Places Quiz 11: multiple choice (Questions only)
1. The Baths, a beach strewn with giant granite boulders, is a famous sight on Virgin Gorda in which British Overseas Territory?
2. Which small island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey bans cars, so that people get around by bicycle, horse and tractor?
3. In 2025, the UK agreed to hand sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory to which country?
4. 10 January is a national holiday in Benin celebrating which traditional religion, which originated there?
5. Guinea-Bissau is one of the world's largest exporters of which nut?
6. The national cricket stadium of Antigua and Barbuda is named after which great West Indies batsman?
7. The Pitcairn Islands have one of the smallest populations of any territory in the world. Roughly how many people live there: about 50, about 500, or about 5,000?
8. The ritual of "land diving" from tall wooden towers on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu inspired which modern extreme sport?
9. Which country became the world's newest internationally recognised country in July 2011?
10. What is the capital of Togo?
11. Most of the disputed territory of Western Sahara is controlled by which country?
12. What is the capital of Bermuda?
13. At Stingray City in the Cayman Islands, what do tourists swim with in shallow water?
14. Dominica, home to the Boiling Lake, is known by what nickname?
15. Which island in the Solomon Islands, scene of a major Second World War campaign, is home to the capital, Honiara?
16. Tonga is the only Pacific island nation that was never formally colonised. What kind of state is it?
17. The TV news network Al Jazeera is based in Doha, the capital of which country?
18. In which country is Samarkand, a Silk Road city famous for the Registan square?
19. Which is the only country in South America where Dutch is the official language?
20. In 2002, East Timor became the first new sovereign state of the 21st century, after gaining independence from which country?