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Islands by Country #2

We give you the island. You tell us the nation that it is a territory of.
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Last updated: December 3, 2019
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First submittedOctober 16, 2013
Times taken28,300
Rating4.39
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Island
Country
Venice
Italy
Hong Kong
China
Newfoundland
Canada
Tahiti
France
Majorca
Spain
Manhattan
United States
Rhodes
Greece
Island
Country
Hokkaido
Japan
Zanzibar
Tanzania
Bali
Indonesia
North Island
New Zealand
Mainland Orkney
United Kingdom
Gotland
Sweden
Mindanao
Philippines
Island
Country
Phuket
Thailand
Sylt
Germany
Zealand
Denmark
Terceira
Portugal
Djerba
Tunisia
Curaçao
Netherlands
Sakhalin
Russia
cpgatbyu
+1
Level 80
Oct 16, 2013
There are several "North Island"s.
wolfcat95
+5
Level 54
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
+4
Level 36
Dec 5, 2013
I've heard Tasmanians refer to mainland Australia as 'The North Island"!
samiamco
+1
Level 72
May 18, 2016
That would be really odd, since it's off the south of Australia.
Findlay
+5
Level 73
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
+7
Level 74
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.
eliaz55
+1
Level 21
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 88
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 80
Jan 30, 2014
^what he said
Tramp
+1
Level 71
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
+1
Level 37
Jan 30, 2014
Lol only got Sakhalin cuz it sounds like stalin.
Carry
+2
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
+1
Level 73
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.
GeogBoy
+1
Level 17
Nov 4, 2015
That was interesting.
CringeDragon
+1
Level 70
Dec 28, 2015
Zealand should be in New Zealand, not Denmark!!!!
rocamorar
+1
Level 72
Mar 2, 2016
Sure. And New York should be in the UK, and New Orleans in France.
mushroomsteve
+3
Level 51
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
+2
Level 72
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
+1
Level 73
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
+2
Level 70
Sep 13, 2016
You can thank one of Captain James Cook's cartographers for that typo
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 65
Sep 13, 2016
Thanks for the typo, Jim.
FolgoreCZ
+1
Level 55
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.
torny81
+1
Level 68
Sep 13, 2016
No one in Italy would ever consider Venice as an island. 117 islands are part of the city, but the city itself seats on the mainland. Would you ever consider the whole Italy as an island?!!?
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
May 24, 2019
I wanted to say what are you on about it is completely surrounded by water and as much an island as say tasmania. But I looked it up and, mind is blown, what I and I think the rest of the world and the rest of jetpunk know as venice is only part of it, the bigger chunk actually IS on the mainland.

ofcourse a certain smartass will come along and say that he knew that all along.. but I am pretty sure that 99% of the people dont know this. Even in satellite quizzes venice is only shown as the island with the rialto bridge

tzhg
+1
Level 59
Jun 1, 2020
Though the municipality of Venice is mostly situated on the mainland, the historical centre is indeed on an island, so the quiz is correct. And you don't need to be a smartass to know that.
KoBa
+1
Level 25
Aug 26, 2020
Here where I'm from they always taught us that venice was on the mainland. I didn't eevn know there where people that thought it has an island.
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Sep 23, 2019
^Italy would be a peninsula, wouldn't it?
Sonicfanrs
+1
Level 31
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
+4
Level 57
May 24, 2017
Still had several left, but I was like "Phuket".
jandjandlemur
+1
Level 58
May 30, 2017
Curacao is an independent country according to Wikipedia and the webpage cause I searched it up
divantilya
+2
Level 37
Jun 29, 2017
Not sovereign. And only semi-independent (Netherlands still responsible for national defense and foreign policy to a great extent)
Malbaby
+2
Level 70
Dec 11, 2017
jandjandlemur..........Where did you search to get such wrong information?.......
tzhg
+1
Level 59
Jun 1, 2020
Curaçao is not an independent country. It is under the sovereignty of the Netherlands, though it does have some autonomy.
Guam
+1
Level 62
Jun 14, 2018
Quizmaster, I'm using your name in a logic puzzle, I hope you're okay with that.
Lithuanian
+1
Level 21
Jan 28, 2019
:)
WanHuangdi
+1
Level 72
Jul 9, 2019
Wow, the U.K. really failed when it named an island Mainland Orkney.
Xenobiologista
+1
Level 56
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.
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