Q 01/05

Which purpose-built city replaced Belize City as the capital of Belize in 1970?

A) Belmopan

B) Dangriga

C) San Ignacio

D) Orange Walk Town

Answer · why

A) Belmopan

Belmopan was built 80 km inland after a hurricane and its storm surge wrecked the old capital on the coast, on a site chosen so that the flooding coul...

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

English is official because Belize was a British colony until 1981, the last one on the American mainland, in a region where Spanish is official every...

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) Honduras and El Salvador

Answer · why

B) Mexico and Guatemala

Mexico and Guatemala are the only land neighbours, Mexico to the north and Guatemala to the west and south: Honduras, for all its closeness on the map...

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

British Honduras was renamed Belize in 1973 in anticipation of independence, but a neighbour's claim to the territory kept it a colony for another eig...

Q 05/05

Which colour stripes were added to Belize's blue flag at independence in 1981 to represent the opposition party?

A) Green

B) Red

C) Gold

D) Black

Answer · why

B) Red

Red was the colour of the United Democratic Party: the earlier flag used only the blue and white of the governing party, so the stripes were added to ...