Madeira - History Of An Island

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

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? French pirates Portuguese businessmen Dutch sailors 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 greeted it with great joy They started a war to get independence from Portugal They didn't like it at all They couldn't care at all

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

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

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 Canical Porto Moniz Sao Vicente

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