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Islands by Country #2

We give you the island. You tell us the nation that it is part of.
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First submittedOctober 16, 2013
Times taken76,992
Average score66.7%
Rating4.80
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Island
Country
Hong Kong
China
Newfoundland
Canada
Tahiti
France
Majorca
Spain
Manhattan
United States
Rhodes
Greece
Hokkaido
Japan
Island
Country
Zanzibar
Tanzania
Bali
Indonesia
North Island
New Zealand
Mainland Orkney
United Kingdom
Gotland
Sweden
Mindanao
Philippines
Lampedusa
Italy
Island
Country
Phuket
Thailand
Sylt
Germany
Zealand
Denmark
Terceira
Portugal
Djerba
Tunisia
Curaçao
Netherlands
Sakhalin
Russia
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49 Comments
cpgatbyu
+9
Level 88
Oct 16, 2013
There are several "North Island"s.
wolfcat95
+41
Level 66
Oct 29, 2013
That may be, but the one in New Zealand is one of the 15 largest islands on the planet and should be known by geographical scholars everywhere. I used to live in San Diego; I wouldn't expect someone in the geography department at Cairo University to know of North Island Naval Air Station, but if they didn't know of North Island, New Zealand, I would question their credentials.
joesoap
+19
Level 43
Dec 5, 2013
I've heard Tasmanians refer to mainland Australia as 'The North Island"!
samiamco
+2
Level 68
May 18, 2016
That would be really odd, since it's off the south of Australia.
Findlay
+27
Level 80
Aug 4, 2016
I think you misread the previous statement. Tasmanians refer to the Australian mainland - which is north of Tasmania - as the north island. I've heard this too, though it's rare and very much tongue in cheek.
Jerry928
+31
Level 76
Sep 13, 2016
A favorite T-shirt in New Zealand shows an outline of the country with a microscopic Australia to the side, with the labels North Island, South Island and West Island.
traingirlVIC
+2
Level 44
Sep 7, 2022
I know its been 9 years, but my goodness this has got to be one of the best snap backs I have ever read.
eliaz55
+3
Level 19
Dec 6, 2013
Hong Kong is only partly an island - the "original" Hong Kong was just the island, but it's not nowadays (Kowloon and New Territories are on mainland China). It's also questionable if Hong Kong fully belongs to China - it was a british crown colony, and is classified as a Special Administrive Region.

(sorry for long text chunk lol)

plattitude
+1
Level 94
Jan 22, 2014
All true, but the island upon which Central, Wan Chai, Aberdeen, etc. reside is still called Hong Kong (though Hong Kong (transliterated (badly) from 香港) actually means 'fragrant harbor' (don't ask what fragrance) and so doesn't refer to any 'land' at all). Although it is an autonomous region, it fully belongs to China, and people of Chinese descent born in Hong Kong (before or after the transition) are considered by China as Chinese nationals.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Jan 30, 2014
^what he said
Tramp
+1
Level 79
Jan 30, 2014
"All true, but the island upon which Central, Wan Chai, Aberdeen, etc. reside is still called Hong Kong"

The full name is actually Hong Kong Island, so yeah, the quiz is fine.

Gyrenaica
+5
Level 34
Jan 30, 2014
Lol only got Sakhalin cuz it sounds like stalin.
Carry
+9
Level 63
Feb 14, 2014
Majorca bugs me. I remember that from last time I took this quiz. I know it's the correct English spelling but I don't like it. In Spanish it's Mallorca and the ll is basically pronounced like j. In Germany we call it Mallorca too. Some people pronounce the ll as a ll though. Which is annoying too but less than an actual j in the spelling. If that makes any sense. XD
Findlay
+4
Level 80
Aug 4, 2016
Yeah, and I suspect the 'j' is used in English because it is intended to be pronounced like an English 'j', but people, knowing the place is in Spain pronounce it as a Spanish 'j', which actually takes you further from the proper pronunciation. Much easier to just use the proper spelling.
wiifly
+2
Level 65
Mar 30, 2022
Thing is it's not even pronounced like an English 'j', it's being pronounced by-well I guess a slavic 'j'? I don't know how to described it. I guess it's Germanic too just not English...
zakatan
+2
Level 65
Sep 7, 2022
Funny enough, the Latin name from which modern versions derive is Majorica, from majoris (big), as opposed to nearby island Minorica, from minoris (small). That is, the original names literally mean Big One and Small One.
GeogBoy
+1
Level 15
Nov 4, 2015
That was interesting.
Jeremy
+4
Level 79
Dec 28, 2015
Zealand should be in New Zealand, not Denmark!!!!
rocamorar
+11
Level 80
Mar 2, 2016
Sure. And New York should be in the UK, and New Orleans in France.
mushroomsteve
+21
Level 52
Sep 14, 2016
Actually, by the logic presented in saying that Zealand should be in New Zealand, it SHOULD follow that York and Orleans should be in the United States.
samiamco
+9
Level 68
May 18, 2016
To further confuse the matter, New Zealand wasn't even named after the Danish island of Zealand, but rather a totally different Zealand: a province in the Netherlands! And there's even a Zealand in Canada; for all I know at this point, it could be named after a mountain in Senegal.
Findlay
+7
Level 80
Aug 4, 2016
Notably the Dutch one is Zeeland, not Zealand, but despite being named after a place in the Netherlands, the spelling of a place in Denmark is used.
Ramster
+8
Level 72
Sep 13, 2016
You can thank one of Captain James Cook's cartographers for that typo
kiwiquizzer
+5
Level 68
Sep 13, 2016
Thanks for the typo, Jim.
FolgoreCZ
+6
Level 59
Jun 13, 2020
This is the exact reaaon I tend to call the Danish one Sjaeland even in other languages, including english. Saves a lot of confusion and arguments.
Sonicfanrs
+3
Level 28
Sep 16, 2016
Phuket, Thailand was Final Jeopardy answer on September 12, 2016. "Phuket, the largeset island of this country, has regained its tourism industry after a natural disaster in 2004". :D :D :D
Jarl5
+16
Level 69
May 24, 2017
Still had several left, but I was like "Phuket".
jandjandlemur
+1
Level 66
May 30, 2017
Curacao is an independent country according to Wikipedia and the webpage cause I searched it up
divantilya
+11
Level 36
Jun 29, 2017
Not sovereign. And only semi-independent (Netherlands still responsible for national defense and foreign policy to a great extent)
Malbaby
+7
Level 70
Dec 11, 2017
jandjandlemur..........Where did you search to get such wrong information?.......
tzhg
+4
Level 58
Jun 1, 2020
Curaçao is not an independent country. It is under the sovereignty of the Netherlands, though it does have some autonomy.
FadKrashmor
+3
Level 70
Jun 30, 2022
Still not quite right: Curacao is a constituent country of the kingdom of the Netherlands, as is the Netherlands.
Guam
+1
Level 59
Jun 14, 2018
Quizmaster, I'm using your name in a logic puzzle, I hope you're okay with that.
Cocktail2
+1
Level 28
Jan 28, 2019
:)
Xenobiologista
+1
Level 59
Jul 22, 2020
How on earth did I guess Djerba right? I was spamming countries at that point. Had to give up on Sylt, though. Not even a guess for that one.
blizzrd33
+5
Level 81
Jun 7, 2022
I learnt about Djerba by playing Europa Universalis IV. Never heard of Sylt before this quiz though.
aloepottt
+2
Level 53
Jun 1, 2021
yooooo sakhalin
DukeOfLorraine
+4
Level 67
Jan 25, 2022
Got confused by Zealand, I thought it was the Dutch province of Zeeland and expected the danish spelling Sjaelland for the Danish island.
nopassword
+1
Level 61
Apr 6, 2024
same
bn9043
+4
Level 63
Feb 23, 2022
sweden: got land?

liechtenstein: ...

Masonplays
+1
Level 25
Jun 9, 2022
Lol
Masonplays
+1
Level 25
Jun 9, 2022
But Hong Kong is part of UK not china
TheMightyQ
+18
Level 86
Jun 9, 2022
Are you a modern Rip van Winkle? Have you been asleep for the last 25 years?
ThEpicAssassin
+1
Level 55
Jun 14, 2022
I used to live on Terceira :)
Nickelz
+3
Level 69
Apr 11, 2024
i used to live on Mars :)
EcceHomo
+1
Level 85
Jun 22, 2022
Nice quiz, learned something.
JensBreektJou
+1
Level 45
Nov 20, 2024
Idk why they called it Sealand, it really threw me off as I only know the name as Sjaelland. Kinda weird to translate it to me.
username6741
+2
Level 34
Sep 24, 2025
Inaccurate quiz. Dutch owns Tahiti
Chick0nPlayz
+2
Level 53
Dec 25, 2025
Are you saying that an island in French Polynesia isn't in France?
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