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Pacific Nations True or False
Can you guess whether these statements about Pacific Island nations are true or false?
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Last updated: February 4, 2021
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| First submitted | February 4, 2021 |
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1.
In Vanuatu, English and French are both official languages
True
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False
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2.
The Solomon Islands were named after the biblical King Solomon
True
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False
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So named In 1568 by the first European to visit, the Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña
3.
The currency of the Marshall Islands is called a "dollar"
True
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False
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They use US dollars there
4.
The drink kava is produced by mashing the roots of a plant, also called kava
True
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False
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5.
The word "ukelele" literally means, in Hawaiian, "singing instrument"
True
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False
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It actually means "jumping flea"
6.
Norfolk Island is a territory of Australia
True
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False
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7.
Nationals of Palau are mostly Christian
True
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False
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89% to be exact
8.
Papua New Guinea is the only Oceanian country that borders two other countries
True
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False
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It borders just one: Indonesia
9.
Tonga has more people than Samoa
True
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False
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Samoa 204,000; Tonga 101,000
10.
American Samoa elects a delegate to the US congress
True
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False
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Currently Amata Radewagen, a Republican
11.
Nauru is the smallest Southern Hemisphere country
True
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False
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Just 21 km2
12.
Kiribati has been a republic since 1945
True
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False
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It gained independence from the UK, and became a republic, in 1979
13.
Iwo Jima, of World War II battle fame, is in Federated States of Micronesia
True
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False
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It is in Japan
14.
The University of the South Pacific is a single university spread over 12 Pacific countries
True
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False
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15.
New Caledonia's main island is 400 km / 250 miles long
True
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False
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