Q 01/05

What is the capital and largest city of Cyprus?

A) Limassol

B) Nicosia

C) Larnaca

D) Paphos

Answer · why

B) Nicosia

It is the last divided capital in Europe, split by the UN-patrolled Green Line since the 1960s.

Q 02/05

Cyprus is the third-largest island in the Mediterranean after which two?

A) Sicily and Crete

B) Crete and Corsica

C) Sicily and Sardinia

D) Majorca and Sardinia

Answer · why

C) Sicily and Sardinia

It ranks third in both area and population, and lies off the coast of the Levant in West Asia.

Q 03/05

Cyprus gained independence in 1960 from which country?

A) Turkey

B) Greece

C) Britain

D) Italy

Answer · why

C) Britain

Britain kept two Sovereign Base Areas, Akrotiri and Dhekelia, which it still controls.

Q 04/05

The island's capital city holds what unhappy distinction in Europe?

A) Smallest by population

B) Highest above sea level

C) Only one with no airport

D) Last still-divided one

Answer · why

D) Last still-divided one

The Green Line runs through its old town; Ledra Street's crossing only reopened in April 2008.

Q 05/05

The orange-coloured shape on the Cypriot flag depicts what?

A) A dove

B) Its own map

C) An olive

D) A copper ingot

Answer · why

B) Its own map

The colour nods to the copper deposits that may have given the island its name; two olive branches beneath symbolise peace between the two communities...