All about Honduras Trivia Quiz

Answer: Comayagua

Comayagua is a city located around 50 miles north-west of the capital, Tegucigalpa. Comayagua is the capital city of the Comayagua Department, one of Honduras' 18 Departments.

The Immaculate Conception Cathedral is dedicated to Christ's mother, the Virgin Mary. It has a striking Baroque and Renaissance kind of architecture.

Within this cathedral is a clock purported to be the oldest clock in the Americas. It was built by the Arabs around 1100 during the Middle Ages, when they were occupying Spain.

Answer: El Progreso

The Mico Quemado (which translates as "burnt monkey") mountains are situated east of El Progreso. The mountain faces the valley of Sula. Much of this mountain range is protected by the Honduran government, partly due to the wealth of exotic plants and animals found there, partly because El Progreso's water source originates in these mountains.

El Progreso is located in the Yoro Department of Honduras. It is a fertile city known for its agricultural prowess, featuring plantations of bananas, palm oil and vegetables.

Answer: La Ceiba

Isidore the Laborer is the patron saint of La Ceiba, as well as a patron saint of farmers. 500,000 tourists are usually around Le Ceiba at the time of his festival.

La Ceiba is a port city located on the northern coast of Honduras. It has officially been proclaimed as both the "Eco-Tourism Capital of Honduras" and the "Entertainment Capital of Honduras."

Answer: Toncontín International Airport

Due to its mountainous location and short runway, Toncontín International Airport has been rated among the most dangerous airports in the world. There have been several incidents of aircraft running out of runway and crashing - with fatalities. Fortunately, Honduras has other airports with much safer settings. Toncontín International Airport is located about four miles from one of the two capitals of Honduras, Tegucigalpa.

During the Football War of 1969 Toncontín International Airport was a major target of the Salvadoran Air Force, who bombed it many times.

Answer: Mogotón

Mogotón is around 6,850 feet high and is the highest mountain of Nicaragua.

Answer: San Pedro Sula

San Pedro Sula is a city located in the north of Honduras.

Honduras may be one of the most dangerous and violent countries in the world, but this is concentrated in certain areas of the country. Figures from 2015 state that the cities of Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula and La Ceiba hosted around 40% of the countries homicides that year.

Since the Honduran military coup of 2009, the city of San Pedro Sula has suffered from both unemployment and poverty. The presence of the criminal gangs Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and Barrio 18, is very apparent in San Pedro Sula.

Answer: Olancho

The Olancho department covers approximately 9,300 square miles. Its capital city is Juticalpa.

In around 1864 the Olancho War happened. About 1,000 rebels, under the leadership of a man named Rosales, revolted against the department's government the following year in 1865. The military got involved on the orders of the then President of Honduras, José María Medina. Towns of Olancho were burned. Leaders of the rebels were captured, shot, beheaded and buried. The dangerous conditions of living here resulted in a mass exodus from Olancho during this period.

Answer: 7,000

Hurricane Mitch is currently the second-deadliest hurricane recorded. Over 11,000 people were killed. Hurricane Mitch measured 5 - the highest level a hurricane can reach - on the Saffir-Simpson scale. The Saffir-Simpson scale measures hurricanes, depending on the intensity of the wind they sustain.

Over half of Hurricane Mitch's casualties occurred in Honduras. Around 20% of the population at the time was rendered homeless from the hurricane, leaving 1.5 million Honduran people displaced. It also devastated the economy, including industries such as banana cultivation.

Answer: Coxen Hole

Coxen Hole is located on the island of Roatán. It is named after the pirate John Coxon, who used the island as a safe haven, as well as thousands of other pirates. It is argued that perhaps the islanders misspelled his surname.

Coxen Hole was established around 1835. Several British families had re-located to Roatán from the Cayman Islands (in the west of the Caribbean Sea).

Answer: El Salvador

Cerro El Pital is around 8,960 feet high. It is the highest point in El Salvador, and the third highest point in Honduras. The highest mountain of Honduras is Cerro Las Minas.

Cerro El Pital is covered by a cloud forest, which is a forest featuring persistent low-level cloud cover, normally at the canopy level. This forest is home to some rare animals and planets including quetzals, which are brightly coloured birds.