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Quiz about Your Trip to the Pacific Islands
Quiz about Your Trip to the Pacific Islands

Your Trip to the Pacific Islands Quiz


This quiz is about your recent trip to the Pacific Islands. Let's see if you can tell me what places these are. Please rate this quiz when you are finished.

A multiple-choice quiz by CatzRCool1. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
CatzRCool1
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
104,597
Updated
Sep 08 24
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
1632
Last 3 plays: robbonz (6/10), Guest 203 (5/10), Guest 173 (3/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Your plane has left from New York, and you are on your way to the Pacific Islands. The plane lands, and you find yourself quite hot in Suva, which is the capital of... Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. You are going to spend the night in Suva, when you look at your map. You find that Suva, is on this island. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Your tour around the Pacific Islands is going to continue. You feel like going to the Pitcairn Islands, but you don't want to change your watch. If you fly from Suva, to the Pitcairn Islands, will you cross into a different time zone?


Question 4 of 10
4. You ended up going to the Pitcairn Islands, but now you feel like going somewhere else, because there isn't much to do there. You want to go to a large city in the area, so you go to Tahiti's largest city. Where are you? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. You have decided next to leave Tahiti, and go to the Pacific Islands' smallest independent nation. WOW! this island is only 8.1 square miles, and it is inhabited by more than 10,000 people? You must check this out. Where are you headed? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. You left that small country and are going to another one. You can't go to Australia, or New Zealand, because you were banished from there, and you can never return. Which island should you NOT go to? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. You ended up going to the Midway Islands, because there seem to be fun things to do there. Which country is this a territory of? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. It's December 31st, in the Pacific Islands now, and you want to be the first to celebrate it. Which place should you go next to be the first to experience the new year? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Yeah, it's the next year, but you want to celebrate this holiday again, IN ANOTHER TIME ZONE! You want to be on the island that is the last to celebrate the sunset on the first day of the year. You have to go a bit north, but what island is it? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Since you are in Alaska now, you decide to explore the string of islands protruding from the Alaskan coastline, before your flight home. These islands are called... Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Your plane has left from New York, and you are on your way to the Pacific Islands. The plane lands, and you find yourself quite hot in Suva, which is the capital of...

Answer: Fiji

Suva is located in Fiji, and it is the capital of that island. Fiji is known for its beautiful beaches, and it is a popular tourist spot for vacations such as a honeymoon.
2. You are going to spend the night in Suva, when you look at your map. You find that Suva, is on this island.

Answer: Viti Levu

The two main islands in Fiji, are Viti Levu, and Vanua Levu. The capital of Suva is located on the island of Viti Levu. Viti Levu is larger both in size and population.
3. Your tour around the Pacific Islands is going to continue. You feel like going to the Pitcairn Islands, but you don't want to change your watch. If you fly from Suva, to the Pitcairn Islands, will you cross into a different time zone?

Answer: Yes

Yes, if you fly from Suva to the Pitcairn Islands, you will add over 20 hours to the time it is, because you will have to cross the international dateline. When looking at a map of the Pacific Ocean, the Pitcairn Islands are some of Pacific Islands that are the furthest east.
4. You ended up going to the Pitcairn Islands, but now you feel like going somewhere else, because there isn't much to do there. You want to go to a large city in the area, so you go to Tahiti's largest city. Where are you?

Answer: Papeete

Papeete is one of the largest cities in the Pacific Islands. That makes it the largest city in Tahiti. Papeete is also the capital of Tahiti. Since Suva is the capital of Fiji, you're not going there, Port Moresby is in Papua New Guinea, and Apia is located in the Pacific Islands in Samoa.
5. You have decided next to leave Tahiti, and go to the Pacific Islands' smallest independent nation. WOW! this island is only 8.1 square miles, and it is inhabited by more than 10,000 people? You must check this out. Where are you headed?

Answer: Nauru

Nauru's area is only just over eight square miles. It is the smallest independent nation in the Pacific. Nauru is very small, but it holds more than 100 times that in water space. This makes it seem obvious why their main revenue comes from fishing!
6. You left that small country and are going to another one. You can't go to Australia, or New Zealand, because you were banished from there, and you can never return. Which island should you NOT go to?

Answer: Niue

Niue belongs to New Zealand. Tonga, Tuvalu, and Kiribati are all independent nations.
7. You ended up going to the Midway Islands, because there seem to be fun things to do there. Which country is this a territory of?

Answer: United States

The Midway Islands are a string of islands in the Pacific Ocean that make up a territory of the United States.
8. It's December 31st, in the Pacific Islands now, and you want to be the first to celebrate it. Which place should you go next to be the first to experience the new year?

Answer: Kiribati

The Midway and Cook Islands are some of the last to celebrate the new year, because they east of the International Dateline.
9. Yeah, it's the next year, but you want to celebrate this holiday again, IN ANOTHER TIME ZONE! You want to be on the island that is the last to celebrate the sunset on the first day of the year. You have to go a bit north, but what island is it?

Answer: Attu Island, Alaska

Attu is a small barely inhabited island that is the last to celebrate the new year. Attu is actually closer the Asian continent than Tonga, but because of the weaving of the International Dateline, Tonga comes first, and Attu Island is last.
10. Since you are in Alaska now, you decide to explore the string of islands protruding from the Alaskan coastline, before your flight home. These islands are called...

Answer: The Aleutian Islands

These islands are named for the Aleutian Indians who once, and still partially do, inhabit the area. Most are uninhabited, but when you find a small town there, it's the quaintest thing in the world. How was your trip did you have a good time? I hope you did.
Source: Author CatzRCool1

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