Q 01/05

Grenada is nicknamed the 'Island of Spice' chiefly for producing which spice, shown on its flag?

A) Allspice

B) Cinnamon

C) Cloves

D) Nutmeg

Answer · why

D) Nutmeg

The trees arrived in 1843 aboard a merchant ship calling in on its way home from the East Indies; mace is the by-product.

Q 02/05

What is the capital of Grenada?

A) Castries

B) Kingstown

C) St. George's

D) Bridgetown

Answer · why

C) St. George's

The French founded it as Fort Royal in 1650 around a horseshoe-shaped harbour inside an old volcanic crater.

Q 03/05

Grenada gained independence from Britain on 7 February of which year?

A) 1974

B) 1976

C) 1978

D) 1981

Answer · why

A) 1974

Eric Gairy, founder of the Grenada United Labour Party, became the first prime minister.

Q 04/05

The 1979 coup that overthrew Eric Gairy was carried out by which Marxist-Leninist group?

A) The Sandinistas

B) New JEWEL Movement

C) Black Power Front

D) Rastafari Congress

Answer · why

B) New JEWEL Movement

It was bloodless, launched while Gairy was abroad, and made Maurice Bishop prime minister of a People's Revolutionary Government.

Q 05/05

Who led Grenada's revolutionary government from 1979 until his execution in October 1983?

A) Keith Mitchell

B) Bernard Coard

C) Eric Gairy

D) Maurice Bishop

Answer · why

D) Maurice Bishop

The country's main airport now bears his name.