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Largest Islands in the World Quiz

How well do you know the largest islands in the world? Floored turns the ranking into a building: floor 1 is the top of the list. We name a floor, you guess what's on it, and the lift rides to whatever you picked so you know to go higher or lower.

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You get a few guesses per floor. Land it on your first guess for 10 points; a near miss still scores. After the islands round, four more lists from the same topic keep the ride going.

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  1. Greenland 2,108,459 km² (814,080 sq mi)
    Erik the Red reportedly named it Greenland hoping the pleasant name would attract settlers.
  2. New Guinea 773,751 km² (298,750 sq mi)
    More than 1,000 languages are spoken across the island.
  3. Borneo 723,154 km² (279,210 sq mi)
    It is divided between three countries: Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.
  4. Madagascar 592,521 km² (228,770 sq mi)
    About 90% of its plant and animal species are found nowhere else on Earth.
  5. Baffin Island 507,205 km² (195,830 sq mi)
    It is named after English explorer William Baffin, who charted Baffin Bay in 1616.
  6. Sumatra 428,134 km² (165,300 sq mi)
    Sumatran tigers, elephants, rhinos and orangutans live here, all critically endangered.
  7. Honshu 228,296 km² (88,150 sq mi)
    It holds both Mount Fuji and Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake.
  8. Victoria Island 219,191 km² (84,630 sq mi)
    Named after Queen Victoria, it has only about 2,200 residents in two settlements.
  9. Great Britain 218,634 km² (84,420 sq mi)
    A land bridge called Doggerland joined it to mainland Europe until about 9,000 years ago.
  10. Ellesmere Island 197,790 km² (76,370 sq mi)
    Only 144 people lived on it in 2021, spread across three settlements.
  11. Sulawesi 169,981 km² (65,630 sq mi)
    It was long known in English by its older name, Celebes.
  12. South Island 150,683 km² (58,180 sq mi)
    Aoraki / Mount Cook, New Zealand's highest peak, rises in its Southern Alps.
  13. Java 127,467 km² (49,220 sq mi)
    About 56% of Indonesia's people live here, on only 7% of the country's land.
  14. North Island 114,573 km² (44,240 sq mi)
    New Zealand's capital, Wellington, sits at its southwestern tip.
  15. Newfoundland 108,878 km² (42,040 sq mi)
    Norse explorers built a base at L'Anse aux Meadows on its northern tip around 1,000 years ago.
  16. Cuba 105,468 km² (40,720 sq mi)
    Christopher Columbus first reached it in October 1492, on his first voyage.
  17. Luzon 104,835 km² (40,480 sq mi)
    Mount Pinatubo, which had an enormous eruption in 1991, rises on its western side.
  18. Iceland 100,261 km² (38,710 sq mi)
    It sits on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where new ocean crust is constantly forming.
  19. Mindanao 94,469 km² (36,470 sq mi)
    Mount Apo, the highest mountain in the Philippines, stands on this island.
  20. Ireland 83,721 km² (32,320 sq mi)
    It has no snakes, and the common lizard is its only native reptile.
  21. Hokkaido 77,659 km² (29,980 sq mi)
    Its biggest city, Sapporo, hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics.
  22. Hispaniola 74,366 km² (28,710 sq mi)
    Pico Duarte, the highest peak in the Caribbean islands, stands here.
  23. Sakhalin 74,237 km² (28,660 sq mi)
    Anton Chekhov spent time here in 1890, and the house he stayed in is now a museum.
  24. Banks Island 70,191 km² (27,100 sq mi)
    All 104 of its residents live in one settlement, Sachs Harbour.
  25. Sri Lanka 65,916 km² (25,450 sq mi)
    Known as Ceylon when it gained independence in 1948, it became a republic in 1972.
  26. Tasmania 64,333 km² (24,840 sq mi)
    Abel Tasman sighted it in 1642 and named it Van Diemen's Land.
  27. Devon Island 55,535 km² (21,440 sq mi)
    Its Mars-like landscape, including the Haughton impact crater, draws scientists.
  28. Alexander Island 51,947 km² (20,060 sq mi)
    A Russian expedition found it in 1821 and named it after Tsar Alexander I.
  29. Tierra del Fuego 47,272 km² (18,250 sq mi)
    Magellan saw many fires on its shores in 1520, giving it the name 'Land of Fire'.
  30. Severny Island 45,246 km² (17,470 sq mi)
    The Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated, was tested here in 1961.

Source: Wikipedia: List of islands by area (USGS/Esri/UNEP-WCMC Global Islands data) · as of 2026-10

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