Statistics for History of Madagascar

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What country colonized Madagascar between 1897–1958?	France	96%
What was abolished in 1896?	Slavery	96%
What Southeast Asian country do the original settlers of Madagascar surprisingly come from?	Indonesia	89%
What was the first European country to visit Madagascar?	Portugal	82%
What "ism" was the state ideology of Madagascar between 1975–1992?	{Social}ism	79%
By what 13th century Italian explorer was the name "Madagascar" possibly invented?	Marco Polo	68%
What group of people was the ditched "Madagascar Plan" supposed to forcibly relocate from Europe to Madagascar?	European Jews	62%
What animation studio produced the movie "Madagascar" in 2005?	DreamWorks	59%
What African M capital did he confuse the island with?	Mogadishu	54%
For what type of criminals was Île Sainte-Marie a haven off the coast of Madagascar?	Pirates	48%
What was the title of Ranavalona and Rasoherina of Madagascar?	Queen	42%
Of what ethnic group did a wave of migrants from southeastern Africa arrive around 1000 AD?	Bantu	32%
What gigantic bird, that weighed five times as much as an ostrich, went extinct by 1200 AD?	{Elephant} Bird	27%
What ethnic group began the written history of Madagascar in the 10th century?	Arabs	19%
What C term refers to a form of unpaid labour owed by a vassal to his feudal lord? (as the Malagasy people were required to fulfill during colonial times)	Corvée	10%
What region in northern Madagascar was designated as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007?	{Rainforest}s of the Atsinanana	6%