Statistics for Haiti Country Quiz

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Clue	Answer	% Correct
Country bordering Haiti	Dominican Republic	99%
Sea in which Haiti lies	Caribbean Sea	96%
Type of natural disaster that killed > 100,000 people in 2010	Earthquake	94%
Capital city	Port-au-Prince	92%
Official languages	French	90%
Island shared with the above	Hispaniola	89%
Country which occupied Haiti, 1915–1934	United States	87%
Official languages	Haitian {Creole}	85%
The above is part of this island group	Greater {Antilles}	81%
To the nearest whole number, the % of Haitians who have African ancestry	100	76%
Island that was once a haven for pirates (hint: Spanish for turtle)	Tortuga Island	67%
African religion which became merged into Catholic beliefs	Vodou	64%
Country which recently passed Haiti as the country with the worst absolute poverty in the Americas	Venezuela	62%
Founder of the first European settlement, La Navidad	Christopher Columbus	58%
Father and son dictators of Haiti	{Papa} Doc	56%
Father and son dictators of Haiti	{Baby} Doc	44%
Leader of the Haitian Revolution	Toussaint Louverture	34%
Former "Fugees" singer who tried to run for President in 2010	Wyclef Jean	32%
Colonial name of Haiti	Saint-{Domingue}	25%
Haiti's first democratically-elected President, in 1991	Jean-Bertrand {Aristide}	20%