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How long are females required to go to school?
11 years
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What was the literacy rate on Tuvalu in 2002?
99.0%
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How many students were in Tuvalu schools in 2010?
1,918
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What si the teacher-student ratio for Tuvalu schools?
1:18
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What type of school has Tuvalu set up on each atoll?
Community Training Centres
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What from of education do Community Training Centres provide?
vocational training
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For what have CTC students failed to qualify ?
secondary education
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Besides children, who can Take CTC classes?
Adults
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What kind of training classes are offered at CTC?
basic
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What were the traditional building materials on Tuvalu?
plants and trees
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What type of trees provided lumber for building on Tuvalu?
broadleaf forest
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What building material did coconut provide?
fibre
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What construction feature was lacking in Tuvaluan building?
nails
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From what was rope made for tying buildings together?
dried coconut fibre
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What sea creatures were used in traditional handicrafts?
shells
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In what item has Tuvalu traditional design been produced?
clothing
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What type of decorative items use traditional Tuvalu designs?
mats and fans
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For what have objects having traditional design been used?
everyday life
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What traditional purpose are Tuvalu designs still used?
dance songs
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What is the stable protein of Tuvalu?
fish
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What vegetable features in the Tuvalu diet?
coconut
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What kind of milk has been replaced with coconut milk on Tuvalu?
animal
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What type of meat is eaten on Tuvalu?
seabirds
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At what event is pork traditionally eaten on Tuvalu?
fateles
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What type of structure is the falekaupule?
meeting hall
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Besides meetings, for what other use is the meeting hall used?
celebrations
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Aside from being defined as a meeting hall, what other definition does falekaupule have?
council of elders
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What is the traditional use of the falekaupule?
decision making body
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What is the traditional customs and culture on Tuvalu?
Aganu
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What is the traditional sport on Tuvalu?
kilikiti
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To what sport is kilikiti like?
cricket
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What is the Tuvalu version of volley ball?
Ano
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What group disliked the traditional war-like sports of Tuvalu?
Christian missionaries
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With what equipment is ano played?
two hard balls
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What athlete won Tuvalu's first gold metal in competition?
Tuau Lapua Lapua
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In which competition did Lapua win a metal for Tuvalu?
Pacific Mini Games
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In what contests did Lapua win metals for Tuvalu?
weightlifting
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Who won a gold metal at the Pacific Games?
Telupe Iosefa
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In what type of competition did Telupe losefa win in 2015?
powerlifting
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What is a major annual sports event in Tuvalu?
Independence Day Sports Festival
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What is the most important sports event held on Tuvalu?
Tuvalu Games
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In what year did Tuvalu first appear in the Commonwealth Games?
1998
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What type of competitor entered the commonwealth Games in 1998?
weightlifter
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What competitions have Tuvalu athletes entered in the World Championships in Athletics?
100 metre sprints
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What was Tuvalu's GDP rate from 1996 to 2002?
5.6%
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What has been the GDP of Tuvalu in 2008?
1.5%
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What rises in cost have effected Tuvalu's domestic growth?
fuel and food
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What has been the level of domestic growth in 2010 on Tuvalu?
zero growth
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What does Tuvalu expect as a return in fishing licenses and foreign aid?
large revenues
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What business provides banking services on Tuvalu?
National Bank of Tuvalu
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What percentage of the Tuvalu workforce is in the public sector?
65%
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Where are many of those who provide income to residents earning?
overseas
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How do 15% of male Tuvaluans earn their income?
seamen
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What are the traditional forms of living employed by Tuvaluans?
agriculture and fishing.
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What school provides maritime education on Tuvalu?
Tuvalu Maritime Training Institute
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What is the yearly number of cadets at the Maritime Training Institute?
120
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What is the only trade union on Tuvalu?
Tuvalu Overseas Seamen's Union
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On what does the Seaman'd Union represent workers?
on foreign ships
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How many Tuvaluan men are active seafarers?
800
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How much money does Tuvalu's tv domain name earn each year?
$2.2 million
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What si Tuvalu's tv domain?
Top Level Domain
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What company is managing Tuvalu's tv domain?
Verisign
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How much of the total government revenue comes from the domain name?
ten per cent
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What income source does Tuvalu earn from shipping?
Tuvalu Ship Registry
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What is the UN developmental designation for Tuvalu?
least developed
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What organization sponsors an assistance program for least developed countries?
World Trade Organisation
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What did Tuvalu do in 2013 in regards to it least developed country status?
deferred its graduation
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What would Tuvalu have lost as a developed country?
funding assistance
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What type of problem does the current developed country rating not take into enough consideration?
environmental
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What is the radio station on Tuvalu?
Radio Tuvalu
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From where does Radio Tuvalu broadcast?
Funafuti
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Who gave financial support to Tuvalu to upgrade transmission equipment?
Japanese government
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What did the new radio equipment replace with AM service?
FM radio
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What service got more bandwidth from the transmission upgrade?
mobile
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Where is Tuvalu's only port?
Funafuti
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Where is there a deep water berth available on Tuvalu?
Nukufetau
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Of how many ships does the merchant marine fleet consist?
two
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What ship did Japan donate to Tuvalu in 2015?
Nivaga III
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What do Tuvalu's merchant fleet carry?
cargo and passengers
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How many reef islands does the Tuvalu group have?
three
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What are the number of true atolls are in the Tuvalu islands?
six
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What is the total land area of Tuvalu?
26 square kilometres
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How does Tuvalu rank in country size as compared to other nations?
fourth smallest
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What is the coverage of Tuvalu's economic zone?
900,000 km2
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Which of Tuvalu's atolls is largest?
Funafuti
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What type of island grouping is Tuvalu?
volcanic island chain
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What are the map coordinates fro Tuvalu?
179°7'E and 8°30'S
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How species of creatures inhabit the Tuvalu lagoon?
607
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How many new species were were found in the Tuvalu area that had not been previously recorded?
66
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What specific ocean temperature conditions effect Tuvalu?
El Niño and La Niña
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Which effect causes increases in sea storms like cyclones?
El Niño
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What temperature effect causes drought?
La Niña
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What is the usual amount of rainfall per month on Tuvalu?
200 to 400 mm
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What did a drought in 2011 cause on Funafuti?
rationing of fresh-water
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What type of device did Australia and New Zealand offer to Tuvalu during the 2011 drought?
desalination plants
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As aprt of what program did Japan fund a new desalination plant at Tuvalu?
Pacific Environment Community
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What did aid from the European Union provide during the drought on Tuvalu?
water tanks
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What did Tuvalu's new water tanks make possible to store?
fresh water
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In what year had Japan previously donated a desalination plant to Tuvalu?
2006
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What is the modern name for the air field built during WWII?
Funafuti International Airport
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