Question: What date was a coup d'etat carried out in Cyprus?
Answer: 15 July 1974

Question: Who lead the coup d'etat attempt?
Answer: Dimitrios Ioannides

Question: Who replaced president Makarios Ill?
Answer: Nikos Sampson

Question: What did the Turkish army to do respond to the coup d'etat?
Answer: invaded the island

Question: Which organization rejected the justification used by Turkey to invade?
Answer: United Nations

Question: What did the Turkish troops capture first on the island?
Answer: Kyrenia

Question: What was the date of the second Turkish invasion?
Answer: 14 August

Question: What locations were seized in the second invasion?
Answer: Morphou, Karpass, Famagusta and the Mesaoria

Question: How much of the island was controlled by Turks after international pressure led to a ceasefire?
Answer: 37%

Question: How many Greek Cypriots had been displaced from their homes?
Answer: 180,000

Question: How many Turkish Cypriots moved into areas that were under Turkish control?
Answer: 50,000

Question: In what year did the US impose an arms embargo on Turkey?
Answer: 1975

Question: Why did the US impose an arms embargo on Turkey?
Answer: using American-supplied equipment during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974

Question: How many settlers from Turkey were living in the north?
Answer: 150,000

Question: What terms did the Turkish government violate by sending people?
Answer: Geneva Convention and various UN resolutions

Question: What happened to ports on Cyprus after capture of its northern territory by Turkish troops?
Answer: all of its ports of entry in the north were closed

Question: In what year did the last major effort to settle the Cyprus dispute take place?
Answer: 2004

Question: In 2006 people fled to Cyprus from what country?
Answer: Lebanon

Question: In what year did Cyprus join the European Union?
Answer: 2004

Question: How many Turkish Cypriots voted for the Annan Plan in 2004?
Answer: 65%

Question: How many Greek Cypriots voted against the Annan Plan in 2004?
Answer: 74%

Question: What two mountains ranges are located on the island of Cyprus?
Answer: Troodos Mountains and the smaller Kyrenia Range

Question: What plain is located in between the Troodos Mountains and the Kyrenia Range?
Answer: the Mesaoria

Question: Which river drains the Mesaoria plain?
Answer: Pedieos River

Question: What is the highest point on the island of Cyprus?
Answer: Mount Olympus

Question: How tall is Mount Olympus?
Answer: 1,952 m (6,404 ft)

Question: In Cyprus, what is the average temperature during the day?
Answer: 24 °C (75 °F)

Question: What type of climate does Cyprus have?
Answer: one of the warmest climates in the Mediterranean

Question: What month typically marks the end of summer on Cyprus?
Answer: November

Question: How long do summers generally last on Cyprus?
Answer: eight months

Question: Which cities has one of the warmest winters in the European Union?
Answer: Limassol

Question: What is the average day emperature of Limassol during winter?
Answer: 17–18 °C (63–64 °F)

Question: What is the general temperature of coastal location during the night?
Answer: 6–8 °C (43–46 °F)

Question: When does the middle of summer occur on Cyprus?
Answer: July and August

Question: What is the average day temperature on the coast during summer?
Answer: 33 °C (91 °F)

Question: What is the average day temperature on the coast in June and September?
Answer: 30 °C (86 °F)

Question: Where are temperatures more extreme compared to the coast of Cyprus?
Answer: Inland

Question: When did Cyprus receive enough rainfall to fill up their water reserves?
Answer: Between 2001 and 2004

Question: What do people living in Cyprus rely on for household water?
Answer: rain

Question: Why has the water supply shrunk in previous years?
Answer: more frequent droughts

Question: What resource is scarce on Cyprus?
Answer: water

Question: Why has demand for water increased annually on Cyprus?
Answer: local population growth, foreigners moving to Cyprus and the number of visiting tourists

Question: What do the people of Cyprus rely on for domestic and agricultural supply of water?
Answer: Dams

Question: What is the total number of completed dams located on Cyprus?
Answer: 107

Question: What is the capacity of water that the dams on Cyprus can hold?
Answer: 330,000,000 m3 (1.2×1010 cu ft).

Question: What percentage of domestic water do desalination plants provide on Cyprus?
Answer: almost 50 per cent

Question: What has the government invested in to help supply water for Cyprus?
Answer: desalination plants

Question: What types of branches did the 1960 Constitution provide?
Answer: legislative and judicial branches

Question: What type of person was the vice-president?
Answer: Turkish Cypriot

Question: Where did Legislative power rest?
Answer: the House of Representatives

Question: Which part of Cyprus was occupied by the Turkish army?
Answer: northern third of the island

Question: In what years was Cyprus divided?
Answer: 1974

Question: In 1983, Turkish Cypriots declared what?
Answer: independence

Question: What organization recognizes the sovereignty of the Republic of Cyprus?
Answer: The United Nations

Question: How many members are currently in the House of Representatives?
Answer: 59 members

Question: How long is the term for an elected member of the House of Representatives?
Answer: five-year term

Question: How many seas are allocated to the Turkish community?
Answer: 24

Question: Who became the country's first Communist head of state in 2008?
Answer: Dimitris Christofias

Question: Who is the current president of Cyprus?
Answer: Nicos Anastasiades

Question: Why does the United Nations question the Human rights status of Cyprus?
Answer: ongoing division of Cyprus continues to affect human rights throughout the island

Question: What is the rating for Cyprus in the "Freedom in the World 2011" report?
Answer: free

Question: What is one of the reasons for the human rights issues on Cyprus?
Answer: division of the island

Question: How much was Turkey ordered to pay in compensation to Cyprus?
Answer: over $100m

Question: Who was accused of violating the Geneva Conventions?
Answer: Turkey

Question: What year was Turkey ordered to pay fines to Cyprus?
Answer: 2014

Question: Why was Turkey accused of violating the Geneva Conventions?
Answer: directly or indirectly transferring its civilian population into occupied territory

Question: What incident was the most deadly military accident that occurred on Cyprus?
Answer: Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion

Question: What is one of the senior officer titles of the Cyprus air force?
Answer: Supreme Commander

Question: What date did the Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion occur?
Answer: 11 July 2011

Question: What affected the Cypriot economy in 2012?
Answer: Eurozone financial and banking crisis

Question: How much many did the Cypriot government initially announce it needed?
Answer: €1.8 billion

Question: What was the amount of additional money requested by Cyprus?
Answer: €4 billion

Question: What are the names of Cyprus' three largest banks?
Answer: Bank of Cyprus, Cyprus Popular Bank and Hellenic Bank

Question: What did the March 2013 agreement decide?
Answer: split the country's second largest bank

Question: Who would eventually absorb the "good" bank of Cyprus Popular Bank?
Answer: Bank of Cyprus

Question: What was the amount of bailout money given to Cyprus?
Answer: €10 billion

Question: Who was using Cyprus as a tax haven?
Answer: wealthy Russians

Question: What is the per capita GDP of Cyprus given by the IMF?
Answer: $30,769

Question: What are three of the largest contributors to the Cyprus economy?
Answer: Tourism, financial services and shipping

Question: When was the Euro declared as the national currency of Cyprus?
Answer: 1 January 2008

Question: Why has Cyprus been sought out by offshore businesses?
Answer: low tax rates