Samoa map quiz
Explore the towns of Samoa!
Quizzes in this pack
Samoa: cities, landmarks.
| Cities | 8 questions |
| Landmarks | 7 questions |
Sample questions
- Capital and only major city on the north coast of Upolu island, where Robert Louis Stevenson spent his last years at Villa Vailima, with the iconic clock tower, Maketi Fou market, and harbour promenade
- Answer: Apia
- Main town on the southeast coast of Savai'i, Samoa's largest and less-developed island, the ferry terminal connecting to Upolu, with a market and gateway to the island's lava fields and blowholes
- Answer: Salelologa
- Small village on the southeastern tip of Upolu known for one of the South Pacific's most beautiful beaches, with white sand, turquoise lagoon waters, and traditional open-sided fale beach huts
- Answer: Lalomanu
- Remote village at the westernmost point of Savai'i, site of the famous rainforest canopy walkway, where Samoans believe souls depart for the afterlife at Cape Mulinu'u, the last place the sun sets in Samoa
- Answer: Falealupo
- Northern Savai'i village near the dramatic lava fields from the 1905-1911 Mt Matavanu eruption that buried churches and a whole village, with a lava-encased church ruin and blowholes
- Answer: Saleaula
Learn more
Apia
North coast of Upolu
Apia, the capital of Samoa, lies on the island of Upolu. The Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson, who wrote Treasure Island, lived his last years here and is buried on a mountain above the town. In 2011 Samoa skipped a whole day, 30 December, when it moved to the other side of the date line.
- Did you know?
- Stevenson’s house, Vailima, is now a museum
Lalomanu
South-east Upolu
Lalomanu Beach on the south-east tip of Upolu has white sand, a turquoise lagoon and a view of the steep island of Nu'utele. Visitors sleep in beach fale, open huts with thatched roofs, and the village was rebuilt after a tsunami struck it in 2009.
- Did you know?
- A fale has no walls, only blinds of woven coconut leaves to let down when it rains
Saleaula
North Savai'i
Between 1905 and 1911, lava from Mount Matavanu flowed across the north of Savai'i and buried several villages. At Sale'aula the walls of a church still stand with hardened lava filling the inside, and nearby lies the 'Virgin's Grave', which the lava flowed around.
- Great eruption
- 1905–1911
Lotofaga
South coast of Upolu
Lotofaga is a village on the south coast of Upolu. On its land lies To Sua Ocean Trench, a swimming hole 30 metres deep that formed when the roof of a lava tube fell in, and the village looks after the gardens around it.
- Known for
- To Sua Ocean Trench, the south coast, lava
Robert Louis Stevenson Museum
Vailima, near Apia
Vailima, the house where the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson spent his last years from 1890, stands above Apia and is now a museum. He died here in 1894 and is buried on top of nearby Mount Vaea, where Samoans carried his coffin up a path they cut through the forest.
- Did you know?
- The Samoans called the author of Treasure Island Tusitala, "the teller of tales"
Papase'ea Sliding Rocks
Above Apia, Upolu
At Papase'ea, a stream runs over smooth volcanic rock in the hills above Apia, making natural water slides into deep pools. Visitors slide down on their backs or their bottoms, and families have come here to play for generations.
- Did you know?
- Most land in Samoa is owned by families and villages under custom, and places like this charge a small fee
How it works
Pick a quiz, then find, name or choose your answer on the 3D globe. A round has 10 questions by default, or more, up to the whole quiz. Each round picks what you need most: questions due again, new ones and the places you tend to mix up. In a short round, the questions you miss are asked once more at the end. Spaced repetition then brings them back on later days until you know them.
Every round also fills your mastery badges for the continent or country, the topic and the whole world: bronze at 50%, silver at 80% and gold at 100%.
