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