Q 01/05

Which road rule sets the U.S. Virgin Islands apart from every state and other territory of the United States?

A) Speed limits in kilometres

B) No right turn on red

C) Driving on the left

D) Roundabouts at every junction

Answer · why

C) Driving on the left

Driving on the left is the rule in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the only American jurisdiction that does it. Most cars come from the mainland, so the stee...

Q 02/05

Christopher Columbus named the Virgin Islands in 1493 after which martyr and her legendary 11,000 maiden companions?

A) Saint Ursula

B) Saint Agnes

C) Saint Cecilia

D) Saint Barbara

Answer · why

A) Saint Ursula

Saint Ursula and her 11,000 virgin followers gave the islands their name, which was soon shortened to the Virgins. Columbus sighted the chain on his s...

Q 03/05

Which wartime fear drove the United States to buy the Danish West Indies, now the U.S. Virgin Islands, in 1917?

A) A British coaling station

B) A German submarine base

C) A Japanese naval harbor

D) A Russian cable station

Answer · why

B) A German submarine base

A German submarine base in the Caribbean was the scenario that worried Washington during World War I. Denmark accepted $25 million in gold for its thr...

Q 04/05

William Thornton, born on Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands, designed which famous Washington landmark?

A) The White House

B) The Treasury Building

C) The Smithsonian Castle

D) The U.S. Capitol

Answer · why

D) The U.S. Capitol

The U.S. Capitol was designed by William Thornton, who was a physician, inventor and painter as well as an architect. He was born into a Quaker commun...

Q 05/05

NBA star Tim Duncan grew up on St. Croix training for which sport before Hurricane Hugo pushed him toward basketball?

A) Surfing

B) Tennis

C) Swimming

D) Sprinting

Answer · why

C) Swimming

Swimming was Tim Duncan's first sport, and he hoped to reach the 1992 Olympics. Hugo destroyed the only Olympic-sized pool on St. Croix, and a fear of...