Q 01/05

What is the capital of Bermuda?

A) St George's

B) Somerset

C) Hamilton

D) Kingston

Answer · why

C) Hamilton

It houses the bicameral parliament; St George's was the original capital.

Q 02/05

Which US state holds the closest land to Bermuda?

A) Florida

B) North Carolina

C) New York

D) Georgia

Answer · why

B) North Carolina

Cape Hatteras lies about 1,070 km to the west-northwest; Nova Scotia is the next nearest.

Q 03/05

How many islands make up the Bermuda archipelago?

A) 81

B) 12

C) 30

D) 181

Answer · why

D) 181

The main ones are joined by bridges and look like a single landmass.

Q 04/05

Bermuda is named after an explorer of which nationality?

A) Spanish

B) Portuguese

C) English

D) Dutch

Answer · why

A) Spanish

Juan de Bermúdez sighted it in the early 1500s; there were no indigenous people.

Q 05/05

Early sailors called Bermuda the 'Isle of Devils' because of what?

A) Volcanic fumes rising from the reefs

B) Legends of cannibals in the interior

C) Sharks swarming in the harbour

D) Raucous bird calls and wild hogs at night

Answer · why

D) Raucous bird calls and wild hogs at night

The eerie cries were probably cahows; the hogs had been left by passing ships.