Create Your Own Island and We'll Guess Which Real One Was Made for You!

By: Zoe Samuel
Estimated Completion Time
3 min
Create Your Own Island and We'll Guess Which Real One Was Made for You!
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About This Quiz

Islands hold a unique power in the human mind. An island is a sanctuary, or an escape, or a prison. An island can be a paradise or a desert. Islands have housed fortresses, palaces, secrets, and monuments. Islands can be infamous, like Riker's Island, or beloved, like the ÃŽle Saint-Louis. They can be legendary, like Avalon, or mundane, like Catalina Island. Islands can be far from land, like Bermuda, or in the middle of a continent, like Big Bone Island, in Kentucky. Islands symbolize a cutting off from the rest of the world, and yet some islands seem to be the center of everything.

Privately held islands are among the most sought-after properties for the super-rich, with the islands in the hands of Shakira, Jay Z, and Paul Allen. With the kind of money private-island-owners have, an island can be configured any way its owner wants. Private islands can be private playpens for owners like Johnny Depp, or places for a family to gather, as is the case with Virgin founder Richard Branson.

Today, you will design your own island. It will have everything you could possibly want, just the way you want it. With this in mind, we will suggest to you which real island best suits your tastes. It's time to put on your designer cap, and get to work!

What climate would you like for your island?
Something tropical
Really chilly
Temperate
Rainy but warm

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How wooded do you want your island?
Not very
I want it all forested.
I would like bits where there are lush woodlands.
Mostly wild, but not that wooded

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How would you like your island's topography organized?
Mostly flat
All hills, with one large flat bit
Very hilly
Mountainous

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How populous should your island be?
It should have a few people to staff it.
It should be totally free of people.
Very populous! I want tons of people there.
It should have a few small towns.

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Should your island be big enough for roads?
No way, just walking paths
There should be no roads or paths at all!
Yes, but not any where you could go fast.
Yes, like ribbons laid across it.

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Do you need a lot of infrastructure to do the things you like?
Enough to be comfortable, but no more
No, just four walls and a roof
Yes, tons
Some, but I'd like it all buried and hidden.

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What style of architecture would you like
Traditional Caribbean
Rustic northern
Beaux Arts
Scots Baronial

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How many separate buildings do you want?
A few dozen
One
An uncountably high number
A hundred or so

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What sort of live entertainment would you like for your island?
Magic
Birds
Theater
The occasional concert

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Do you need a movie theater?
Maybe a "screening room"
No
Give me several!
One would be nice

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What kind of house would you like to live in?
A bungalow
A cabin
An apartment
A stately home

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How many bedrooms must your home have?
5
1
4
3

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How large a dining room do you require?
Big enough for a dozen guests
I don't need a dining room.
Big enough for twenty guests
Big enough for six guests

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How would you configure your games room?
Pinball machines wall to wall
A pocket knife and a patch of dirt
A billiard table
A darts board

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What kind of art would you like for your home?
Some photos of the area
None please
Mid-century oil paintings
Local art

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How many floors should your home be?
1
2
3
4

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Do you want a lot of friends and family living on your island?
Yes, a few of them
No, just me
Yes, all of them
Some of them, but I'd like to exclude a few cousins.

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Do you want to live near academics?
No thanks
I don't want to be near anyone.
I'd like a nearby university.
Maybe one or two

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Do you want to rub elbows with the rich and famous?
On occasion
God no
Yes, often
Only rarely

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Do you crave some wheel time while on your island?
Nope
Nothing besides a water wheel, maybe
It would be good from time to time.
The faster I can drive, the better.

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What drink can you not do without?
Luxury bottled water
Whiskey
Coffee
Tea

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How quiet do you like things?
I like things relaxed, but not always quiet.
Always quiet, all the time
I don't need any quiet.
I like a quiet pocket, but it needn't be quiet everywhere

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Do you need a nearby hospital?
No thanks, I'll just take a chopper.
No thanks, I don't trust modern medicine.
Yes, give me a bunch.
One will do.

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Do you need to be able to work from your island?
Not a wit
Yes, but nothing that requires the internet.
Yes, and I need all the tools available.
Yes, but I don't need the latest communication tech.

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How would most people get around your island?
Golf carts
Walking
A train
Driving

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What recreational vehicle might you have on your island?
Jet Ski
An ATV
A bicycle
A BMW

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What celebrity would you want to run into?
David Copperfield
No one!
Famke Janssen
Jeremy Clarkson

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How luxurious must your island home be?
Very luxurious
Totally spartan
The apex of luxury
Pretty nice

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How important is air travel to your island?
I'd rather arrive by boat.
I need a small airstrip.
Give me a couple helipads.
I need a major airport.

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Should your island have a distinctive local culture?
Culture, yes. Local? No thanks.
No culture, please
Absolutely
Only if it's very civilized

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You Got: