Trivia Facts About Islands: Quiz!
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- 1.Which is the largest of the Spanish Balearic islands?
- A.
Menorca
- B.
Majorca
- C.
Sardinia
- D.
Ibiza
- 2.The islands of Inishmore, Inishmaan, and Inishmore lie off the coast of which European country?
- A.
Ireland
- B.
England
- C.
Wales
- D.
Scotland
- 3.In which country are the large islands New Britain and New Ireland located?
- A.
Australia
- B.
Guyana
- C.
Canada
- D.
Papua New Guinea
- 4.Where can you find a coral island called Lizard Island?
- A.
Near Australia's Great Barrier Reef
- B.
Off The Coast Of Belize
- C.
Near The Netherlands Antilles
- D.
In The Caribbean
- 5.Where in Asia can you find the two adjacent islands of Coloane and Taipa?
- A.
Between Taiwan And China
- B.
Macau Special Administrative Region
- C.
Northwest Of The Philippines
- D.
Near Penang, Malaysia
- 6.Where is the Bass Strait, in which King and Flinders Islands can be found?
- A.
Near The Entrance To Puget Sound
- B.
Near Cape Cod Lighthous
- C.
South Of Australia
- D.
Off The South-West Coast Of Ireland
- 7.What tiny island to the east of Australia was named by Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball in 1788?
- A.
Great Keppel Island
- B.
Kermedec Island
- C.
Norfolk Island
- D.
Lord Howe Island
- 8.On which Asian island is the seaport and administrative center of Kupang, sometimes spelled Koepang?
- A.
Timor, Indonesia
- B.
Luzon, The Philippines
- C.
Mindinao, The Philippines
- D.
Borneo, Indonesia
- 9.What is the name of the strait that separates the two Japanese islands of Shikoku and Kyushu?
- A.
Chochiko
- B.
Bungo
- C.
Bingo
- D.
Mango
- 10.Which group of about 144 islands, situated off the south-west coast of England, has as their administrative center in the town of Hugh Town?
- A.
The Isles Of Man
- B.
The Channel Islands
- C.
Isles Of Scilly
- D.
The Western Isles
- 11.What British island, accessible by road only at low tide, is also known as Holy Island?
- A.
Holyhead
- B.
Anglesea
- C.
Whit
- D.
Lindisfarne
- 12.To which nations do the two islands named Melville, one in the northern hemisphere and one in the southern hemisphere, belong?
- A.
The United States, New Zealand
- B.
Canada, Australia
- C.
Australia, The United States
- D.
New Zealand, Canada
- 13.Which island state has these towns and cities: Launceston, Devonport, Snug, and Burnie?
- A.
New Zealand's South Island
- B.
Tasmania
- C.
Ireland
- D.
Calamity Island
- 14.On which island can you find Madang, Wewak, Alotau, Wapenamanda, Fak Fak and Jayapura?
- A.
Jamaica
- B.
Madagascar
- C.
New Guinea
- D.
Sri Lanka
- 15.What do the Argentineans call the islands known to the British and to the settlers living there, as The Falkland Islands?
- A.
Islas Del San Jorge
- B.
Las Islas Falklandas
- C.
Las Malvinas
- D.
Tierra Del Fuego
- 16.Which Pacific Island with a population of just over 8000 and an area of only 8 sq. miles has been an independent republic since 31 January 1968?
- A.
Nauru
- B.
Christmas Island
- C.
Grenada
- D.
San Marino
- 17.Which two groups of barren, rocky, Atlantic islands with a population of about 7,000 have actually been a department of France since 1976?
- A.
St Pierre Et Miquelon
- B.
St Denis
- C.
Mayotte
- D.
Nouvelle Normandie
- 18.Where is the long and narrow Walney Island?
- A.
Near Doubtful Sound, New Zealand
- B.
In The Fiji Group
- C.
Off The Northeast England Coast
- D.
Australia's Great Barrier Reef
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