What is Family?
More than that... Ohana is defined as a group of both closely and distantly related people who share nearly everything, from land and food to children and status. Sharing is central to this value since it prevents individual decline...The Hawaiian ohana encompasses not only those related by blood, but all who share a common sense of aloha (love and compassion).
100
Hula
What is that state dance of Hawai'i?
100
Hawai'i has its own time zone.
What is TRUE? (Hawaiian Standard Time)
100
Hawai'i has the longest life expectancy in the U.S.
What is TRUE?
Hawai'i life expectancy: 81.5 years
U.S. average: 78.8 years
100
The number of main islands of Hawai'i.
What is 8?
--Of those 8, Kaho'olawe is uninhabited.
(Hawai'i, Maui, Kaho'olawe, Lana'i, Moloka'i, O'ahu, Kaua'i, Ni'ihau)
200
Mahalo
What is Thank You?
200
"Hawai'i Pono'i"
What is the official state song of Hawai'i?
200
Hawai'i is the only U.S. state that grows coffee.
What is TRUE?
200
Much of the local cuisine is largely infused with Asian cuisine.
What is TRUE?
200
An alternative word for "Hawai'i Creole English"
What is Pidgin?
300
Poi
What is a paste made from Taro root?
Poi is a Hawaiian word for the primary Polynesian staple food made from the underground plant stem or corm of the taro plant (known in Hawaiian as kalo). It is a traditional part of Native Hawaiian cuisine.
300
Humuhumunukunukuapua'a
What is the state fish of Hawai'i?
300
All of the world's commercial supply of pineapple comes from Hawai'i.
What is FALSE? (1/3 of the supply comes from Hawai'i)
300
The ukelele was created in Hawai'i.
What is FALSE?
(The ukulele originated in the 19th century as a Hawaiian interpretation of the Portuguese guitar called cavaquinho.Portuguese immigrants traveled across the waters in Aug. 1879 aboard the Ravenscrag, destination Honolulu. King David Kalakaua was especially fond of the instrument, establishing the ukulele as part of the Hawaiian music and culture.)
300
This is the island which Barack Obama is from.
What is the island of Oahu?
400
Keiki
What is a child/children?
400
Nene
What is the official state bird of Hawai'i? (It's a goose)
400
The majority of the population is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
What is FALSE?
The majority population is Asian, followed by White, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, "Some Other Race," Black or African American, and American Indian or Alaska Native.
400
Samoa, Tonga and Tahiti are tribes that originate from the Hawaiian Islands.
What is FALSE?
People of the Polynesian Islands are commonly misunderstood to be from one geographic location, and have the same cultural practices.
Samoa, Tonga and Tahiti are their own islands, part of the larger group of Polynesian Islands, where each island has a unique culture and people.
400
The majority of Hawaii's population lives on this main island.
What is the island of Oahu (again)?
500
Haumana
What is a student?
500
Pua Aloalo
What is the official state flower of Hawai'i?
(Yellow Hibiscus)
Each island has it's own official flower.
500
The Hawaiian language only uses 12 letters of the English alphabet.
What is TRUE?
Vowels: A, E, I, O, U
Consonants: H, K, L, M, N, P, W
500
On the Islands of Hawai'i, local food and Hawaiian food are the same things?
What is FALSE?
There is a distinct difference between "Local Food" (modern Hawaii cuisine), and "Hawaiian Food", the latter being specific to the cooking techniques of the Native Hawaiian/Polynesian people. Hawaiian Food is a part of Local Food, but Local Food is not necessarily Hawaiian Food.