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British Overseas Territories Quiz - Multiple Choice
Can you answer these various questions about the British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependancies?
when a question states "Which territory...." it refers to either a territory or a Crown Delendency.
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Last updated: May 27, 2024
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1. How many British overseas territories and crown dependencies are there?
21 territories and 5 dependencies
10 territories and 5 dependencies
14 territories and 3 dependencies
18 territories and 11 dependencies
2. Gibraltar is the only European home where which type of animal is found in the wild?
They are Barbary Macaques, often called apes but in fact are monkeys.
Kangaroo
Monkey
Fruit Bat
Fire Ant
3. A war was fought over which territory in 1982?
The war was fought with Argentina over sovereignty of the islands and following an invasion. 99.8% of the islanders voted to remain British.
Cayman Islands
Bermuda
Anguilla
Falkland Islands
4. Which territory is closest to the UK?
The Isle of Man is just 29km or 18 mile from the Scottish coast.
Isle of Man
Pitcairn Island
Jersey
Guernsey
5. Which of these flags represents Anguilla
Clockwise from Top Left...British Indian Ocean Territory, Anguilla, Turks and Caicos Islands, Falkland Islands.
6. Which territory was almost destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 1995?
The southern half of the island is still an exclusion zone requiring special permission to visit.
Bermuda
Montserrat
South Georgia
Akrotiri
7. The population of Pitcairn Island is mostly descended from the mutineers of which ship?
The mutiny occurred in 1789 when the crew set Captain William Bligh adrift.
SS Columbia Eagle
Potemkin
Discovery
HMS Bounty
8. Which territory is the most populated?
Over 100,000 people in 2021.
Cayman Islands
British Virgin Islands
Jersey
Gibraltar
9. Jersey holds a Liberation Day on 9th of May each year, who were they liberated from?
The Channel Islands were under Nazi occupation for about five years during World War 2.
United Kingdom
France
Nazi Germany
Spain
10. British Indian Ocean Territory is operated as a military base jointly between the UK and which other nation?
It is probably known in the US as Diego Garcia.
France
United States
Australia
India
11. Which territory has been known as the "Isle of Devils" and "Virgineola" before it's current name?
Montserrat
Tristan da Cunha
Bermuda
Guernsey
12. The area known as Graham Land is a part of which territory?
British Antarctic Territory
British Virgin Islands
Ascension Island
Isle of Man
13. Which territory holds an annual motorcycle race known as the "TT"?
Bermuda
Jersey
Isle of Man
Gibraltar
14. Explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton is buried in which territory?
He is buried at Grytviken, a former whaling community on South Georgia.
South Georgia
Falkland Islands
British Antarctic Territory
Pitcairn Island
15. Akrotiri and Dhekelia borders which other nation?
Spain
Cyprus
United States
France
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