What was the biggest island in the world before the discovery of Australia by Captain Cook?

Answer: Australia was always the biggest island in the world, even before it was discovered.

More Classic Riddles with answers

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What's the difference between a jeweler and a jailer?
What's the difference between a penniless man and a feather bed?
What's the least number of chairs you would need around a table to sit four fathers, two grandfathers, and four sons?
When I am filled I can point the way, When I am empty nothing moves me, I have two skins, one without and one within. What am I?
When I left, I didn't know where I was going; when I got there, I didn't know where I was; when I returned, I didn't know where I had been. Who was I?
When is a boat like a knife?
When young, I am sweet in the sun. When middle-aged, I make you gay. When old, I am valued more than ever. What am I?
Where do Turkeys go to dance?
Whether old Homer tippled wine or beer, Julep or cider, history is not clear; But plain it is-the bard, though want to roam, But for one liquid, never had left home. What is it?
Which one of Santa's reindeer do you see at a competition?
Which word in the English language becomes shorter when it is lengthened?
While walking down the street I met a man. He tipped his hat and drew his cane and in this riddle I told his name. What is the man's name?