Hawaii Island
Which Hawaiian island is known as the "Garden Isle"?
A) Kaua'i
B) Maui
What is Kauaʻi?
What is a delicious fried donut without a hole, covered in sugar, and sometimes filled with pudding?
A) Malasada
B) Timbit
Malasada (mah-lah-sah-da)
The word "ukulele" comes from the Hawaiian language, but what does it mean?
A) small guitar
B)Melody
C) Jumping flea
C) Jumping flea
How many letters are in the Hawaiian Alphabet?
a. 2
b. 13
c. 51
What is 13 letters?
Which Hawaiian cultural practice involves a form of storytelling through dance and movement?
a. Jump rope
b. Hula
What is Hula?
What is the tallest mountain in Hawaii?
A) Mauna Kea
B) Mauna Loa
Mauna Kea
Hawaii is the only state in the US to grow coffee and cacao bean. True or False?
True
Which song won an Academy Award for Best Original Song based on Hawaii?
A) Blue Hawaii - Elvis Presley
B) Sweet Leilani - Bing Crosby
Sweet Leilani by Bing Crosby
What year did Hawaii become a state?
A) 1959
B) 1972
What is 1959?
What is Hawaii's official state bird?
A) Flamingo
B) Nene
Nene (Hawaiian Goose)
How many main islands make up the state of Hawaii?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 8
8
Most of the world's production of this type of nut is produced in Hawaii, what is it?
A) Macadamia Nut
B) Peanut
macadamia nut
Which Hawaiian instrument became a staple in Country-Western music?
A) Ukelele
B) Steel Guitar
Steel Guitar
How much does the big island grow each year?
A) 13 acres
B) 42 acres
What is 42 acres?
What is worn around the neck and made of flowers, bird feathers, shells, seeds, or hair?
Lei
Which is the largest of the Hawaiian Islands?
A) O'ahu
B) Hawai'i
Hawai'i (also known as the Big Island)
One-third of the world's commercial supply of pineapple comes from Hawaii. True or False?
True
The 1990s saw the rise of a new popular genre of Hawaiian music known as "Jawaiian." What other world music genre influence this movement?
A) Jazz
B) Reggae
Reggae
Hawaii is home to the largest above ground volcano in the world, Mauna Loa. How many miles wide is it?
A) 52 miles wide
B) 70 miles wide
70 miles wide
What is the name of Hawaii's state tree?
A) Palm tree
B) Candlenut Tree
What is the candlenut?
What is the famous volcanic national park located on the Big Island called?
A) Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
B) Haleakala National Park
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
What year was oranges were introduced in Hawaii?
A) 1792
B) 1972
1792
Which country's immigrants brought the small guitar that would be adapted to become the four-stringed instrument we know today to Hawaii?
A) China
B) Portugal
Portugal
What is Hawaii's state flower?
A) yellow hibiscus
B) daisy
What is yellow hibiscus?
What is the traditional name of Hawaii?
A) Hawai'i
B) Kealoha
Kealoha