Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Gibraltar History
bobbyknuckles
Created 6/28/2024
Think you know all there is to know about Gibraltar's fascinating history? Take this quiz and find out!
1. When did Spain recover Gibraltar from the Moors?
2. Which English commander captured Gibraltar in 1704?
George Rooke
Henry IV
Philip V
John Hawkins
3. Which treaty ceded Gibraltar to Britain?
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Lisbon
Treaty of Utrecht
Treaty of Paris
4. Who was Gibraltar named after?
Isabella I
Tariq Ibn-Ziyad
George Rooke
Henry IV
5. In what year did the civilian population get evacuated during World War II?
6. When was Britain’s designation of Gibraltar as a British Crown Colony?
7. What was the Eighth Siege of Gibraltar?
The capture of Gibraltar by Castilian forces
The Great Siege of Gibraltar
World War II evacuation
The capture of Gibraltar by British forces
8. What event occurred in Gibraltar in 2006?
Becoming a British Crown Colony
Treaty of Utrecht signed
First Legislative Council convened
Agreement easing border controls with Spain
9. When did the Battle of Gibraltar during the Eighty Years' War take place?
10. During the War of Spanish Succession, which battle resulted in the capture of Gibraltar by the English?
Battle of the Nile
Battle of Trafalgar
Battle of Blenheim
Capture of Gibraltar
11. Who turned Gibraltar into a fortress in 711?
Tariq Ibn-Ziyad
Juan Alonso de Guzmán
Henry IV
Philip V
12. Which document mentioned Gibraltar's status change in 1830?
Microsoft Encarta 2006
Gibraltar. La razón y la fuerza
Rock of Contention
Encyclopædia Britannica
13. What did King Henry IV do regarding Gibraltar after its capture in 1462?
Ceded it to Britain
Declared it Crown property
Destroyed the town
Built a fortress
14. Who was responsible for Gibraltar’s first hospital in 1567?
George Rooke
Henry IV
Juan Mateos
Tariq Ibn-Ziyad
15. In which year did Gibraltar become a City Council in recognition for its contribution in World War I?
16. When was the legislative council convened in Gibraltar?
17. In which conflict did a typhoid epidemic occur in Gibraltar?
World War I
Eighty Years' War
Reconquista
1649
18. Which country’s former King told Britain that recovering Gibraltar was not in their interest in 1982?
Morocco
Spain
France
Portugal
19. Which conflict saw the explosion of the RFA Bedenham in Gibraltar?
World War I
World War II
Spanish Civil War
Operation Felix
20. Who led the Castilian forces that captured Gibraltar in 1462?
George Rooke
Henry IV
Juan Alonso de Guzmán
Tariq Ibn-Ziyad
