Q 01/05

Nassau, the capital and largest city of the Bahamas, sits on which island?

A) Grand Bahama

B) Great Abaco

C) Eleuthera

D) New Providence

Answer · why

D) New Providence

The island is small compared with giants like Andros, but its sheltered harbour made it the colony's centre from the 1600s onward.

Q 02/05

Roughly how many islands make up the Bahamas?

A) 70

B) 300

C) 700

D) 1,200

Answer · why

C) 700

On top of the islands there are some 2,400 cays, and only about 30 of the islands are inhabited.

Q 03/05

Roughly how many of the Bahamas' islands are actually inhabited?

A) 30

B) 75

C) 120

D) 200

Answer · why

A) 30

The whole archipelago is spread across some 500 miles of ocean but has a total land area of just 3,860 square miles, smaller than Connecticut.

Q 04/05

In which year did the Bahamas become an independent nation?

A) 1962

B) 1966

C) 1973

D) 1981

Answer · why

C) 1973

It stayed a Commonwealth realm, so the British monarch remains head of state, represented locally by a governor-general.

Q 05/05

On what date does the Bahamas celebrate Independence Day?

A) June 20

B) July 10

C) August 1

D) October 12

Answer · why

B) July 10

The independence Order in Council was actually dated June 20, but the handover took effect on the July date, which is now the national holiday.