S8 E5 - It's Not Vanua-one, It's Vanuatu!

This week, Justin has written six trivia questions about the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, because he is going slowly mad in quarantine.  We also chat about reality TV, new religious movements, and a titan of American literature!

3:18: Q1 (Times & Places): Derived from the Greek words for “black” and “island”, what particular region of Oceania includes Vanuatu, as well as the nations of Fiji, the Solomon Islands, and the island of New Guinea?

10:14: Q2 (Movies & TV): Now in its fortieth season, what reality competition TV series filmed its ninth season on Vanuatu in 2004?

16:04: Q3 (Arts & Literature): Based on his own experiences as a Navy lieutenant stationed in the New Hebrides Islands – what is now the nation of Vanuatu – what Pulitzer prize-winning American author wrote the short story collection Tales of the South Pacific?

24:15: Q4 (Sports & Games): Since gaining independence in 1980, Vanuatu has regularly participated in what international multi-sport event, in which athletes from former British colonies compete against each other, most recently in the twenty-first edition of the event, which was held in Gold Coast, Australia?

30:56: Q5 (Music): Traditional ni-Vanuatu music mostly makes use of percussion instruments like stamping tubes and rattles that produce sound by vibrating the whole instrument.  What is the term for instruments like this, the first top-level category in the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system?

46:02: Q6 (Everything Else): John Frum is a religious figure who is usually depicted as a World War II American serviceman who will bring great wealth to his followers, who is worshiped by a group on the island of Tanna.  The John Frum movement is one example of what particular kind of religious movement, which emerged throughout Melanesia, especially after World War II?

Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0

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