Where in the world is Palau?
Published 5 hours ago on July 17, 2019
By David Ware ï‚™
I’ll take GEOGRAPHY for $1,000, Alex.
Answer:
Westernmost part of the former U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
Question:
What is Palau?
I have not researched to see if Palau has ever actually been a brain stumper on Jeopardy. But to the average American, it is esoteric knowledge that not many other than Jeopardy geniuses would know.
WHAT ISLANDS WERE PART OF TTPI?United States administered the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947 until 1994. Today there are three independent nations and one United States territory.
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands [CNMI] opted to remain a U.S. Territory and for U.S. citizenship.
Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia and Palau chose independence.
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