Questions in this quiz: Bouvet Island: World's Remotest Mystery. Who Rules?

1. Which country currently holds sovereignty over Bouvet Island? — Options: Norway, United Kingdom, South Africa, Argentina
2. In which ocean is Bouvet Island located? — Options: South Atlantic, South Pacific, Southern (Antarctic), Southern Indian
3. What is the approximate distance from Bouvet Island to the nearest land, Queen Maud Land in Antarctica? — Options: About 500 km, About 1,700 km, About 3,200 km, About 4,500 km
4. What percentage of Bouvet Island's surface is covered by glaciers? — Options: About 20%, About 50%, About 75%, About 93%
5. Bouvet Island sits atop a geological feature. Which is it? — Options: The Mid-Atlantic Ridge triple junction, The Kerguelen hotspot, The South Sandwich subduction zone, The Walvis Ridge
6. Which country's sealer is credited with the first documented landing on the island in 1822? — Options: United States, France, United Kingdom, Norway
7. In 1825, who formally claimed the island for the British Crown, naming it 'Liverpool Island'? — Options: George Norris, James Weddell, James Clark Ross, Edward Bransfield
8. Which Norwegian expedition led to Norway's 1928 annexation of the island? — Options: The Norvegia expeditions led by Lars Christensen, The Fram expedition of Fridtjof Nansen, The Maud expedition of Roald Amundsen, The Belgica expedition
9. How did the United Kingdom's competing claim get resolved? — Options: The UK waived its claim in 1928 in favor of Norway, By ruling of the International Court of Justice in 1950, Through the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, By a UN General Assembly vote in 1946
10. What Norwegian legal status was granted to Bouvet Island in 1930? — Options: Biland (Norwegian dependency), Fylke (Norwegian county), Integral part of the Kingdom, Autonomous overseas region
11. Is Bouvet Island covered by the Antarctic Treaty System? — Options: No — it lies north of 60°S, Yes — as a dependent territory of a signatory, Only its maritime waters are covered, Yes — under a special 1961 protocol
12. What is the approximate land area of Bouvet Island? — Options: 49 km², 120 km², 210 km², 390 km²
13. The highest point on Bouvet Island is a peak named: — Options: Olavtoppen, Nyrøysa, Kapp Valdivia, Wilhelmplatået
14. A mysterious 1979 event near the island detected by a US Vela satellite is widely suspected to have been what? — Options: A clandestine nuclear test, A large submarine volcanic eruption, A meteor airburst, A Soviet missile test
15. In 1964, a mysterious abandoned lifeboat was discovered in a lagoon on the island. What happened to its occupants? — Options: They were never identified or found, They were rescued by a passing whaler, Their remains were recovered on the island, They were later identified as Soviet defectors
16. What internet country-code top-level domain is assigned to Bouvet Island? — Options: .bv, .bi, .bo, .bt
17. Which of these seabirds is a documented breeder on Bouvet Island? — Options: Macaroni penguin, Emperor penguin, Adélie penguin, King penguin
18. The flat area called Nyrøysa, home to the island's weather station, was formed by what event around 1955–1958? — Options: A massive rockslide, A volcanic eruption, A glacial retreat, A tsunami deposit
19. Bouvet Island is administered by which Norwegian ministry? — Options: Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Climate and Environment, Ministry of Defence
20. When was Bouvet Island declared a nature reserve by Norway? — Options: 1971, 1959, 1985, 2001
21. What is the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) width claimed by Norway around the island? — Options: 200 nautical miles, 12 nautical miles, 100 nautical miles, 350 nautical miles
22. Which 2004 sci-fi/horror film is set on and around the island, where a hidden pyramid is discovered? — Options: Alien vs. Predator, The Thing, The Day After Tomorrow, Whiteout
23. Norway's sovereignty over the island rests primarily on which legal principle? — Options: Effective occupation of terra nullius, Treaty cession from France, Continental shelf extension, Sector principle from Antarctic claims
24. What is the primary volcanic composition of Bouvet Island? — Options: Basaltic shield with a central caldera, Andesitic stratovolcano, Rhyolitic dome complex, Kimberlite pipe cluster
25. What did Jean-Baptiste Bouvet initially believe his 1739 discovery might be part of? — Options: A great southern continent (Terra Australis), An extension of South America, An arm of Africa, The lost continent of Atlantis