Trivia: In what modern country did Christopher Columbus first make landfall?
Dominican Republic
Trinidad and Tobago
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
The Bahamas
The correct answer is The Bahamas
So why is this answer correct? : On October 12, 1492, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus first landed in what Europeans called the “New World.” His ships touched down on the beaches of the island of Guanahani in what is today the Bahamas. Though no one is certain which island Guanahani is today, most historians believe it is now known as San Salvador, which is what Columbus called it when he first arrived.