Statistics for Nauru Country Quiz

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Nauru is the third _____ country in the world, trailing only the Vatican and Monaco	Smallest	97%
Subregion to which Nauru belongs	{Micro}nesia	93%
Country which invaded in 1942, kidnapping much of the adult male population for forced labor in the Chuuk Islands	Japan	88%
Number of islands that Nauru consists of	1	87%
61% of people from Nauru are ____, the highest rate in the world	Obese	87%
Disease which killed about 18% of the population in 1920	Spanish Flu	77%
Capital city	Yaren	59%
Metabolic disorder that affects 40% of the population, the highest in the world	Diabetes	57%
From 2001–2018, Australia detained these type of people in Nauru	Asylum seekers	49%
What the yellow line on the flag represents	Equator	48%
Substance which was mined, which resulted in Nauru (briefly) being the richest country in the world	Phosphate	46%
Type of mining which has destroyed about 80% of the surface area of Nauru	{Strip}-mining	37%
Former name of Nauru	{Pleasant} Island	22%