Islands Trivia: Can You Name the World’s Famous Islands?
1.
Which is the largest of the Spanish Balearic islands?
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Majorca
2.
The islands of Inishmore, Inishmaan and Inishere lie off the coast of which European country?
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Ireland
3.
In which country are the large islands New Britain and New Ireland located?
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Papua New Guinea
4.
Where can you find a coral island called Lizard Island?
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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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Macau Special Administrative Region
6.
Where is Bass Strait, in which King and Flinders Islands can be found?
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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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Lord Howe Island
8.
On which Asian island is the seaport and administrative centre of Kupang, sometimes spelt Koepang?
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Timor, Indonesia
9.
What is the name of the strait that separates the two Japanese islands of Shikoku and Kyushu?
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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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Isles Of Scilly
11.
What British island, accessible by road only at low tide, is also known as Holy Island?
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Lindisfarne
12.
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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Canada, Australia
13.
Which island state has these towns and cites: Launceston, Devonport, Snug and Burnie?
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Tasmania
14.
On which island can you find Madang, Wewak, Alotau, Wapenamanda, Fak Fak and Jayapura?
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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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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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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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St Pierre Et Miquelon
18.
Where is the long and narrow Walney Island?
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Off The Northeast England Coast
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