Statistics for South Pacific islands history A to Z

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Hint		Answer	% Correct
B	Coral reef in the Marshall Islands used by the United States for nuclear testing	Bikini Atoll	88%
S	In 2009 this country switched from driving on the right to driving on the left side of the road	Samoa	76%
J	Country that occupied the Gilbert Islands from December 1941 to November 1943	Japan	74%
V	This name was adopted by the New Hebrides in 1980 to signify independence from Britain and France	Vanuatu	62%
G	Largest island in the Solomons, and site of an American victory in WWII	Guadalcanal	60%
I	This boundary was moved from west to east of Tokelau at midnight on 29 December 2011	International Date Line	52%
N	French penal colony between 1864 and 1924	New Caledonia	45%
P	The final destination of HMS Bounty	Pitcairn Island	45%
X	Chinese explorer who commanded a fleet of ships in the Pacific in the 3rd century BCE, searching for the elixir of life	Xu Fu	40%
E	The 19th century British name for Tuvalu	Ellice Islands	38%
F	French Territory named Hoornse Eylanden by 17th century Dutch explorers from the town of Hoorn	Futuna	33%
Y	Group in the Caroline Islands that gave its name to one of the Federated states of Micronesia	Yap	31%
L	Prehistoric Austronesian people who were the first to settle in the Pacific islands	Lapita	21%
M	Coral reef in French Polynesia used by France for nuclear testing	Moruroa Atoll	21%
R	In 1932 this island held celebrations and a rugby match to welcome the New Zealand Olympic team, the Australian delegation to the Imperial Economic Conference, and an Australian cricket team, including Donald Bradman, all sailing home from North America	Rarotonga	21%
H	Both Paul Gauguin and Jacques Brel lived and died on this Marquesas island, also known for its stone tiki statues	Hiva Oa	19%
A	Renowned pioneer of Samoa's hotel industry	Aggie Grey	17%
C	Fijian leader who united the country and sought the protection of the United Kingdom	Cakobau	12%
D	A large, double-hulled canoe, capable of long journeys and carrying up to 200 people. Also the Fijian word for twin.	Drua	12%
K	An island that was split into two (Tongoa and Epi) by a major volcanic eruption in the 15th century	Kuwae	12%
O	Polynesian god particularly venerated in Tahiti in the 17th and 18th centuries	'Oro	12%
Q	Woman of Samoan and American heritage who became a successful entrepreneur in New Britain	Queen Emma	7%
W	Māori genealogy, connecting people to ancestry and place	Whakapapa	7%
T	A sport, unique to a PNG island, that combines local traditions of competition and combat with a game introduced by a British missionary in 1903	Trobriand cricket	2%
Z	A powerful sorceress who was the main character in a Mexican comic book and film set on an exoticized Pacific island	Zonga	2%
U	Major scientific surveying voyage conducted under Lieutenant Wilkes in 1838-42	United States Exploring Expedition	0%

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