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Quiz
- What is the capital of Jersey?
- Which island with an area of 3 square miles is the third-largest island of the Channel Islands?
- Which British 1980s crime drama TV series was set in Jersey?
- Which island with a population of about 500 is one of the few places in the world where cars are banned from roads?
- Footballer Matt Le Tissier was born on which island?
- The channel islands are not technically part of the UK but are self-governing dependencies known by what term?
- What is the capital of Guernsey?
- Which author lived in exile on Guernsey from 1855 until 1870?
- What's the marketing name for the famous type of potato grown in Jersey?
- The Channel Islands were previously part of which French Duchy?
- Burhou is a small island northwest of Alderney that is known for its colony of what birds?
- What's roughly the combined population of the islands: (a) 17,000, (b) 170,000, or (c) 1.7 million?
- What is the main town of Alderney called?
- Which island is 2,183 m long, less than 873 metres wide and has a population of about 60?
- Which historic site in Jersey, with a museum, is depicted on the Jersey 1 pound note issued in 2010?
- Which is the closest of the Channel Islands both to the United Kingdom and France?
- What was founded in 1959 by author Gerald Durrell?
- What's the name of the castle and tourist attraction on the tidal island of L'Islet?
- Which actress, the daughter of the dean of Jersey, was known as the 'Jersey Lily'?
- Which English coastal town offers the quickest ferry crossing to Jersey?
- Which English actor moved to Guernsey in the late 1970s and lived there for 15 years despite being jailed for breaking a hotel window?
- Liberation Day is the national day of both Jersey and Guernsey and takes place on which month of each year?
Answers
- Saint Helier
- Alderney
- Bergerac
- Sark
- Guernsey
- Crown Dependencies
- St. Peter Port
- Victor Hugo
- The Jersey Royal
- The Duchy of Normandy
- Puffins
- (b) 170,000
- Saint Anne
- Herm
- La Hougue Bie
- Alderney
- Jersey Zoo
- Elizabeth Castle (named after Elizabeth I)
- Lillie Langtry
- Poole
- Oliver Reed
- May (May 9th)