The Crete Quiz

Answer these questions about Greece's largest island.

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Hint	Answer
The capital of the island	Heraklion
Beach famous for its pink sands	Elafonissi
The only one of the four regions that doesn't share its name with its largest city	Lasithi
Leper colony island	Spinalonga
Resort where Star Beach is located	Hersonissos
Main party town on the island	Malia
Largest city in the west of the island	Chania
This Greek God was said to be born in a cave on Dicte Mountain	Zeus
Ancient people who first settled Crete	Minoans
Palace they built their civilisation around	Knossos
Resort town famous for its lake	Agios Nikolaos
Population to the nearest 100,000	600,000
Picturesque harbour town, one of the regions	Rethmyno
Author that Heraklion Airport is named after, wrote Zorbas the Greek	Nikos Kazantzakis
Bay situated in #3, means beautiful view	Mirabella Bay

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Level 55

Apr 20, 2022

can you accept rethimno or rethymno for rethmyno?