Easter Island Challenge

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Where is Easter Island located? Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Caribbean Sea Pacific Ocean

2. What is the meaning of "moai", the famous rock statues on Easter Island? Stone Statues Living Faces Rock Heads No Smile

3. Easter Island is an independent nation. True False

4. What is Easter Island's area? 232 sq. miles 117 sq. miles 63 sq. miles 32 sq. miles

5. What is the name of the most impressive Ahu where we can see 15 moai standing next to each other? Ahu Orongo Ahu Tahai Ahu Tongariki Ahu Vaihu

6. What is the original name of Easter Island, their people and their language? Rapa Nui Repa Hoa Rapa Iti Raparenga

7. Ahu Akivi, with its seven moai, is famous for being unique in the island. Why is it so unique? Its made of basalt stone instead of volcanic rock Its moais are the only ones with eyes. Its moai are placed in a circle and they all face each other Its the only inland Ahu

8. What are the names of the two main beaches on Easter Island? Orongo and Apina Vai a Heva and Motu iti Vaihu and Akahanga Anakena and Ovahe

9. How do you say "Hello" in Native Easter Island language? Aloha Iorana Maururu Mahalo

10. Which cult featured a swimming race to bring the first Sooty Tern egg from Motu Nui to Orongo, where the winner was then named "Tangata Manu"? The Fertility Cult The Egg Cult The Birdman Cult The Swimming Bird Cult