Q 01/05

The Marshall Islands lie in which ocean?

A) The Pacific

B) The Indian

C) The Atlantic

D) The Southern

Answer · why

A) The Pacific

The Pacific: the islands lie about halfway between Hawaii and Australia, so far from shipping lanes and big populations that the United States chose t...

Q 02/05

What is the capital and largest city of the Marshall Islands?

A) Ebeye

B) Jaluit

C) Kwajalein

D) Majuro

Answer · why

D) Majuro

Majuro: its centre, Delap-Uliga-Djarrit, is named for three separate islets that were joined by landfill into one strip of town, and about half the co...

Q 03/05

The Marshall Islands' land area roughly matches which city's?

A) Philadelphia

B) Los Angeles

C) New York City

D) Washington, D.C.

Answer · why

D) Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.: the 29 atolls and five islands hold only about 181 square kilometres of dry land, yet they are scattered across an expanse of ocean ...

Q 04/05

What are the Marshall Islands' two parallel island chains called?

A) Gilbert and Ellice

B) Ratak and Ralik

C) Ebon and Mili

D) Windward and Leeward

Answer · why

B) Ratak and Ralik

Ratak and Ralik: Ratak, the eastern chain, sees the dawn first and means 'sunrise', while Ralik, the western chain, means 'sunset'.

Q 05/05

Which company first reached orbit in 2008, launching from a tiny islet in the Marshall Islands after three failures?

A) Blue Origin

B) SpaceX

C) Virgin Galactic

D) Rocket Lab

Answer · why

B) SpaceX

SpaceX was close to bankruptcy after three failures when its fourth Falcon 1 finally reached orbit from Omelek, an islet inside a US Army missile rang...