Kauai Quiz
1. A bright-plumaged bird was brought to the island in about AD 500 by Polynesians, and has made itself at home in the absence of predators. What is it?
2. Kauai is not the westernmost of the Hawaiian islands. What is?
3. How long are the daylight hours in the summer on Kauai, approximately?
4. Kauai has a relatively recent history with agricultural plantations. What two main crops were grown? Why are they hardly grown now?
5. To the eye of a visitor, what seems to be the predominant ethnic group among year-rounders living on Kauai?
6. The island of Niihau, closed to visitors, produces a unique folk art form. What is it?
7. One spot on Kauai is called the wettest spot on earth, with 460 inches of rainfall per year. What is it?
8. Visitors often take a kayak to explore what feature of Kauai?
9. Which shore of the island, North, East, South, or West, has the tamest surf and is therefore best for family swimming?
10. What's this about leprechauns on Kauai?
11. Who is the enthusiastic person who made this Web site?
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Answers 1. The chicken. 2. Niihau, a smaller island which is privately owned and not open to the public. 3. 12 hours all year long, because it is close to the equator. 4. Sugar cane and pineapple. Market forces caused their decline in the 1970s. 5. Japanese. People of many ethnic groups came to the island to work the plantations. There are few native Hawaiians, and the Hawaiian language is not spoken. 6. Shell leis (many-stranded necklaces made of oh-so-tiny shells). 7. Mount Wai'ale'ale, the volcano in the center of the island. It is just the right altitude to catch the trade winds, which sweep the island from east to west. |
8. Its rivers, which are of manageable size. There are some beautiful
waterfalls that can be seen in this way.
9. South. It also has sunny weather.
10. There is a Hawaiian legend about midgets who lived on the island,
deep in the forest. They were called the Menehune. There may
have been some truth to the legend--the
1820 census of Kauai by its ruling chief listed 65 people as Menehune.
11. My name is Phyllis
Wheeler. I am an engineer who lives in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, with my
husband and four kids. I am also a veteran homeschooler who writes and sells computer books at www.MotherboardBooks.com
. I enjoy making Web sites about things I love, and this Kauai
Web site is a good example of that! I occasionally post on my blog, too.
I took many of the photos on this site, which are copyright of course. The rest are copyrighted by istockphoto.com, except for the tubing one from Kaua'i Backcountry Adventures, used by permission.
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