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Southern Pacific Islands Trivia Quiz

All the islands in this quiz are situated south of the equator.

A multiple-choice quiz by author. Estimated time: 9 mins.

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author

Time
9 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
97,321

Updated
Dec 19 23

# Qns
15

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Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

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441

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Question 1 of 15

1. This island is a British colony. In 1991 it had a population of 62. Apart from the main island it consists of uninhabited islands Henderson, Ducie and Oeno.

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Question 2 of 15

2. This island belongs to Chile. It has a population of under 10,000. It was discovered on Easter Sunday 1722 by Dutch admiral Jacob Roggeveen.

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Question 3 of 15

3. This island group belongs to Ecuador. It has a population of 10.000. Charles Darwin visited the islands in 1835.

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Question 4 of 15

4. This island group belongs to New Zealand but achieved self-government in 1965. Some of the islands were explored by James Cook in 1773. Largest island is Rarotonga.

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Question 5 of 15

5. The Society Islands belong to French Polynesia. Largest island is Tahiti. What is the name of the other main island of this group? (Pop.6000). Hint

Moorea

Rangiroa

Raiatea

Mururoa

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Question 6 of 15

6. The Marquesas Islands also belong to French Polynesia. What is the name of the largest of the islands? (Pop. 2100). Hint

Nuku Hiva

Ua Huka

Hiva Oa

Ua Pou

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Question 7 of 15

7. Guadalcanal is the largest island of this independent island nation.

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Question 8 of 15

8. Tongatapu is the largest island of this independent island nation.

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Question 9 of 15

9. Savai�i is the largest island of this independent island nation.

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Question 10 of 15

10. Viti Levu is the largest island of this island nation.

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Question 11 of 15

11. Espiritu Santo is the largest island of this independent island nation.

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Question 12 of 15

12. The largest island of Papua New Guinea (except for the island of New Guinea itself) is called _________?

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Question 13 of 15

13. The largest island of Australia (except for the island/continent of Australia itself) is called _________?

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14. The Phoenix Islands is a group of 8 small coral atolls, part of Kiribati. The island I ask for is the most important of these. From 1939 it was an important aviation station under Anglo-American condomium on south route from Honolulu to New Caledonia. The US claimed the island until 1983. Hint

Kanton Island

Rawakia Island

Enderbury Island

Birnie Island

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Question 15 of 15

15. The Line Islands is a group of islands south of Hawaii. Some of them belong to the US (Jarvis, Kingman Reef and Palmyra), some to Kiribati (Teraina, Tabuaeran, Kiritimati - these islands were formerly called Washington Island, Fanning Island and Christmas Island). All of these are north of the equator. The five islands south of the equator also belong to Kiribati. I want you to name one of them.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This island is a British colony. In 1991 it had a population of 62. Apart from the main island it consists of uninhabited islands Henderson, Ducie and Oeno.

Answer: Pitcairn Island

Pitcairn was uninhabited until 1790 when settled by mutineers from "Bounty".

2. This island belongs to Chile. It has a population of under 10,000. It was discovered on Easter Sunday 1722 by Dutch admiral Jacob Roggeveen.

Answer: Easter Island

The island was annexed by Chile in 1888.

3. This island group belongs to Ecuador. It has a population of 10.000. Charles Darwin visited the islands in 1835.

Answer: Galapagos Islands

The islands were claimed by Ecuador in 1832.

4. This island group belongs to New Zealand but achieved self-government in 1965. Some of the islands were explored by James Cook in 1773. Largest island is Rarotonga.

Answer: Cook Islands

Capital Avarua is on Rarotonga.

5. The Society Islands belong to French Polynesia. Largest island is Tahiti. What is the name of the other main island of this group? (Pop.6000).

Answer: Moorea

French protectorates were established in the area in the 1840s.
The colony of French Oceania was established in 1880. French Polynesia became an overseas territory of France in 1946.

6. The Marquesas Islands also belong to French Polynesia. What is the name of the largest of the islands? (Pop. 2100).

Answer: Nuku Hiva

The capital of the Marquesas Islands is Taiohae on Nuku Hiva.

7. Guadalcanal is the largest island of this independent island nation.

Answer: Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands came under British protection 1893-1900 as British Solomon Islands.

8. Tongatapu is the largest island of this independent island nation.

Answer: Tonga

The islands were discovered in 1616 by Dutch navigator Le Maire. They became a British Protectorate in 1900.

9. Savai�i is the largest island of this independent island nation.

Answer: Samoa

Samoa (formerly Western Samoa) was German until 1919 when it became a New Zealand mandate.

10. Viti Levu is the largest island of this island nation.

Answer: Fiji

Fiji was annexed by the UK in 1874.

11. Espiritu Santo is the largest island of this independent island nation.

Answer: Vanuatu

Formerly called New Hebrides this was a joint British-French colony from 1906.

12. The largest island of Papua New Guinea (except for the island of New Guinea itself) is called _________?

Answer: New Britain

The capital of East New Britain is Rabaul, and the capital of West New Britain is Kimbe. The population of the island is 75.000. All of Papua New Guinea was part of an Australian mandate until independence in 1975.

13. The largest island of Australia (except for the island/continent of Australia itself) is called _________?

Answer: Tasmania

Tasmania was formerly called Van Diemen�s land. It was made a colony in 1825, granted self government in 1856 and federated as a state of Australian Commonwealth in 1901.

Answer: Kanton Island

Kanton (formerly Canton) and Enderbury Islands were claimed by the US in 1938 and both islands placed under British-US control in 1939.

Answer: Flint Island

US dropped claims for the islands of Flint, Vostok, Malden, Starbuck and Caroline in 1983.

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