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

Author
AtillatheFun

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
13,970

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
7 / 15

Plays
1121

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Question 1 of 15

1. This country's capital is on the island of Viti Levu. Hint

Mauritius

Vanuatu

Fiji

Kiribati

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Question 2 of 15

2. Told you it's hard. This country's capital is on Babelthuap. Here's a hint: Sonsorol Islands. Hint

Marshall Islands

Kiribati

St. Lucia

Palau

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Question 3 of 15

3. What is the name of the island disputed between Qatar and Bahrain? Hint

Ras Musandam

Hawar

Tohor

Sheikbeq

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Question 4 of 15

4. What's the 'Land of Fire and Ice'?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 5 of 15

5. What country includes the nuclear test atolls of Bikini and Enewetak?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 6 of 15

6. What is the southernmost Leeward Island country? Hint

Antigua and Barbuda

Dominica

Trinidad and Tobago

Grenada

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Question 7 of 15

7. What nation's largest island is Guadalcanal? Hint

Tuvalu

Marshall Islands

Solomon Islands

Nauru

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Question 8 of 15

8. What country is known as the 'Gibraltar of the West Indies'? Hint

Jamaica

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Antigua and Barbuda

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Question 9 of 15

9. If you watch "The West Wing" you should remember this one. This country is made of the islands of Yap, Truk, Ponape, and Kusaie (Kosrae)? Hint

Tonga

Western Samoa

Vanuatu

Federated States of Micronesia

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Question 10 of 15

10. Attu Island is the westernmost point of what country? Hint

Indonesia

United Kingdom

United States of America

Philippines

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Question 11 of 15

11. Akimiski Island is in what bay? Hint

Frobisher Bay

Hudson Bay

James Bay

Baffin Bay

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Question 12 of 15

12. Tristan Da Cunha is an island in the Atlantic Ocean. What country owns it? Hint

Argentina

Chile

Spain

United Kingdom

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Question 13 of 15

13. Foveaux Strait separates South Island (New Zealand) from what other island? Hint

North Island

Stewart Island

Res Lution Island

Tana Island

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Question 14 of 15

14. What country was formerly known as the New Hebrides?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 15 of 15

15. In what country is the island of Bougainville?

Answer: (No Hint)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This country's capital is on the island of Viti Levu.

Answer: Fiji

Suva, Fiji is located on Viti Levu, an island in the Pacific Ocean.

2. Told you it's hard. This country's capital is on Babelthuap. Here's a hint: Sonsorol Islands.

Answer: Palau

Palau is in the Sonsorol Island group.

3. What is the name of the island disputed between Qatar and Bahrain?

Answer: Hawar

Ras Musandam is in Oman, Tohor is a strait, and Sheikbeq is made up.

4. What's the 'Land of Fire and Ice'?

Answer: Iceland

5. What country includes the nuclear test atolls of Bikini and Enewetak?

Answer: Marshall Islands

The USA detonated the world's first hydrogen bomb on Enewetak.

6. What is the southernmost Leeward Island country?

Answer: Dominica

Columbus landed on Dominica on a Sunday, thus the name.

7. What nation's largest island is Guadalcanal?

Answer: Solomon Islands

Guadalcanal is remembered for its fierce WWII land and sea battles.

8. What country is known as the 'Gibraltar of the West Indies'?

Answer: St. Kitts and Nevis

9. If you watch "The West Wing" you should remember this one. This country is made of the islands of Yap, Truk, Ponape, and Kusaie (Kosrae)?

Answer: Federated States of Micronesia

10. Attu Island is the westernmost point of what country?

Answer: United States of America

Attu is part of the Near Islands (which is part of the Aleutian Islands) in Alaska.

11. Akimiski Island is in what bay?

Answer: James Bay

All of these bays are in Canada.

12. Tristan Da Cunha is an island in the Atlantic Ocean. What country owns it?

Answer: United Kingdom

13. Foveaux Strait separates South Island (New Zealand) from what other island?

Answer: Stewart Island

14. What country was formerly known as the New Hebrides?

Answer: Vanuatu

15. In what country is the island of Bougainville?

Answer: Papua New Guinea

Although Bougainville is the largest of the Solomon Islands it isn't part of the nation of the Solomon Islands.

Source: Author AtillatheFun

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