Island names quiz
Twenty clues to the names of an island but which island?
Just post your guesses - perhaps no more than 4 guesses per post to begin with to give others a chance to get some guesses in 😎. After lunch, feel free to post as many times as you wish. Good luck.
1. Scottish Island where Goat Fell mountain is located
2. It split from the Indian subcontinent around 88 million years ago ...
over 90% of its wildlife is found nowhere else on Earth
3. Napoleon Bonaparte was born in its capital city
4. The role of the Communist Party is enshrined in the Constitution
5. The world's second-largest island and the largest wholly or partly in the Southern Hemisphere
6. Home to about two-thirds of the population of the U.S. state of Hawaii
7. Officially the Republic of China
8. The least populated of the NYC boroughs
9. Connected to Saudi Arabia by the 25-kilometre (16 mi) King Fahd Causeway
10. Separated from the mainland by Victoria Harbour
11. Has four official languages: English, Malay, Mandarin Chinese, and Tamil
12. Still commonly known as Southern Philippines
13. They attributed the lack of large mammals such as bears, wolves, jackals, and
poisonous snakes, to the labour of Hercules (who took the live bull to the Peloponnese)
14. The historical centre of Japanese cultural and political power
15. The 1970s were marked by the Cod Wars—several disputes with the United Kingdom over the extension of its fishing limits
16. In - French: Maurice [mɔʁis, moʁis] ; Creole: Moris [moʁis]
17.Together with Aruba and Curaçao, it forms a group referred to as the ABC islands
18. The site of the city of ?????? it is located at the confluence of the
Saint Lawrence and Ottawa rivers
19. An increase in direct international flights to Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown has boosted the number of overseas tourists
20. Was the setting for the 1986 film The Karate Kid Part II, in which
Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita) returns home
Just post your guesses - perhaps no more than 4 guesses per post to begin with to give others a chance to get some guesses in 😎. After lunch, feel free to post as many times as you wish. Good luck.
1. Scottish Island where Goat Fell mountain is located
2. It split from the Indian subcontinent around 88 million years ago ...
over 90% of its wildlife is found nowhere else on Earth
3. Napoleon Bonaparte was born in its capital city
4. The role of the Communist Party is enshrined in the Constitution
5. The world's second-largest island and the largest wholly or partly in the Southern Hemisphere
6. Home to about two-thirds of the population of the U.S. state of Hawaii
7. Officially the Republic of China
8. The least populated of the NYC boroughs
9. Connected to Saudi Arabia by the 25-kilometre (16 mi) King Fahd Causeway
10. Separated from the mainland by Victoria Harbour
11. Has four official languages: English, Malay, Mandarin Chinese, and Tamil
12. Still commonly known as Southern Philippines
13. They attributed the lack of large mammals such as bears, wolves, jackals, and
poisonous snakes, to the labour of Hercules (who took the live bull to the Peloponnese)
14. The historical centre of Japanese cultural and political power
15. The 1970s were marked by the Cod Wars—several disputes with the United Kingdom over the extension of its fishing limits
16. In - French: Maurice [mɔʁis, moʁis] ; Creole: Moris [moʁis]
17.Together with Aruba and Curaçao, it forms a group referred to as the ABC islands
18. The site of the city of ?????? it is located at the confluence of the
Saint Lawrence and Ottawa rivers
19. An increase in direct international flights to Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown has boosted the number of overseas tourists
20. Was the setting for the 1986 film The Karate Kid Part II, in which
Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita) returns home
