We hope you have been enjoying the holiday season. In this issue the theme of the quiz is about places you might have visited on holiday, or perhaps not!
- Q. What is the largest city on the island of Vancouver
A. Victoria - Q..Mahe and Praslin are the largest islands in which group?
A. Seychelles - Q..The ownership of which island is shared between France and the Netherlands
A. St Martin (the French side) and Sint Maarten (on the Dutch side) in the Caribbean - Q..The government of which island is called Tynwald
A. Isle of Man - Q..Emperor Napoleon was exiled to which island in 1814?
A. Elba. In 1815, after the Battle of Waterloo, he was exiled again, this time to St Helena where he died. - Q. The Isaac Newton optical telescope was originally installed in Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex in 1967. To which island was it moved in 1984?
A. La Palma in the Canaries. - Q. Which island sold its top-level internet domain name for commercial use and what is this domain name?
A. Tuvalu, .tv - Q. Which island produces 75% of the world’s vanilla”?
A. Madagascar - Q. Stanley is the capital of which islands?
A. Falklands - Q. Of which island is Sapporo the capital?
A. Hokkaido, one of the Japanese islands