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Islands Named After Scots Trivia Quiz

I will ask you about islands named after Scottish people.

A multiple-choice quiz by author. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
author

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
261,829

Updated
Jan 17 24

# Qns
15

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Very Difficult

Avg Score
6 / 15

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445

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Question 1 of 15

1. This island in Russia is named after a Scottish born US citizen who was a famous scientist, inventor and innovator.

Answer: (Three Words, ending with "Island")

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Question 2 of 15

2. The origin of the name of this island is uncertain, but it is probably named after a Scottish person or town. The island is one of the South Sandwich Islands in the British Art arctic Territory. It used to be a major sealing centre and was the first spot in what we today call "Antarctica" to be discovered, in 1819. Hint

Livingston Island

Murchison Island

Cockburn Island

Ross Island

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Question 3 of 15

3. This island in Kerguelen Islands (French Southern and Antarctic Territories) is named after a Scottish officer on the ship "Terror" who was part of James Clark Ross' expedition to the Antarctica 1839-43. Hint

McMurdo Island

Mackenzie island

Fraser Island

Ross Island

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Question 4 of 15

4. This island group is named after Anthony Cary, the 5th Viscount of ______. (The islands are named after the Viscounty). Hint

Sandwich Islands

Falkland Islands

Moreton Islands

Stirling Islands

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Question 5 of 15

5. This island belongs to the Pitcairn Islands group. It is not certain if the person it is named after is actually Scottish, but his surname certainly is. Hint

Livingston Island

Henderson Island

Mackenzie Island

Sinclair Island

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Question 6 of 15

6. This island in Canada is now called Iona Island, it but used to be called after a pioneer Scottish settler. What was it formerly called? Hint

McMillan Island

McClintock Island

McClure island

McIntyre Island

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Question 7 of 15

7. This island group between Australia and Antarctica is named after a Scottish Colonel who is known as �the father of Australia�.

Answer: (Two Words, the second is "Islands")

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Question 8 of 15

8. This island in Queensland, Australia is named after James Douglas, the Earl of ______. It is a popular day tripper destination to the east of central Brisbane. NB, the one who named the island actually misspelled the name of the Earl. Hint

Moreton

Sinclair

Stradbroke

Fergusson

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Question 9 of 15

9. This Pacific atoll is named after a Scottish captain. It is now a US naval base.

Answer: (Two Words, the second is "Atoll")

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Question 10 of 15

10. This small island in the Irish Sea is named after a saint who was either born in Scotland or Roman England. Hint

St. Andrew�s Island

St. Margareth�s Island

St. Columba�s Island

St. Patrick�s Island

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Question 11 of 15

11. This island in New Zealand is named after Scottish captain William W. ____, born ca. 1776. It has a population of about 500. Hint

Henderson Island

Stewart Island

Howe Island

Chatham Island

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Question 12 of 15

12. This island group in Canada is named after a Scot born in Isle of Mull c1799. Hint

Stewart Islands

Cockburn Islands

Duff Islands

Bell Islands

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Question 13 of 15

13. This Canadian island is named after a Scot called Sir Roderick Impey _____. He also had a waterfall an Africa and a river in Australia named after him, along with a crater on the moon. Hint

Livingston

Weddell

Murchison

McMurdo

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Question 14 of 15

14. This Antarctic island is named after Sir James Clark ____, who also had a sea, an ice shelf and a dependency named for him. Hint

Bell Island

Ross Island

Howe Island

Logan Island

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Question 15 of 15

15. This island, which belongs to Chile, was named after a Scottish sailor who probably never visited the island. A famous novel was based on his stay on another island in this group. The present official name of the island is M�s Afuera. Hint

Alejandro Selkirk Island

Clipperton Island

Robinson Crusoe Island

Henderson Island

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This island in Russia is named after a Scottish born US citizen who was a famous scientist, inventor and innovator.

Answer: Graham Bell Island

In Russia the island is called Ostrov Greem Bell. It is a part of Franz Josef Land.

Answer: Livingston Island

Livingston Island was discovered by Captain William Smith.

Answer: McMurdo Island

The region was first discovered by James Clark Ross during an expedition from 1839-1843. The Ross Sea and Ross Ice Shelf were named after James Clark Ross himself. McMurdo Base was named after Lieutenant Archibald McMurdo.

4. This island group is named after Anthony Cary, the 5th Viscount of ______. (The islands are named after the Viscounty).

Answer: Falkland Islands

Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount of Falkland (1656 -1694) was a Scottish nobleman and English politician.

5. This island belongs to the Pitcairn Islands group. It is not certain if the person it is named after is actually Scottish, but his surname certainly is.

Answer: Henderson Island

Henderson Island is named after Captain James Henderson of the merchant ship "Hercules".

6. This island in Canada is now called Iona Island, it but used to be called after a pioneer Scottish settler. What was it formerly called?

Answer: McMillan Island

Iona Island was formerly called McMillan Island, after the pioneer Scots settler Donald McMillan.

7. This island group between Australia and Antarctica is named after a Scottish Colonel who is known as �the father of Australia�.

Answer: Macquarie Islands

The Australian/Briton Frederick Hasselborough discovered the island in 1810 when looking for new sealing grounds.

Answer: Moreton

Moreton Island was named after James Douglas, the Earl of Morton by James Cook, who misspelled his name.

9. This Pacific atoll is named after a Scottish captain. It is now a US naval base.

Answer: Johnston Atoll

The island was named for Captain James Johnston who claimed its official discovery in 1807.

10. This small island in the Irish Sea is named after a saint who was either born in Scotland or Roman England.

Answer: St. Patrick�s Island

St. Patrick is the Irish national patron, but his birthplace is said to be either Scotland or Roman England.

11. This island in New Zealand is named after Scottish captain William W. ____, born ca. 1776. It has a population of about 500.

Answer: Stewart Island

William W.Stewart was a whaler and sealer and also a hydrographer.

12. This island group in Canada is named after a Scot born in Isle of Mull c1799.

Answer: Bell Islands

John Bell (1799? -1868) was a Hudson's Bay Company governor and explorer.

13. This Canadian island is named after a Scot called Sir Roderick Impey _____. He also had a waterfall an Africa and a river in Australia named after him, along with a crater on the moon.

Answer: Murchison

Sir Roderick Impey Murchison was an influential Scottish geologist.

14. This Antarctic island is named after Sir James Clark ____, who also had a sea, an ice shelf and a dependency named for him.

Answer: Ross Island

Sir James Clark Ross was a famous explorer of the Arctic and the Antarctica.

Answer: Alejandro Selkirk Island

Alexander Selkirk (1676-1721) was a Scottish sailor who spent four years as a castaway on an uninhabited island. He provided the inspiration for Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. The island he visited was one of the Juan Fernandez Islands called M�s a Tierra. This island was formerly called Robinson Crusoe Island.

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