Setting
Characters
Random Facts
Mele
Vocabulary
100

Where does Pele first hear the sound of Lohiauʻs drum?

On the beach at Hāʻena

100

Which of Peleʻs siblings agrees to go on the quest to find Lohiau?

Hiʻiaka

100

How does Pele hide her true identity from the people of Kauaʻi?

By making and draping herself in lei made from plants unique to Kauaʻi and known only by Kauaʻi people

100

What is the wind name of Kailua mentioned in the first line of the chant ʻO Kailua?

Malanai

100

What is the hawaiian word for lizard, gecko, or dragon? 

Moʻo

200

Where do Pele & Lohiau finally meet and fall in love?

Kauaʻi

200

Who is the Chief of Kauaʻi that Pele falls in love with?

Lohiau

200

What type of lei were the moʻo wāhine making when Hiʻiaka & Wāhineʻōmaʻo saw them?

ʻIlima, Lei ʻIlima

200

When the Malanai wind blew, this specific type of grass looked as if it was sleeping. What is the name of the grass?

ʻUki

200

What does the word pōhaku mean in English?

Rock, stone, boulder

300

What happens in Waimānalo?

Hiʻiaka arrives on Oʻahu at Kaupō, Waimānalo

300

What is the name of Hiʻiakaʻs traveling companion?

Wāhineʻōmaʻo

300

Whatʻs the name of the tree/plant that makes up  Hōpoeʻs forest?

Hint: Grove that Pele threatens to burn down

ʻŌhiʻa Lehua

300

Who is the first person, ever, to chant ʻO Kailua?

Hiʻiaka

300

What is the hawaiian word for bird

Manu

400

What is the name of the mountain Hiʻiaka & Wāhineʻōmaʻo stood on when they saw the moʻo wāhine of Kawainui

Mahinui

400

Who is Kaʻanahau?

The chief of Kailua that falls in love with Hiʻiaka

400

Describe the moʻo wahine of Kawainui at the time they are seen by Hiʻiaka & Wāhineʻōmaʻo

They are in their woman form, sun bathing on the rocks, stringing lei ʻilima. They are stunningly beautiful, golden shimmering brown skin, fierce protectors of their fish pond.

400

What blocks the sun - allowing for the moʻo wahine to disappear from sight and transition to their moʻo form?

A flock of birds
400

What does the word oli mean in english?

Hint: Itʻs what Hiʻiaka does a lot of at different parts of the story

Chant


500

Where was Hiʻiaka greeted upon her arrival in Kailua

2 parts: Name of place & What type of place was it?

Kawainui 

Fishpond - Banks of the fishpond

500

Name BOTH of the guardian moʻo wāhine of Kawainui

Hauwāhine & Kahalakea

500

What is the name of the edible mud of Kawainui

Lepo ʻai ʻia

500

Chant ʻO Kailua as a team

ʻO Kailua i ke oho o ka Malanai, Moe e ka lau o ke ʻuki, i pūʻiwa i ka leo o ka manu lae, e kuhi ana ʻoe he wahine, ʻaʻole lā, ʻo Hauwāhine mā nō kēia lae, nā wāhine o Kailua i ka laʻi

500

What does the word Kiaʻi mean?



Hint: Itʻs what the moʻo wāhine are

Guardian, protector