193-year-old Jonathon the tortoise still living at his South Atlantic home

Apr 06, 2026

Q: A scammer reported the death of the world’s oldest tortoise in an attempt to solicit cryptocurrency donations. However, 193-year-old Jonathon was still very much alive last week on the remote island of Saint Helena, about 1,200 miles west of Africa in the South Atlantic Ocean. Where is the South Atlantic Ocean?

Circle the area on this map

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Q: Jonathon was only about 50 years old in 1882 when he was moved to Saint Helena from his native home in the Seychelles islands, which are about 800 miles east of Africa, in which ocean?

A. Arctic

B. Indian

C. North Pacific

D. South Pacific

Q: Jonathon may be the best-known occupant today of Saint Helena, a British Overseas Territory, but who was the most famous resident in the island’s history?

A. Admiral Horatio Nelson

B. Czar Alexander I

C. Duke of Wellington

D. Napoleon Bonaparte

Q: It is believed that European explorers sailing to India to buy spices discovered the uninhabited island and named it after Saint Helena. Sailors from which nation discovered the route to India?

A, England

B. Netherlands

C. Portugal

D. Spain

Q: Saint Helena was the mother of Constantine I, the first Christian emperor of Rome. He founded the city of Constantinople, which is now called ...

A. Istanbul

B. Paris

C. Ravenna

D. Vienna

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