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50 free Dominica trivia questions with answers — geography quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Dominica trivia quiz is about the Nature Island of the Caribbean, the mountainous Windward Island between Guadeloupe and Martinique, and not the Dominican Republic, which has its own quiz. It covers Columbus's Sunday sighting, the Kalinago and their territory, French and British rule, independence in 1978, the Caribbean's first female prime minister, and the two hurricanes that flattened the island. There is plenty of nature: the world's second-largest hot lake, the critically endangered parrot on the flag, resident sperm whales, the mountain chicken frog and 365 rivers. The first questions suit anyone who has cruised through Roseau; the last ones test people who know what Waitukubuli means and where Pirates of the Caribbean was filmed. Every question is multiple choice with a short explanation after you answer. Every answer has been checked against a primary source, and each question links to the page that confirms it.
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Q 01By what nickname is Dominica known for its lush, largely rainforested landscape?
Nature Island of the Caribbean
It is the youngest and most mountainous island in the Lesser Antilles and still volcanically active.
Q 02What is the capital of Dominica?
Roseau
The French named it after the reeds, roseaux, that grew along the riverbanks; it lies on the sheltered western coast.
Q 03Columbus named the island Dominica because he first sighted it on what?
A Sunday
The name abbreviates the Latin dies Dominica, 'day of the Lord'; the sighting came in November 1493 on his second voyage.
Q 04Dominica's two nearest neighbours are overseas departments of which country?
France
Guadeloupe lies to the northwest and Martinique to the south-southeast, both part of the European Union.
Q 05Dominica became an independent republic in which year?
1978
Independence day is 3 November, the anniversary of Columbus's sighting; Patrick John was the first prime minister.
Q 06The world's second-largest hot spring, in the island's volcanic interior, is called what?
Boiling Lake
It is 60 to 75 metres across and only Frying Pan Lake in New Zealand is bigger.
Q 07The only hot lake in the world larger than Dominica's is in which country?
New Zealand
Frying Pan Lake sits in the Waimangu Valley near Rotorua; the water at the edges of Boiling Lake measures 82-92 °C.
Q 08Which critically endangered bird, found only on Dominica, appears on the national flag?
Sisserou parrot
Also called the imperial amazon, only about 50 mature birds were thought to survive in the wild in 2019.
Q 09The parrot on Dominica's flag makes it one of very few national flags to feature which colour?
Purple
The bird's chest really is dark purple; the ten green stars around it stand for the ten parishes.
Q 10The ten green stars on Dominica's flag represent what?
Its ten parishes
The parishes are all named after saints, from St Andrew to St Peter; the red disc stands for justice.
Q 11The indigenous Kalinago people called the island Wai'tu kubuli, meaning what?
Tall is her body
Some islanders want to adopt Waitukubuli as the country's name to stop confusion, and misdirected mail, with the Dominican Republic.
Q 12In which year did the British Crown grant Dominica's Kalinago Territory?
1903
The 3,700-acre district on the east coast was formerly called the Carib Reserve; its centre is the hamlet of Salybia.
Q 13Dominica's highest peak, Morne Diablotins, rises to roughly what height?
1,447 m
It is the tallest of a chain of volcanic cones that includes Morne aux Diables and Morne Trois Pitons.
Q 21Much of which 2006 Disney film was shot on Dominica, standing in for the fictional island of Pelegosto?
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Some scenes for the third film, At World's End, were also filmed there.
Q 22Which Dominica-born novelist wrote Wide Sargasso Sea?
Jean Rhys
Born Ella Gwendoline Rees Williams in 1890, she depicts the island obliquely in the 1966 novel.
Q 23Wide Sargasso Sea was written as a prequel to which classic novel?
Jane Eyre
It gives a life story to Bertha, the 'madwoman in the attic', and revived Jean Rhys's career.
Q 14Dominica claims to have how many rivers, one for each day of the year?
365
The abundance of water feeds hydroelectric plants and countless waterfalls, including the twin Trafalgar Falls.
Q 15Which cetacean lives in Dominica's waters year-round, making the island a prime spot for watching them?
Sperm whale
Humpbacks, orcas and several dolphin species pass through, but the deep-diving residents are the main draw.
Q 16Who became the Caribbean's first female prime minister when she took office in Dominica in 1980?
Eugenia Charles
The 'Iron Lady of the Caribbean' was also the island's first woman lawyer and urged the US to intervene in Grenada in 1983.
Q 17Dominica's 'Iron Lady' is best remembered for urging the US to intervene where in 1983?
Grenada
She stood beside Ronald Reagan as the invasion was announced.
Q 18Who became Prime Minister of Dominica in 2004 after the death of Pierre Charles?
Roosevelt Skerrit
He took over on the death of Pierre Charles in January 2004 and went on to become the island's longest-serving prime minister.
Q 19Which Category 5 hurricane made a direct landfall on Dominica on 18 September 2017?
Maria
It destroyed housing and infrastructure beyond repair and stripped the island of its vegetation.
Q 20Which 1979 hurricane killed 56 people on Dominica and dominated the island's first year of independence?
David
It struck as a Category 4 storm and helped end Interim Prime Minister Oliver Seraphin's brief premiership.
Q 24The 'mountain chicken', a delicacy known on Dominica as the crapaud, is actually what?
A giant frog
The critically endangered Leptodactylus fallax survives only on Dominica and Montserrat and has been ravaged by chytrid fungus.
Q 25The musical genre cadence-lypso was created in 1973 by Gordon Henderson and which Dominican band?
Exile One
It spread through the Creole world and the French Antilles and paved the way for modern Creole music.
Q 26Dominican Creole, spoken alongside the island's official language, is based on which tongue?
French
The World Creole Music Festival has celebrated the culture since 1997.
Q 27The Waitukubuli National Trail holds what distinction?
Longest hiking route in the Caribbean
It runs 115 miles from Scott's Head in the south to Cabrits National Park in the north.
Q 28Morne Trois Pitons, established in 1975, was Dominica's first what?
National park
It contains the Valley of Desolation, Titou Gorge and Emerald Pool and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Q 29Which currency does Dominica use?
East Caribbean dollar
It shares the currency with its partners in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States.
Q 30Dominica was ceded to Great Britain in 1763 under an agreement signed in which city?
Paris
The French invaded again in 1795 and 1805 but the British held on and made English the official language.