Q 01/05

Malta lies in which sea?

A) The Mediterranean

B) The Adriatic

C) The Aegean

D) The Tyrrhenian

Answer · why

A) The Mediterranean

The archipelago is 80 km south of Italy and about 284 km east of Tunisia.

Q 02/05

What is the capital of Malta?

A) Mdina

B) Sliema

C) Birkirkara

D) Valletta

Answer · why

D) Valletta

It is the smallest capital in the European Union by both area and population.

Q 03/05

Besides Malta itself, which two islands of the archipelago are inhabited?

A) Filfla and Cominotto

B) Gozo and Filfla

C) Gozo and Comino

D) Comino and Lampedusa

Answer · why

C) Gozo and Comino

Gozo is the more rural second island; Comino sits between the two.

Q 04/05

What are Malta's two official languages?

A) Maltese and Italian

B) Maltese and English

C) English and Italian

D) Maltese and Arabic

Answer · why

B) Maltese and English

If the two texts of a law conflict, the constitution says the Maltese version prevails.

Q 05/05

The Maltese language descends from which extinct dialect?

A) Vulgar Latin

B) Siculo-Arabic

C) Byzantine Greek

D) Punic Phoenician

Answer · why

B) Siculo-Arabic

It is the only Semitic language written in the Latin alphabet, with 30 letters.