Q 01/05

Which royals honeymooned in Seychelles?

A) William and Catherine

B) Charles and Diana

C) Andrew and Sarah

D) Edward and Sophie

Answer · why

A) William and Catherine

William and Catherine. Their ten days on a private island in 2011 were meant to be secret, but a Seychelles official announced their arrival, and the ...

Q 02/05

What is the capital and largest city of Seychelles?

A) Anse Royale

B) Victoria

C) Beau Vallon

D) Baie Lazare

Answer · why

B) Victoria

Victoria. The French founded it as L'Etablissement du Roi; the British renamed it in 1841 after their young queen, and it remains one of the world's s...

Q 03/05

Seychelles is Africa's smallest country by land area and also ranks last on the continent by what measure?

A) Population

B) Coastline

C) Size of economy

D) Sea territory

Answer · why

A) Population

Population. About 100,000 people were counted at the 2022 census, yet the islands claim more than 1.3 million square kilometres of ocean, roughly 3,00...

Q 04/05

Anse Source d'Argent, often called the world's most photographed beach, lies on which Seychelles island?

A) La Digue

B) Praslin

C) Silhouette

D) Curieuse

Answer · why

A) La Digue

La Digue. Motor vehicles are tightly restricted there, so the bicycle remains the island's main transport and most visitors pedal to the beach.

Q 05/05

Which Aldabra bird is the last flightless bird left in the western Indian Ocean?

A) The white-throated rail

B) The Aldabra drongo

C) The great frigatebird

D) The greater flamingo

Answer · why

A) The white-throated rail

The white-throated rail. Fossils show an earlier flightless rail was wiped out when the atoll flooded about 136,000 years ago; the same species then f...