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True or False: Sea turtles have existed for over 100 million years, which means they shared the planet with dinosaurs.
True
Hawaii has its own time zone. It’s how many hours behind New Mexico?
True or False: Touching or interfering with sea turtles is illegal.
True
Mele Kalikimaka means what?
Merry Christmas
Dad graduated from this university.
What is BYU-Hawaii?
What flower has all the colors of the rainbow?
Bird Of Paradise Flower
In 1879, Joao Fernandez, a Portuguese immigrant introduced the braginho, a four-stringed instrument to the Hawaiians, which the renamed. What is it called?
The ukulele
NM became a state in 1912. It was the 47th state. What state is Hawaii?
The 50th state.
What scene in the Hunger Games trilogy was filmed in Hawaii?
The beach in the quarter quell arena.
Hawaii is nicknamed “The ____ State”
The Aloha state
The Hawaiian alphabet has how many letters?
12. 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
Hawaii was the first of four states to ban billboards. The other states are Maine, Vermont, and what state?
Alaska
What does Moana mean?
Ocean-specifically the power and mystery of the ocean.
How long is the flight to Honolulu?
7 hours
How do you say Thank you in Hawaiian?
Mahalo
Mauna Kea means “white mountain” in Hawaiian. This is because of the seasonal snowfall that covers the summit in winter. If we measured it from the ocean floor to the peak, would it be the tallest mountain in the world?
Yes
Back in the 1980's someone thought it would cute to let the elementary kids of Hawaii vote for a temporary state fish, which would expire in 1990. So a bunch of ballots were printed and this fish won because kids thought the name was awesomely long and fun to say. What is it?
Humuhumunukunukuapua’a
This tropical plant does NOT use wind to pollinate.
birds of paradise
The gender of baby sea turtles is determined by the temperature of the sand in the nest. Warm temperatures produce which gender?
Females
True or False: Hawaii has the only official royal palace in the United States.
True. Hawaii was once ruled by the Hawaiian Monarchy. During Queen Liliuokalani’s reign in 1893, a group of men from Liliuokalani’s cabinet of American, German, and British descent, known as The Committee of Public Safety, executed a military coup to overthrow the Hawaiian Kingdom.
In its aftermath, US President Grover Cleveland was in favor of restoring the monarchy, but his successor, President William McKinley, saw Hawaii as a strategic power for US troops. Hawaii became a US territory followed soon after, and in 1959 it became a state.
A pineapple plant produces this many pineapples during it’s lifetime.
One
It is agains the law to own, transport, or import this animal into the state of Hawaii due to the threat to the native ecosystem. This animal has no natural predators on the islands. Violators face fines up to $200,000 and imprisonment up to 3 years. What is this illegal animal>
A snake
What town did Mom & Dad live in in Hawaii?
A: Mililani B: Kaneohe C: Kailua D: Kona
Mililani
This ingredient makes snowcones in Hawaii extra yummy.
sweetened condensed milk?
This movie character sings a song about a pineapple princess named Tiki.
Sharpay?