Madeira - History Of An Island

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1. Who officially discovered the island of Porto Santo and nearby Madeira? Zarco Goncalves Vaz and Joao Tristao Tristao Goncalves Vaz and Joao Tristao Joao Goncalves Zarco and Tristao Vaz Joao Vaz and Tristao Goncalves Zarco

2. Christopher Columbus did also visit the islands of the Madeira Archipelago. He also got married there. True or False? Answer: (No Hint!)

3. Who attacked Madeira in the 16th-century? Dutch sailors French pirates Portuguese businessmen British soldiers

4. The British presence in Madeira was a result of what? The British beat the Dutch in a five-year long war Madeira was sold by the Portuguese to the British The Napoleonic Wars British pirates conquered the islands and killed all the inhabitents

5. Madeira played a part during the first World War between 1914 and 1918. True of False? Answer: (One Word)

6. What was the reaction of the people of Madeira when they were confronted with the 1974 revolution in Portugal? They didn't like it at all They greeted it with great joy They started a war to get independence from Portugal They couldn't care at all

7. In what year a constitution was drawn up in Lisbon which designated Madeira an Autonomous Political Region? Madeira never became an Autonomous Political Region In 1975 In 1976 In 1974

8. Which famous politician used to paint in the picturesque fishing village of Camara de Lobos? Franklin Roosevelt Winston Churchill Willy Brandt Silvio Berlusconi

9. The whaling scenes from John Houston's film version of Moby Dick were shot in what village, which also was once the centre of Madeira's whaling industry? Ribeiro Frio Sao Vicente Porto Moniz Canical

10. Which famous person stayed in the Quinta Vigia? Winston Churchill Christopher Columbus Empress Sissi of Austria Napoleon