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