Q 01/05

The Falklands lie about 300 miles east of the Atlantic mouth of which South American waterway?

A) Beagle Channel

B) Río de la Plata

C) Strait of Magellan

D) Drake Passage

Answer · why

C) Strait of Magellan

Strait of Magellan. Argentina argues it inherited the nearby islands from Spain; Britain points to unbroken administration since the 1830s and the isl...

Q 02/05

Despite a climate much like nearby Tierra del Fuego's, the Falkland Islands have no native what?

A) Lichens

B) Trees

C) Shrubs

D) Grasses

Answer · why

B) Trees

Trees. Not one grew there when the first settlers arrived, a puzzle to early visitors because Tierra del Fuego, at the same latitude and just as wet a...

Q 03/05

Stanley, the capital, received which honour from the monarch by letters patent on 14 June 2022?

A) A royal charter of self-government

B) A coat of arms

C) City status

D) The Freedom of London

Answer · why

C) City status

It is the southernmost capital of any self-governing territory or state, and home to the world's southernmost Anglican cathedral.

Q 04/05

The Falklands take their name, via a viscount's title, from a small town with a royal palace in which country?

A) England

B) Wales

C) Ireland

D) Scotland

Answer · why

D) Scotland

Scotland. In 1690 Captain John Strong named the channel between the two main islands for Viscount Falkland, a navy official who backed his voyage and ...

Q 05/05

Islas Malvinas, the Spanish name for the Falklands, comes from which French port, home of the first settlers?

A) Marseille

B) Saint-Malo

C) Le Havre

D) Nantes

Answer · why

B) Saint-Malo

Saint-Malo. The first colonists sailed from the Breton port in 1763, so the French called the islands the Malouines, which Spanish speakers turned int...