Q 01/05

Which country, with more than 800 living languages, is the most linguistically diverse on Earth?

A) Indonesia

B) Papua New Guinea

C) Marshall Islands

D) Solomon Islands

Answer · why

B) Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea counts around 840 known languages, more than any other country. Tok Pisin is the lingua franca that lets its many groups talk to each...

Q 02/05

Which Marshall Islands atoll did the US use for 23 nuclear tests, including the 15-megaton Castle Bravo blast?

A) Enewetak

B) Kwajalein

C) Bikini

D) Rongelap

Answer · why

C) Bikini

Bikini Atoll's first blast in July 1946 was only four days old when French designer Louis Réard unveiled a two-piece swimsuit at a Paris pool and borr...

Q 03/05

Which city was built as Australia's capital as a compromise between rivals Sydney and Melbourne?

A) Adelaide

B) Brisbane

C) Canberra

D) Perth

Answer · why

C) Canberra

Canberra had to stand at least 100 miles from Sydney under the deal, and it was laid out to a plan by American architects Walter Burley Griffin and Ma...

Q 04/05

Which Hawaiian volcano is the tallest mountain on Earth when measured from its base on the seafloor?

A) Mauna Loa

B) Kīlauea

C) Haleakalā

D) Mauna Kea

Answer · why

D) Mauna Kea

Mauna Kea hides most of its bulk under water, so only 4,207 metres show above the sea. Its summit hosts the Maunakea Observatories, the largest facili...

Q 05/05

Which meringue dessert topped with cream and fruit do Australia and New Zealand both claim to have invented?

A) Lamington

B) Peach Melba

C) Pavlova

D) Anzac biscuit

Answer · why

C) Pavlova

Pavlova is named after the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, who toured both countries in the 1920s, and each nation still insists the dessert was first...