100 free Grenada trivia questions with answers — geography quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Grenada trivia quiz covers the southernmost Windward Island: Columbus's sighting, the Kalinago who held off the English, French Fort Royal, the Treaty of Paris, Fédon's rebellion, independence under Eric Gairy, Maurice Bishop's revolution and execution, and the 1983 American invasion. It also takes in what makes the Spice Isle famous: nutmeg on the flag, oil down, Spicemas, Grand Anse beach, the underwater sculpture park, Hurricane Ivan and Kirani James's full set of Olympic 400 m medals. The first questions suit anyone who has smelled the nutmeg on arrival; the last ones test people who know how many stars are on the flag and what the volcano off the north coast is called. Every question is multiple choice with a short explanation after you answer. Every answer has been checked against a primary source, and each question links to the page that confirms it.
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Q 01Grenada is nicknamed the 'Island of Spice' chiefly for producing which spice, shown on its flag?
Nutmeg
The trees arrived in 1843 aboard a merchant ship calling in on its way home from the East Indies; mace is the by-product.
Q 02What is the capital of Grenada?
St. George's
The French founded it as Fort Royal in 1650 around a horseshoe-shaped harbour inside an old volcanic crater.
Q 03Grenada gained independence from Britain on 7 February of which year?
1974
Eric Gairy, founder of the Grenada United Labour Party, became the first prime minister.
Q 04The 1979 coup that overthrew Eric Gairy was carried out by which Marxist-Leninist group?
New JEWEL Movement
It was bloodless, launched while Gairy was abroad, and made Maurice Bishop prime minister of a People's Revolutionary Government.
Q 05Who led Grenada's revolutionary government from 1979 until his execution in October 1983?
Maurice Bishop
The country's main airport now bears his name.
Q 06The 1983 US-led invasion of Grenada was code-named what?
Operation Urgent Fury
It began at dawn on 25 October, a date now marked in Grenada as Thanksgiving Day.
Q 07Reagan cited workers from which country building a 10,000-foot airstrip on Grenada as a particular worry?
Cuba
The UN General Assembly condemned the invasion as a 'flagrant violation of international law' by 108 votes to 9.
Q 08The 25 October anniversary of the 1983 invasion is now a national holiday in Grenada called what?
Thanksgiving Day
It commemorates the freeing of political prisoners who were later elected to office.
Q 09Sprinter Kirani James won Grenada's first Olympic gold at London 2012 in which event?
400 metres
He added silver in Rio and bronze in Tokyo, the first man to win all three medals in the event.
Q 10Hurricane Ivan in 2004 damaged or destroyed roughly what share of Grenada's homes?
90%
The island had been hurricane-free for 49 years; 39 people died.
Q 11Besides the main island, Grenada consists of two smaller ones: Petite Martinique and which other?
Carriacou
They lie to the north among the Grenadines, most of which belong to Saint Vincent.
Q 12Columbus sighted Grenada in 1498 on his third voyage and named it what?
La Concepción
Spanish sailors probably later renamed it after the city of Granada; the origin is obscure.
Q 13The name Grenada most likely comes from Spanish sailors naming the island after which city?
Granada
The French called it La Grenade when they colonised it in 1649.
The 1649 expedition that founded the first permanent European settlement on Grenada was led by whom?
Q 21Grenada's most famous beach, three kilometres long in the south-west, is called what?
Grand Anse
Most conventional beach tourism clusters around it near the capital.
Q 22Grenada shares the East Caribbean dollar and a central bank with how many other OECS members?
Seven
The minibus fare per segment is EC$2.50, paid to a conductor by the sliding door.
Q 23Who became Grenada's head of state on the death of Elizabeth II in 2022?
King Charles III
The King of Grenada is represented locally by a Governor-General.
Jacques Dyel du Parquet
Jacques Dyel du Parquet led 203 men; an English attempt in 1609 had been wiped out by the Kalinago.
Q 15Grenada was ceded by France to Britain in 1763 under an agreement signed in which city?
Paris
The French briefly retook it from 1779 to 1783.
Q 16The 1795-96 revolt against British rule on Grenada, by rebels favouring a return to France, was led by whom?
Julien Fédon
The British eventually crushed it.
Q 17Grenada's national dish, oil down, is what kind of food?
A stew
Early recipes combine salted pigtail, trotters, salt beef, dumplings and breadfruit.
Q 18Which British sculptor created the world's first underwater sculpture park, off Grenada in 2006?
Jason deCaires Taylor
His concrete figures in Molinere Bay include a ring of children holding hands.
Q 19Grenada's highest point, Mount St. Catherine, rises to about what height?
840 m
The island is volcanic, with explosion craters at Grand Etang, Lake Antoine and Levera Pond.
Q 20The active underwater volcano off Grenada's north coast is called what?
Kick 'em Jenny
It and some hot springs are the only volcanic activity left on an island that rose from the sea about two million years ago.
Q 24Grenada is the southernmost of which island chain?
Windward Islands
It lies about 100 miles north of Trinidad and the South American mainland.
Q 25Grenada's flag features the national spice at the hoist and how many yellow stars in total?
Seven
Six stars sit in the red border, three top and three bottom, with a seventh on a red disc at the centre.
Q 26Chocolate first arrived on Grenada in which year, with the introduction of cocoa beans?
1714
Cocoa and chocolate remain major exports alongside nutmeg, bananas and fish.
Q 27The island's only endemic bird species is what kind of bird?
A dove
The rock pigeon is the island's one human-introduced species.
Q 28Grenada's carnival, held in August, is known as what?
Spice Mas
Soca, calypso, kaiso and reggae fill the streets; Carriacou hosts a Maroon and string band festival in April.
Q 29Between 1669 and 1808 roughly how many enslaved Africans were brought to Grenada by its European rulers?
127,600
Grenada was made a Crown colony in 1877, decades after emancipation.
Q 30Grenada's estimated population in 2024 was roughly how many?
115,000
They live on 344 square kilometres of land.