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Exploring Gibraltar: A Quiz on History and Culture

Test your knowledge about Gibraltar's history, culture, and geography with this engaging quiz.

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1 Who played in the movie Gibraltar?

2 What role did Georges Flamant play in the movie Gibraltar?

3 When was Gibraltar established?

4 What is the national anthem of Gibraltar?

5 Who played Paoli in the movie Gibraltar?

6 What is the top-level internet domain of Gibraltar?

7 Now the San Andrés y Providencia Department of ________

8 What is the currency of Gibraltar?

9 What time offset in UTC is Gibraltar in during daylight savings?

10 It shares a 1.2 km (0.75 mi) land border with ________.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • in 1939, excavations beneath John Mackintosh Square in Gibraltar for an air-raid shelter revealed no signs of any foundations, suggesting it has always been an open square.
  • following the collapse of Renaissance Cruises in late 2001, MS R Two and five of her sister ships were laid up together, first at Gibraltar and later at Marseille.
  • in 2006 Gibraltar was granted a new constitution, giving it a modern constitutional relationship with the United Kingdom.
  • on 12 December 2009, Kaiane Aldorino (pictured) became the first Miss World from Gibraltar.
  • the Genoese have contributed significantly to Gibraltar's architectural and culinary heritage.
  • all of early 14th-century Europe was consecrated under the protection of Our Lady of Europe (statue pictured) in Gibraltar where devotion has continued for over 700 years.
  • St Bernard's Hospital is the only civilian general hospital in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.
  • Dorothy Ellicott was the first woman to be elected to two different Gibraltar Councils and was posthumously awarded the Gibraltar Medallion of Honour on Gibraltar National Day 2008.
  • Gibtelecom is the largest telecommunications operator in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar and the official sponsor of the annual Gibtelecom International Chess Festival.
  • Giovanni Battista Calvi was an Italian military engineer who worked on many important Spanish defensive projects in the 1500s, to include those in the now British overseas territory of Gibraltar.
  • Juan Mateos was the founder of Gibraltar's first hospital which remained on the same site and served the people of Gibraltar for almost four and a half centuries.
  • Gibraltar's St. Michael's Cave, prepared as an emergency hospital during World War II, at present contains an auditorium and receives almost a million visitors a year.
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