Q 01/05

Which feral animals overran Kauai after a 1992 hurricane is thought to have blown their pens apart?

A) Goats

B) Pheasants

C) Chickens

D) Rabbits

Answer · why

C) Chickens

Chickens roam wild all over Kauai, and some of the escapees are thought to have been gamecocks bred for fighting.

Q 02/05

Which empire's flag flew over a fort built on Kauai in 1817, in a scheme led by a German doctor?

A) Spain

B) Russia

C) Japan

D) France

Answer · why

B) Russia

Russia gained a brief foothold through Georg Anton Schäffer, an agent of the Russian-American Company, until Kauai's ruler expelled his men on the ord...

Q 03/05

Which ten-mile Kauai canyon, up to 3,000 feet deep, is called the Grand Canyon of the Pacific?

A) Waimea

B) Olokele

C) Hanapepe

D) Makaweli

Answer · why

A) Waimea

Waimea is Hawaiian for reddish water, a nod to the red soil that washes off the canyon's weathered basalt walls.

Q 04/05

Which Spielberg film used Kauai's Manawaiopuna Falls, reachable only by helicopter, as a backdrop?

A) Empire of the Sun

B) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

C) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

D) Jurassic Park

Answer · why

D) Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park made the cascade so famous that it is now nicknamed Jurassic Falls. A hurricane hit Kauai on the last scheduled day of the shoot.

Q 05/05

Which privately owned island off Kauai, bought for $10,000 in 1864, is known as the Forbidden Isle?

A) Lanai

B) Kahoolawe

C) Niihau

D) Molokini

Answer · why

C) Niihau

Niihau has stayed with the descendants of Elizabeth Sinclair, the Scottish planter who bought it, and remains off-limits to outsiders unless they are ...