UK’s The Guardian travel quiz says Eelam is an indigenous name for SL

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – A travel picture quiz posted by the UK’s The Guardian website in one of its question said Eelam is an indigenous name for Sri Lanka.

The Travel quiz was themed “do you know your islands, Man Friday?” and seen posted today.

The quiz description was, “From the Hebrides to Antipodes … how are you on islands, isles and islets – archipelago-go-go or just no-no-no?.

As its second question, the quiz asked, “Eelam is an indigenous name for which popular holiday island?

The four options to select from were, Isle of Man, Sri Lanka, Bali and Mauritius respectively.

Once the answer Sri Lanka is selected, it showed a further description which said, “The full name of the island’s recent militant insurgency was LTTE – Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.”

The first question was about the size of the Great Britain.

The link

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/may/15/travel-quiz-islands-of-the-world