D) 200
A) High levels of human development B) Frequent volcanic activity C) Abundant natural predators D) The islands' isolation increases archipelago ecology uniqueness
A) Improvement of CO2 reduction B) Increase in organic matter content C) Enhancement of nutrient cycling D) Reduction in long-term carbon storage
A) 100 kilometres per hour B) 300 kilometres per hour C) 250 kilometres per hour D) 190 kilometres per hour (120 mph)
A) 243 B) 300 C) 500 D) 150
A) 16 March 2011 B) 13 February 2008 C) 20 November 2008 D) 23 May 2001
A) Glottalized B) Nasalized C) Aspirated D) Voiced
A) Glaucoma B) Asthma C) Diabetes D) Heart disease
A) Gough Island B) Inaccessible Island C) Saint Helena D) Nightingale Island
A) Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross B) South American silver porgy C) Southern right whale D) Subantarctic fur seal
A) 7-a-side B) 11-a-side C) 9-a-side D) 5-a-side
A) Using traps and snares B) Introducing natural predators C) Spreading cereal pellets with rodenticide bait D) Employing ultrasonic devices
A) Tourism is the only major industry. B) Textile manufacturing. C) Commercial fishing. D) Automobile production.
A) Seven Seas Harbour B) Edinburgh Bay C) Calshot Harbour D) Tristan Dock
A) Endangered B) Critically endangered C) Vulnerable D) Extinct
A) Ian Lavarello B) Hugh Chisholm C) Lewis Carroll D) Conrad Jack Glass
A) One B) Three C) Five D) Two
A) 1911 B) 1961 C) 1884 D) 2005
A) Tristan Times B) LIFE Magazine C) Encyclopædia Britannica D) BBC Four
A) 2020 B) 1995 C) 2011 D) 2009
A) five B) three C) seven D) ten
A) mixed ancestry B) Asian only C) European only D) African only
A) No B) Only in Edinburgh of the Seven Seas C) Yes, full coverage D) Limited to government buildings
A) The community's political leader. B) Head of the police force. C) Governor of Saint Helena. D) Administrator of the island.
A) The Governor of Saint Helena B) Stephen Townsend C) Fiona Kilpatrick D) Ian Lavarello
A) ten B) fifteen C) twenty D) thirty
A) "The Pillow Dance" B) "The Chair Dance" C) "Tabby Oaker's Big Toe" D) "The Donkey Dance"
A) Cheaper than landline B) Almost unaffordable for the local population C) Free D) Affordable for everyone
A) African B) American C) Chinese D) eastern European / Russian
A) 91 km2 B) 98 km2 C) 3.4 km2 D) 14 km2
A) Council Chamber B) Government Building C) H'admin Building D) Whitehall
A) Patterson B) Glass C) Squibb D) Collins
A) 1985 B) 1961 C) 2019 D) 2000
A) 5 December 2048 B) 13 November 2020 C) 23 May 2001 D) 16 March 2011
A) Edwin Heron Dodgson B) William Glass C) Lewis Glass D) James Glass
A) 1999 B) 1984 C) 2001 D) 2010
A) Christmas Pause B) Break-Up Day C) Island Festivities D) Holiday Break
A) Humid subtropical climate B) Mediterranean climate C) Arid climate D) Tundra climate
A) one hundred B) fifty C) eighty D) sixty
A) Camogli Healthcare Centre B) Tristan Hospital C) Saint Helena Clinic D) Edinburgh Medical Center
A) Rosa chinensis B) Quercus robur C) Nertera granadensis D) Eucalyptus globulus
A) BirdLife International B) International Union for Conservation of Nature C) Royal Society for the Protection of Birds D) World Wildlife Fund
A) Very-small-aperture terminal B) Mobile phone tower C) Fiber optic cable D) Large-aperture satellite dish
A) four B) eight C) two D) six
A) Ten B) Five C) Three D) Eight
A) Oil spill B) Total solar eclipse C) Extratropical cyclone D) Volcanic eruption
A) 1,350 miles (2,170 km) B) 2,000 miles (3,219 km) C) 500 miles (805 km) D) 750 miles (1,207 km)
A) Five years B) Three years C) Two years D) Four years
A) Fire at fish canning factory B) Evacuation of all residents C) Destruction of power generators D) Oil spill threatening rockhopper penguins
A) Desert climate B) Continental climate C) Cfb, wet oceanic climate D) Tropical rainforest climate |