Statistics for Madagascar Country Quiz

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Closest mainland African country	Mozambique	92%
Islands which are larger than Madagascar	Greenland	90%
Official language	French	89%
Island nation between Madagascar and the above	Comoros	87%
Surprisingly, the original settlers of Madagascar didn't come from Africa, but instead sailed from this Southeast Asian country	Indonesia	85%
Family of primates found only on Madagascar	{Lemur}s	84%
Capital city	Antananarivo	81%
Madagascar's top export - a key ingredient in some ice cream	Vanilla	71%
Islands which are larger than Madagascar	Borneo	66%
Madagascar is responsible for 50% of the world production of these blue stones	{Sapphire}s	55%
Famous trees with thick trunks	{Baobab}s	54%
Islands which are larger than Madagascar	New Guinea	52%
90% of Madagascar's plant and animal species are _____ , meaning that they can be found nowhere else	Endemic	48%
The name "Madagascar" was possibly invented by this 13th century Italian explorer, who confused the island with the city of Mogadishu	Marco Polo	48%
Official language	Malagasy	46%
National sport of Madagascar	Rugby Union	32%
Gigantic bird that weighed five times as much as an ostrich (driven to extinction by 1200 AD)	{Elephant} Bird	27%