HAWAII TRIVIA

Environment

100

number of active volcanoes in Hawaii

What is 6?

200

Hawaiian ecosystem susceptible to bleaching

What is coral reef?

300

approximate number of species in Hawaii

What is 21,000?

400

name of two organizations that help victims of the Lahaina fires

What are the maui food bank and maui humane society?

500

name of weather phenomenon when winds bring moist air that rises over the side of the islands, leading to heavy rainfall

What is orographic lifting?

History

100

event that occurred in Hawaii that brought the US into the 2nd World War

What was Pearl Harbor?

200

monarch in power when Hawaii was overthrown

Queen Lili'uokalani

300

Name of the king that united indigenous Hawaii

Who is King Kamehameha?

400

year in which Hawaii became 50th US state

What is 1959?

500

year of the first arrival of Christian missionaries to Hawaii

What was 1820?

Geography

100

the geographic feature that Hawaii is made up of

What are hotspot volcano islands? (volcanoes)

200

largest city in Hawaii

What is Honolulu?

300

approximate distance from Hawaii from California in miles

What is 2000?

400

Hawaii is the only US state that is a...

What is an Archipelago?

500

smallest island of Hawaii

What is Kahoolawe?

Culture

100

president born in Hawaii

Who is Barack Obama?

200

Hawaii's state flower

What is the yellow hibiscus?

300

amount of letters in the Hawaiian alphabet

What is 13?

400

name 4 components used to make leis

What are flowers, shells, nuts, leaves, feathers, bones, animal teeth?

500

the father of modern surfing

Who is Duke Paoa Kahanamoku?

Demographics

100

number of native Hawaiian speakers today

What is 2000?

200

percent of Hawaiian population that is Asian

what is 45%?

300

percent of Hawaii that is Christian

What is 63%?

400

percent of Hawaiian population that is Native Hawaiian

What is 22%?

500

percent of Native Hawaiians that live outside of Hawaii

What is 53%?