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This country's largest island is named after the explorer who sighted it on 24th November 1642, which made him the first European to reach it. | Australia | 94%
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When this country became independent on 31st January 1968, it became the world's smallest independent republic. | Nauru | 82%
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This country was a kingdom from 1871 to 1874, ruled by Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau. | Fiji | 76%
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Between 1884 and 1914, what is now the northern part of this country was part of a German protectorate while the southern part was a British protectorate. | Papua New Guinea | 76%
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This country was the centre of an empire that existed from the 950s to 1865. | Tonga | 76%
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This country was known as the Ellice Islands prior to 1978. | Tuvalu | 76%
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The island group that makes up this country was known as the New Hebrides between 1906 and 1980, and was divided into an English and a French community. | Vanuatu | 76%
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The Saudeleur dynasty ruled one of the islands of this country between c. 1100 and c. 1628. Nan Madol was the dynasty's capital. | Federated States of Micronesia | 71%
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Ieremia Tabai became the first president of this country in 1979, at the age of 29, which made him the youngest head of state in the Commonwealth of Nations. | Kiribati | 71%
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Nuclear bombs were detonated on one of this country's islands, as part of Operation Crossroads and Operation Castle. | Marshall Islands | 71%
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During the Flagstaff War, which occurred in this country, the chief Hōne Heke challenged the authority of the British by cutting down the flagstaff on Flagstaff Hill. | New Zealand | 71%
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In 1938, this country was home to 15,000 Japanese but only 6,000 of the native people. | Palau | 71%
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Following two wars and a standoff in-between, involving the United States, British Empire and German Empire, the archipelago that this country is a part of was partitioned into a German colony and a United States territory as a result of the Tripartite Convention of 1899. | Samoa | 71%
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The Battle of Guadalcanal was fought in this country. | Solomon Islands | 71%
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