Q 01/05

Nauru lies in which subregion of Oceania?

A) Micronesia

B) Polynesia

C) Melanesia

D) Australasia

Answer · why

A) Micronesia

Its nearest neighbour is Banaba, part of Kiribati, about 300 km to the east.

Q 02/05

Nauru ranks where among the world's countries by area?

A) Smallest

B) Tenth-smallest

C) Twentieth-smallest

D) Third-smallest

Answer · why

D) Third-smallest

Only Vatican City and Monaco are smaller; Nauru covers 21 square kilometres.

Q 03/05

Roughly how many people live on Nauru?

A) 2,000

B) 5,000

C) 12,000

D) 8,000

Answer · why

C) 12,000

Only two sovereign states have fewer people.

Q 04/05

Nauru's squandered mining wealth is often cited as a classic example of what?

A) Dutch disease

B) The resource curse

C) Hyperinflation

D) The Malthusian trap

Answer · why

B) The resource curse

Mismanagement of the accumulated wealth caused serious financial trouble through the 2000s.

Q 05/05

What is Nauru's name in the Nauruan language, adopted as its official English name in 2026?

A) Onawero

B) Naoero

C) Nawodo

D) Naura

Answer · why

B) Naoero

Early colonial spellings included Naura, Nawodo and Onawero.