Famous Beaches and Coastlines

What this quiz asks

• Copacabana, the long curve of sand lined by a wave-patterned promenade, is in which city?
• Bondi Beach, famous for its surfers and seaside ocean pool, belongs to which city?
• The Amalfi Coast, with its villages stacked up steep cliffs, looks out over the Adriatic Sea.
• Navagio Beach on the Greek island of Zakynthos is famous for what lying on its sand?
• The Benagil sea cave, whose round hole in the roof lights a hidden beach, is on which stretch of coast?
• The Cliffs of Moher rise straight out of the Atlantic in which Irish county?
• Whitehaven Beach, on Whitsunday Island in Queensland, is famous for dazzling white sand made almost entirely of what?
• Select ALL of these towns that stand on the Amalfi Coast.
• Australia's Great Ocean Road was built by returned soldiers as a memorial to the dead of which war?
• Why is the sand black on Reynisfjara beach in Iceland?
• In November 2011, which American surfer rode a wave at Nazaré that was recognised as a world record?
• On a clear day, can you see the Aran Islands from the Cliffs of Moher?
• Waikiki Beach, lined with hotels below the Diamond Head crater, is on which Hawaiian island?
• The White Cliffs of Dover owe their colour to which rock?
• The colourful pebbles of Glass Beach in Fort Bragg, California, come from decades of rubbish dumped on the shore.
• Anse Source d'Argent, a beach framed by huge granite boulders, is on the island of La Digue in which country?
• Select ALL of these beaches known for their black volcanic sand.
• Order these coastlines from north to south.
• The pink sand of beaches such as Harbour Island in the Bahamas gets its colour mainly from what?
• About how long is Australia's Great Ocean Road, in kilometres?