Islands Trivia: Can You Name the World’s Famous Islands?

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1.

Which is the largest of the Spanish Balearic islands?

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Answer: Majorca
2.

The islands of Inishmore, Inishmaan and Inishere lie off the coast of which European country?

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Answer: Ireland
3.

In which country are the large islands New Britain and New Ireland located?

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Answer: Papua New Guinea
4.

Where can you find a coral island called Lizard Island?

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Answer: Near Australia's Great Barrier Reef
5.

Where in Asia can you find the two adjacent islands of Coloane and Taipa?

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Answer: Macau Special Administrative Region
6.

Where is Bass Strait, in which King and Flinders Islands can be found?

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Answer: South Of Australia
7.

What tiny island to the east of Australia was named by Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball in 1788?

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Answer: Lord Howe Island
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On which Asian island is the seaport and administrative centre of Kupang, sometimes spelt Koepang?

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Answer: Timor, Indonesia
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What is the name of the strait that separates the two Japanese islands of Shikoku and Kyushu?

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Answer: Bungo
10.

Which group of about 144 islands, situated off the south-west coast of England, has as their administrative centre in the town of Hugh Town?

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Answer: Isles Of Scilly
11.

What British island, accessible by road only at low tide, is also known as Holy Island?

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Answer: Lindisfarne
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To which nations do the two islands named Melville, one in the northern hemisphere and one in the southern hemisphere, belong?

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Answer: Canada, Australia
13.

Which island state has these towns and cites: Launceston, Devonport, Snug and Burnie?

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Answer: Tasmania
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On which island can you find Madang, Wewak, Alotau, Wapenamanda, Fak Fak and Jayapura?

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Answer: New Guinea
15.

What do the Argentineans call the islands known to the British and to the settlers living there, as The Falkland Islands?

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Answer: Las Malvinas
16.

Which Pacific Island with a population of just over 8000 and area of only 8 sq. miles has been an independent republic since 31 January, 1968?

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Answer: Nauru
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?

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Answer: St Pierre Et Miquelon
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Where is the long and narrow Walney Island?

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Answer: Off The Northeast England Coast
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