Q 01/05

What is the capital of Belize?

A) Belmopan

B) Dangriga

C) San Ignacio

D) Belize City

Answer · why

A) Belmopan

It is the smallest capital by population in the continental Americas and one of the newest in the world.

Q 02/05

Belize is the only country in Central America where which language is official?

A) French

B) English

C) Dutch

D) Spanish

Answer · why

B) English

Kriol, Spanish and Maya languages are widely spoken too, and over half of Belizeans are multilingual.

Q 03/05

Which two countries share a land border with Belize?

A) Mexico and Honduras

B) Mexico and Guatemala

C) Guatemala and Honduras

D) Guatemala and El Salvador

Answer · why

B) Mexico and Guatemala

Honduras is a neighbour only by sea, across the Gulf of Honduras.

Q 04/05

Under what colonial name was Belize known until 1973?

A) British Honduras

B) British Guiana

C) British Yucatan

D) The Mosquito Coast

Answer · why

A) British Honduras

It became a Crown colony in 1862, subordinate to Jamaica, and was renamed on 1 June 1973.

Q 05/05

Belize gained independence from Britain on 21 September of which year?

A) 1966

B) 1981

C) 1974

D) 1962

Answer · why

B) 1981

Its western neighbour refused to recognise it and about 1,500 British troops stayed to guard the border.