Islands in the Stream…
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QUESTIONS
1. What island was the home of the Minotaur and the palace of King Minos?
2. What island is known as the Emerald Isle?
3. Fraser Island, also known as K’gari, is home to the largest natural what, off the coast of Australia?
4. Baffin Island is the world’s second largest island behind Greenland, but which country shares the claim on its territory with Denmark?
5. The Rapa Nui people created over 1,000 huge stone statues on Easter Island, but what name is given to the iconic statues?
6. Islands in the Stream was a huge hit worldwide for Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, but which group originally wrote the song?
7. Islands in the Stream, was the title of a 1970 novel by which writer which inspired the song in the above question?
8. According to many sources, which Italian island was the origin of the drink, Limoncello?
9. What is the name of the body of water which separates Anglesey from mainland Wales and the rest of the UK?
10. What island nation is often referred to as the, ‘Pearl of the Indian Ocean’?
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ANSWERS
1. What island was the home of the Minotaur and the palace of King Minos?
CRETE
2. What island is known as the Emerald Isle?
IRELAND
3. Fraser Island, also known as K’gari, is home to the largest natural what, off the coast of Australia?
CORAL REEF (It is also the largest sand island in the world and one of the true wonders of Australia)
4. Baffin Island is the world’s second largest island behind Greenland, but which country shares the claim on its territory with Denmark?
CANADA
5. The Rapa Nui people created over 1,000 huge stone statues on Easter Island, but what name is given to the iconic statues?
MOAI
6. Islands in the Stream was a huge hit worldwide for Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, but which group originally wrote the song?
THE BEE GEES
7. Islands in the Stream, was the title of a 1970 novel by which writer which inspired the song in the above question?
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
8. According to many sources, which Italian island was the origin of the drink, Limoncello?
SICILIY
9. What is the name of the body of water which separates Anglesey from mainland Wales and the rest of the UK?
MENAI STRAIT (In Welsh: Afon Menai)
10. What island nation is often referred to as the, ‘Pearl of the Indian Ocean’?
SRI LANKA