Cities on Islands - Sudden Death

Click the cities whose historic city center is located on an island.

The island may be BIG. It may be SMALL.

Parts of the city may not be on island. We are asking about the historic city center.

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Last updated: March 27, 2025

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First submitted	March 27, 2025
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Average score	55.0%
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Athens

Bogotá

Cape Town

Chicago

Colombo

Copenhagen

Dublin

Gibraltar

Heraklion

Hong Kong

Honolulu

Istanbul

Key West

Lagos

Lima

London

Manila

Montreal

Moscow

Mumbai

New York City

Nuuk

Port of Spain

San Francisco

Santo Domingo

Seoul

Singapore

Stockholm

Tokyo

Venice

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47 Comments

Level 72

Mar 27, 2025

Cool idea, surprised it hasn't been done before!

Level 63

Mar 27, 2025

it has! this quiz already exists, just yesterday!

+16

Level ∞

Mar 27, 2025

Great minds think alike I guess. I moved the featured quiz over to JetPunk180's account.

+12

Level 55

Mar 28, 2025

Great minds do think alike and yours is one of the brightest. Love sharing smart ideas with you.

Level 71

Mar 28, 2025

QM sounds really sad about this

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Level 82

Mar 27, 2025

Lagos and Mumbai surprise me

Level 79

Apr 3, 2025

I knew Mumbai because of Midnight's Children. But I think today they drained and built over much of water between the former islands. Btw strictly speaking, shouldn't Mexico City also be a possibility? It's historic center, the former Tenochtitlan, was an island city similar to Venice.

Level 69

Apr 3, 2025

Looking at Google satellite imagery, Salsette is still separated from the mainland by the Vasai and Thane Creeks, so Mumbai is definitely still on an island. Can't say the same about Mexico City though; Tenochtitlan *was* and island city, but none of the ruins are located on islands today. It would be a really weird choice for this quiz.

Level 79

Jun 30, 2025

I think I misunderstood the caveat. The historic center must not only have been on an island at the time of the city's founding but still has to be on one today. That's definitely not true for Mexico City but, apparently, still for Mumbai.

Level 64

Apr 3, 2025

Having lived in Mumbai for a short 31 years of my life, I can guarantee it's still an island.

It used to be 7 islands - landfilled into 1 but we're still separated from mainland India. There are 6 major bridges and 3 major rail bridges that connect us to the mainland.

Level 46

Mar 27, 2025

Good quiz

Level 82

Mar 27, 2025

Mumbai is on an island?!?!?!?! Holy heck! That's news to me.

Anyway, I'd nominate if this wasn't a QM quiz.

Level 57

Mar 27, 2025

If you take my Mumbai MCCQ then you can get that answer right now ;)

Level 79

Mar 27, 2025

Is Hong Kong's historic center really on the island? Most of what I've found points to it being on the Kowloon Peninsula.

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Level 77

Mar 27, 2025

Wikipedia says "the Qing dynasty ceded Hong Kong Island in 1841–1842 as a consequence of losing the First Opium War. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860" implying originally the city center was just on the island.

Level 68

Mar 27, 2025

congrats on the feature, quizmaster!

+10

Level 63

Mar 27, 2025

so exciting to see new and upcoming quizmakers like him!

Level 77

Mar 28, 2025

This is actually funny now that it’s not under QMs account

+16

Level 81

Mar 27, 2025

Definitely had a Homer moment, I was thinking London isn't on an island, there's just a river running through it...d'oh

Level 71

Mar 27, 2025

Same mistake here, I was thinking of "little picture" islands, (like those that contain the historic centers of NYC and Stockholm) even though several of the other answers were "big picture" islands (i.e. cities like Tokyo, in island nations)

Level 65

Apr 3, 2025

Oh my... I didn't get how London is on an island (after zooming in on London on Google Maps) until I read this

Level 69

Mar 27, 2025

Aren't all cities on islands?

Level 63

Mar 27, 2025

"The island may be BIG. It may be SMALL. But not REALLY BIG"

Level 60

Mar 28, 2025

An Island is different than a continent Relox84

Level 38

Mar 28, 2025

Can countries count as islands if they don't border any other countries

Level 68

Mar 28, 2025

like Iceland?

Level 79

Mar 28, 2025

Yes

Level 82

Apr 3, 2025

The only example in question would be Australia, no? Around here that's generally categorized as a continent and not included in island quizzes.

Level 59

Mar 30, 2025

How come Lagos and Stockholm are on islands?

Level 70

Mar 30, 2025

Lagos follows a pattern of New York and Hong Kong, with its traditional center on an island. Stockholm is on islands.

Level 73

Apr 3, 2025

that's where they were built

Level 76

Apr 2, 2025

Can this quiz have the sudden death stat as well?

And interesting the difference in result between copenhagen and stockholm!

Level 66

Apr 3, 2025

london...

my dumb british brain for thinking of great britain as the "mainland" has betrayed me.

GREAT quiz though - really enjoyed it!

Level 68

Apr 3, 2025

I uh, did the same thing :facepalm

Level 67

Sep 18, 2025

Yep, same. Was thinking, 'there's no way they can be counting Isle of Dogs, or thinking one of the smaller islands is central London.' Didn't occur to me that the whole country is on an island.

Level 66

Apr 3, 2025

the definition of an 'island' seems to be a bit vague here...

Level 55

Apr 3, 2025

That is more definition of a 'city'(or city center) than definition of island.

Level 65

Apr 3, 2025

who knew london

Level 42

Apr 6, 2025

got all correct! great quiz. lagos and hongkong were kinda a guess for me...

Level 73

Apr 10, 2025

Why doesn't this quiz have the wrong answer stats like some sudden death quizzes?

Level 63

Jun 2, 2025

The Bronx has never felt less seen...

Level 66

Jun 5, 2025

Don't the rivers & canals in Chicago technically put the city center on islands ?

Level 58

Jun 11, 2025

Generally canals aren't counted when determining what is an island. Otherwise most of Europe and Eastern North America would be considering archipelagos.

Level 58

Jun 11, 2025

Got it on the first try! Gotta admit I was sweating a bit when I picked Stockholm and Montreal. Wasn't sure about those at all.

Level 55

Jul 7, 2025

i don't think stockholm and hong kong are from islands (most of hong kong are connected to china mainland)

Level 49

Sep 11, 2025

I don't know why, when I click on a wrong answer it does not end the quiz compared to the other sudden death quizzes.

Level 77

Sep 12, 2025

As someone who's born and lived his entire life on the island of Mumbai, I'm surprised it's the least guessed answer.