Can you name the countries that contain the following islands? by Leeny

Islands	Country
Pohnpei, Yap, Kosrae, Weno
Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū, Shikoku
Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi (Celebes)
Prince of Wales, Long Island, Maui
Angaur, Babeldaob, Koror, Peleliu
Isle of Wight, Portsea Island, Skye, Anglesey
Luzon, Mindanao, Cebu, Samar
Tiburón Island, Cozumel, Isla Ángel de la Guarda
Victoria Island, Ellesmere Island, Newfoundland
Zanzibar, Mafia, Pemba
Chiloé Island, Easter Island, Isla Hornos

Islands	Country
Chongming Island, Hainan Island, Gulangyu Island
Sardinia, Sicily, Elba
Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Kadavu Island, Taveuni
Corsica, Réunion, Martinique
Tasmania, Melville Island, Kangaroo Island
Sakhalin, Severny, Yuzhny, Zemlya Georga
Lesbos, Euboea, Crete
Mwali, Ngazidja, Nzwani
South Island, North Island, Great Barrier Island
Marajó, Ilha Grande, Vitória
Zealand, Funen, Amager, Lolland

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Countries by Island Quiz

by Leeny

Created Sep 16, 2010 in Geography
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	RuBarb:	Sep 16th, 2010 at 19:19 GMT		5 points
	nicely done.

	thebantams1903:	Sep 16th, 2010 at 23:33 GMT		0 points
	I always seem to forget Denmark clinging onto northern Germany, I tried every Scandinavian country but them for Zealand and Funen etc :(

	dancastro:	Sep 17th, 2010 at 01:31 GMT		13 points
	Somewhat off topic (now that I see Isla Hornos): the Dutch explorers that discovered the cape at the southernmost tip of South America gave it the name of "Cape Hoorn", as they were from the city of Hoorn in the Netherlands. But this name became eventually "Cape Horn" in English and "Cabo de Hornos" (Cape of Ovens or Furnaces) in Spanish. Of course the original name Hoorn hadn't anything to do with horns or ovens, but people substituted words that sounded similar and had a meaning for them. A twofold example of folk etymology.

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	Mikaelba:	Sep 17th, 2010 at 10:59 GMT		6 points
	North Jutlandic Island is a very obscure choice for Denmark. First of all, Limfjorden's opening to the west is manmade so North Jutlandic Island is only an island due to this. Secondly, although having lived all my life in Denmark, I don't think I have ever before heard the name North Jutlandic Island, or Nørrejyske Ø although that seems to be the correct name. Thirdly, there are so many other Danish islands that could have been used like Læsø, Samsø, Mors, Fanø, Rømø, Falster, Lolland (yes, really!) or Bornholm. Other than that, this is an excellent quiz and I'm annoyed that it took me so long to move from southeast Asia to Oceania that I didn't manage to get Micronesia before time ran out.

	WeaselKing1000:	Sep 17th, 2010 at 12:10 GMT		0 points
	@Mikaelba I'm not sure North Jutlandic Island is all that obscure. Sure, I've never heard of the actual specific island, but the word 'Jutland' is in there, which immediately suggest Denmark to me.

	zifyoip:	Sep 17th, 2010 at 13:42 GMT		10 points
	@Luke27: Rhodes? Where we're going, we don't need Rhodes.

	Mikaelba:	Sep 17th, 2010 at 17:35 GMT		3 points
	@WeaselKing I know that it's a big help for those who are not very familiar with Danish islands, I just have my doubts whether it would make any list if you asked any Dane to name 10 islands. We basically don't consider it as an island, but part of Jutland (which it would also be if it weren't for human intervention). When we talk about that area, we call it Vendsyssel or Thy, which are the two regions on that "island".

	Leeny:	Sep 17th, 2010 at 17:40 GMT		3 points
	@Mikaelba and WeaselKing - Thanks for your comments. It appears that the North Jutlandic Island had been connected to the rest of the Jutland peninsula for many hundred years but was detached due to a flood in the 1800s. I've changed the clue since its status as an island is debatable, so I'll defer to the Danish native. Alternately, I could put Greenland in there :)

	legend930:	Sep 17th, 2010 at 18:05 GMT		2 points
	Good quiz. Keep Denmark as is. I got it only because I knew of Zealand but that works for those who wondered where "Old Zealand" was

	Endasil:	Sep 17th, 2010 at 19:13 GMT		7 points
	I say we give "Mwali" to Malawi, "Vanua Levu" to Vanuatu and "Yap" to Japan to make this quiz easier.

	Leeny:	Sep 17th, 2010 at 20:56 GMT		4 points
	@legend930 - ironically (as I learned while creating this quiz), New Zealand was not named for the Danish Zealand but actually for the Dutch Zeeland (a group of islands in the Netherlands and also the name of the province). There's your daily tidbit of trivia!

	legend930:	Sep 21st, 2010 at 01:59 GMT		3 points
	Thats why I first put in the Netherlands for that one

	hyffitassen:	Nov 1st, 2010 at 00:20 GMT		2 points
	Yay my home is on there!