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If TUVALU = 9 CUBA = 8 MALTA = 7 TONGA = 6 and NAURU = 5 then which island country equates to 4 in the same context?

I think the numbers are based around Scrabble scores... TUVALU - V is worth 4, the other letters are all worth 1. CUBA - C and B are each worth 3, U and A are each worth one... etc. So you need to think of an island whose letter values add up to 4.
Good luck - geography is not one of my strengths!

I've done a Google search... and discovered NIUE, a small island 2,400km away from New Zealand. It would score 4 points in Scrabble terms - does that work for you?

'Goa' would also make 4 points, I think.

JimC

Hmmmm, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa">Goa, isn't really an island!

You're probably right The Panted, especially in the context of this puzzle, although I did read the following on the web ...

Goa, with a coastline of 65 miles, is hilly and includes a portion of the Western Ghats rising to nearly 4,000 feet. The two largest rivers are the Mandavi and Zuari, between the mouths of which lies the island of Goa (Ilhas). The island is triangular, the apex (called the cape) being a rocky headland separating the harbour of Goa into two anchorages.

Sadly, I have never been there so cannot personally verify.

BW
JimC

This is a Great Brain Quiz Question not a crossword clue. The question setter takes a dim view of contestants asking questions from it and being spoonfed the answers (if of course they ARE ight)

here we go

Yep"Q"your premonition is correct.
Loobyloo-I note that you take a dim view of your contestants asking questions and being given answers(right or wrong),on this site.
The vast majority of people on this site are helpful by nature,and enjoy giving assistance/answers when asked.To ignore such a request is against their better nature.
Perhaps you would be better voicing your concerns to your contestants,requesting them not to utilise this site.Quite how you can effectively do this is of course your problem,not ours.

I don't do this quiz but legend has it that all participants are asked not to use answer sites, but we are not to know which quiz the questions are from if the poster does not give details. That maybe loobyloos point to the OP.