Q 01/05

Which country moved its seat of government to Ngerulmud, a capital with no permanent population, in 2006?

A) Palau

B) Tuvalu

C) Kiribati

D) Nauru

Answer · why

A) Palau

Its name comes from a Palauan phrase meaning 'place of fermented angelfish'.

Q 02/05

Nukuʻalofa is the capital of which Pacific kingdom?

A) Samoa

B) Tonga

C) Vanuatu

D) Fiji

Answer · why

B) Tonga

The 1875 constitution formally made it the capital.

Q 03/05

Point Nemo, the spot in the ocean farthest from any land, lies in which ocean?

A) South Atlantic

B) Indian Ocean

C) South Pacific

D) Southern Ocean

Answer · why

C) South Pacific

It sits inside the South Pacific Gyre, and its antipode is in western Kazakhstan.

Q 04/05

Which is the only named sea with no land boundaries at all?

A) Coral Sea

B) Tasman Sea

C) Labrador Sea

D) Sargasso Sea

Answer · why

D) Sargasso Sea

Its edges are defined by ocean currents rather than coastlines, and it covers roughly 4 million square kilometres.

Q 05/05

Which South Atlantic island is considered the remotest inhabited place in the world?

A) Tristan da Cunha

B) Ascension Island

C) Bouvet Island

D) Saint Helena

Answer · why

A) Tristan da Cunha

Its football team can barely play anyone, since travelling abroad from the island is virtually impossible.