Q 01/05

Papua New Guinea shares its only land border with which country?

A) Australia

B) Indonesia

C) Solomon Islands

D) East Timor

Answer · why

B) Indonesia

Indonesia. The Dutch claimed the western half of New Guinea in 1828 and it later passed to Indonesia, which is why a single border now runs down the m...

Q 02/05

What is the capital of Papua New Guinea?

A) Lorengau

B) Port Moresby

C) Madang

D) Popondetta

Answer · why

B) Port Moresby

Port Moresby. Royal Navy captain John Moresby charted the harbour in 1873 and named it after his father, an admiral; in the Second World War it was th...

Q 03/05

Papua New Guinea has roughly how many known spoken languages, more than any other country?

A) 90

B) 280

C) 840

D) 2,600

Answer · why

C) 840

840. Rough terrain kept small communities apart for thousands of years, so each kept its own tongue, and most of the roughly 840 languages have only a...

Q 04/05

Which English-based creole is the most widely used language in Papua New Guinea?

A) Pijin

B) Tok Pisin

C) Bislama

D) Kuanua

Answer · why

B) Tok Pisin

Tok Pisin. It grew up on colonial plantations, where workers from many language groups needed a common tongue, and many town children now learn it as ...

Q 05/05

Which simplified form of a southern coastal language is an official language of Papua New Guinea?

A) Kuanua

B) Hiri Motu

C) Enga

D) Kilivila

Answer · why

B) Hiri Motu

Hiri Motu. It spread across the south because the colonial police force adopted it, earning it the nickname Police Motu, before it was renamed in the ...