Who Owns This Island?
Islands rarely belong to the country nearest them. Test whether you can name the flag flying over Svalbard, Socotra, Réunion, and the Canadian Arctic giants.
- Difficulty:
- medium
- Questions:
- 12
Questions in this quiz
Q1. Baffin Island, Victoria Island, and Ellesmere Island all belong to which country?
- • Russia
- • Norway
- • Canada
- • Denmark
Q2. The Svalbard archipelago, high in the Arctic, is under the sovereignty of which country?
- • Norway
- • Russia
- • Iceland
- • Finland
Q3. Réunion, in the Indian Ocean, is an overseas department of which country?
- • Portugal
- • France
- • Netherlands
- • United Kingdom
Q4. The Canary Islands are an autonomous community of which country?
- • Morocco
- • Portugal
- • France
- • Spain
Q5. The island of Socotra, known for its alien-looking dragon's blood trees, belongs to which country?
- • Oman
- • Somalia
- • Eritrea
- • Yemen
Q6. Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous region of which country?
- • Kenya
- • Tanzania
- • Mozambique
- • Uganda
Q7. The Falkland Islands are an overseas territory of which country?
- • Argentina
- • Chile
- • United Kingdom
- • Spain
Q8. Tierra del Fuego, at South America's southern tip, is divided between Chile and which other country?
- • Argentina
- • Uruguay
- • Bolivia
- • Peru
Q9. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing nation within which kingdom?
- • Norway
- • Sweden
- • Iceland
- • Denmark
Q10. Corsica, the birthplace of Napoleon, is a territory of which country?
- • France
- • Italy
- • Spain
- • Monaco
Q11. Sardinia, the second-largest island in the Mediterranean, belongs to which country?
- • Spain
- • Greece
- • Italy
- • Tunisia
Q12. The island of Sakhalin, lying just north of Japan, belongs to which country?
- • Japan
- • China
- • Russia
- • South Korea