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UTPr0sim UTPr0sim OP
Jan 15, 2025 at 08:38 AM ET
Late Morning Trivia [geography style]
Name the 3 largest islands in the world. Note Australia is not an island. Hint: 2 of them are countries!

24 Replies

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mancunian
Atlantis, Krakoa, Island of Dr. Moreau
UTPr0sim UTPr0sim OP
Answer inside. Note that #1 is actually #0. Not sure its just one island
HokieMacDaddy HokieMacDaddy
Alternative answers inside
** Edited by HokieMacDaddy at 1/15/2025, 10:15:38 AM
UTPr0sim UTPr0sim OP
Maybe because Borneo and New Guinea are divided by different countries
they didn't make the list I found.
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HokieNoVA
Rhode Island?
UTPr0sim UTPr0sim OP
Refers HokieNoVA to definition of Island....
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StautonHokie
Borneo?
UTPr0sim UTPr0sim OP
#4 if you go with Greenland being an island.
HokieMacDaddy HokieMacDaddy
Baffin?
UTPr0sim UTPr0sim OP
The Final Ding! Baffin Island in Canada is #3
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vawter85
New Guinea has to be one of the three
UTPr0sim UTPr0sim OP
Papua New Guinea checks in at #16
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localhokiekid
Papua New Guinea is only half of the island though, other half is Indonesia
The island of New Guinea should be #2 on the list
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EDGEMAN
Original habitat of Guinea pigs?
Chris Coleman Chris Coleman
No. That's Old Guinea.
E
EDGEMAN
Africa, North America and South America
UTPr0sim UTPr0sim OP
Well if it weren't for 10 million years and the Panama Canal.
ColoVT82 ColoVT82
Greenland and Madagascar and....borneo?
** Edited by ColoVT82 at 1/15/2025, 8:43:23 AM
UTPr0sim UTPr0sim OP
Ding Ding - Those are the 2 country islands. 1 more to go!
HokieMacDaddy HokieMacDaddy
Britannica says Madagascar is wrong
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BobG
…Greenland is a territory.
UTPr0sim UTPr0sim OP
Yeah and it may or may not be just one island. Lots of ice in the way.
E
EDGEMAN
...soon to be a state
ColoVT82 ColoVT82
A kracken coat of arms on its new flag