1. A Caribbean island which composes the principal territory for two independent nations. One is the only independent French speaking country in the Caribbean. Montserrat Hispaniola St Maarten Hispano Suiza

2. A South American island, famed for its fires, shared by Chile and Argentina. Ultima Thule South Orkney Tierra del Fuego Las Malvinas

3. An island of the East Indies shared by a newly independent state and the country with the world largest Islamic population. Formerly shared by Netherlands and Portugal. Java Timor Celebes Ontong Java

4. We stay in the region for a further island formerly shared by European colonial powers, this time Netherlands and Germany (later replaced by Australia). Now part of the fifth most populous country in the world and shared with a small developing state which gained independence in 1975. Also known by some as the second largest island in the world. New Guinea Sabah Bougainville Sumatra

5. We are in NW Europe now looking for an island occupied by one of the world's oldest democracies and one of its former colonies. A homophone of itself, famous for giants and 'little people' Heligoland Skye Arran Ireland

6. A former British colony in the Mediterranean now split between Greeks and Turks Rhodes Sicily Crete Cyprus

7. In the Caribbean there is a small island shared by the Dutch and the French. One half which is French, despite being in the Caribbean, is in the EU and use Euros, the other is part of the Netherland Antilles Aruba St Maarten/St Martin Guadeloupe Martinique

8. Back to Southeast Asia to an island shared by three nations. One has already had two mentions in the quiz, one is among the richest, per capita, nations in the world and the third was the host of the 1998 Commonwealth Games, although not on this island Borneo Guadalcanal Mindanao Bali

9. Back to the Caribbean, this island, the largest in the region and Spanish speaking, has an unwelcome partner with a toehold on the island. Can be compared in some way with the UK's involvement in Cyprus Jamaica Cuba Puerto Rico Andros

10. This one is a bit tricky, but it sort of reveals itself. This island is in the Gulf and is shared by Saudi Arabis and Bahrain Unnamed island beneath the causeway between Bahrain and Dhahran Hawar Muharraq Dayyinah