Easter Island
The island lies far out in the southeastern Pacific. This topic is part of Islands within Geography. This page currently draws on 6 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Easter Island trivia questions
Easter Island belongs to which country?
Answer: Chile
Bonus fact: The island lies far out in the southeastern Pacific.
Easter Island is famous for giant stone statues called what?
Answer: Moai
Bonus fact: Hundreds of moai were carved by the Rapa Nui people.
What is the Indigenous name commonly used for Easter Island?
Answer: Rapa Nui
Bonus fact: Rapa Nui refers both to the island and its Indigenous people.
Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, is part of which country?
Answer: Chile
Bonus fact: Rapa Nui is famous for its monumental stone moai.
Which Norwegian explorer led an archaeological expedition to Easter Island in the 1950s?
Answer: Thor Heyerdahl
Bonus fact: Heyerdahl was already famous for the Kon-Tiki voyage across the Pacific.
What giant stone monuments did Heyerdahl's team study on Easter Island?
Answer: Moai
Bonus fact: The expedition excavated sites and investigated how the islanders could have carved and moved the enormous statues.