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Despite naming a $23 billion apparel company and an active volcanic archipelago, this salty body of water is actually just a big ocean.
What is the Pacific?
Mōhala i ka wai ka maka o ka pua: Unfolded by the water are the faces of these, including hibiscus (i.e. people thrive with good care).
What are flowers?
Grapefruit, mango, tangerine, lemon.
What is mango? (Not a citrus fruit)
This 1990 children's book by Lois Ehlert features an alphabet chant up a coconut tree.
What is Chicka Chicka Boom Boom?
You’ll find Malibu, the historic epicenter of long boarding, in this U.S. state.
What is California?
An expression of gratitude, mahalo.
What is thank you?
A legendary 1947 expedition proved ancient peoples could cross the Pacific on a raft made out of this specific organic substance which is just regular wood.
What is balsa?
Ua ola loko i ke aloha: This gives life within, from your cardiac area.
What is love?
Toronto, Vancouver, Kalamazoo, Winnipeg?
What is Kalamazoo? (Not a Canadian city)
A mysterious island filled with cloned dinosaurs provided the setting for this 1993 Michael Crichton sci-fi thriller.
What is Jurassic Park?
At just 13 miles, this granite state has a dedicated, active surfing community including at North Hampton and Jenness.
What is New Hampshire?
As Stitch reminds us in the Lilo and Stitch films, Ohana means this.
What is family?
The British Royal Navy historically rationed a mix of citrus juice and water to sailors in the tropics to prevent this disease, which is literally just a severe lack of Vitamin C.
What is scurvy?
Kūlia i ka nuʻu: Strive to reach this, the highest point of a mountain.
What is a summit?
Hawaii, Fiji, Tahiti, The Bahamas.
What is the Bahamas? (I't's in the Atlantic, not the Pacific)
This 1954 William Golding classic follows a stranded group of British schoolboys who turn savage on a deserted Pacific island.
What is Lord of the Flies?
In Australia, a stretch of world-class point breaks and beach breaks like Snapper Rocks.
What is Gold Coast?
At 5 p.m. when you punch the clock, you might say ‘pau’ — this.
What is finished/done?
Biologists note that the green sea turtle can hold its breath for up to five hours underwater, but must eventually surface to breathe this specific chemical element.
What is oxygen?
I ka ʻōlelo nō ke ola, i ka ʻōlelo nō ka make: In speech is life, in speech is also this… the opposite.
What is death?
Flamenco, Hula, Tamure, Ori Tahiti.
What is Flamenco? (Not a Polynesian dance)
Yann Martel wrote this 2001 adventure novel about a boy sharing a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger across the Pacific.
What is Life of Pi?
DAILY DOUBLE! It’s known for heavy winter swells, from the giant waves of Nazaré to the consistent breaks of Peniche and Ericeira.
What is Portugal?
They call this aquatic sport He’e nalu.
What is surfing?
Tourism boards note that Jamaica's famous Seven Mile Beach is a literal landform made of this tiny, granular geological material that gets stuck in your shoes.
What is sand?
DAILY DOUBLE! Mai pahu i ka lima, o lilo i ka lilo: Do not push with this, lest it be lost (be generous, not greedy).
What is the hand?
Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Bing Crosby, Arthur Godfrey.
Who is Jimi Hendrix? (Not known for Hawaiian themed music)
James Michener won a Pulitzer Prize for this 1947 collection of stories about U.S. military personnel stationed in the Pacific during WWII.
What is Tales of the South Pacific?
Famous for its fast, long right-hand point break at Supertubes, you’ll find Jeffrey’s Bay in this country.
What is South Africa?
Mele Kalikimaka is Hawaii’s way of saying this seasonal phrase to you.
What is Merry Christmas?