Statistics for Geography of Polynesia

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Polynesia's only sovereign monarchy	Tonga	89%
The only place in Polynesia controlled by a Hispanic country	Easter Island	87%
Official name of Hawaii's "Big Island"	Hawai'i	83%
Due to its previous name, this country's web domain is .ws	Samoa	77%
The largest island of the above (and a popular vacation getaway)	Tahiti	75%
The Māori name for New Zealand	Aotearoa	64%
This British territory is the least populated national jurisdiction in the world	Pitcairn Islands	60%
Constellation featured on 2 Polynesian countries' flags	Southern Cross	60%
Paul Gauguin often depicted this territory in his paintings	French Polynesia	58%
Carved stone statues the above is famous for	Moai	58%
World's largest mountain, from base to peak	Mauna Kea	57%
Capital of the above	Nuku'alofa	57%
Polynesia's largest city by population	Auckland	51%
First foreign power to colonize the above	Germany	51%
World's largest active volcano	Mauna Loa	49%
Most of Polynesia lies on this tectonic plate	Pacific Plate	45%
Island that non-Native Hawaiians are banned from visiting	Ni'ihau	40%
The Polynesian languages are part of this language family, which spans as far as Madagascar and Taiwan	Austronesian	38%
Territorial capital home to the USA's largest fishing port	Pago Pago	36%
Archipelago of New Zealand home to the Moriori people	Chatham Islands	34%