Q 01/05

Seen from above, Guadeloupe's two main islands together form the shape of which creature?

A) A seahorse

B) A butterfly

C) A hummingbird

D) A dolphin

Answer · why

B) A butterfly

A butterfly is how Guadeloupe looks from the air: a mountainous western wing and a flatter eastern wing, split by a narrow sea channel.

Q 02/05

Which tropical fruit did Christopher Columbus first encounter on Guadeloupe in November 1493?

A) Pineapple

B) Breadfruit

C) Papaya

D) Soursop

Answer · why

A) Pineapple

Pineapple was new to the Old World when Columbus met it on Guadeloupe. He carried the plant back across the Atlantic and called it the pine of the Ind...

Q 03/05

Which BBC crime series films its fictional island of Saint Marie in Deshaies on Guadeloupe?

A) Beyond Paradise

B) Midsomer Murders

C) Death in Paradise

D) The Mallorca Files

Answer · why

C) Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise turns the commune of Deshaies into the town of Honoré, and the show's popularity has helped to bring more tourists to Guadeloupe.

Q 04/05

Which currency do shoppers use on Guadeloupe, an overseas department of France in the Caribbean?

A) The US dollar

B) The CFP franc

C) The French franc

D) The euro

Answer · why

D) The euro

The euro is Guadeloupe's money because the islands are legally part of France and the European Union, although they sit outside the Schengen travel ar...

Q 05/05

In the 1763 Treaty of Paris, France gave up which vast territory but won back sugar-rich Guadeloupe?

A) Canada

B) Florida

C) Mexico

D) Brazil

Answer · why

A) Canada

Canada was judged the lesser prize. Guadeloupe produced about £6 million of sugar a year, and France considered the small island colony the more valua...