| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| British explorer who visited Easter Island in 1744. | James Cook | 86%
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| Large Pacific group of islands Easter Island is said to belong to. | Polynesia | 65%
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| Massive statues scattered around the island. | Moai | 59%
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| Indigenous name of Easter Island and/or its inhabitants. | Rapa Nui | 57%
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| Dominant religion on the island. | Catholicism | 39%
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| Nearest inhabited island. | Pitcairn | 34%
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| Pirate slave raids from this country decimated a large part of the island's population. | Peru | 31%
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| Discovered in 2005, this type of celestial body was named after the aforementioned god. | Dwarf planet | 18%
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| Main town on the island. | Hanga Roa | 18%
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| Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer who visited the island in the 1950s whose Polynesian origin theory garnered little acceptance from mainstream anthropologists. | Thor Heyerdahl | 18%
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| Chilean region to which Easter Island administratively belongs. | Valparaíso | 17%
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| Name of the creator god according to Easter Island indigenous mythology. | Makemake | 12%
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| Undeciphered glyphs found on Easter Island. | Rongorongo | 10%
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| European explorer who discovered Easter Island on Easter Sunday 1722. | Jacob Roggeveen | 7%
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| Island group from which the first Easter Islanders likely arrived. | Marquesas Islands | 5%
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