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Quiz about Remote Islands 1
Quiz about Remote Islands 1

Remote Islands 1 Trivia Quiz


I want the name of 25 remote islands.

A multiple-choice quiz by author. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
author
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
76,262
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
11 / 25
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Question 1 of 25
1. This Norwegian dependency includes the volcano Beerenberg, a radio station and a weather forecast station. Hint


Question 2 of 25
2. This island is the largest of the South Orkney Islands and used to be a base for whalers. Hint


Question 3 of 25
3. This is the largest of the South Shetland Islands. The harbor is called Admiralty Bay. Hint


Question 4 of 25
4. South Sandwich Islands are seven volcanic islands. Which is the largest of them. Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. We remain in the southern Atlantic. I want the name of an island which is part of the St.Helena dependency Tristan da Cunha. It is the westernmost of the Tristan da Cunha Islands. Hint


Question 6 of 25
6. This island is also part of the St.Helena dependency. Its volcanic crater Green Mountain is 2817 ft. Hint


Question 7 of 25
7. Now I want the name of a Norwegian island in the Antarctic. Annexed by Norway 1929. Hint


Question 8 of 25
8. I want an island belonging to the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. 21 people live here, in a small settlement called La Roche Godon. Hint


Question 9 of 25
9. Now to the Pacific. I want the name of an island which was formally taken over by USA in 1912. It was discovered by Captain Sawle of the American ship which the island was to be named after. Hint


Question 10 of 25
10. We are still in the Pacific. This island is the smallest of the 4 islands which constitute the British colony Pitcairn Islands. Hint


Question 11 of 25
11. Now I want a French Pacific island off the coast of Mexico. It was discovered and used as a base by an English pirate whose name is identical with the island. Hint


Question 12 of 25
12. This Pacific island belongs to Chile and was named after the person who was the original of Defoe's hero Robinson Crusoe. Hint


Question 13 of 25
13. Still in the Pacific: Which is the second largest of the islands that constitute the Federated States of Micronesia? This place is often called 'the island of stone money'. Hint


Question 14 of 25
14. Now to Canada and the largest uninhabited island in the world. Hint


Question 15 of 25
15. This is the largest island of Russia. Hint


Question 16 of 25
16. This is the largest island of a now independent state that is a former Spanish colony. Hint


Question 17 of 25
17. This island, or rather two islands, belong to South Africa. They are the southernmost locations of this country. Hint


Question 18 of 25
18. Now I want the largest island of the Seychelles. Hint


Question 19 of 25
19. This is the second largest island of a former British protectorate. Main settlement: Wete. Hint


Question 20 of 25
20. We remain in the Indian Ocean. Which of these islands were NOT returned from the British Indian Ocean Territory to the Seychelles in 1976? Hint


Question 21 of 25
21. Still in the Indian Ocean, this atoll is part of the Maldive Islands. Main settlement: Hitaddu. Hint


Question 22 of 25
22. This, however is the island on which the capital of the Andaman Islands, Port Blair, is situated. Hint


Question 23 of 25
23. This is the largest of the Cook Islands. Hint


Question 24 of 25
24. I want the name of a dependency of Mauritius. Its main settlement is Port Mathurin. Hint


Question 25 of 25
25. Finally I want one of the Comoro Islands. Main settlement is Mutsamudu. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This Norwegian dependency includes the volcano Beerenberg, a radio station and a weather forecast station.

Answer: Jan Mayen

Discovered 1614 by Jan Jacobsz May van Schellinkhout.
2. This island is the largest of the South Orkney Islands and used to be a base for whalers.

Answer: Coronation Island

South Orkney Islands are part of British Antarctic Territory.
3. This is the largest of the South Shetland Islands. The harbor is called Admiralty Bay.

Answer: King George Island

Several countries have scientific stations on King George Island. South Shetland Islands belong to British Antarctic Territory. Discovered by English navigator William Smith 1819.
4. South Sandwich Islands are seven volcanic islands. Which is the largest of them.

Answer: Montagu Island

Discovered by James Cook 1775. Part of Falkland Islands Dependencies till 1985. Then part of the dependency South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.
5. We remain in the southern Atlantic. I want the name of an island which is part of the St.Helena dependency Tristan da Cunha. It is the westernmost of the Tristan da Cunha Islands.

Answer: Inaccessible Island

Gough, Inaccessible and Nightingale are all uninhabited, while Tristan da Cunha with 250 inhabitants is the most isolated inhabited island of the world.
6. This island is also part of the St.Helena dependency. Its volcanic crater Green Mountain is 2817 ft.

Answer: Ascension Island

Ascension Island was discovered by Portuguese navigator Joao da Nova on Ascension Day 1501.
7. Now I want the name of a Norwegian island in the Antarctic. Annexed by Norway 1929.

Answer: Peter I Island

To those who answered Bouvet Island. This is also an Antarctic island claimed by Norway, but it was annexed in 1927. Peter I Island was discovered by a Russian expedition 1821 and hence named after the Russian czar Peter I.
8. I want an island belonging to the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. 21 people live here, in a small settlement called La Roche Godon.

Answer: Amsterdam Island

9. Now to the Pacific. I want the name of an island which was formally taken over by USA in 1912. It was discovered by Captain Sawle of the American ship which the island was to be named after.

Answer: Palmyra Island

10. We are still in the Pacific. This island is the smallest of the 4 islands which constitute the British colony Pitcairn Islands.

Answer: Oeno Island

11. Now I want a French Pacific island off the coast of Mexico. It was discovered and used as a base by an English pirate whose name is identical with the island.

Answer: Clipperton Island

The pirate was John Clipperton, and he discovered the island in early 18th century.
12. This Pacific island belongs to Chile and was named after the person who was the original of Defoe's hero Robinson Crusoe.

Answer: Alexander Selkirk Island

In Spanish, Isla Alejandro Selkirk. Part of the Chilean archipelago Juan Fernandez Islands.
13. Still in the Pacific: Which is the second largest of the islands that constitute the Federated States of Micronesia? This place is often called 'the island of stone money'.

Answer: Yap

Pohnpei, or Ponape, is the largest island.
14. Now to Canada and the largest uninhabited island in the world.

Answer: Devon Island

15. This is the largest island of Russia.

Answer: Sakhalin

Novaya Zemlya would be correct if you judge these two islands as one, which they are not. Sakhalin is the biggest single island.
16. This is the largest island of a now independent state that is a former Spanish colony.

Answer: Bioko

Formerly called Fernando Po, this island is now a part of Equatorial Guinea.
17. This island, or rather two islands, belong to South Africa. They are the southernmost locations of this country.

Answer: Prince Edward Islands

There is also an island in Canada called Prince Edward Island.
18. Now I want the largest island of the Seychelles.

Answer: Mahe

19. This is the second largest island of a former British protectorate. Main settlement: Wete.

Answer: Pemba

Pemba is the second largest island of the former protectorate Zanzibar, which is now part of Tanzania.
20. We remain in the Indian Ocean. Which of these islands were NOT returned from the British Indian Ocean Territory to the Seychelles in 1976?

Answer: Chagos

Chagos Archipelago, formerly part of Mauritus, now constitutes the sole territory of the British Indian Ocean Territory. Main island: Diego Garcia.
21. Still in the Indian Ocean, this atoll is part of the Maldive Islands. Main settlement: Hitaddu.

Answer: Addu Atoll

22. This, however is the island on which the capital of the Andaman Islands, Port Blair, is situated.

Answer: South Andaman

Andaman Islands belong to India.
23. This is the largest of the Cook Islands.

Answer: Rarotonga

24. I want the name of a dependency of Mauritius. Its main settlement is Port Mathurin.

Answer: Rodrigues Island

25. Finally I want one of the Comoro Islands. Main settlement is Mutsamudu.

Answer: Anjouan

There is a movement on this island which wants to leave the Comoros and join France. Neighbouring Mayotte remained French when Comoro Islands declared independence 1975.
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