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Greek Islands Trivia Quiz

It's February, it's cold and wet. I'm in Ireland when I should be somewhere warm. Greek Islands here I come.

A multiple-choice quiz by gerry01. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
gerry01

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
171,143

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1992

Last 3 plays: Guest 31 (9/10), colbymanram (4/10), Guest 85 (5/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. On which Greek island would you find the Acropolis of Lindos? Hint

Rhodes

Crete

Kos

Cyprus

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which island is called Kerkyra by the Greeks? Hint

Crete

Santorini

Corfu

Zakynthos

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Question 3 of 10

3. On which island do ferries arrive at the port of Gaios? Hint

Thassos

Andros

Paxos

Naxos

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these is NOT one of the Ionian Island Group? Hint

Corfu

Ithaka

Santorini

Lefkas

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Question 5 of 10

5. In which island group would you find Thassos? Hint

Saronic

Sporades

Aegean

Dodecanese

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Question 6 of 10

6. On which Greek island did author and conservationist, Gerald Durrell spend some of his childhood? Hint

Rhodes

Corfu

Alonissis

Mykones

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Question 7 of 10

7. On which island would you find Knossos? Hint

Skopelos

Ios

Skiathos

Crete

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Question 8 of 10

8. In which island group would you find Ithaca? Hint

Sporades

Aegan

Ionian

Cyclades

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Question 9 of 10

9. Mandraki Harbour is the main port of which island? Hint

Kefalonia

Lesbos

Symi

Rhodes

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Question 10 of 10

10. In which sea would you find the Sporades Island Group? Hint

Aegean

Baltic

Ionian

Adriatic

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. On which Greek island would you find the Acropolis of Lindos?

Answer: Rhodes

Cyprus while having a Greek speaking majority is not part of Greece. A movement for union with Greece, called Enosis has existed since the early 1900s.

2. Which island is called Kerkyra by the Greeks?

Answer: Corfu

Corfu holds second place after the Dodecanese for the number of visitors each year.

3. On which island do ferries arrive at the port of Gaios?

Answer: Paxos

Gaios is named after the Saint who reputedly brought Christianity to the island.

4. Which of these is NOT one of the Ionian Island Group?

Answer: Santorini

Santorini belongs to the Cyclades Island Group.

5. In which island group would you find Thassos?

Answer: Aegean

Thracians inhabited Thassous, (try saying that after a few), around 1000 B.C. Philipus the Macedonian occupied the island in 340 B.C. The Turks invaded the island in 1455 A.D.

6. On which Greek island did author and conservationist, Gerald Durrell spend some of his childhood?

Answer: Corfu

Moving to the island from England at the age of 10, his time on Corfu is chronicled in his classic book 'My Family and Other Animals'

7. On which island would you find Knossos?

Answer: Crete

Knossos, the best known Palace of the Minoan civilization, was discovered in 1878 by Minos Kalokairinos.

8. In which island group would you find Ithaca?

Answer: Ionian

Ithaca is one of Greek Ionian Islands. You can reach it by ferry from the mainland port of Patras.

9. Mandraki Harbour is the main port of which island?

Answer: Rhodes

Mandraki Harbour is the main Harbour of Rhodes. Legend has it that the Colossus of Rhodes stood here.

10. In which sea would you find the Sporades Island Group?

Answer: Aegean

The Sporades are in the northern Aegean Sea. Of the larger islands, Skiathos is the most developed for tourism.

Source: Author gerry01

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