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Quiz about Remote Islands 2
Quiz about Remote Islands 2

Remote Islands 2 Trivia Quiz


Can you name these 25 remote islands.

A multiple-choice quiz by author. Estimated time: 8 mins.
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Author
author
Time
8 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
76,937
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
11 / 25
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Question 1 of 25
1. First I want an Antarctic island belonging to South Africa. It contains a meterological station and a 1230 m. high mountain that used to be called Jan Smuts Peak, then State President Peak and in 2003, became Mascarin Peak. Hint


Question 2 of 25
2. Now I am looking for an Australian island. Together with another island it constitutes an Australian External Territory. Highest mountain Mawson peak is 2745 m. Hint


Question 3 of 25
3. This island also belongs to Australia. The highest peak on the island is Mount Gower, 875 m. Hint


Question 4 of 25
4. This Australian island used to be called Van Diemen's land. Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. This island, along with another, constitutes an Australian External Territory. It is rather a reef, it is uninhabited, and it is in the Timor Sea. Hint


Question 6 of 25
6. This is also an Australian External Territory, and it consists of several uninhabited reefs or islands, among them the Coringa Islands. Hint


Question 7 of 25
7. Now I will ask you for an island which is annexed to New Zealand. This island has some good harbors. Highest peak is Mount Honey, 558 m. Hint


Question 8 of 25
8. This island is one of the Line islands. It was worked by an American company for its guano 1857-79. It was annexed by Great Britain 1889 and claimed by USA 1935. Hint


Question 9 of 25
9. These islands are part of the Phoenix Islands. Together with another island they constitute a US territory. An airport was constructed 1937. Hint


Question 10 of 25
10. OK, we go far north now. I want the biggest of the Southern Kuriles Islands. The Japanese call these islands their Northern territories and claim them from Russia who snatched them after World War II. I want the Japanese name of the island. Hint


Question 11 of 25
11. We stay in the area. Which is the biggest of the Northern Kuriles Islands? These islands also belonged to USSR before World War II. I want the Russian name. Hint


Question 12 of 25
12. To Russia now. This Arctic Island group was named after a royal or rather imperial person. I want the name of the entire archipelago. Hint


Question 13 of 25
13. Now to a small Norwegian island, formally part of Svalbard. Highest mountain is Mount Misery, 536 m. Contains a radio- and a meteorological station. Hint


Question 14 of 25
14. Now we go to a Finnish self governed island where almost all the citizens speak Swedish. Hint


Question 15 of 25
15. Back south again. I want the name of a Brazilian island which constitutes a territory within this country. It was formerly used as a penal colony. Hint


Question 16 of 25
16. Now I want the English name of Isla Soledad. This is the Argentinian name for one of the Falkland Islands. Hint


Question 17 of 25
17. And then I want the English name for the Gran Malvina Island. Hint


Question 18 of 25
18. This African island in the Atlantic was called Pagalu a short period in the 70s but has now regained its old name. What is that? Hint


Question 19 of 25
19. Another one for the bilingual: What is the present name of Christmas Island, now part of a small independent Pacific island republic. Hint


Question 20 of 25
20. We are in another independent Pacific island state. It used to be called Friendly Islands, but is now? Hint


Question 21 of 25
21. Another Pacific archipelago used to be called Society Islands, but is now more known as: Hint


Question 22 of 25
22. We go to the Arabic Sea now. These islands were ceded by the sultan of Masqat to Great Britain 1854 for a cable station, and ceded back to Oman 1967. Hint


Question 23 of 25
23. Another bilingual. In Spanish these islands are called the Ladrone Islands, but they are more known to us as: Hint


Question 24 of 25
24. Now to Papua and New Guinea. This used to be a German colony. Now I want the German names of a couple of the islands. I start with the biggest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, in English called New Britain. We are talking about the German colonial names now. Hint


Question 25 of 25
25. And what about New Ireland? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. First I want an Antarctic island belonging to South Africa. It contains a meterological station and a 1230 m. high mountain that used to be called Jan Smuts Peak, then State President Peak and in 2003, became Mascarin Peak.

Answer: Marion Island

Marion is one of the two islands belonging to Prince Edward Islands. Prince Edward Island is the other.
2. Now I am looking for an Australian island. Together with another island it constitutes an Australian External Territory. Highest mountain Mawson peak is 2745 m.

Answer: Heard Island

Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited islands. They were claimed by Australia 1847.
3. This island also belongs to Australia. The highest peak on the island is Mount Gower, 875 m.

Answer: Lord Howe Island

Lord Howe Island is home to a fewer than 500 people. Tourism is restricted to no more than 400 tourists on the island at one time.
4. This Australian island used to be called Van Diemen's land.

Answer: Tasmania

Discovered and named Van Diemen's Land by Abel Tasman, Dutch navigator.
5. This island, along with another, constitutes an Australian External Territory. It is rather a reef, it is uninhabited, and it is in the Timor Sea.

Answer: Ashmore Island

Along with Cartier Island they constitute the Australian External Territory, Ashmore and Cartier Islands.
6. This is also an Australian External Territory, and it consists of several uninhabited reefs or islands, among them the Coringa Islands.

Answer: Coral Sea Islands

These islets are uninhabited.
7. Now I will ask you for an island which is annexed to New Zealand. This island has some good harbors. Highest peak is Mount Honey, 558 m.

Answer: Campbell Island

Discovered 1810.
8. This island is one of the Line islands. It was worked by an American company for its guano 1857-79. It was annexed by Great Britain 1889 and claimed by USA 1935.

Answer: Jarvis Island

The island is uninhabited.
9. These islands are part of the Phoenix Islands. Together with another island they constitute a US territory. An airport was constructed 1937.

Answer: Howland Islands

The territory is called Howland and Baker Islands, and it is uninhabited.
10. OK, we go far north now. I want the biggest of the Southern Kuriles Islands. The Japanese call these islands their Northern territories and claim them from Russia who snatched them after World War II. I want the Japanese name of the island.

Answer: Etorofu Island

The island is called Iturup in Russian. The Kuriles are also known for their Ainu population. Some aboriginal Ainu are still to be found on the islands. The whole population of Japanese were forced to flee after defeat in World War II. The islands are now mostly populated by Russian military and their families.
11. We stay in the area. Which is the biggest of the Northern Kuriles Islands? These islands also belonged to USSR before World War II. I want the Russian name.

Answer: Paramushir

The Kurile Islands were occupied by Russians in 18th century, but in 1875 they swapped them with Japan for Northern Sakhalin.
12. To Russia now. This Arctic Island group was named after a royal or rather imperial person. I want the name of the entire archipelago.

Answer: Franz Josef Land

Discovered by an Austrian expedition 1873 the islands were named after the Austrian emperor.
13. Now to a small Norwegian island, formally part of Svalbard. Highest mountain is Mount Misery, 536 m. Contains a radio- and a meteorological station.

Answer: Bjornoya

Bjornoya is called Bear Island in English. With Spitsbergen group this small uninhabited island forms Svalbard.
14. Now we go to a Finnish self governed island where almost all the citizens speak Swedish.

Answer: Aland

It is rather called the Aland Islands, or Ahvenanmaa in Finnish. It came to Finland after World War I when the Finns gained independence from Russia.
15. Back south again. I want the name of a Brazilian island which constitutes a territory within this country. It was formerly used as a penal colony.

Answer: Fernando de Noronha

The island has 1300 inhabitants.
16. Now I want the English name of Isla Soledad. This is the Argentinian name for one of the Falkland Islands.

Answer: East Falkland

Population of Falkland Islands is 1800.
17. And then I want the English name for the Gran Malvina Island.

Answer: West Falkland

The islands are known mostly for sheep raising and the British-Argentinian war in 1982.
18. This African island in the Atlantic was called Pagalu a short period in the 70s but has now regained its old name. What is that?

Answer: Annobon

Annobon is a small island of Equatorial Guinea. Used to be a Spanish colony. Population of Annobon: 1500.
19. Another one for the bilingual: What is the present name of Christmas Island, now part of a small independent Pacific island republic.

Answer: Kiritimati

Kiritimati is the present name of Christmas Island, and it is part of independent state Kiribati.
20. We are in another independent Pacific island state. It used to be called Friendly Islands, but is now?

Answer: Tonga

Tonga achieved independence 1970.
21. Another Pacific archipelago used to be called Society Islands, but is now more known as:

Answer: Tahiti

Tahiti, French Polynesia.
22. We go to the Arabic Sea now. These islands were ceded by the sultan of Masqat to Great Britain 1854 for a cable station, and ceded back to Oman 1967.

Answer: Kuria Muria

The Kuria Muria Islands are now called Juzur al Halaniyat.
23. Another bilingual. In Spanish these islands are called the Ladrone Islands, but they are more known to us as:

Answer: Mariana Islands

Now partitioned into Northern Marianas Islands, a US territory, and Guam, also US territory.
24. Now to Papua and New Guinea. This used to be a German colony. Now I want the German names of a couple of the islands. I start with the biggest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, in English called New Britain. We are talking about the German colonial names now.

Answer: Neu-Pommern

German New Guinea was a German colony 1884-1914, as were neighboring Solomon Islands, Nauru and Samoa.
25. And what about New Ireland?

Answer: Neu-Mecklenburg

Neu-Hannover is now New Hanover, Neu-Lauenburg is called Duke of York Islands.
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