Honduras Quiz part 5 - last questions

Last two questions, and the answers tomorrow

10. What is the national flower of Honduras?

• Peace Lily
• Orchid
• Amaryllis
• Bird of Paradise

9. In Britain we have 426 motor vehicles per 1000 people. How many are there per 1000 people in Honduras?

• 11
• 28
• 42
• 73

Hope you have been enjoying guessing or finding out the right answers (which you can still add as a tweet on twitter with #2013honduras), and we will reveal the answers tomorrow.

Honduras Quiz part 4 - How are you doing?

just a couple more! Last ones tomorrow

7. Once part of the Spanish Empire, when did Honduras become an independent nation?

• 1795
• 1821
• 1850
• 1878

8. What is the approximate population of Honduras?

• 5,000,000
• 8,000,000
• 11,500,000
• 19,000,000

Have fun guessing or finding out the right answers (which you can add as a tweet on twitter with #2013honduras, ), and we will reveal the answers (and last few quiz questions) by the end of this week.

Honduras Quiz part 3 - Can you tell what it is yet?

Ok, you might have noticed a pattern! Here are another two to tax your knowledge

5. Honduras has three distinct topological regions – two narrow coastal strips and an interior mountainous region. Approximately what percentage of the country's area is in the central mountains?

• 20%
• 40%
• 60%
• 80%

6. In Western Honduras, there is the archaeological site of Copan. Which pre-Spanish civilisation had its' capital city there between 500 and 900 AD?

• Maya
• Olmec
• Aztec
• Teotihuacan

Have fun guessing or finding out the right answers (which you can add as a comment or as a tweet on twitter with #2013honduras), and we will reveal the answers (and a few more quiz questions) later in the week.

Gift from St Peter's 9.30am service - A Thank you

Thank you to the members of the 9.30am morning service, which meets on the 1st sunday of each month at St Peter's church.

They have given at total of £126.26 before gift-aid, which will be given to The Manuelito Children's home when we go out to Honduras in a few days time.

Honduras Quiz part 2 - what do you think?

Here are some more questions, can you guess these?

3. On his 4^th voyage to the New World in 1502, Christopher Columbus reached the Bay Islands and landed on the cost of Honduras near the modern town of Trujillo. Honduras is supposedly named by him – what does it mean?

• Depths
• High mountains
• Green land
• Thanks to God

4. What valuable resource was a major factor in inducing the Spanish to form settlements in Honduras, where they subsequently ruled for around three centuries?

• Bananas
• Uranium
• Silver
• Lead

Have fun guessing or finding out the right answers (which you can add as a comment or as a tweet on twitter with #2013honduras), and we will reveal the answers (and some more quiz questions) later in the week.

Honduras Quiz part 1 - Do you know these?

Here are some quiz questions about Honduras, can you guess which is the right answer?

1. Which of these central American countries does not share a border with Honduras?

• Nicaragua
• Guatamala
• Belize
• El Salvador

2. The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef is the second largest barrier reef in the world and has its southern end off the coast of Honduras (the Bay Islands) Divers there can see many interesting animals, including which of the following?

• Blue Whales
• Bottle nose dolphins
• Electric eels
• Piranhas

Have fun guessing or finding out the right answers (which you can add as a comment or as a tweet on twitter with #2013honduras), and we will reveal the answers (and some more quiz questions) later in the week.

Honduras team - Prayed for

During an exciting morning service (started by the members of Xplode and ID doing a prayer slm dunk), most of the team going to Honduras were able to come along and be prayed together by everyone present at the service, and then sent off (commissioned) to visit our friends at the manuelito Home in Honduras on behalf of the church.

You can see us in our T-shirts in the photo below