Statistics for Greece - On a Map!

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Answers color-coded by a green-red scale on the quiz's map according to % correct below.

Hint	Answers	% Correct
Capital city - 3.17 m	Athens	99%
Largest islands home to tall mountains	Crete	96%
City - 806 k	Thessaloniki	90%
Tallest mountain - elevation: 2,917 m, of great importance in Greek mythology	Mount Olympus	82%
Sea which lies between Greece and Turkey	Aegean Sea	81%
Once home to the Colossus of Rhodes, but unfortunately this ancient wonder of the world was lost due to an earthquake in 226 BC	Rhodes	77%
The term lesbian is derived from this island's name, due to it being the birthplace of Sappho, an ancient Greek poet who wrote poems of powerful emotion directed at other women	Lesbos	72%
City - 157 k	Heraklion	62%
Large, southern peninsula	Peloponnese	62%
The second largest of the Ionian islands, and home to Ioannis Kapodistrias--founder of the modern Greek state	Corfu	57%
Second largest island, connected to the mainland via a bridge	Euboea	51%
Autonomous region home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries, only men can enter	Mount Athos	45%
City - 195 k	Patras	44%
City - 144 k	Larissa	40%
City - 130 k	Volos	31%